Why wait to mark? Possible reasons behind latency from olfactory exploration to overmarking in four African equid species

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12310/22:43905093 RIV/61988987:17310/22:A2302HPI

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01625-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10071-022-01625-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Why wait to mark? Possible reasons behind latency from olfactory exploration to overmarking in four African equid species

Original language description

Whereas most studies on overmarking in mammals analysed the rate of overmarking, that those investigate time between exploration of an olfactory stimulus and the response to it remain less common, with inconsistent results. We examined the latency in time between elimination by the sender and sniffing by the receiver, and from sniffing and overmarking, in four captive African equid species to explore differences among species, and among age and sex classes. We investigated these latency time periods in light of three potential hypotheses explaining overmarking behaviour in equids: social bonds, group cohesion, and intrasexual competition. Analysing 1684 events of sniffing and 719 of overmarking among 130 individuals, we found that (i) the time from elimination to overmarking was shorter among female friends and in parent-offspring dyads, proving support to the social bond hypothesis; (ii) intraspecific differences in time periods do not reflect the social organisation of species, thus not supporting the group cohesion hypothesis; (iii) males were more attracted to elimination of conspecifics than females, and female's eliminations were inspected longer, in line with the sexual competition hypothesis and/or reproductive behaviour. In addition, we found that the younger foals came to sniff eliminations faster than older ones, and in larger groups foals devoted longer time to sniffing the elimination before overmarking. We concluded that examination of the elimination could be driven by motivations other than the decision to overmark. Whereas overmarking serves to express bonds to a familiar individual, the latency of overmarking reflects more reproductive interests.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Animal Cognition

ISSN

1435-9448

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

1443-1452

UT code for WoS article

000794097700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85129865916