Dominance style only partially predicts differences in neophobia and social tolerance over food in four macaque species
Abstract Primates live in complex social systems with social structures ranging from more to less despotic. In less despotic species, dominance might impose fewer constraints on social choices, tolerance is greater than in despotic species and subordinates may have little need to include novel food...
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| author | Federica Amici Anja Widdig Andrew J. J. MacIntosh Victor Beltrán Francés Alba Castellano-Navarro Alvaro Lopez Caicoya Karimullah Karimullah Risma Illa Maulany Putu Oka Ngakan Andi Siady Hamzah Bonaventura Majolo |
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| description | Abstract Primates live in complex social systems with social structures ranging from more to less despotic. In less despotic species, dominance might impose fewer constraints on social choices, tolerance is greater than in despotic species and subordinates may have little need to include novel food items in the diet (i.e. neophilia), as contest food competition is lower and resources more equally distributed across group members. Here, we used macaques as a model to assess whether different dominance styles predict differences in neophilia and social tolerance over food. We provided familiar and novel food to 4 groups of wild macaques (N = 131) with different dominance styles (Macaca fuscata, M. fascicularis, M. sylvanus, M. maura). Our study revealed inter- and intra-specific differences in individuals’ access to food, which only partially reflected the dominance styles of the study subjects. Contrary to our prediction, social tolerance over food was higher in more despotic species than in less despotic species. Individuals with a higher dominance rank and being better socially integrated (i.e. higher Eigenvector centrality) were more likely to retrieve food in all species, regardless of their dominance style. Partially in line with our predictions, less integrated individuals more likely overcame neophobia (as compared to more integrated ones), but only in species with more tolerance over food. Our study suggests that individual characteristics (e.g. social integration or personality) other than dominance rank may have a stronger effect on an individual’s access to resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3bcaa2ea9b8c470ba6ed93fc0a11caa92022-12-21T20:29:41ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222020-12-0110111010.1038/s41598-020-79246-6Dominance style only partially predicts differences in neophobia and social tolerance over food in four macaque speciesFederica Amici0Anja Widdig1Andrew J. J. MacIntosh2Victor Beltrán Francés3Alba Castellano-Navarro4Alvaro Lopez Caicoya5Karimullah Karimullah6Risma Illa Maulany7Putu Oka Ngakan8Andi Siady Hamzah9Bonaventura Majolo10Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Life Science, University of LeipzigBehavioral Ecology Research Group, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Life Science, University of LeipzigPrimate Research Institute, Kyoto UniversityFundació Universitat de Girona, Innovació I FormacióEthology and Animal Welfare Section, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU UniversitiesDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of BarcelonaBehavioral Ecology Research Group, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Life Science, University of LeipzigForestry Department, Hasanuddin UniversityForestry Department, Hasanuddin UniversityForestry Department, Hasanuddin UniversitySchool of Psychology, University of LincolnAbstract Primates live in complex social systems with social structures ranging from more to less despotic. In less despotic species, dominance might impose fewer constraints on social choices, tolerance is greater than in despotic species and subordinates may have little need to include novel food items in the diet (i.e. neophilia), as contest food competition is lower and resources more equally distributed across group members. Here, we used macaques as a model to assess whether different dominance styles predict differences in neophilia and social tolerance over food. We provided familiar and novel food to 4 groups of wild macaques (N = 131) with different dominance styles (Macaca fuscata, M. fascicularis, M. sylvanus, M. maura). Our study revealed inter- and intra-specific differences in individuals’ access to food, which only partially reflected the dominance styles of the study subjects. Contrary to our prediction, social tolerance over food was higher in more despotic species than in less despotic species. Individuals with a higher dominance rank and being better socially integrated (i.e. higher Eigenvector centrality) were more likely to retrieve food in all species, regardless of their dominance style. Partially in line with our predictions, less integrated individuals more likely overcame neophobia (as compared to more integrated ones), but only in species with more tolerance over food. Our study suggests that individual characteristics (e.g. social integration or personality) other than dominance rank may have a stronger effect on an individual’s access to resources.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79246-6 |
| spellingShingle | Federica Amici Anja Widdig Andrew J. J. MacIntosh Victor Beltrán Francés Alba Castellano-Navarro Alvaro Lopez Caicoya Karimullah Karimullah Risma Illa Maulany Putu Oka Ngakan Andi Siady Hamzah Bonaventura Majolo Dominance style only partially predicts differences in neophobia and social tolerance over food in four macaque species Scientific Reports |
| title | Dominance style only partially predicts differences in neophobia and social tolerance over food in four macaque species |
| title_full | Dominance style only partially predicts differences in neophobia and social tolerance over food in four macaque species |
| title_fullStr | Dominance style only partially predicts differences in neophobia and social tolerance over food in four macaque species |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dominance style only partially predicts differences in neophobia and social tolerance over food in four macaque species |
| title_short | Dominance style only partially predicts differences in neophobia and social tolerance over food in four macaque species |
| title_sort | dominance style only partially predicts differences in neophobia and social tolerance over food in four macaque species |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79246-6 |
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