Problem solving and neophobia in a columbiform–passeriform assemblage in Barbados

By Sandra J. Webster, L. Lefebvre. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Personality and parasites: sex-dependent associations between avian malaria infection and multiple behavioural traits (2011, background): “Performance in novel problem-solving tasks is thought to provide a measure of general cognitive ability (Roth and Dicke 2005) and innovativeness (Laland and Reader 1999; Webster and Lefebvre 2001).”
Tools and brains in birds (2002, background): “Intertaxon differences in innovation rate correlate with problem-solving differences found in the literature (Timmermans et al., 2000) and in experimental tests conducted in the eld and in captivity (Webster & Lefebvre, 2001).”
A taste for novelty in invading house sparrows, Passer domesticus (2005, background): “The first morning after capture from aviaries, latency to feed/approach seed-filled cups in the absence (control) and presence (treatment) of one of four novel objects was recorded for each bird, again from behind a blind (Greenberg, 1990a; Webster and Lefebvre, 2001).”
Male satin bowerbird problem-solving ability predicts mating success (2009, unknown): “Problem-solving ability has not been used in sexual selection studies as a measure of cognitive performance, but has a well-established history of use in studying such diverse topics as innovation and behavioural flexibility ( Webster & Lefebvre 2001; Biondi et al. 2008; Liker & Bokony 2009), coope”
The relation between social rank, neophobia and individual learning in starlings (2006, unknown): “In apparent contrast, object neophobia did correlate with flexibility in problemsolving attempts in five opportunistic avian species on Barbados (Webster & Lefebvre 2001).”
Innovative problem solving in birds: a cross-species comparison of two highly successful passerines (2015, background): “For example, Webster and Lefebvre (2001) showed that among an array of five avian species, thosemost inclined to solve an innovative foraging problem belonged to taxawith higher numbers of foraging innovation anecdotes.”
Living in the city: can anyone become an ‘urban exploiter'? (2007, background): “More innovative species are generally better at problem solving and learning in complex surroundings (Timmermans et al., 2000; Webster & Lefebvre, 2001), an ability that may further help them adjust to the urban environment.”
Problem-solving performance is correlated with reproductive success in a wild bird population (2013, background): “Such tests are assumed to operationalize innovativeness (Webster & Lefebvre 2001), defined as the propensity to invent a new behaviour or to flexibly adjust established behaviours to solve new problems (Reader & Laland 2003).”
Mate choice for cognitive traits: a review of the evidence in nonhuman vertebrates (2011, background): “1997), problem-solving ability (Webster and Lefebvre 2001), or performance on tests of reversal learning (Bitterman 1975), either in the laboratory (e.”
Personality in captivity reflects personality in the wild (2010, background): “This test is often used in the wild, where novel objects are introduced to familiar feeding sites, but usually for unmarked individuals (Webster & Lefebvre 2000, 2001; Echeverrı́a et al. 2006).”
Behavioural flexibility and invasion success in birds (2002, background): “Innovation frequency has been found to be a good predictor of experimental measures of flexibility like learning (Gossette 1968; Sasvarï 1985, reanalysed by Timmermans et al. 2000) and problem solving (Webster & Lefebvre 2001).”
A comparison of innovative problem-solving abilities between wild and captive spotted hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta (2013, background): “Based on findings from earlier workwith other species (Webster & Lefebvre 2001; Gajdon et al. 2004; Bouchard et al. 2007), we predicted that captive hyaenas would be more successful at solving a novel technical problem, and thus more innovative, than wild hyaenas.”
Technical innovations drive the relationship between innovativeness and residual brain size in birds (2009, unknown): “…is consistent with studies of problem-solving ability in captive birds, wherein large-brained birds are able to spontaneously solve novel tasks that may require very specific technical skills unlike those they use in the wild (Webster & Lefebvre 2001; Heinrich & Bugnyar 2005; Biondi et al. 2008).”