Effect of rearing style on the development of social behaviour in young ravens (Corvus corax).

ABSTRACT: Early social experiences can affect the development and expression of individual social behaviour throughout life. In particular, early-life social deprivations, notably of parental care, can later have deleterious consequences. We can, therefore, expect rearing procedures such as hand-raising-widely used in ethology and socio-cognitive science-to alter the development of individual social behaviour. We investigated how the rearing style later affected (a) variation in relationship strength among peers and (b) individuals' patterns of social interactions, in three captive groups of juvenile non-breeders consisting of either parent-raised or hand-raised birds, or a mix of both rearing styles. In the three groups, irrespectively of rearing style: strongest relationships (i.e., higher rates o

SUBMITTER: Boucherie PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317586 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature