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@article{item_3259546,
title = {{Social learning about construction behaviour via an artefact}},
author = {Breen, Alexis J. and Bonneaud, Cl{\'e}mence C. and Healy, Susan D. and Guillette, Lauren M.},
language = {eng},
issn = {1435-9456},
doi = {10.1007/s10071-019-01240-x},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2019},
date = {2019},
abstract = {{One source of public information may be the enduring products of others{\textquoteright} behaviour, such as discarded tools or vacated nests. Here, we examined whether observation of a nest affects the material captive zebra finch males prefer when they construct their first nest. It does: for first-time nest construction, males that viewed only an empty cage preferred the colour of material each initially favoured but those males that had observed a pre-built nest of material of their non-preferred colour lost their material-colour preference altogether. Additionally, half of the males that viewed a nest were tested in an environment (the laboratory) different to that in which they were reared (an outdoor aviary). We had expected the aviary-reared (versus laboratory-reared) males would be more uncertain, and thus more likely to select material for their first nest that matched in colour to the colour of the {\textquoteleft}demonstrated{\textquoteright} nest{\textemdash}but this was not the case. The aviary-reared males did, however, tend to touch first the demonstrated colour of material more than did the laboratory-reared males. Together these results show that both observation of a nest and a change in environment can influence the material choices of novice builders. For na{\"\i}ve animal builders, then, construction artefacts can be information resources for learning about potential construction material.}},
journal = {{Animal Cognition}},
volume = {22},
number = {3},
pages = {305--315},
}