Relationship between mousekilling and conspecific aggression in the male rat

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ID11106249
AuthorsAntoine Depaulis (0000-0001-6543-6700, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author), Marguerite Vergnes (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Year1983
Volume9
Issue3
Pages259-268
Publication date1983-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAggressive Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0096-140X • E-ISSN: 1098-2337
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/1098-2337(1983)9:3<259::aid-ab2480090307>3.0.co;2-j
OpenAlexW2089176261
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited35

In order to investigate the relationships between mousekilling and conspecific aggression, behavioral variables of killer and nonkiller rats were compared in a “resident-intruder” paradigm, in resident as well as in intruder animals. The occurrence of offensive items (offensive sideways, attack) was significantly higher in killer rats when they were residents; their corresponding opponents displayed more defensive behaviors. No significant difference in aggressive behaviors was noted when the comparison was done in the intruders. These results and those of previous studies suggest that there is a correlation between mousekilling and intraspecific offensive behaviors. Some similarities in the situations where both behaviors are elicited–eg, introduction of an unfamiliar intruder into a familiar environment–may contribute to the existence of such a correlation and the possibility of common mechanisms underlying both behaviors is discussed.

Aggression · Biology · Correlation · Developmental psychology · Intraspecific competition · Medical emergency · Offensive · Poison control · Positive correlation · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Ecology · Medicine · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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