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Austral Ecology, Volume 48, Issue 8, Page 2030-2040, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Problem‐solving is an important ability that allows animals to overcome environmental challenges. As such, it is a useful measure of behavioural flexibility and could be beneficial for conservation work. However, there is currently little known about the solving abilities of many Australian species, despite the high threat of environmental ...
Misha K. Rowell, Natasha Harrison
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Learning and innovation in urban yellow mongooses (Cynictis penicillata)
Ethology, Volume 129, Issue 11, Page 600-611, November 2023., 2023 We presented yellow mongooses, Cynictis penicillata, with problem‐solving puzzle boxes of increasing complexity in three urban locations with differing levels of human contact. The mongooses were able to solve the problem at each stage of complexity, but took the longest during the second and fourth stages of complexity.
Mijke Müller, Neville Pillay
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Problem solving of wild animals in the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia
Austral Ecology, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 313-322, April 2023., 2023 Seven species of native Australian animals (including birds, reptiles, placental mammals, and marsupials) have been observed problem solving in the Wet Tropics for the first time. Some species even solved multiple puzzle types. Abstract While many species of animals can solve food‐baited problems, most studies are conducted in captivity, which may not ...
Misha K. Rowell, Tasmin L. Rymer
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Object neophilia in wild herring gulls in urban and rural locations
Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2023, Issue 1-2, January/February 2023., 2023 Living with increasing urbanisation and human populations requires resourcefulness and flexibility in wild animals' behaviour. Animals have to adapt to anthropogenic novelty in habitat structure and resources that may not resemble, or be as beneficial as, natural resources. Herring gulls Larus argentatus increasingly reside in towns and cities to breed
Emma L. Inzani +2 more
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Boreas, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 684-697, July 2022., 2022 Here we present the first fossil record of a bone assemblage that could have been accumulated by New World vultures (Cathartidae). The bone remains were found in an archaeological rockshelter called Gruta do Presépio (GPR), located in the tropical rainforest environment of Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, where groups of hunters and gatherers ...
Fernando Ballejo +6 more
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Emergent trophic interactions following the Chinook salmon invasion of Patagonia
Ecosphere, Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2022., 2022 Abstract In their native range, Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) have strong interactions with a multitude of species due to the annual pulse of marine‐derived nutrients that they deliver to streams and forests when they spawn and die. Over the past few decades, Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) has established non‐native populations ...
Nicolas J. Muñoz +5 more
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Monitoring vertebrate biodiversity of a protected coastal wetland using eDNA metabarcoding
Environmental DNA, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 77-92, January 2022., 2022 We test an eDNA metabarcoding assay as a tool to characterize vertebrate biodiversity in one of the largest coastal wetlands of Chile. We sampled surface water from 49 sites along the entire length of the wetland and detect 91 genera of vertebrates including amphibians, fishes, mammals, and birds. Our results also indicate that the spatial distribution
Pablo Saenz‐Agudelo +9 more
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Wild narrow‐striped mongooses use social information to enhance behavioural flexibility
Ethology, Volume 127, Issue 3, Page 253-266, March 2021., 2021 In female narrow‐striped mongooses (Mungotictis decemlineata), we measured neophobia and inhibitory control using novel object tests and a transparent cylinder task, respectively. Additionally, we assessed individual performances in discrimination and reversal learning tasks.
Bako Rasolofoniaina +3 more
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Nonrandom filtering effect on birds: species and guilds response to urbanization. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2016 We evaluated the hypothesis that changes in community composition from periurban to urban areas are not a random process, and we also assessed whether there are consistent patterns of loss species and guilds across cities. Abstract Using bird survey data taken in three cities in Southern Chile, we evaluated the hypothesis that changes in community ...
Silva CP, Sepúlveda RD, Barbosa O.
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Ornitologia Neotropical, 2022 . Unprecedented cavity nesting among falconids: a Chimango Caracaras (Milvago chimango) population using Borruwing Parrots (Cyanoliseus patagonus) nests in Patagonia Argentina.
Eduardo R. De Lucca +3 more
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