Pair-bonding leads to convergence in approach behavior to conspecific vocalizations in California mice (Peromyscus californicus)
| Autor: | Juliette Schefelker, Patrick K. Monari, Nathaniel S. Rieger, Catherine A. Marler, Kamryn Hartfield |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Social Sciences
Developmental psychology Vocalization Mice Psychology Audio Equipment Mammals Multidisciplinary biology Animal Behavior Physics Eukaryota Ambient Noise Aggression Animal Sociality Vertebrates Physical Sciences Medicine Engineering and Technology Convergence (relationship) medicine.symptom Microphones Research Article Science Foraging Equipment Stimulus (physiology) Animal Sexual Behavior Rodents Peromyscus medicine Animals Social Behavior Peromyscus californicus Behavior Pair Bond Organisms Biology and Life Sciences Collective Animal Behavior Acoustics biology.organism_classification Combined approach Animal Communication Amniotes Collective animal behavior Vocalization Animal Zoology Dyad |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0255295 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Pair-bonding allows for division of labor across behavioral tasks such as protecting a territory, caring for pups or foraging for food. However, how these labor divisions are determined, whether they are simply intrinsic differences in the individual’s behavior or a coordinated behavioral response by the pair, remains unknown. We used the monogamous, biparental and territorial California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) to study how behavioral approach to an aggressive vocal stimulus in a novel environment was affected by pair-bonding. Using a three-chambered vocal playback paradigm, we first measured the amount of time individuals spent in close proximity to aggressive bark vocalizations. We found that animals could be categorized as either approachers or avoiders. We then paired individuals based on their initial approach behavior to an opposite sex individual who displayed either similar or different approach behaviors. These pairs were then retested for approach behavior as a dyad 10–11 days post-pairing. This test found that pairs showed convergence in their behavioral responses, such that pairs who were mismatched in their approach behaviors became more similar, and pairs that were matched remained so. Finally, we analyzed the ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) produced and found that pairs produced significantly more USVs than individuals. Importantly, increased USV production correlated with increasing behavioral convergence of pairs. Taken together, this study shows that pair-bonded animals alter their approach behaviors to coordinate their response with their partner and that vocal communication may play a role in coordinating these behavioral responses. Overall, our findings indicate that pair-bonding generates an emergent property in pairs, adjusting their combined approach behavior towards a new aggressive stimulus representing a potential challenge to the bonded pair. Such findings may be broadly important for social bonding in other social systems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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