title: Sequential phenotypic constraints on social information use in wild baboons.
abstract: Social information allows the rapid dissemination of novel information among individuals. However, an individual's ability to use information is likely to be dependent on phenotypic constraints operating at three successive steps: acquisition, application, and exploitation. We tested this novel framework by quantifying the sequential process of social information use with experimental food patches in wild baboons (Papio ursinus). We identified phenotypic constraints at each step of the information use sequence: peripheral individuals in the proximity network were less likely to acquire and apply social information, while subordinate females were less likely to exploit it successfully. Social bonds and personality also played a limiting role along the sequence. As a result of these constraints, the average individual only acquired and exploited social information on.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Alecia J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5550-9312
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: Zoological Society of London, Tsaobis Baboon Project, Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Miquel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torrents Ticó
authors.affiliation: Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cowlishaw
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008297:Male; D048549:Papio ursinus / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: Papio ursinus; chacma baboon; ecology; network based diffusion analysis; social information; social network