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Physical cognition : birds learn the structural efficacy of nest material [PDF]

, 2014
This work was supported by the BBSRC (BB/I019502/1) and Roslin Institute Strategic Grant funding from the BBSRC. The APC was paid through RCUK OA block grant funds.It is generally assumed that birds’ choice of structurally suitable materials for nest ...
Meddle, Simone L., Healy, Susan Denise, Morgan, Kate V, Bailey, Ida Elizabeth, Meddle, Simone L; id_orcid, Bertin, Marion, Healy, Susan D, Bailey, Ida E, Morgan, Kate   +8 more
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Coping with shifting nest predation refuges by European reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Predation, the most important source of nest mortality in altricial birds, has been a subject of numerous studies during past decades. However, the temporal dynamics between changing predation pressures and parental responses remain poorly understood. We
Lucyna Halupka, Konrad Halupka, Ewelina Klimczuk, Hanna Sztwiertnia   +3 more
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Canada goose nest survival at rural wetlands in north‐central Iowa

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016
The last comprehensive nest survival study of the breeding giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) population in Iowa, USA, was conducted >30 years ago during a period of population recovery, during which available nesting habitat consisted ...
Brenna N. Ness, Robert W. Klaver
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From neurons to nests : nest-building behaviour as a model in behavioural and comparative neuroscience [PDF]

, 2015
This work was supported by funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/ I019502/1 to SDH and SLM) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (grant number PGSD3-409582-2011 to ZJH) and Roslin ...
Healy, Susan Denise, Hall, Zachary J., Healy, Susan D., Susan D. Healy, Hall, Zachary Jonas, Simone L. Meddle, Meddle, Simone L, Meddle, Simone L.; id_orcid, Zachary J. Hall   +8 more
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A role for nonapeptides and dopamine in nest-building behaviour [PDF]

, 2015
During nest building in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), several regions in the social behaviour network and the dopaminergic reward system, two neural circuits involved in social behaviour, appear to be active in male and female nest-building ...
Healy, Susan Denise, Meddle, Simone, Meddle, Simone L; id_orcid, Healy, Susan D, Hall, Zachary Jonas, Hall, Zachary J   +5 more
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Age- and Gender-Based Differences in Nest-Building Behavior and Learning and Memory Performance Measured Using a Radial Six-Armed Water Maze in C57BL/6 Mice

Behavioural Neurology, 2018
Background. Understanding age-based and gender-based behavioral changes is becoming more important as a greater percentage of people lives longer worldwide.
Xiang-Dong Xiong, Wei-Dong Xiong, Shang-Shen Xiong, Gui-Hai Chen   +3 more
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To Flee or Not to Flee: How Age, Reproductive Phase, and Mate Presence Affect White Stork Flight Decisions

Animals, 2023
Recognizing, assessing, and responding to threats is critical for survival in the wild. Birds, especially in their role as parents, must decide whether to flee or delay flight when threatened.
Laïd Touati, Mohamed Athamnia, Abdennour Boucheker, Bourhane-Edinne Belabed, Farrah Samraoui, Ahmed H. Alfarhan, Anders P. Møller, Boudjéma Samraoui   +7 more
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Grasshopper sparrow reproductive success and habitat use on reclaimed surface mines varies by age of reclamation

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2015
We studied 3 mountaintop mining–valley fill (MTMVF) complexes in southern West Virginia, USA to examine grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum pratensis) demographic response to different age classes of mine land reclamation.
Petra B. Wood, Frank K. Ammer
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Prehistoric nests of Mud Dauber Wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) discovered in Transylvania, Romania [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2022
Fragments of mud dauber wasp’s nests dating from the Bronze Age (Noua culture, about 1500–1200 BC) from a Romanian archaeological site are described.
Alexandra Florina Popa, Valerii Kavruk, Corneliu Beldiman   +2 more
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The Pattern of Behaviour of Rabbit Pups in the Nest. [PDF]

, 1982
Domestic rabbit pups (22 litters of 6 pups each) were raised in plexiglass nest boxes, and their behaviour was studied under various experimental conditions during the first 14 days of life. 1.
Distel, Hans, H. Distel, R. Hudson, Hudson, Robyn   +3 more
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