Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves ( Canis lupus lupus )—A Case Study
Prosociality occurs in many species and is likely to be a crucial factor for the survival of group-living animals. Social feedback is an important mechanism for the coordination of group decisions. Since group-living animals with specific personality axes, i.e., boldness, are known to provide certai...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5b6259bb1fbd43ca8d67efa308333a6e 2023-05-15T15:49:52+02:00 Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves ( Canis lupus lupus )—A Case Study Hana Tebelmann Udo Gansloßer 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13050872 https://doaj.org/article/5b6259bb1fbd43ca8d67efa308333a6e EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/5/872 https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615 doi:10.3390/ani13050872 2076-2615 https://doaj.org/article/5b6259bb1fbd43ca8d67efa308333a6e Animals, Vol 13, Iss 872, p 872 (2023) social reward wolves prosociality mammals social behaviour Canis lupus lupus Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13050872 2023-03-12T01:29:56Z Prosociality occurs in many species and is likely to be a crucial factor for the survival of group-living animals. Social feedback is an important mechanism for the coordination of group decisions. Since group-living animals with specific personality axes, i.e., boldness, are known to provide certain benefits for their group, bold actions might receive more prosocial feedback than other actions. Our case study aims to determine whether bold behaviour, i.e., novel object interaction (Nobj), might be answered more frequently with prosocial behaviours. We investigated the differences in the frequency of occurrence in prosocial behaviours after three different individual actions in two groups of grey wolves. We aim to outline the development of a social reward behavioural category as part of social feedback mechanisms. We used Markov chain models for probability analyses, and a non-parametric ANOVA to test for differences between the influences of individual behaviours on the probability of a prosocial behaviour chain. We additionally tested for the potential influences of age, sex and personality on the frequency of Nobj. Our results suggest that bold interactions are more often responded to with prosocial behaviour. Bold behaviour might be more often socially rewarded because of its benefits for group-living animals. More research is needed to investigate whether bold behaviour is more frequently responded to prosocially, and to investigate the social reward phenomenon. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Animals 13 5 872 |
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Prosociality occurs in many species and is likely to be a crucial factor for the survival of group-living animals. Social feedback is an important mechanism for the coordination of group decisions. Since group-living animals with specific personality axes, i.e., boldness, are known to provide certain benefits for their group, bold actions might receive more prosocial feedback than other actions. Our case study aims to determine whether bold behaviour, i.e., novel object interaction (Nobj), might be answered more frequently with prosocial behaviours. We investigated the differences in the frequency of occurrence in prosocial behaviours after three different individual actions in two groups of grey wolves. We aim to outline the development of a social reward behavioural category as part of social feedback mechanisms. We used Markov chain models for probability analyses, and a non-parametric ANOVA to test for differences between the influences of individual behaviours on the probability of a prosocial behaviour chain. We additionally tested for the potential influences of age, sex and personality on the frequency of Nobj. Our results suggest that bold interactions are more often responded to with prosocial behaviour. Bold behaviour might be more often socially rewarded because of its benefits for group-living animals. More research is needed to investigate whether bold behaviour is more frequently responded to prosocially, and to investigate the social reward phenomenon. |
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Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves ( Canis lupus lupus )—A Case Study |
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Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves ( Canis lupus lupus )—A Case Study |
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Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves ( Canis lupus lupus )—A Case Study |
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Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves ( Canis lupus lupus )—A Case Study |
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Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves ( Canis lupus lupus )—A Case Study |
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social reward behaviour in two groups of european grey wolves ( canis lupus lupus )—a case study |
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