| Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) do not utilize social information in three simultaneous social foraging tasks. | |
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PMID: 16969636 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Social foraging is suggested to increase foraging efficiency, as individuals might benefit from public information acquired by monitoring the foraging activities of other group members. We conducted a series experiments with captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) to investigate to what extent marmosets utilize social information about food location when foraging simultaneously with conspecifics. Subjects were confronted with dominant and subordinate demonstrators in three experiments which differed in the amount of information about food location available to the demonstrators. In all three experiments, the focal subjects' performance in the social condition was not enhanced in comparison to a non-social control condition. Because we could rule out kleptoparasitism and aggressive displacements as explanations, we argue that the subjects' tendency for scramble competition by avoiding others and dispersing over the foraging area seems to inhibit or mask the acquisition of social information about the location of rewarded patches. |
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Authors:
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Bernhard Voelkl; Ludwig Huber |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2006-09-13 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Animal cognition Volume: 10 ISSN: 1435-9448 ISO Abbreviation: Anim Cogn Publication Date: 2007 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-03-15 Completed Date: 2007-06-14 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9814573 Medline TA: Anim Cogn Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 149-58 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department for Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria. bernhard.voelkl@univie.ac.at |
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Animals Callithrix / psychology* Feeding Behavior* Female Male Social Behavior* |
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