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Some characteristics of the aggressive behavior of mice after prolonged Isolation: Intraspecific and interspecific aspects
Author(s) -
Poshivalov Vladimir P.
Publication year - 1981
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(1981)7:3<195::aid-ab2480070303>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - intraspecific competition , interspecific competition , aggression , isolation (microbiology) , biology , zoology , psychology , ecology , developmental psychology , bioinformatics
Experiments on mice have demonstrated changes in the relationships, interdependence and sequence of behavioral items following prolonged isolation. It was found that aggression in isolates was stereotyped and hardly amenable to the control not only by intraspecific but also by interspecific factors. Isolated mice, in contrast to the group‐reared animals, spontaneously attacked adult rats. This finding was interpreted as being due to a disruption of behavioral plasticity under circumstances of prolonged isolation from conspecifics.