Behavioral traits that define social dominance are the same that reduce social influence in a consensus task.

ABSTRACT: Dominant individuals are often most influential in their social groups, affecting movement, opinion, and performance across species and contexts. Yet, behavioral traits like aggression, intimidation, and coercion, which are associated with and in many cases define dominance, can be socially aversive. The traits that make dominant individuals influential in one context may therefore reduce their influence in other contexts. Here, we examine this association between dominance and influence using the cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni, comparing the influence of dominant and subordinate males during normal social interactions and in a more complex group consensus association task. We find that phenotypically dominant males are aggressive, socially central, and that these males have a s

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Santiago M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7414064 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature