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Social and environmental context influences assessment strategy use in Tilapia

Stienecker, Sara Lynn

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2018, Master of Science (MS), Bowling Green State University, Biological Sciences.
Animals engage in costly agonistic contests often to procure resources. During these contests, the combatants obtain and use information to make decisions on whether to persist or to withdraw from the fight which is termed assessment. Recent theory and work has suggested that the types assessment employed is maybe more variable previously thought and the use of different strategies might be influenced by social and environment under which animals develop. This study addresses the contextual components (social and environmental) that influence the utilization of one assessment strategy over another. Male tilapia were primed with different social and environmental context 24 hours prior to fighting in staged, dyadic contests. When both fish were primed with the same context, a clear assessment strategy was utilized, and the assessment strategy selection changed as a function of priming treatment. Conversely, when fish were primed with different treatment contexts, there was no discernible assessment. Therefore, assessment strategies change as a function of social and environmental context.
Paul Moore, PhD (Advisor)
Brian Wisenden, PhD (Committee Member)
Daniel Weigmann, PhD (Committee Member)
37 p.

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  • Stienecker, S. L. (2018). Social and environmental context influences assessment strategy use in Tilapia [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1522150756574191

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stienecker, Sara. Social and environmental context influences assessment strategy use in Tilapia. 2018. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1522150756574191.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stienecker, Sara. "Social and environmental context influences assessment strategy use in Tilapia." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1522150756574191

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)