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Ethology and Overwintering of \u3ci\u3ePodalonia Luctuosa\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) [PDF]
, 2017 The nesting and overwintering behavior of Podalonia luctuosa (Smith) was studied in New York and Colorado. Females provisioned shallow (ca. 2 cm deep), unicellular nests with a single cutworm (Noctuidae) during April, May, and July.
Kurczewski, Frank E, O\u27Brien, Mark F
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Human-oriented referential communication has been evidenced not only in domestic but also in some wild species, however, the importance of domestication-unrelated species’ characteristics in the emergence of this capacity remains largely unexplored.
Paula Pérez Fraga +4 more
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Acquisition and long-term memory of object names in a sample of Gifted Word Learner dogs
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Dogs with a vocabulary of object names are rare and are considered uniquely gifted. In a few cases, these Gifted Word Learner (GWL) dogs have presented cognitive skills that are functionally similar to those of human infants.
Shany Dror +4 more
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The Role of Ethological Observation for Measuring Animal Reactions to Biotelemetry Devices [PDF]
, 2017 This paper presents a methodological approach used to assess the wearability of biotelemetry devices in animals. A detailed protocol to gather quantitative and qualitative ethological observations was adapted and tested in an experimental study of 13 cat
Mancini, Clara +2 more
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Macroecology of parental care in arthropods: higher mortality risk leads to higher benefits of offspring protection in tropical climates [PDF]
, 2016 The intensity of biotic interactions varies around the world, in such a way that mortality risk imposed by natural enemies is usually higher in the tropics.
Bueno, Pedro P. +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Separation related disorder in dogs is a multi-faceted phenomenon. Dogs can react to the absence of their owner due to different inner states such as fear, panic or frustration.
Rita Lenkei +3 more
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EFFECTS OF SEX, ENVIRONMENT, AND CONDITION ON THE MUSKING BEHAVIOR OF SYMPATRIC GARTERSNAKES (THAMNOPHIS SPP.) [PDF]
, 2014 Despite an abundance of studies documenting antipredator and defensive behaviors of gartersnakes (genus Thamnophis), few have quantitatively examined musking, a widely utilized antipredator tactic.
Bertolatus, David +3 more
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Theory & Psychology, 2022 Cognitive psychology considers the environment as providing information, not affecting fundamental information processes. Thus, cognitive psychology’s traditional paradigms study responses to precisely timed stimuli in controlled environments. However, new research demonstrates the environment does influence cognitive processes and offers cognitive ...
Helen L. Ma +3 more
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Prey body size mediates the predation risk associated with being "odd" [PDF]
, 2014 Despite selection pressures on prey animals to maintain phenotypically homogeneous groups, variation in phenotype within animal groups is commonly observed.
Downing, Beatrice +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) has been shown to enhance dogs’ ability to perform an object choice task (OCT) involving the use of human pointing cues, when delivered intranasally.
Jessica Lee Oliva +11 more
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