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Ravens notice dominance reversals among conspecifics within and outside their social group

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  • Jorg J. M. Massen

    (University of Vienna)

  • Andrius Pašukonis

    (University of Vienna)

  • Judith Schmidt

    (University of Vienna)

  • Thomas Bugnyar

    (University of Vienna
    Haidlhof Research Station, University of Vienna and University of Veterinary Medicine)

Abstract

A core feature of social intelligence is the understanding of third-party relations, which has been experimentally demonstrated in primates. Whether other social animals also have this capacity, and whether they can use this capacity flexibly to, for example, also assess the relations of neighbouring conspecifics, remains unknown. Here we show that ravens react differently to playbacks of dominance interactions that either confirm or violate the current rank hierarchy of members in their own social group and of ravens in a neighbouring group. Therefore, ravens understand third-party relations and may deduce those not only via physical interactions but also by observation.

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  • Jorg J. M. Massen & Andrius Pašukonis & Judith Schmidt & Thomas Bugnyar, 2014. "Ravens notice dominance reversals among conspecifics within and outside their social group," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-7, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms4679
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4679
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    1. Elizabeth A Hobson & Simon DeDeo, 2015. "Social Feedback and the Emergence of Rank in Animal Society," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(9), pages 1-20, September.
    2. Florian Uhl & Max Ringler & Rachael Miller & Sarah A Deventer & Thomas Bugnyar & Christine Schwab, 2019. "Counting crows: population structure and group size variation in an urban population of crows," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 30(1), pages 57-67.

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