Reconciliation following aggression in patas monkeys, Erythrocebus patas

York, Alison; Rowell, T. E.

doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(88)80021-6

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“…York & Rowell 1988;Cords 1993). Our results suggest that approaches alone do not have a reconciliatory function; only approaches with calls do.…”

Section: The Role Of Vocalizations In Reconciliationmentioning

confidence: 68%

“…Although overall rates of behaviour were elevated during the post-conflict period, there were no significant changes in the rates of any particular type of interaction (e.g. redfronted lemurs, Eulemur fulvus, Kappeler 1993; patas monkeys, Erythrocebus patas, York & Rowell 1988; long-tailed macaques, Aureli et al 1989;rhesus macaques, de Waal & Yoshihara 1983). Vocalizations may play an important role in reconciliation in these cases.…”

Section: The Role Of Vocalizations In Reconciliationmentioning

confidence: 97%

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The form and function of post-conflict interactions between female baboons

1996

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Abstract. In many primate species, former opponents engage in friendly behaviours after aggressive conflicts. These kinds of interactions are labelled reconciliation because they are thought to repair relationships damaged by conflicts and help to preserve group cohesion. This study assessed the form and function of reconciliation between free-ranging female baboons, Papio cynocephalus ursinus, in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. The rate of interaction between former opponents was higher during the minutes that followed conflicts than in the days that preceded or followed conflicts. Baboons reconciled vocally, grunting quietly to their former opponents after conflicts ended. Grunts after conflicts facilitated infant handling. Females were particularly likely to reconcile with highranking opponents, the mothers of young infants and related mothers of older infants. Reconciliation had no consistent effect upon the rate of interactions during the days that followed conflicts. This study is the first to demonstrate that primates reconcile vocally and the first to assess the long-term consequences of reconcilation in a naturalistic setting.

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“…York & Rowell 1988;Cords 1993). Our results suggest that approaches alone do not have a reconciliatory function; only approaches with calls do.…”

Section: The Role Of Vocalizations In Reconciliationmentioning

confidence: 68%

Section: The Role Of Vocalizations In Reconciliationmentioning

confidence: 97%

The form and function of post-conflict interactions between female baboons

1996

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“…Although some other studies did find evidence for post-conflict affiliation between conflict opponents and bystanders in monkeys, those studies either made no distinction between the aggressor and recipient of aggression [47][48][49] or did not differentiate between solicited and unsolicited bystander affiliation. 39 The stress reduction function was not tested in those studies, but a different function for post-conflict affiliation between bystanders and conflict participants was proposed.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…13,14,39,[47][48][49] They have been suggested to function as a substitute for reconciliation when the risk of renewed aggression between the opponents is too high. 16 Thus, relatives of a conflict participant may approach and affiliate with its former opponent and in doing so act on its behalf, potentially repairing the former indicators of stress in chimpanzees.…”

Section: Opponent Relationship Repairmentioning

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Why are bystanders friendly to recipients of aggression?

Fraser

Koski

Wittig

et al. 2009

Communicative & Integrative Biology

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The escalation of conflicts of interest into aggressive conflict can be costly in terms of increased post-conflict stress and damage to the opponents' relationship. Some costs may be mitigated through post-conflict interactions. One such type of interaction is affiliative contact from a bystander to the recipient of aggression. This type of interaction has been suggested to have a number of functions, including stress reduction and opponent relationship repair. It may also protect bystanders from redirected aggression from the original recipient of aggression. Here we review the evidence for such functions and propose a framework within which the function and occurrence of post-conflict affiliation directed from a bystander to the recipient of aggression is related to the quality of the relationships between the individuals involved and the patterns of behavior expressed.

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“…Nonhuman primates, including baboons, are frequently aggressive toward one another, yet they live in relatively stable, cohesive social groups. Recent studies have suggested that opponents may mollify the effects of aggressive competition by reconciling soon after fights (e.g., Aureli, 1992;Aureli, van Schaik, & van Hooff, 1989;Cheney & Seyfarth, 1989;de Waal & Yoshihara, 1983;Judge, 1991;York & Rowell, 1988). Two animals are said to have reconciled if, within minutes of behaving aggressively, they interact in a friendly way by touching, hugging, grooming, or approaching one another.…”

Section: Baboon Gruntsmentioning

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Behavioral mechanisms underlying vocal communication in nonhuman primates

Seyfarth

Cheney

1997

Animal Learning & Behavior

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In the wild, nonhuman primate vocalizations signal the presence of different predators, provide information about the group's location and movement, facilitate friendly interactions, and lead to reconciliation between individuals who have recently exchanged aggression. Current research examines the mechanisms that underlie such communication. Playback experiments demonstrate that subjects treat vocalizations as semantic signals, in the sense that they compare signals according to their referents and not just their acoustic properties. Results provide no evidence, however, that subjects recognize one another's mental states. Calls that provide information about the group's location or movement are given by baboons only when they themselves are lost; individuals at the group's center apparently do not call to inform peripheral animals of their location. Calls that lead to reconciliation are best explained by assuming that callers and recipients have learned, through experience, that a vocalization is rarely followed by aggression and often followed by friendly behavior. The inability of animals to recognize what other individuals know, believe, or desire constitutes a fundamental difference between nonhuman primate vocal communication and human language.

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Reconciliation following aggression in patas monkeys, Erythrocebus patas

Cited by 105 publications

References 15 publications

The form and function of post-conflict interactions between female baboons

The form and function of post-conflict interactions between female baboons

Why are bystanders friendly to recipients of aggression?

Behavioral mechanisms underlying vocal communication in nonhuman primates

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