Pattern of individual participation and cheating in conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs
Cooperative intergroup aggression provides an example of a costly cooperative behaviour whose benefits spill over to noncooperative animals as well. Consequently, investigating factors that promote individual participation in intergroup contests should prove useful for understanding how cooperation...
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ftunivparmairis:oai:air.unipr.it:11381/2306950 2024-04-21T07:59:22+00:00 Pattern of individual participation and cheating in conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs R. Bonanni E. Natoli VALSECCHI, Paola Maria R., Bonanni Valsecchi, Paola Maria E., Natoli 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/11381/2306950 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.01.016 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000275801500024 volume:79 firstpage:957 lastpage:968 numberofpages:12 journal:ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR http://hdl.handle.net/11381/2306950 doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.01.016 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-77949653689 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2010 ftunivparmairis https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.01.016 2024-03-28T01:20:00Z Cooperative intergroup aggression provides an example of a costly cooperative behaviour whose benefits spill over to noncooperative animals as well. Consequently, investigating factors that promote individual participation in intergroup contests should prove useful for understanding how cooperation may persist in animal societies despite cheating. Here, we examined variables affecting individual participation in naturally occurring conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. The overall proportion of cooperating group members decreased significantly with an increasing number of group members present. In one pack, the individual probability of active participation decreased significantly when this pack had a numerical advantage over opponents. Dogs belonging to the smallest pack tended to be more cooperative than those belonging to larger groups. Social prestige (measured as the number of submissions received during greeting) did not appear to be a consequence of cooperative behaviour. Individual participation increased with an increasing number of affiliative partners. Young and highranking dogs tended to cooperate more when their group was outnumbered by opponents but did not stay at the front of the pack during conflicts. These results emphasize the greater opportunity for cheating in larger groups and the complexity of dogs’ behaviour. Cooperation appears to be conditional on both the ‘adversity of the environment’ (as measured by relative group size) and the identity/ behaviour of companions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Archivio della ricerca dell'Università di Parma (CINECA IRIS) Animal Behaviour 79 4 957 968 |
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Cooperative intergroup aggression provides an example of a costly cooperative behaviour whose benefits spill over to noncooperative animals as well. Consequently, investigating factors that promote individual participation in intergroup contests should prove useful for understanding how cooperation may persist in animal societies despite cheating. Here, we examined variables affecting individual participation in naturally occurring conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. The overall proportion of cooperating group members decreased significantly with an increasing number of group members present. In one pack, the individual probability of active participation decreased significantly when this pack had a numerical advantage over opponents. Dogs belonging to the smallest pack tended to be more cooperative than those belonging to larger groups. Social prestige (measured as the number of submissions received during greeting) did not appear to be a consequence of cooperative behaviour. Individual participation increased with an increasing number of affiliative partners. Young and highranking dogs tended to cooperate more when their group was outnumbered by opponents but did not stay at the front of the pack during conflicts. These results emphasize the greater opportunity for cheating in larger groups and the complexity of dogs’ behaviour. Cooperation appears to be conditional on both the ‘adversity of the environment’ (as measured by relative group size) and the identity/ behaviour of companions. |
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Pattern of individual participation and cheating in conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs |
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Pattern of individual participation and cheating in conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs |
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Pattern of individual participation and cheating in conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs |
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Pattern of individual participation and cheating in conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs |
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Pattern of individual participation and cheating in conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs |
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pattern of individual participation and cheating in conflicts between groups of free-ranging dogs |
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