Ecological Aspects of Neophobia and Neophilia in Birds

By R. Greenberg, C. Mettke-Hofmann. 2001

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Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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What are you actually measuring? A review of techniques that integrate the stress response on distinct time‐scales (2020, background): “The balance between the desire to access novel resources with the potential for predation underlies the neophobic response—the fear of the new (reviewed in Greenberg & Mettke-Hofmann, 2001).”
Effects of Group Size on Approach to Novel Objects in Ravens (Corvus corax) (2006, background): “Barnett (1963) emphasized that a ‘new object reaction’ is temporary and elicited by a change in an otherwise familiar situation, while Greenberg & Mettke-Hoffmann (2001) considered similar behaviour as neophobia and defined it as ‘the avoidance of an object or other aspect of the environment solely…”
Integrating animal temperament within ecology and evolution (2007, background): “Neophobia and neophilia are, on the other hand, more relevant to those interested in the mechanisms responsible for individual variation in exploration (see e.g., Greenberg & Mettke-Hofmann, 2001); (3) activity, the general level of activity of an individual.”
The relation between dominance and exploratory behavior is context-dependent in wild great tits (2004, background): “n many species, individuals differ consistently in their behavior toward novel or challenging situations (Boissy, 1995; Gosling, 2001; Greenberg and Mettke-Hofmann, 2001; Wilson et al., 1994).”
Neophobia is not only avoidance: improving neophobia tests by combining cognition and ecology (2015, background): “patterning, textures and shape) can influence how much animals interact with it [1 ,3,41,50], objects with greater complexity may be more likely to elicit novelty responses.”
Who are the innovators? A field experiment with 2 passerine species (2011, background): “Juveniles are expected to innovate more frequently than adults because they are usually subordinate and show a greater propensity to explore new objects (Greenberg and Mettke-Hofmann 2001; Biro et al. 2003; Biondi et al. 2010).”
Natural selection and animal personality (2005, background): “…2004), animals often show very limited behavioural plasticity (Sih et al., 2004a, b) and commonly differ consistently in their reaction towards the same environmental stimuli (Clark & Ehlinger, 1987; Wilson et al., 1994; Boissy, 1995; Wilson, 1998; Gosling, 2001; Greenberg & Mettke- Hofmann, 2001).”
Repeatability and heritability of exploratory behaviour in great tits from the wild (2002, background): “These behavioural responses have been arranged along axes such as shyness/boldness (Clark & Ehlinger 1987; Wilson et al. 1994), aggression (Benus et al. 1992), neophobia (Greenberg & Mettke-Hofmann 2001) or exploration (Winkler & Leisler 1999).”
A taste for novelty in invading house sparrows, Passer domesticus (2005, methodology): “Generally, one would predict that behaviorally flexible species would be more willing to explore particular objects or situations that neophobic species might avoid (Greenberg and Mettke-Hofmann, 2001) and more willing to consume potential food resources in general (Sol et al.”