Michael Chimento

2 months ago | biorxiv.org | Michael Chimento |Edwin S. Dalmaijer |Barbara C. Klump |Lucy Aplin

AbstractHuman-modified environments offer novel resources, but their exploitation can be a source of human-wildlife conflict. Residents of Sydney have reported increasing cases of bin-opening behavior by sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita), with evidence this behavior is socially learned between birds. Households protected their bins, yet cockatoos have learned to defeat these defences. In response, residents increase their defence-level, setting the stage for a behavioral "arms race".

Nov 14, 2024 | journals.plos.org | Michael Chimento |Gustavo Alarcón-Nieto |Lucy Aplin

Citation: Chimento M, Alarcón-Nieto G, Aplin LM (2024) Immigrant birds learn from socially observed differences in payoffs when their environment changes. PLoS Biol 22(11): e3002699. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002699Academic Editor: Lars Chittka, Queen Mary University of London, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELANDReceived: May 23, 2024; Accepted: September 24, 2024; Published: November 14, 2024Copyright: © 2024 Chimento et al.

Sep 19, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Michael Chimento |Gustavo Alarcón-Nieto

AbstractLongstanding theory predicts that strategic flexibility in when and how to use social information can help individuals make adaptive decisions, especially when environments are temporally or spatially variable. A short-term increase in reliance on social information under these conditions has been experimentally shown in primates, including humans, but whether this occurs in other taxa is unknown.

Jul 2, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Michael Chimento |Lucy Aplin |Fumihiro Kano

AbstractCollection of large behavioral data-sets on wild animals in natural habitats is vital in ecology and evolution studies. Recent progress in machine learning and computer vision, combined with inexpensive microcomputers, have unlocked a new frontier of fine-scale markerless measurements.

Jun 6, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Michael Chimento |Gustavo Alarcón-Nieto

AbstractLongstanding theory predicts that strategic flexibility in when and how to use social information can help individuals make adaptive decisions, especially when environments are temporally or spatially variable. A short-term increase in reliance on social information under these conditions has been experimentally shown in primates, including humans, but whether this occurs in other taxa is unknown.