The role of spatial accuracy and precision in hermit crab contests
dc.contributor.author | Lane, Sarah | |
dc.contributor.author | Briffa, Mark | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-28T08:57:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-28T08:57:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-09 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0003-3472 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1095-8282 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/17949 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Understanding the determinants of fighting ability (or resource-holding potential, RHP) is key to elucidating the evolution of aggressive behaviour, as current tests of contest theory rely on realistic proxies for overall RHP. Traditionally, RHP is considered equivalent to body size but it is increasingly clear that a wider range of morphological and physiological traits contribute to fighting ability. In situations analogous to contests, such as courtship displays in animals and competitive sport in humans, the role of skill has long been appreciated but this component has been neglected in analyses of animal fights. Here, we investigated two spatial components of skill, accuracy and precision, during shell fights in hermit crabs, where an attacker repeatedly strikes (raps) its shell against that of a defender. By analysing the points of impact of these strikes, we found that attackers that rapped with coarse-scale accuracy were more likely to win the fight, indicating that the ability to target a 'sweet spot' on the defender's shell is an important determinant of contest success. Furthermore, we found that this element of skill correlated with temporal performance (vigour). Taken together these results show that spatial skill is an RHP component. Moreover, in contrast to the traditional assumption that fighting ability is equivalent to body size, RHP is actually underpinned by a suite of interlinked traits including performance capacities, morphology and skill. | |
dc.format.extent | 111-118 | |
dc.format.medium | ||
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Masson | |
dc.subject | accuracy | |
dc.subject | contests | |
dc.subject | repeated signals | |
dc.subject | resource-holding potential | |
dc.subject | skill | |
dc.subject | vigour | |
dc.title | The role of spatial accuracy and precision in hermit crab contests | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
plymouth.author-url | https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000566536800011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=11bb513d99f797142bcfeffcc58ea008 | |
plymouth.volume | 167 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Animal Behaviour | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.07.013 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Researchers in ResearchFish submission | |
dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-06-08 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2021-9-29 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1095-8282 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.funder | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | The role of skill in animal contests: Analysis of a neglected RHP trait in fighting hermit crabs | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.07.013 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-09 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
plymouth.funder | The role of skill in animal contests: Analysis of a neglected RHP trait in fighting hermit crabs::Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |