The role of stimulus complexity, age and experience in the expression of exploratory behaviour in the Chimango Caracara, Milvago chimango

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Laura Biondi, Jorgelina Guido, María Bó, Rubén Muzio, Aldo Vassallo]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Animal Cognition, 18/1(2015-01-01), 139-150
Format:
Artikel (online)
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245 0 4 |a The role of stimulus complexity, age and experience in the expression of exploratory behaviour in the Chimango Caracara, Milvago chimango  |h [Elektronische Daten]  |c [Laura Biondi, Jorgelina Guido, María Bó, Rubén Muzio, Aldo Vassallo] 
520 3 |a Exploration represents an important way by which organisms evaluate environment information. The decision of whether or not an animal should investigate environmental changes may influence the extent to which animals learn about their surroundings and cope with habitat modifications. We analysed exploration behaviour in a suburban population of a raptor species, the Chimango Caracara, Milvago chimango, by examining how age, previous experience and object complexity influence novel object exploration. Our findings showed that object complexity did not influence caracaras initial approach and contact with objects, but did influence the degree of engagement during exploratory activities, as measured by total exploration time and number of exploration events. These variables were higher for complex objects than for simple objects. Experience resulted in less exploration of simple objects. It is likely that, for caracaras, simple objects are easier to encode and recall than complex objects, so additional exploration of such objects would not provide further information. Results suggest that exploratory behaviour in this raptor was guided more by the benefits of a greater quantity of information obtained by exploring complex objects, than by the risks associated to this activity. We can conclude that caracaras cope with novel features in their surroundings with a novelty-seeking strategy, characteristic for generalist species in discovering early new resources opportunities, and which might be a determining factor for adaptive responses to environment modification. 
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690 7 |a Exploratory behaviour  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Novelty  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Stimulus complexity  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Experience  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Learning  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Milvago chimango  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Biondi  |D Laura  |u Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Mar Del Plata (UNMDP), Funes 3250, B7602AYJ, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Guido  |D Jorgelina  |u Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Mar Del Plata (UNMDP), Funes 3250, B7602AYJ, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Bó  |D María  |u Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Mar Del Plata (UNMDP), Funes 3250, B7602AYJ, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Muzio  |D Rubén  |u Grupo de Aprendizaje y Cognición Comparada, Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Argentina  |4 aut 
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