?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+role+of+recent+experience+and+weight+on+hen's+agonistic+behaviour+during+dyadic+conflict+resolution.&rft.creator=Martin%2C+Fran%C3%A7ois&rft.creator=Beaugrand%2C+Jacques+P.&rft.creator=Lague%2C+Paul+C.&rft.subject=Animal+Behavior&rft.subject=Ethology&rft.description=Recent+victory+or+defeat+experiences+and+2-hour+familiarity+with+the+meeting+place+were+combined+with+size+differences+in+order+to+better+understand+their+effects+on+the+behaviour+leading+to+the+establishment+of+dyadic+dominance+relationships+between+hens+not+previously+acquainted+with+each+other.+Three+kinds+of+encounters+were+videotaped%3A+(i)+a+previous+winner+unfamiliar+with+the+meeting+place+met+a+previous+loser+familiar+for+2+hours+with+the+meeting+place+(n+%3D+12+dyads)%3B+(ii)+as+in+(i)+but+both+were+unfamiliar+with+the+meeting+place+(n%3D12)%3B+(iii)+as+in+(i)+but+the+previous+winner+was+familiar+with+the+meeting+place+while+the+previous+loser+was+unfamiliar+(n%3D13).+The+weight+asymmetry+was+combined+with+these+three+types+of+encounters+by+selecting+hens+of+various+weight+differences%3A+in+29+dyads+the+recent+loser+was+heavier+than+the+recent+winner+and+in+8+dyads+it+was+the+reverse.+Recent+experience+had+a+major+influence+upon+both+agonistic+behaviour+and+dominance+outcome.+Hens+that+were+familiar+with+the+meeting+site+initiated+attacks+more+frequently+than+their+unfamiliar+opponent+but+did+not+win+significantly+more+often.+Recent+experience+and+site+familiarity+could+be+used+to+identify+80%25+of+future+initiators.+Once+the+first+aggressive+behaviour+had+been+initiated%2C+it+led+to+victory+of+its+initiator+in+92%25+of+cases.+Weight+was+not+found+to+influence+agonistic+behaviour+nor+dominance+outcome.+However%2C+hens+with+superior+comb+and+wattles+areas+won+significantly+more+initial+meetings+than+opponents+with+smaller+ones.+In+the+final+encounters%2C+victory+also+went+more+frequently+to+the+bird+showing+larger+comb+and+wattles%2C+which+happened+also+to+be+the+previous+dominant+in+a+majority+of+cases.+The+use+of+higher-order+partial+correlations+as+an+ex+post+facto+control+for+comb+and+wattles+indicates+that+they+were+not+influential+upon+agonistic+behaviour+nor+on+dominance+outcome%2C+but+were+simply+co-selected+with+the+selection+of+victorious+and+defeated+birds+in+the+first+phase+of+the+experiment+designed+to+let+hens+acquire+recent+victory%2Fdefeat+experience.%0A%0A&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1938%2F3%2FMartin-Beaugrand-Lague-1997b.pdf&rft.identifier=++Martin%2C+Fran%C3%A7ois+and+Beaugrand%2C+Jacques+P.+and+Lague%2C+Paul+C.++(1997)+The+role+of+recent+experience+and+weight+on+hen's+agonistic+behaviour+during+dyadic+conflict+resolution.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1938%2F