Aggression and dominance: an interdisciplinary overview
KE Holekamp, ED Strauss - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Aggression in adults is shaped by early life experiences and other
factors.•Dominance hierarchies limit conflict escalation and maintain social stability.• …
factors.•Dominance hierarchies limit conflict escalation and maintain social stability.• …
Advances in understanding neural mechanisms of social dominance
Dominance hierarchy profoundly impacts social animals' survival, physical and mental
health and reproductive success. As the measurements of dominance hierarchy in rodents …
health and reproductive success. As the measurements of dominance hierarchy in rodents …
[HTML][HTML] Behavioural individuality in clonal fish arises despite near-identical rearing conditions
Behavioural individuality is thought to be caused by differences in genes and/or
environmental conditions. Therefore, if these sources of variation are removed, individuals …
environmental conditions. Therefore, if these sources of variation are removed, individuals …
Aggression, rank and power: why hens (and other animals) do not always peck according to their strength
RJ Lewis - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thorlief Schjelderup-Ebbe's seminal paper on the 'pecking'order of chickens inspired
numerous ethologists to research and debate the phenomenon of dominance. The …
numerous ethologists to research and debate the phenomenon of dominance. The …
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance
In many animal societies, individuals differ consistently in their ability to win agonistic
interactions, resulting in dominance hierarchies. These differences arise due to a range of …
interactions, resulting in dominance hierarchies. These differences arise due to a range of …
Differences in social information are critical to understanding aggressive behavior in animal dominance hierarchies
EA Hobson - Current opinion in psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Considering social information is key to understanding how animals make
aggression decisions.•Hierarchies vary in the extent of information present, from low to high …
aggression decisions.•Hierarchies vary in the extent of information present, from low to high …
[HTML][HTML] Species interactions drive fish biodiversity loss in a high-CO2 world
I Nagelkerken, SU Goldenberg, CM Ferreira… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Accelerating climate change is eroding the functioning and stability of ecosystems by
weakening the interactions among species that stabilize biological communities against …
weakening the interactions among species that stabilize biological communities against …
[HTML][HTML] Winner–loser effects overrule aggressiveness during the early stages of contests between pigs
Contest behaviour, and in particular the propensity to attack an unfamiliar conspecific, is
influenced by an individual's aggressiveness, as well as by experience of winning and …
influenced by an individual's aggressiveness, as well as by experience of winning and …
Co‐option and the evolution of food sharing in vampire bats
GG Carter - Ethology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The function of cooperative traits can change over time. For example, helping behaviors that
originally evolved by kin selection can later yield direct fitness benefits and be stabilized by …
originally evolved by kin selection can later yield direct fitness benefits and be stabilized by …
[HTML][HTML] The interplay between winner–loser effects and social rank in cooperatively breeding vertebrates
DAM Lerena, DF Antunes, B Taborsky - Animal Behaviour, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Whether social hierarchy position influences winner-loser effects is unknown.•In a
fully crossed design, we manipulated current rank and winning experience.•Assigned …
fully crossed design, we manipulated current rank and winning experience.•Assigned …