Social experience promotes the exploratory behaviour in Java Sparrows
Personality widely exists in diverse animal taxa. Such inter-individual variance in behaviour is supposed to be influenced by social context. However, it remains unknown whether the experience of social life has any carryover effects on the subsequent expression of personality. Here, we examined exp...
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| author | Qiuyang Chen Guang Chen Mengyao Shao Yuanxiu Wu Jiayu Wang Dongmei Wan Jiangxia Yin |
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| description | Personality widely exists in diverse animal taxa. Such inter-individual variance in behaviour is supposed to be influenced by social context. However, it remains unknown whether the experience of social life has any carryover effects on the subsequent expression of personality. Here, we examined exploratory behaviour in caged Java Sparrows (Lonchura oryzivora) using exploration assays. Birds were assigned to live in either a solitary or a social context for four weeks. We compared the expressions of exploration before and after the treatments, and found that birds showed higher exploration tendencies after than before social life, while the isolated birds were consistent in their exploratory behaviours. Different living experience led to differences in the exploration activities for birds without significant differences in exploration before. Our results indicate that social experience can make birds more proactive. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e1cfd513a79405f830164fbbd1710582023-02-19T04:25:34ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Avian Research2053-71662023-01-0114100087Social experience promotes the exploratory behaviour in Java SparrowsQiuyang Chen0Guang Chen1Mengyao Shao2Yuanxiu Wu3Jiayu Wang4Dongmei Wan5Jiangxia Yin6The Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention in Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention in Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention in Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention in Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention in Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, ChinaThe Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention in Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, ChinaCorresponding author.; The Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention in Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, ChinaPersonality widely exists in diverse animal taxa. Such inter-individual variance in behaviour is supposed to be influenced by social context. However, it remains unknown whether the experience of social life has any carryover effects on the subsequent expression of personality. Here, we examined exploratory behaviour in caged Java Sparrows (Lonchura oryzivora) using exploration assays. Birds were assigned to live in either a solitary or a social context for four weeks. We compared the expressions of exploration before and after the treatments, and found that birds showed higher exploration tendencies after than before social life, while the isolated birds were consistent in their exploratory behaviours. Different living experience led to differences in the exploration activities for birds without significant differences in exploration before. Our results indicate that social experience can make birds more proactive.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716623000130Animal behaviourAnimal personalityExploratory behaviourLonchura oryzivoraSocial experience |
| spellingShingle | Qiuyang Chen Guang Chen Mengyao Shao Yuanxiu Wu Jiayu Wang Dongmei Wan Jiangxia Yin Social experience promotes the exploratory behaviour in Java Sparrows Avian Research Animal behaviour Animal personality Exploratory behaviour Lonchura oryzivora Social experience |
| title | Social experience promotes the exploratory behaviour in Java Sparrows |
| title_full | Social experience promotes the exploratory behaviour in Java Sparrows |
| title_fullStr | Social experience promotes the exploratory behaviour in Java Sparrows |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social experience promotes the exploratory behaviour in Java Sparrows |
| title_short | Social experience promotes the exploratory behaviour in Java Sparrows |
| title_sort | social experience promotes the exploratory behaviour in java sparrows |
| topic | Animal behaviour Animal personality Exploratory behaviour Lonchura oryzivora Social experience |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716623000130 |
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