Ostracism of an Albino Individual by a Group of Pigmented Catfish

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F15%3A10314623" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/15:10314623 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60460709:41210/15:69273

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128279" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128279</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128279" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0128279</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Ostracism of an Albino Individual by a Group of Pigmented Catfish

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Physiological and behavioural constraints hinder albino individuals. Albino animals are rare in the wild; this trait is associated with easy detection by predators, non-native or damaged environments, and exclusively aphotic environments in total darkness. The social aspect of albinism is reported only for human beings, and the effect is distinguishable in time and space when social benefits, are used to a limited the extent. Thus far, the social consequences of albinism for animals remain unknown. We used socially established groups of the pigmented catfish, (Silurus glanis), to observe space and temporal distance detachment of albino specimens in laboratory conditions. The albino fish were separated at larger distances from the group than pigmented individuals with the same social status determined by familiarity, and this asymmetry also varied in time. Albinism-related ostracism results in a solitary existence, usually followed by enhanced predation risk. The motivation for an individual's exclusion from a group appears to be the avoidance of the predation risk that increases not only for an odd individual but also for conspecifics within a group. Our findings indicate a role for albinism in behavioural processes related to sociality in a group of conspecifics.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Ostracism of an Albino Individual by a Group of Pigmented Catfish

Popis výsledku anglicky

Physiological and behavioural constraints hinder albino individuals. Albino animals are rare in the wild; this trait is associated with easy detection by predators, non-native or damaged environments, and exclusively aphotic environments in total darkness. The social aspect of albinism is reported only for human beings, and the effect is distinguishable in time and space when social benefits, are used to a limited the extent. Thus far, the social consequences of albinism for animals remain unknown. We used socially established groups of the pigmented catfish, (Silurus glanis), to observe space and temporal distance detachment of albino specimens in laboratory conditions. The albino fish were separated at larger distances from the group than pigmented individuals with the same social status determined by familiarity, and this asymmetry also varied in time. Albinism-related ostracism results in a solitary existence, usually followed by enhanced predation risk. The motivation for an individual's exclusion from a group appears to be the avoidance of the predation risk that increases not only for an odd individual but also for conspecifics within a group. Our findings indicate a role for albinism in behavioural processes related to sociality in a group of conspecifics.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

GL - Rybářství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA13-05872S" target="_blank" >GA13-05872S: Vliv nepůvodních druhů na hostitelsko-parazitické vztahy: důležitost mezipopulační variability</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

PLoS ONE

ISSN

1932-6203

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

10

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

1-11

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84959537123