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Are olfactory cues involved in nest recognition in two social species of estrildid finches? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Reliably recognizing their own nest provides parents with a necessary skill to invest time and resources efficiently in raising their offspring and thereby maximising their own reproductive success.
E Tobias Krause, Barbara A Caspers
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Nestling diet, secondary sexual traits and fitness in the zebra finch [PDF]
, 1999 We examined the effect of nestling diet quality on a suite of physiological, morphological and life-history traits in adult male zebra finches,Taeniopygia guttata.
Arednt J. D. +5 more
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No need to talk, I know you: familiarity influences early multisensory integration in a songbird’s brain [PDF]
, 2010 International audienceIt is well known that visual information can affect auditory perception, as in the famous "McGurk effect," but little is known concerning the processes involved.
Cousillas, Hugo +3 more
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Parallels in the sequential organization of birdsong and human speech. [PDF]
, 2019 Human speech possesses a rich hierarchical structure that allows for meaning to be altered by words spaced far apart in time. Conversely, the sequential structure of nonhuman communication is thought to follow non-hierarchical Markovian dynamics ...
Gentner, Timothy Q +3 more
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Ethology, Volume 131, Issue 12, Page 277-289, December 2025.Nutritional condition shapes courtship and mating success in the jumping spider Saitis barbipes. ABSTRACT Male courtship signals are generally a product of strong selection on their capacity to attract mates and convey signaller quality to achieve mating success.
Miriam Scriba
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Learning is enhanced by tailoring instruction to individual genetic differences. [PDF]
, 2019 It is widely argued that personalized instruction based on individual differences in learning styles or genetic predispositions could improve learning outcomes.
Brainard, Michael S, Mets, David G
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Effect of kinship on the allopreening among juvenile Bengalese finches [PDF]
Animal Cells and Systems, 2016 ABSTRACTKin-directed affiliative behavior is widespread in social animals and kin selection theory suggests that such behavior increases fitness of the performer and is thus adaptive. Allopreening in birds is an altruistic behavior as it involves cleaning body parts that cannot be cleaned by self-preening.
Sohyeon Ju, Sang-im Lee
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Wolf‐Dog Hybrids Are More Fearful but as Social and Playful as Dogs
Ethology, Volume 131, Issue 10, Page 187-197, October 2025.In order to understand how behavior changed during dog domestication, we used wolf‐dog hybrids as a proxy for wolves and compared their behavior in several test situations with that of the dog breeds they were mixed with. Wolf‐dog hybrids were similar to the dogs in sociability, playfulness, and aggression, but showed significantly more long‐lasting ...
Angelica Tagliarini, Hans Temrin
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Stabilization of sexual preferences by sexual experience in male zebra finches, taeniopygia guttata castanotis [PDF]
, 1991 Bischof H-J, Clayton N. Stabilization of sexual preferences by sexual experience in male zebra finches, taeniopygia guttata castanotis. Behaviour. 1991;118(1):144-154.Male zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttala castanotis, were normally-raised by zebra ...
Bischof, Hans-Joachim, Clayton, Nicky
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Past research and future directions in understanding how birds use their sense of smell
Ibis, Volume 167, Issue 4, Page 853-881, October 2025.Our understanding of the functional importance of olfaction to birds has improved over the past 60 years, largely as the result of experimental studies testing how birds use their sense of smell in different contexts. As it is impossible to measure directly which odours birds can detect, we rely on measuring behavioural responses to scent cues or ...
Darcy Creece +2 more
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