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Wild jackdaws respond to their partner's distress, but not with consolation
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Individuals are expected to manage their social relationships to maximize fitness returns. For example, reports of some mammals and birds offering unsolicited affiliation to distressed social partners (commonly termed ‘consolation’) are argued to ...
Rebecca Hooper +3 more
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Large-scale network organization in the avian forebrain: a connectivity matrix and theoretical analysis [PDF]
, 2013 Many species of birds, including pigeons, possess demonstrable cognitive capacities, and some are capable of cognitive feats matching those of apes.
Bingman, VP +4 more
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Social information about others' affective states in a human‐altered world
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Faced with anthropogenic change, animals now encounter challenges different from their evolutionary past. To cope with such challenges, animals may use social information about others' affective states to guide their decisions. Considering affective states of wild animals could have important implications for animal welfare and wildlife conservation ...
Luca G. Hahn +4 more
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As if a Raven by Yvonne Blomer [PDF]
, 2016 A review of As if a Raven by Yvonne ...
Shepherd, Kelly
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The Corvids Literature Database - 500 years of ornithological research from a crow’s perspective [PDF]
, 2016 Corvids (Corvidae) play a major role in ornithological research. Because of their worldwide distribution, diversity and adaptiveness, they have been studied extensively.
Droege, Gabriele, Töpfer, Till
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Corvid Cognition: Something to Crow About? [PDF]
Current Biology, 2015 New research indicates that crows are capable of matching stimuli on the basis of analogical relations: that is, similarity of size, color and shape. This may be the first evidence for spontaneous analogical reasoning outside of the primate order.
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Low overall haemosporidian occurrence (3.4%; 13/383). Unexpected high lineage diversity (10 new host–parasite interactions). Novel Leucocytozoon lineage (GYPBAR01) in all European vultures except the griffon vulture. Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in adult red kites.
Pilar Oliva‐Vidal +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The ability to control one's vocal production is a major advantage in acoustic communication. Yet, not all species have the same level of control over their vocal output.
Maëlan Tomasek +4 more
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Managing the Threat of Subsidized Predators for a Threatened Shorebird
Animal Conservation, EarlyView.Subsidized predators—native predators that have become more common due to human activities—challenge the persistence of many at‐risk prey species and require creative solutions beyond lethal predator control. In an 8‐year study, we placed small wire cages over western snowy plover nests that allow passage of plovers, but not their predators, and ...
R. R. Swaisgood +4 more
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Elevational range and timing of breeding in the birds of Ladakh: the effects of body mass, status and diet [PDF]
, 2009 We studied the effects of body mass, status (resident or migratory) and diet on the breeding elevation range and timing of reproduction of the birds in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, northwestern India.
Namgail, T., Yoram, Y.T.
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