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Sensory Ecology of Predator-Induced Phenotypic Plasticity [PDF]
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2019 Ecological communities are organized in trophic levels that share manifold interactions forming complex food webs. Infochemicals can further modify these interactions, e.g., by inducing defenses in prey. The micro-crustacean Daphnia is able to respond to
Linda C. Weiss
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The Sensory Ecology of Speciation. [PDF]
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 2023 In this work, we explore the potential influence of sensory ecology on speciation, including but not limited to the concept of sensory drive, which concerns the coevolution of signals and sensory systems with the local environment. The sensory environment can influence individual fitness in a variety of ways, thereby affecting the evolution of both pre-
Dalbosco Dell'Aglio D +4 more
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The sensory ecology of adaptive landscapes. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2015 In complex environments, behavioural plasticity depends on the ability of an animal to integrate numerous sensory stimuli. The multidimensionality of factors interacting to shape plastic behaviour means it is difficult for both organisms and researchers to predict what constitutes an adaptive response to a given set of conditions.
Jordan LA, Ryan MJ.
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The evolution of the concept of sensory ecology and the influence of behavioral ecology [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 The science of sensory ecology formally emerged in the book of Ali (1978), when behavioral ecology was gaining popularity. Until 2020, three main books were written on the subject, in 1992 (Dusenbery 1992), 2001 (Barth & Schmid 2001) and 2013 (Stevens ...
RODRIGO H. WILLEMART
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Reversal of a Spatial Discrimination Task in the Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021 Reversal learning requires an animal to learn to discriminate between two stimuli but reverse its responses to these stimuli every time it has reached a learning criterion.
Alexander Bublitz +2 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 In social bees, the choice of food sources is based on several factors, including scent marks, color, and location of flowers. Here, we used similar setups, in which two stingless bee species, Melipona subnitida and Plebeia flavocincta, and the Western ...
Sebastian Koethe +6 more
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Flow discharge impacts competition for food and shelter between two overlapping species of crayfish
Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 2023 Competition between aquatic organisms is heavily influenced by abiotic factors in the environment, specifically flow regime in aquatic systems. Flow regime has been shown to significantly affect the way in which a species uses the environmental resources
Sophia Adami-Sampson +2 more
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Sensory collectives in natural systems
eLife, 2023 Groups of animals inhabit vastly different sensory worlds, or umwelten, which shape fundamental aspects of their behaviour. Yet the sensory ecology of species is rarely incorporated into the emerging field of collective behaviour, which studies the ...
Hannah J Williams +13 more
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Aeroscapes and the Sensory Ecology of Olfaction in a Tropical Dry Forest
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Aeroscapes—dynamic patterns of air speed and direction—form a critical component of landscape ecology by shaping numerous animal behaviors, including movement, foraging, and social and/or reproductive interactions.
Allegra DePasquale +5 more
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First observations of nectar-drinking lizards on the African mainland [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Background and aims – Pollination of flowers is performed mainly by insects, but also by vertebrates. In South Africa, beside birds, non-flying mammals contribute to pollination.
Petra Wester
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