?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+role+of+hen's+weight+and+recent+experience+on+dyadic+conflict+outcome&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=This+study+simultaneously+varied+experiences+of+recent+victory+or+defeat%2C+2-hour+familiarity+with+the+meeting+place%2C+and+hen+weight+in+order+to+understand+their+combined+effects+on+the+establishment+of+dyadic+dominance+relationships+between+hens+not+previously+acquainted+with+each+other.+Three+kinds+of+encounters+were+arranged%3A+(i)+a+previous+winner+unfamiliar+with+the+meeting+place+met+a+previous+loser+familiar+with+the+meeting+place+(n%C2%A0%3D28+dyads)%3B+(ii)+a+previous+winner+met+a+previous+loser%2C+both+unfamiliar+with+the+meeting+place+(n%3D27)%3B+(iii)+a+previous+winner+familiar+with+the+meeting+place+encountered+a+previous+loser+unfamiliar+with+the+meeting+place+(n%3D28).+The+weight+asymmetry+was+combined+with+these+three+types+of+encounters+by+selecting+hens+showing+various+weight+differences%2C+in+favour+of+the+recent+loser+in+54+dyads+and+of+the+recent+winner+in+29+dyads.+Results+indicate+that+recent+victory+or+defeat+experience+significantly+affected+the+outcome.+Even+an+important+weight+asymmetry%2C+or+familiarity+with+the+meeting+place+were+not+sufficient+for+a+hen+recently+defeated+to+overcome+an+opponent+that+was+previously+victorious.+A+2-hour+period+of+familiarization+with+the+meeting+place+did+not+provide+any+significant+advantage+over+unfamiliarity.+Although+a+significant+relationship+was+found+to+exist+between+comb+and+wattles+areas+and+the+initial+and+final+statuses%2C+examination+of+partial+correlations+indicates+that+the+influence+was+from+initial+status+to+final+status%2C+rather+than+from+comb+and+wattles+to+final+status.+These+results+suggest+that+more+importance+should+be+attributed+to+recent+social+experience+in+comparison+to+intrinsic+factors+in+determining+dyadic+dominance+in+the+hen.%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%2F1952%2F3%2Fmartin-beaugrand-lague-1997a.pdf&rft.identifier=++Martin%2C+Fran%C3%A7ois+and+Beaugrand%2C+Jacques+P.+and+Lague%2C+Paul+C.++(1997)+The+role+of+hen's+weight+and+recent+experience+on+dyadic+conflict+outcome.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1952%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>