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Assessment of Social Transmission of Food Preferences Behaviors

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Detecting social transmission in networks.

William Hoppitt¹, Neeltje J Boogert, Kevin N Laland

¹School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Bute Building, Westburn Lane, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TS, United Kingdom. wjeh1@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Researchers developed new methods, order of acquisition diffusion analysis (OADA) and time of acquisition diffusion analysis (TADA), to better track social learning and behavioral innovations in animal populations.

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Area of Science:

Animal behavior
Social learning
Network analysis

Background:

Identifying the spread of behavioral innovations via social transmission in animals is crucial.
Network-based analyses are used to detect social learning by correlating association patterns with information flow.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce a new method, order of acquisition diffusion analysis (OADA).
Further develop the time of acquisition diffusion analysis (TADA) method.
Compare OADA and TADA with existing approaches for identifying social transmission.

Main Methods:

Simulations were used to compare the power and error rates of OADA, TADA, and other diffusion analysis methods.
The new methods were applied to a dataset on foraging innovations in starlings.

Main Results:

OADA and TADA demonstrated higher power and lower Type I error rates than alternative methods.
The study specifies conditions under which each approach (OADA and TADA) is most effective.
OADA and TADA successfully identified social transmission of foraging innovations in starlings that was previously missed.

Conclusions:

OADA and TADA are powerful and reliable methods for detecting social learning in animal populations.
These methods can be applied to both natural and captive animal groups.
Implementation code for OADA and TADA in R is provided to facilitate wider adoption.