The Role of Mesotocin on Social Bonding in Pinyon Jays [PDF]
, 2020 The neuropeptide oxytocin influences mammalian social bonding by facilitating the building and maintenance of parental, sexual, and same‐sex social relationships.
Allaire J. +14 more
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“I am Wolf, I Rule!” - Attributing Intentions to Animals in Human-Wildlife Interactions
Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022 Human interactions with potentially problematic wildlife spawn intense and polarized sentiments. This study investigates one contributing factor: People perceive wildlife as having intentions toward them, and consequently, they feel targeted by the ...
Uta Maria Jürgens, Uta Maria Jürgens
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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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Conservation, 2022 Bird populations associated with agricultural ecosystems have declined markedly in Europe during the last quarter of the 20th century due to land-use intensification.
Guillermo Blanco +7 more
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Jackdaw nestlings can discriminate between conspecific calls but do not beg specifically to their parents [PDF]
, 2014 This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Behavioral Ecology following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Lies Zandberg, Jolle W. Jolles, Neeltje J.
Alex Thornton +58 more
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Captive jays exhibit reduced problem-solving performance compared to wild conspecifics [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Animal cognitive abilities are frequently quantified in strictly controlled settings, with laboratory-reared subjects. Results from these studies have merit for clarifying proximate mechanisms of performance and the potential upper limits of certain ...
Kelsey B. McCune +3 more
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A two-species stage-structured model for West Nile virus transmission [PDF]
, 2017 We develop a host–vector model of West Nile virus (WNV) transmission that incorporates multiple avian host species as well as host stage-structure (juvenile and adult stages), allowing for both species-specific and stage-specific biting rates of vectors ...
Beebe, Taylor A., Robertson, Suzanne L.
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The Role of Birds of the Family Corvidae in Transmitting Sarcocystis Protozoan Parasites
Animals, 2021 Members of the family Corvidae are ecologically flexible omnivorous birds, particularly adaptive to urban habitats, and living in proximity to humans; these birds may serve as definitive hosts (DH) for Sarcocystis spp., but research about this is lacking.
Evelina Juozaitytė-Ngugu +5 more
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Drivers and conservation impacts of innovative tree nesting in an isolated island population of the red-billed chough. [PDF]
EcologyEcology, Volume 107, Issue 3, March 2026.
Blanco G +5 more
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Did tool-use evolve with enhanced physical cognitive abilities? [PDF]
, 2013 The use and manufacture of tools have been considered to be cognitively demanding and thus a possible driving factor in the evolution of intelligence.
A. M. P. von Bayern +11 more
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