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SUBMITTER: Marshall-Pescini S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4993792 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Marshall-Pescini Sarah S Besserdich Ingo I Kratz Corinna C Range Friederike F
Frontiers in psychology 20160823
Both human and non-humans species face decisions in their daily lives which may entail taking risks. At the individual level, a propensity for risk-taking has been shown to be positively correlated with explorative tendencies, whereas, at the species level a more variable and less stable feeding ecology has been associated with a greater preference for risky choices. In the current study we compared two closely related species; wolves and dogs, which differ significantly in their feeding ecology ...[more]