Counter-Culture: Does Social Learning Help or Hinder Adaptive Response to Human-Induced Rapid Environmental Change?

Barrett, Brendan J.; Zepeda, Emily; Pollack, Lea; Munson, Amelia; Sih, Andrew

doi:10.3389/fevo.2019.00183

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“…Conforming can perpetuate behavioural biases in populations under certain conditions [67], although emerging evidence indicates that when conforming becomes suboptimal, animals can reduce their tendency to copy [52]. We also found that juveniles were less likely to copy when using feeders at royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rspb Proc.…”

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Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird

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Early independence from parents is a critical period where social information acquired vertically may become outdated, or conflict with new information. However, across natural populations, it is unclear if newly independent young persist in using information from parents, or if group-level effects of conformity override previous behaviours. Here, we test if wild juvenile hihi ( Notiomystis cincta , a New Zealand passerine) retain a foraging behaviour from parents, or if they change in response to the behaviour of peers. We provided feeding stations to parents during chick-rearing to seed alternative access routes, and then tracked their offspring's behaviour. Once independent, juveniles formed mixed-treatment social groups, where they did not retain preferences from their time with parents. Instead, juvenile groups converged over time to use one access route per group, and juveniles that moved between groups switched to copy the locally favoured option. Juvenile hihi did not copy specific individuals, even if they were more familiar with the preceding bird. Our study shows that early social experiences with parents affect initial foraging decisions, but social environments encountered later on can update transmission of arbitrary behaviours. This suggests that conformity may be widespread in animal groups, with potential cultural, ecological and evolutionary consequences.

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Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird

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“…Both species were more investigative on protected land than unprotected land. Coyotes maintained a greater distance from novel objects and were generally less investigative than kit foxes, potentially due to extensive exploitation causing a general increase in wariness of anthropogenic objects [4]. Our findings provide a behavioral basis for the commonly held notion that coyotes are more difficult to trap.…”

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confidence: 62%

“…Additionally, coyotes often represent the leading source of mortality for kit foxes [13,55] and as such, coyote activity can influence habitat use and detection probability of kit foxes [12]. Additionally, individual personality and past experiences with anthropogenic stimuli may impact behavioral responses [4]. Numerous factors may influence the exploratory behavior of canids.…”

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“…Behavioral responses of wildlife to novel anthropogenic objects vary greatly and can be influenced by social status, trophic level, past experiences with anthropogenic stimuli, and differences in personality [1][2][3][4]. Responses to novel objects are generally categorized as either neophilic or neophobic.…”

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“…Responses to novel objects are generally categorized as either neophilic or neophobic. Neophilia (attraction to novelty) can be an advantageous behavior in discovering new resources, related to the concept of boldness (tendency to take risks), however, increased conflict with humans may arise as animals interact with anthropogenic stimuli [4,5]. Conversely, neophobia (fear of novel stimuli) is typically classified as gustatory (novel food sources), social (novel interactions between conspecifics), or predator [novel objects perceived as predatory threats; 2] Neophobia has been associated with lower trophic levels and social status, and can be influenced by familiarity with surroundings [1,2,6].…”

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Behavioral differences at scent stations between two exploited species of desert canids

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Coyotes (Canis latrans) and kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis) are desert canids that share ecological similarities, but have disparate histories with anthropogenic pressure that may influence their responses towards novel stimuli. We used remote cameras to investigate response to novel stimuli for these two species. We predicted that coyotes (heavily pressured species) would be more wary towards novel stimuli on unprotected land (canid harvest activities are permitted) than in protected areas (canid harvest activities are not permitted), whereas kit foxes (less pressured species) would exhibit no difference. We examined differences in the investigative behaviors at 660 scent stations in both protected and unprotected areas. Coyotes showed no differences between protected and unprotected land and were generally more wary than kit foxes, supporting our prediction. Kit foxes were more investigative on protected land, contrary to our expectations. Our study provides evidence that anthropogenic pressure can alter the behaviors of wildlife species.

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Content bias in the cultural evolution of house finch song

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Counter-Culture: Does Social Learning Help or Hinder Adaptive Response to Human-Induced Rapid Environmental Change?

Cited by 43 publications

References 159 publications

Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird

Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird

Behavioral differences at scent stations between two exploited species of desert canids

Content bias in the cultural evolution of house finch song

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