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Stimulus factors in the isolation‐induced aggression of Bobwhite quail and Khaki Campbell ducklings
Author(s) -
Eiserer Leonard A.,
Emerling Maureen R.,
Scardina Sandra J.,
Hoffman Howard S.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1976)2:4<285::aid-ab2480020405>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - stimulation , aggression , stimulus (psychology) , bobwhite quail , tactile stimuli , quail , psychology , communication , audiology , biology , neuroscience , developmental psychology , ecology , medicine , cognitive psychology , sensory system
Two studies examined the relative abilities of conspecific‐derived visual and tactile stimulation to modulate the occurrence of isolation‐induced aggression in Bobwhite quail and Khaki Campbell ducklings. In Experiment 1, subjects were permitted visual stimulation from conspecifics but were deprived of conspecific tactile stimulation. In both species, these subjects subsequently showed significantly less aggression towards conspecifics than birds that had been deprived of both visual and tactile stimulation from conspecifics. In Experiment 2, one group of subjects was permitted conspecific tactile stimulation but was deprived of conspecific visual stimulation. Again for both species, these subjects subsequently exhibited significantly less aggressive behavior towards conspecifics than did subjects that had been both visually and tactually de‐prived. In sum, the present research suggests that both tactile and visual stimulation from a conspecific are individually sufficient to reduce isolation‐induced aggression in these precocial buds.