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Dog

-eat-

Dog

Madhur Mangalam

…for a species…

ecological factors

minimally required area

food distribution

food density

predation pressure

Schaik & Hooff, 1983

ecological factors

minimally required area

food distribution

food density

predation pressure

feeding strategy

anti- predation strategy

Schaik & Hooff, 1983

behavioral responses

ecological factors

behavioral responses

group characte-ristics

social structure

minimally required area

food distribution

food density

predation pressure

feeding strategy

anti- predation strategy

group cohesion

group size

Schaik & Hooff, 1983

ecological factors

behavioral responses

group characte-ristics

social organization

social structure

minimally required area

food distribution

food density

predation pressure

feeding strategy

anti- predation strategy

group cohesion

group size

group composition

patterns in genetic relatedness

migration patterns

Schaik & Hooff, 1983

ecological factors

behavioral responses

group characte-ristics

social organization

social structure

social organization

minimally required area

food distribution

food density

predation pressure

feeding strategy

anti- predation strategy

group cohesion

group size

group composition

patterns in genetic relatedness

migration patterns

patterns in social behavior

Schaik & Hooff, 1983

ecological factors

behavioral responses

group characte-ristics

social organization

social structure

social organization

minimally required area

food distribution

food density

predation pressure

feeding strategy

anti- predation strategy

group cohesion

group size

group composition

patterns in genetic relatedness

migration patterns

patterns in social behavior

Schaik & Hooff, 1983

…for dogs…

…for dogs…

food distribution and density

behavioral responses

?

…for dogs…

food distribution and densitydistribution

visibility predictability

clustered

scattered

high

low

high

low

behavioral responses

?

…for dogs…

food distribution and densitydistribution

visibility predictability

clustered

scattered

high

low

high

low

aggression

…for dogs…

food distribution and density

pet dogs (P)stray dogs (S)

distribution

visibility predictability

clustered

scattered

high

low

high

low

aggression

…for dogs…

food distribution and density

pet dogs (P)stray dogs (S)

distribution

visibility predictability

clustered

scattered

high

low

high

low

stray* dogs (S*) stray dogs (S)

aggression

…for dogs…

aggression

pet dogs (P)

stray dogs (S)

dominance hierarchy

high

low

linear

egalitarian

…for dogs…

time to open food pack (T)

pet dogs (P)

stray dogs (S)

less

more

…predicts…

…by…

- 15 pet dogs

- 34 stray dogs

-24 stray dogs

-10 stray* dogs

…49 dogs

…by dogs…

…by dogs…

time to open food pack (T)

pet dogs (P)

stray dogs (S)

more

lessnull hypothesis rejected, α<0.05

…by dogs…

time to open food pack (T)

stray* dogs (S*)

stray dogs (S)

x

xnull hypothesis failed to reject, α>0.05

…by dogs…

time to open food pack (T)

females

males

more

lessnull hypothesis rejected, α<0.05

…of dogs…

…of dogs…

aggression

pet dogs (P)

stray dogs (S)

high

low

…of dogs…

aggression

pet dogs (P)

stray dogs (S)

high

low

…of dogs…

aggression

pet dogs (P)

stray dogs (S)

high

low

…absence of ‘foraging optimization’ in pet dogs…

…of dogs…

stray dogs* (S*)

stray dogs (S)

aggression

x

x

…of dogs…

stray dogs* (S*)

stray dogs (S)

aggression

x

x

…problem with the identification or not much difference in resource contexts…

…of dogs…

females

males

more

less

time to open food pack (T)

?

…sexual dimorphism…

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