Performance of Azure-winged magpies in Aesop’s fable paradigm
Scientific Reports, 2021 In this study, the improved Aesop’s fable paradigm—a series of experiments originally used to test whether some animals understand the causality associated with water replacement—was used to explore the cognitive ability of Azure-winged magpies ...
Yigui Zhang +3 more
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Monkeys fight more in polluted air
Scientific Reports, 2021 Air pollution is a global environmental problem, and its effects on human behavior, psychology, and health have been well studied. However, very few studies were done on if and how air pollution affects animal behavior, for example, social conflict. Many
Aichun Xu +4 more
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Adolescents care but don't feel responsible for farm animal welfare [PDF]
, 2015 Adolescents are the next generation of consumers with the potential to raise standards of farm animal welfare—to theirsatisfaction—if their preferences and concerns are translated into accurate market drivers and signals.
Abeyesinghe, S M +10 more
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Does the Absence of Zoo Visitors during the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact Gorilla Behavior?
Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022 Whether or not primates are behaviorally affected by the presence of visitors in a zoo setting is a question of great relevance to zoo animal well-being.
Mary Masman +3 more
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Long-range Acoustic Interactions in Insect Swarms: An Adaptive Gravity Model [PDF]
, 2015 The collective motion of groups of animals emerges from the net effect of the interactions between individual members of the group. In many cases, such as birds, fish, or ungulates, these interactions are mediated by sensory stimuli that predominantly ...
Gorbonos, Dan +5 more
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The Role of Ethological Observation for Measuring Animal Reactions to Biotelemetry Devices [PDF]
, 2017 This paper presents a methodological approach used to assess the wearability of biotelemetry devices in animals. A detailed protocol to gather quantitative and qualitative ethological observations was adapted and tested in an experimental study of 13 cat
Mancini, Clara +2 more
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Inhibition within a premotor circuit controls the timing of vocal turn-taking in zebra finches
Nature Communications, 2020 Control over when to initiate or withhold vocalizations is essential for vocal turn-taking. Here the authors investigate vocal interactions in zebra finches and show that inhibition within the premotor nucleus HVC plays an important role in the precise ...
Jonathan I. Benichov, Daniela Vallentin
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Interactive rhythms across species: The evolutionary biology of animal chorusing and turn-taking
, 2019 The study of human language is progressively moving toward comparative and interactive frameworks, extending the concept of turn‐taking to animal communication.
Greenfield, M., Ravignani, A., Verga, L.
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Determinants of Childhood Zoonotic Enteric Infections in a Semirural Community of Quito, Ecuador. [PDF]
, 2020 Domestic animals in the household environment have the potential to affect a child's carriage of zoonotic enteric pathogens and risk of diarrhea. This study examines the risk factors associated with pediatric diarrhea and carriage of zoonotic enteric ...
Eisenberg, Joseph NS +9 more
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“Closer‐to‐home” strategy benefits juvenile survival in a long‐distance migratory bird
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Human‐induced changes in the climate and environment that occur at an unprecedented speed are challenging the existence of migratory species. Faced with these new challenges, species with diverse and flexible migratory behaviors may suffer less from ...
Yachang Cheng +3 more
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