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Marai, I. F. M., and A. A. Rashwan. "Rabbits behavioural response to climatic and managerial conditions – a review." Archives Animal Breeding 47, no. 5 (October 10, 2004): 469–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/aab-47-469-2004.

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Abstract. The domestic rabbit is deprived of the protection of burrows and of a social hierarchy and live in a limited space which is a fraction of a metre of a hard sanitized space, removed from odours, markers and social interaction. Hot climate was the main cause for abnormal maternal and sexual behaviour. Exposure to high ambient temperature induces rabbits to try to balance their excessive heat load by using different means. The doe that was capable to produce 10 litters a year may give only 4 to 5 litters in hot climate Noise in rabitries causes adverse effects including nervous and behavioural abnormalities and can cause a startled response and traumatic injuries to limbs and back. Particularly, most concern about noise effects has traditionally focused on impairment of reproductive and maternal behaviours, although few controlled studies have been done to support the observations of animal caretakers that noise inhibits production. Moon phases are one of the main causes of abnormal sexual behaviour in females. Crowdness causes that rabbits become aggressive and bite one another during the first few days of nest sharing, while successive litters live together. Keeping rabbits singly in cages is not compatible with the demand of housing with respect to animal welfare, since the singly caged rabbit is exposed to natural external stimulus, has no social contact and has no conditions for suitable locomotion. This may be the reason in that caged rabbits show nervous behaviour and altered forms of movement and low relaxed resting-behaviour, that may be due to the narrowness of the cage and the wire floor. Social deprivation in rabbits interferes with the development of normal adult behaviours. However, among group-housed rabbits, survival at weaning was estimated to be 39% instead of 87% in individual cages. The behaviour and welfare of caged rabbit can be positively affected with repeated handling by familiar people. Minimal handling reduces timidity, particularly when performed during the first week of post-natal life. Higher growth rate and higher activity levels were recorded in rabbits handled daily for 10 minutes from 10 days to 10 weeks of age. Abuse and pushing the animals hard because of the method of production are cases in which the animals do not get optimal facilities necessary to fulfill their behavioural (ethological) needs.
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Schepers, F., P. Koene, and B. Beerda. "Welfare assessment in pet rabbits." Animal Welfare 18, no. 4 (November 2009): 477–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0962728600000890.

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AbstractOne million pet rabbits are kept in The Netherlands, but there are no data available on their behaviour and welfare. This study seeks to assess the welfare of pet rabbits in Dutch households and is a first step in the development of a welfare assessment system. In an internet survey, housing systems, general up-keep and behaviour of pet rabbits were reported by their owners. The answers of 912 respondents were analysed with behavioural observations carried out on 66 rabbits in as many households. The rabbits were observed in their home cage and during three fear-related tests: a contact test, a handling test and an open-field test. The survey revealed that the average lifespan of the rabbits is approximately 4.2 years (the maximum potential lifespan is 13 years) and solitary housing appears to reduce lifespan. Close to half of respondents subjected their rabbit(s) to solitary housing and the majority housed them in relatively small cages (< 5,000 cm2). Health risks may arise from a failure to inoculate rabbits and via inappropriate diet. During the contact test, solitary-housed rabbits made more contacts with a human than group-housed rabbits and rabbits in a small housing system made more contacts than those in a large system. Observations in the home cage differed greatly compared with the natural time budget of rabbits, ie displaying increased stereotypic behaviour and decreased foraging and, in solitary-housed rabbits, a complete lack of social behaviour. Nearly 25% of rabbits displayed strong resistance to being picked up, indicating socialisation problems. During the open-field test, solitary-housed rabbits sat up more than social-housed rabbits suggesting increased fearfulness. These findings indicate that the conditions in which pet rabbits are kept often have a negative impact on their welfare, further underlining the need to study this in greater detail.
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Burn, CC, and P. Shields. "Do rabbits need each other? Effects of single versus paired housing on rabbit body temperature and behaviour in a UK shelter." Animal Welfare 29, no. 2 (May 1, 2020): 209–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.7120/09627286.29.2.209.

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In the wild, rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are social but territorial. Recent surveys suggest that over half of pet rabbits are housed singly. We aimed to compare welfare in single versus paired rabbits. We predicted singletons would show more abnormal or escape behaviour, greater stress responses to handling, and reduced body temperature (being unable to huddle with another individual when cold), but that pairs may show aggression. This study was conducted during winter at a rabbit-only rescue centre, and included 45rabbits, comprising 15 housed singly and 15 pairs. Like most pet rabbits, they were housed either outdoors or in unheated outbuildings. Singletons were mostly in smaller enclosures than pairs. Home-pen observations (40 min) revealed bar-biting in 8/15 single rabbits compared with 0/30 of the paired ones. No other behavioural effects of social housing reached significance, and enclosure size showed no significant effects. Body temperature was significantly lower in singletons than pairs, with at least 0.5°C mean difference. On colder days, rabbits adopted compact postures more, and relaxed postures less frequently. After handling, pairs resumed normal behaviour significantly more quickly than singletons in the home-pen (3.0 [± 0.3] versus 8.3 [± 1.3] s, respectively). Aggression was never observed. The results indicate that social housing reduces bar-biting, aids thermoregulation, and may help buffer stress. Rabbit owners should be encouraged to meet the need for rabbits to be housed with an appropriate conspecific in a suitably large, sheltered enclosure.
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Cooke, Brian D. "Rabbits: manageable environmental pests or participants in new Australian ecosystems?" Wildlife Research 39, no. 4 (2012): 279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr11166.

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Some theorists argue that plant and animal species introduced to new localities should be controlled only if they cause damage and not because they originated in another country; this warrants greater acceptance of introduced species as participants in new ecological associations in a rapidly changing world. To evaluate this concept and its relevance in setting directions for rabbit control in Australia, this idea is not only reviewed against information on the rabbit’s impact in Australian ecosystems but also against management policies, industrial drivers and social expectations. It is concluded that wild rabbits hold many natural Australian ecosystems in a degraded state and any beneficial ecological roles rabbits provide are small by comparison. Furthermore, rabbits can be controlled adequately to initiate ecosystem restoration. The idea that introduced rabbits should be more readily accepted as participants in new ecosystems is strongly counter-argued. Rabbits are not harmless passengers in Australian ecosystems and, to achieve ecosystem recovery, a high level of rabbit control is necessary.
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Rödel, Heiko Georg. "Aspects of social behaviour and reproduction in the wild rabbit – Implications for rabbit breeding?" World Rabbit Science 30, no. 1 (March 31, 2022): 47–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2022.15954.

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Further knowledge on aspects of social behaviour in the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), including the link to reproduction, could possibly point to new ways to improve housing and breeding conditions in rabbit farming. In this review, I present some results of our long-term study on a 2-hectare field enclosure population of wild rabbits (University of Bayreuth, Germany), exploring group-level and individual-level differences in agonistic behaviour of females and their potential associations with reproductive traits, including offspring survival. The frequency of agonistic behaviour in which females were involved, increased with increasing group size, and was lower in groups with a more heterogeneous age structure. At the individual level, reproducing females were involved in more agonistic interactions when groupmates gave birth and thus built their burrows and nests at around the same time, and higher-ranking mothers were particularly aggressive when other females approached close to their nursery burrows. Associations between females’ social environment and reproduction were evident, as the numbers of litters and offspring per female were lower at higher female densities, high-ranking females produced more offspring and had a lower offspring mortality than low-ranking ones, and cases of infanticide were lower in more stable groups, which we quantified by the more heterogeneous age structure of the females’ rank hierarchy in such groups. Furthermore, perinatal offspring mortality was increased in females with a delayed burrow and nest building activity, i.e. does that dug their nursery burrow and built their nest only during the last 24 h pre-partum, possibly driven by the more unfavourable social environment experienced by such females. Most importantly, our studies highlight the importance of the presence of litter siblings in improving an individual’s social environment, which resulted in an earlier onset of breeding in such females. Higher levels of positive social interactions with litter siblings were also associated with lower stress hormone (corticosterone) levels and with a better health status in terms of lower loads with an intestinal nematode. These findings on ameliorating effects of litter sibling presence in growing rabbits as well as in reproducing females may be a promising starting point worth further exploration in the context of group housing of domestic rabbits.
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White, Piran C. L., Geraldine Newton-Cross, Michael Gray, Roland Ashford, Catherine White, and Glen Saunders. "Spatial interactions and habitat use of rabbits on pasture and implications for the spread of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in New South Wales." Wildlife Research 30, no. 1 (2003): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr01106.

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Successful control of European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) populations in Australia has been achieved with the use of disease, initially myxomatosis and more recently rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD). Predicting the effectiveness of disease as a control agent depends on understanding the spatial and social organisation of its host population. We radio-tracked 37 rabbits from adjacent burrow systems during May and June 1999. Surface-dwelling rabbits had larger home ranges and core areas and a higher proportion of vegetation cover in their ranges than warren-based rabbits. Interactions between rabbit dyads from the same warren showed greater range overlap than those involving rabbits from different warrens and those involving itinerants. Static interaction was high and positive for intra-warren dyads, but low and negative for inter-warren, warren–surface and surface–surface dyads. These patterns of range use and interaction behaviour create a hierarchical contact and transmission structure within the rabbit population that is likely to vary according to external factors such as population density, resource availability, season, climate and the environment. Quantifying these links between the environment and the transmission process is important to increase our understanding of RHD as an effective management tool for rabbit populations.
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Jekkel, G., G. Milisits, and I. Nagy. "Effect of alternative rearing methods on the behaviour and on the growth and slaughter traits of growing rabbits." Archives Animal Breeding 53, no. 2 (October 10, 2010): 205–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/aab-53-205-2010.

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Abstract. The aim of this study was to compare the behaviour and the production and slaughter traits of growing rabbits reared in different alternative rearing systems and in conventional fattening cages. The experiment was carried out with 312 Pannon White growing rabbits between 5 and 11 weeks of age. According to the pen size, floor type and stocking density 8 experimental groups were created. For analyzing the different behavioural patterns 24 h video recordings were performed weekly by using infrared cameras. The body weight and the feed consumption of the rabbits were also measured weekly. At 11 weeks of age all of the animals were slaughtered and dissected. For the comparison of the behaviour and production of the experimental and control animals the Dunnett-test was used. It was established that the different alternative rearing methods have a significant effect only on the social and stereotype behaviour of the rabbits. The daily weight gain was highest in the control animals, while lowest in the rabbits reared on deep litter. The feed consumption, the feed conversion ratio and the slaughter characteristics were not affected by the rearing method. It was concluded that from the ethological point of view housing rabbits in pens – particularly on deep litter – has a favourable effect on both of the social and stereotype behaviours’ frequency. However, when rabbits are reared on deep litter, some consumption of the litter material should be calculated, but it does not decrease the pellet consumption and the final liveweight of the animals significantly.
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Lehmann, Michel. "Social behaviour in young domestic rabbits under semi-natural conditions." Applied Animal Behaviour Science 32, no. 2-3 (November 1991): 269–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-1591(05)80049-8.

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Whary, Mark, Randall Peper, Gary Borkowski, Wendy Lawrence, and Frederick Ferguson. "The effects of group housing on the research use of the laboratory rabbit." Laboratory Animals 27, no. 4 (January 1, 1993): 330–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/002367793780745615.

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This project evaluated the influence of group housing on common aspects of research use of female laboratory rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus). Eight rabbits housed individually in conventional cages were compared to a second group of 8 housed as a social group in a proportionately larger enclosure. The group housing method provided increased opportunities for exercise, social contact, and a more novel environment. As a function of housing style, the 2 experimental groups were compared on humoral and delayed hypersensitivity response, feed intake, growth rate, and selected physiological parameters that are considered to reflect stress in most species. Single and group housed rabbits did not significantly differ in physiological and immunological measurements, indicating that the practical research performance (immune response, stress level, growth rates etc.) of these rabbits was not significantly affected by group housing compared with the more traditional single housing. Analysis of group social behaviour indicated that the rabbits preferred small social groups, had preferences for microenvironments within the enclosure, and exhibited behaviours that are not possible when housed singly. Group housing appeared to be a successful method for enriching the environment of female rabbits and aspects of it should be considered in the approach to housing rabbits used in research.
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Postollec, G., E. Boilletot, R. Maurice, and V. Michel. "The effect of housing system on the behaviour and growth parameters of fattening rabbits." Animal Welfare 15, no. 2 (May 2006): 105–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0962728600030189.

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AbstractThree housing systems for fattening rabbits were compared using a stocking density of 15 rabbits m–2. The rabbits were housed in large pens (3.67 m2, 50 rabbits), small pens (0.66 m2, 10 rabbits) or in conventional standard cages (0.39 m2, 6 rabbits) from 31 to 72 days of age. Rabbits housed in each small pen or in each cage belonged to the same litter, and the 50 rabbits housed in each large pen were from six or seven litters. At the end of fattening, when rabbits were 72 days old, there was no significant difference in the weight of rabbits from the three different housing systems, even though the rabbits from small pens were slightly heavier in weight compared with rabbits from large pens. The best feed conversion ratio was found in rabbits from cages, but was only significantly different from rabbits housed in small pens. No significant differences were found in the main activities: nutrition, social behaviour, resting, and standing; however, the frequency of runs, hops and consecutive hops was significantly higher in rabbits from large pens compared with rabbits from the two other housing systems. These results confirm that the total surface area available for animals is the most important factor for such locomotory activities. This study did not reveal any significant difference in aggressive behaviours between rabbits from different litters housed in large pens and between rabbits from the same litter housed in small pens or cages.
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Sneddon, Ian Alexander. "Aspects of olfaction, social behaviour and ecology of an island population of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2823.

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Olfactory behaviour in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) has been studied extensively under laboratory and semi-natural conditions. Results of observations on aspects of the olfactory behaviour of a free-living population of rabbits are presented. To facilitate interpretation of these results, considerable preliminary information about the population was collected. The study was conducted over a three year period on the Isle of May off the east coast of Scotland. A total of 326 rabbits were trapped and marked to permit identification in the field, and data on sex, age and social status of these individuals was collated. Data on the overall structure and fluctuations in the population are presented. The social organisation and home ranges of rabbits at four study sites throughout the three years are described. Observations indicate that the social organisation of free-living populations is more complex and variable than previous descriptions of semi-natural populations would have led us to expect. The reproductive performance of the population was investigated and intra and interwarren variations are analysed with respect to warren and group size. Results indicate an inverse relationship between warren size and reproductive success. The most frequently observed group composition (2 males, 2 females) was also the most reproductively successful. Daily and seasonal activity patterns of different age, sex and social status classes of rabbits are described. Olfactory communication was investigated by analysis of the frequency, daily and seasonal variation, and behavioural context of odour related activities performed by members of different age, sex and social status classes. The importance of using appropriate methods for the sampling of behaviour in field studies of olfaction is stressed. The present study concentrates on behaviour related to latrines; chin marking of the substrate and of conspecifics; enurination and urine squirting; and pawscraping. The results suggest that different scent products may carry similar information but analysis of variations in the frequency and context of odour deposition suggests that the deposition of scent fulfills a variety of functions.
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Hayes, Richard Andrew, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, Faculty of Science and Technology, and School of Science. "Semiochemicals and social signalling in the wild European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus(L.)." THESIS_FST_SS_Hayes_R.xml, 2000. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/371.

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The European rabbit lives in defined social groups of between two and about twenty individuals. There are distinct social hierarchies within each group. Rabbits are known to scent-mark their environment with secretions from several glands, and the secretion of the submandibular cutaneous gland is strongly correlated with social status. Dominant, male rabbits have a higher secretory activity of the gland, and show much more scent-marking behaviour than do any other individuals within the social group. This study was principally conducted at Hope Farm, Cattai National Park in New South Wales, Australia.The proteinaceous components of the secretion varied between individuals, but the protein profile of an individual did not change over time.It was found that dominant rabbits chin mark preferentially at the entrances to warrens, and at the boundaries of their territory.The work in this study provides new insights into the way that rabbit semiochemical messages work. The difference between the secretion of a subordinate and a dominant rabbit appears to be due to the presence or absence of one compound, 2-phenoxy ethanol. This compound, with known fixative properties, supports the idea that the only difference between dominant and subordinate secretions is whether or not they persist in the environment after marking. Such a mechanism for asserting dominance may be much more common in mammals than is apparent from the published literature
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Chu, Ling-Ru. "The behavior and social preferences of New Zealand white rabbits /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2003. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.

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Hayes, Richard Andrew. "Semiochemicals and social signalling in the wild European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.)) /." View thesis View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030424.112701/index.html.

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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 2000.
A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, December, 2000. Includes bibliographical references.
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Noller, Crystal. "The Influence of Social Environment on Plasma Oxytocin Levels in New Zealand White Rabbits." Scholarly Repository, 2011. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/283.

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Previous research attests to the relationship between social support and positive health outcomes while linking social isolation or aggression/hostility with negative health outcomes. Several studies examining atherosclerosis with either genetic or behavioral origins, have reported decreased disease severity in socially supportive environments. In order to identify and understand the mechanism responsible for decreased disease, the current study examined physiological differences in New Zealand White rabbits within unstable, stable, and isolated social environments and observed whether functional hormonal changes were apparent over time and as a response to behavior characteristic of these environments. Results indicated that animals within the unstable condition displayed increased agonistic behavior, increased cortisol and epinephrine, decreased body weight, epididymal fat, and retroperitoneal fat, as well as larger spleens. Cortisol values positively correlated with measures of agonistic behavior for all animals, while the reverse relationship was found for affiliative behavior. The novel finding of an increase in oxytocin in animals in the unstable condition within the first ten minutes of pairing that was noticeably distinct from the other two groups suggests that plasma oxytocin levels are related to acute stress. Limitations and interpretations of these findings are discussed. Future work is still needed to help further explain the physiological response to social stress and affiliation and to elucidate the mechanism by which a supportive social environment appears to protect against progression and severity of heart disease.
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Sunnucks, Paul James. "Social behaviour and neophobia in the European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.)." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309506.

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Roberts, Susan C. "Sociality in rabbits." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c7345d17-d1f7-40c8-911a-ac4477826d1e.

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Two populations of rabbits (Oryctolaqus cuniculus) were investigated to see whether polygynous, multi-male groups formed in the absence of large multi-entranced warrens. They did not. Rabbits neither gathered in space nor time. The small warrens were spread out evenly across homogeneous patches and the females were well spaced out. Monogamy, distinguished by a battery of tests, was prevalent, with the more dominant males as 'mate' rabbits. That the polygyny frequently mentioned in the literature was a result of male dominance and female defense was considered. The genetic structure of each population was investigated by taking blood from rabbits and having it analysed electrophoretically and for immunoglobulins. A method for assessing relatedness between groups of pairs of animals was implemented, then validated and developed with Monte Carlo simulations. With the seven polymorphic allele obtained, no non-zero relatedness was found but it was sometimes possible to exclude high relatedness. The bearing of sociality on vigilance during feeding was investigated. Although a rabbit's vigilance decreased as its 'mate' approached, the presence of other rabbits was correlated with increased vigilance. It was concluded that the need for social vigilance outweighed the benefit of 'many eyes' watching for predators. This conclusion was tested by experiment, using stuffed animals as stimuli. Rabbits increased their vigilance during grazing bouts both by increasing the length and frequency of scans. Scans could be short or long: the probability of ending a scan decreased sharply at a certain point; a form of positive feedback. The durations of short 'maintenance' scans were dependent on chewlength (the amount of food in the mouth). This fitted a timesharing definition as supported by experiment. Long scans in response to a visible threat did not involve chewing.
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Zain, Kamar Khazmi. "Effects of early social environment on physical and behavioural development in the rabbit." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327740.

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Vitale, Augusto F. "Development of dispersionary and anti-predator behaviour in young wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.)) in sand dunes." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1988. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU010242.

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Patterns of dispersion of young wild rabbits, in relation to conspecifics and burrows, were studied in a wild population of young rabbits in a sand dune habitat. In general, no significant age-related changes in mean nearest-neighbour distances were observed. Although littermates were closer than expected by chance, young rabbits spent more time on the surface with non-related young than with a mixture of littermates and non-littermates. Nearest-adult distances were very close to those expected by chance. Unrelated young tended to diverge from each other when closer than 1m, but this effect was not observed at greater nearest-young distances. More divergent movements than convergent ones were also observed in the case of different nearest-adult distances. It is suggested that for young rabbits in a sand dune population kin-group cohesion is not an important characteristic of the social system. Young rabbits did not show a close association with their original burrow; from the first week of life on the surface, they used different burrows. No significant age-related changes in the mean distance from different kinds of burrows were observed. The mean distance from the nearest burrow remained always under 3m, but this may have been due largely to the high density of burrows. The apparent freedom of movements of young rabbits between different burrows may be related to the social system of the adults. The frequency of sitting alert increased with age in 1984, but it decreased the following year and predictions about the relationship between vigilance and social behaviour were not confirmed. On the other hand, lying and feeding remained nearly constant with age, but the frequency of lying was higher at less than 1m from the burrow than at greater distances. Both maturation/learning processes and external factors appeared to influence the development of behaviour of young rabbits. The effects of age and experience on anti-predator responses were followed using different models of predators. Baby rabbits showed greater alertness than older individuals. Experienced rabbits, more than inexperienced ones, showed different responses to different stimuli. It is suggested that some form of learning improves the quality of anti-predator responses.
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Bowles, David Bernard. "Social Capital and Volunteer Behaviour." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.490399.

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The concept ofsocial capital has proved extremely popular, appearing to provide a valuable analytical tool to investigate contemporary social relations, particularly the perceived decline in social and civic engagemenL This thesis compares Robert Putnam's widely acclaimed work on social capital with that ofPierre Bourdieu. Unlike Putnam's 'public good' model, Bourdieu's concept ofsocial capital cannot be considered in isolation from his overall theoretical approach involving economic, cultural, social and symbolic capitals, and the concepts ofhabitus and field. In contrasting these theories a class-based approach is adopted, comparing the activities ofthe volunteers from two similar day centres for older people. Valley is set in an aflluent rural setting, while Northbury is located in a working class town. Participant observation was carried out while working as a volunteer at each of these locations. The participant observation is used to compare the two Centres as case studies and then uses Bourdieu's concepts to explore the differences between them. The comparison is argued to help look at the way social capital, in Bourdieu's formulation, can be a useful heuristic tool when looking at such volunteer behaviour. The implication is that Putnam's more popular version of social capital neglects class differences, ignoring the reality ofliving within classdivided contemporary society. The popularity ofPutnam's thesis lies not in its explanatory power, but rather in its normative call to reinvigorate 'community' through individual civic reengagement. This theoretical position fits very well with a social policy discourse that is keen to play down class differences and encourage individual responsibility for care. Bourdieu's theoretical approach is complex, but it at least provides the tools for a more realistic investigation of social capital, avoiding the sterile Third Way debates of 'community' which neglect the underlying causes ofsocial disconnectedness, particularly class inequalities.
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Books on the topic "Social behaviour in rabbits"

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Szekely, Tamas, Allen J. Moore, and Jan Komdeur, eds. Social Behaviour. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511781360.

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Larner, Debbie. Anti-social behaviour. Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing, 2005.

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Douglas, Jo. Anti-social behaviour. Windsor: NFER-NELSON, 1988.

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Inc, ebrary, ed. Anti-social behaviour. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2009.

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Great Britain. Policy Action Team 8. Anti-social behaviour. London: Stationery Office, 2000.

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Morrison, Toni. The book of mean people. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2002.

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Social behaviour in mammals. Glasgow: Blackie, 1985.

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Bland, Nick. Policing anti-social behaviour. London: Home Office Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, 2000.

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Poole, Trevor B. Social behaviour in mammals. Glasgow: Blackie, 1985.

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Sadique, Razaque, ed. Dimensions of social behaviour. Delhi: Manak Publications, 2002.

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Book chapters on the topic "Social behaviour in rabbits"

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Farabollini, F. "Social Organization of Experimental Unisex Colonies of male and female rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)." In Ethoexperimental Approaches to the Study of Behavior, 399–410. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2403-1_27.

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Lukefahr, Steven, James I. McNitt, Peter R. Cheeke, and Nephi M. Patton. "Rabbit behavior." In Rabbit production, 182–92. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789249811.0012.

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Abstract The different aspects of rabbit behavior which includes feeding, sexual, and social behavior are discussed in this chapter giving consideration to environmental factors affecting the animals behavior.
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Gidenne, T., F. Lebas, and L. Fortun-Lamothe. "Feeding behaviour of rabbits." In Nutrition of the rabbit, 254–74. Wallingford: CABI, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789241273.0254.

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Lukefahr, Steven D., James I. McNitt, Peter R. Cheeke, and Nephi M. Patton. "Pet rabbits." In Rabbit production, 260–65. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789249811.0018.

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Broom, Donald M. "Welfare of farmed and pet rabbits." In Broom and Fraser’s domestic animal behaviour and welfare, 382–84. 6th ed. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789249835.0038.

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Costa, Giovanni. "Social Behaviour." In Behavioural Adaptations of Desert Animals, 141–47. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79356-1_9.

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Kagan, Carolyn, and Josie Evans. "Social behaviour." In Professional Interpersonal Skills for Nurses, 26–42. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4463-4_3.

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Malim, Tony, Ann Birch, and Sheila Hayward. "Social Behaviour." In Comparative Psychology, 159–86. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13776-3_5.

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Malim, Tony, and Ann Birch. "Social behaviour." In Introductory Psychology, 502–34. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14186-9_27.

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Birch, Ann. "Social Behaviour." In Developmental Psychology, 155–202. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14204-0_5.

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Conference papers on the topic "Social behaviour in rabbits"

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Cakmak, Maya. "Session details: Social behaviour generation." In HRI'14: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3254649.

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Cooper, Sara, and Severin Lemaignan. "Towards using Behaviour Trees for Long-term Social Robot Behaviour." In 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). IEEE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hri53351.2022.9889662.

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Maruf, Hasan Al, Nagib Meshkat, Mohammed Eunus Ali, and Jalal Mahmud. "Human behaviour in different social medias." In ASONAM '15: Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining 2015. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2808797.2809395.

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Rault, Jean-Loup, and Ludwig Huber. "Animal-computer technology meets social behaviour." In ACI2017: Fourth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3152130.3152134.

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Prandi, Catia, Chiara Ceccarini, and Paola Salomoni. "Augmenting Good Behaviour." In GoodTechs '19: EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3342428.3342688.

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Nath, Tanmay, Guangda Liu, Bassem Hassan, Barbara Weyn, Steve De Backer, and Paul Scheunders. "Automated Social Behaviour Recognition at Low Resolution." In 2014 22nd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icpr.2014.403.

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Lloyd-Kelly, Martyn, Katie Atkinson, and Trevor Bench-Capon. "Fostering Co-operative Behaviour Through Social Intervention." In 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications. SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0005039505780585.

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Rowe, Richard J. "The social dimension: Agonistic behaviour in larvae." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.93377.

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Chis, Tiberiu, and Peter G. Harrison. "Modeling Multi-user Behaviour in Social Networks." In 2014 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Modelling, Analysis & Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS. IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mascots.2014.29.

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Abu Bakar, Elistina, Nur Jannah Draman, and Aznan Zuhid Saidin. "Value, Religiosity and Behaviour in Social Media." In 2018 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ict4m.2018.00017.

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Reports on the topic "Social behaviour in rabbits"

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Helliwell, John, Lara Aknin, Hugh Shiplett, Haifang Huang, and Shun Wang. Social Capital and Prosocial Behaviour as Sources of Well-Being. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w23761.

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Holland, John. Corporate Social Responsibility, Problems, Behaviour, and Change in Financial Firms. University of Glasgow, January 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36399/gla.pubs.263117.

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Aassve, Arnstein, and Gereltuya Altankhuyag. Changing pattern of fertility behaviour in a time of social and economic change: evidence from Mongolia. Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, August 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.4054/mpidr-wp-2001-023.

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Gómez Aguilar, M., FJ Paniagua Rojano, and P. Farias Batlle. The behaviour of the television audience on social networks. An approach to its profile and the most talked-about programmes. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, September 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4185/rlcs-2015-1058en.

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Roelen, Keetie, and Karol Rodriguez. Comprehensive Social Protection Programming: What is the Potential for Improving Sanitation Outcomes? Institute of Development Studies (IDS), January 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2022.001.

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Millions of people around the world do not have access to adequate sanitation facilities, undermining progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 6.2 that calls for adequate and equitable sanitation for all. Efforts to improve sanitation outcomes have been rapidly accelerated in the past decade alongside an expansion of different financial incentives or subsidies to promote access to services and motivate sanitation behaviour. In parallel, social protection has become part and parcel of development policy, with many low- and middle-income countries now offering some form of cash transfers to those most vulnerable. Comprehensive interventions that couple financial transfers with complementary support such as behaviour change communication, training, or coaching have also grown increasingly popular. Despite similarities between water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) subsidy schemes and social protection interventions, these policy areas have largely developed in silos and limited cross-sectoral learning has taken place. This paper begins to fill this knowledge gap by assessing the potential for comprehensive social protection in addressing sanitation outcomes and drawing out policy implications for the social protection and WASH communities. It does so by focusing on a social protection programme in the context of extreme poverty in rural Haiti.
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Hou, Jenny Zhengye, Amanda Lotz, Greg Hearn, and Kelly Lewis. Social Media: The Real Impact on Food Waste Reduction Beyond the Swipe or the Click. Queensland University of Technology and Fight Food Waste CRC, NSW Environment Protection Authority, March 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.228653.

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This Summary Report presents key insights from a 2020-2021 research project addressing the challenge of evaluating the multifaceted impact of social media communication and/or campaigns as interventions for changing domestic food waste behaviour. It was funded by the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and NSW Environment Protection Authority.
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Knox, Sally, Kïrsten Way, and Alex Haslam. Are identity leadership and shared social identity associated with the highly reliable behaviour of military personnel? Protocol for a systematic review. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.5.0063.

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Review question / Objective: Are identity leadership and shared social identity associated with the highly reliable behaviour of military personnel? Information sources: Searches will be conducted in the following databases: PsychInfo, Web of Sciences, Proquest Social Science Database, PTSDpubs, PubMed, Business Source Complete, and SCOPUS. To ensure literature saturation, the eligible papers and reviews identified through the search will be used for reference mining. A bibliography of the eligible papers will be circulated to the systematic review team and social identity experts identified by the team to ensure all relevant material has been captured.
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Ton, Giel, Keetie Roelen, Neil Howard, and Lopita Huq. Social Protection Intervention: Evaluation Research Design. Institute of Development Studies, September 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/clarissa.2022.004.

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This paper describes the research design for investigating and evaluating the Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) social protection cash-plus intervention in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After an introductory section, the second section elaborates on contribution analysis – the methodological approach underpinning the research design. The third section provides an overview of the intervention, and the fourth explores the overall design of the evaluation, its guiding framework, and the timeline of the intervention rollout and data collection. The fifth and sixth sections address the project’s suite of quantitative and qualitative methods, and the approach to data analysis. Using four panel surveys, bi-monthly monitoring, in-depth interviews, group discussions and direct observations, the research will zoom in on specific behaviours. First, at the individual level, we want to learn how people adopt alternative livelihoods in response to the intervention. Second, at the household level, we consider how community mobilisation and cash transfers help households to resolve intra‑household problems. Third, at the group level, we consider how groups manage collective action in response to community mobilisation. For each of these behaviour change outcomes, we want to understand the realist evaluation question, ‘Why does the intervention work, for whom, and under what conditions?’ We also want to assess whether these new behaviours change the propensity for children to be involved in the worst forms of child labour.
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Adeniran, Adedeji, Mma Amara Ekeruche, and Chukwuka Onywkwena. The Role of Social Influence in Enforcing Tax Compliance: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2021.011.

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Economic development is linked with increased state capacity including the ability to mobilise domestic tax resources. For many developing countries, high levels of informality are a major constraint in this regard. Yet, economic incentives like changing the tax rate or increasing the filling and audit rate can be ineffective in a highly informal economic structure. In this paper, we explore possible roles for behavioural interventions such as sharing information about peers’ tax behaviour to engineer higher tax compliance. Based on an artefactual field experiment among own account workers in Nigeria, we find that information interventions can play an important role in ensuring tax compliance. Specifically, targeting information around what people can directly observe can be a way to improve tax compliance. Providing information on punishment or good practices that appeal to feelings of morality yields higher tax compliance.
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Schneider, Sarah, Daniel Wolf, and Astrid Schütz. Workshop for the Assessment of Social-Emotional Competences : Application of SEC-I and SEC-SJT. Otto-Friedrich-Universität, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.20378/irb-49180.

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The modular workshop offers a science-based introduction to the concept of social-emotional competences. It focuses on the psychological assessment of such competences in in institutions specialized in the professional development of people with learning disabilities. As such, the workshop is primarily to be understood as an application-oriented training programme for professionals who work in vocational education and use (or teach the usage of) the assessment tools SEC-I and SEC-SJT (Inventory and Situational Judgment Test for the assessment of social-emotional competence in young people with (sub-) clinical cognitive or psychological impairment) which were developed at the University of Bamberg. The workshop comprises seven subject areas that can be flexibly put together as required: theoretical basics and definitions of social-emotional competence, the basics of psychological assessment, potential difficulties in its use, usage of the self-rating scale, the situational judgment test, the observer-rating scale, and objective observation of behaviour. The general aim of this workshop is to learn how to use and apply the assessment tools in practical settings.
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