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Cognition As a Natural Kind [PDF]
Organon FIn corvids and apes, cognition evolved convergently instead of being inherited by a shared ancestor. In biology, natural kinds are classified according to common ancestry.
Selen Fettahoğlu
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Veterinary Record, 2015 AVIAN chlamydiosis is primarily caused by the intracellular bacterium Chlamydia psittaci , belonging to the Chlamydiaceae family. Depending on the species and age of the bird and the virulence of the infectious bacterial strain, avian chlamydiosis can be subclinical or characterised by respiratory, digestive, or systemic disorders (Knittler and others ...
DI FRANCESCO, ANTONIETTA +7 more
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Mortality associated with avian reovirus infection in a free-living magpie (Pica pica) in Great Britain [PDF]
, 2015 Avian reoviruses (ARVs) cause a range of disease presentations in domestic, captive and free-living bird species. ARVs have been reported as a cause of significant disease and mortality in free-living corvid species in North America and continental ...
Cunningham, AA +9 more
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Abstract knowledge in the broken-string problem : evidence from nonhuman primates and pre-schoolers [PDF]
, 2014 There was funding from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.There is still large controversy about whether abstract knowledge of physical problems is uniquely human.
Albiach-Serrano, Anna +5 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 It is well-known that some members of the crow family (Corvidae) are important for seed dispersal either via frugivory (e.g., when feeding on berries) or by scatter hoarding (e.g., of nuts). Dispersal via gut passage of seeds within a fleshy fruit can be
Andy J. Green +2 more
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Carrion crows (Corvus corone) of southwest Germany: important hosts for haemosporidian parasites
Malaria Journal, 2017 Background Avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium spp.) and other Haemosporida (Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon spp.) form a diverse group of vector-transmitted blood parasites that are abundant in many bird families.
Sandrine Schmid +4 more
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Threat-sensitive anti-predator defence in precocial wader, the northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus [PDF]
, 2016 Birds exhibit various forms of anti-predator behaviours to avoid reproductive failure, with mobbing—observation, approach and usually harassment of a predator—being one of the most commonly observed. Here, we investigate patterns of temporal variation in
A Amar +97 more
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Nest predation in Afrotropical forest fragments shaped by inverse edge effects, timing of nest initiation and vegetation structure [PDF]
, 2014 High levels of nest predation influence the population dynamics of many tropical birds, especially when deforestation alters nest predator communities. The consequences of tropical forest fragmentation on nest predation, however, remain poorly understood,
Callens, Tom +4 more
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Collective roost of corvids in Melitopol (Zaporozhye region) in 2014–2015
Vìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâ, 2016 The article contains the results of observations on the formation, existence and the dissociation of the collective winter roost of corvids (crow species) in 2014–2015 in Melitopol (Zaporozhye region).
A. О. Dranga, P. I. Gorlov
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Webcams as a Remote Tool for Eco-ethological Research: A Study on the Alpine Chough
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 Methods and devices specifically created for remote animal surveys and monitoring are becoming increasingly popular and effective. However, remote devices are also widely used in our societies for different, not scientific, goals.
Cristina Vallino +4 more
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