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Selfish or altruistic? An analysis of alarm call function in wild capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella nigritus [PDF]

, 2008
Alarm calls facilitate some antipredatory benefits of group living but may endanger the caller by attracting the predator's attention. A number of hypotheses invoking kin selection and individual selection have been proposed to explain how such behaviour
Alatalo, Arnold, Bertram, Bertram, Blumstein, Boinski, Boinski, Brandon C. Wheeler, Brown, Caro, Chapman, Chapman, Charnov, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Clark, Crespo, Cresswell, Curio, Davis, Dawkins, De Vries, De Vries, Di Bitetti, Di Bitetti, Di Bitetti, Di Bitetti, Di Bitetti, Digweed, Emmons, Fleagle, Griesser, Gyger, Gyger, Haftorn, Hamilton, Hauser, Hirsch, Hogstad, Hoogland, Hoogland, Ivins, Janson, Janson, Janson, Janson, Karakashian, Klump, Krams, Lima, Macedonia, Marler, Martin, Martinez, Maynard Smith, Murphy, Neudorf, Ostreiher, Owens, Perry, Perry, Reby, Rohwer, Schwagmeyer, Shelley, Sherman, Sherman, Shields, Smith, Smith, Smith, Srivastava, Sullivan, Taylor, Tenaza, Terborgh, Terborgh, Treves, van Schaik, Wich, Williams, Witkin, Woodland, Wrangham, Wright, Zuberbühler, Zuberbühler   +87 more
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Hair cortisol concentrations correlate negatively with survival in a wild primate population

BMC Ecology, 2017
Background Glucocorticoid hormones are known to play a key role in mediating a cascade of physiological responses to social and ecological stressors and can therefore influence animals’ behaviour and ultimately fitness. Yet, how glucocorticoid levels are
Josué H. Rakotoniaina, Peter M. Kappeler, Eva Kaesler, Anni M. Hämäläinen, Clemens Kirschbaum, Cornelia Kraus   +5 more
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Sociobiology [PDF]

, 2014
This is an introductory article on sociobiology, particularly its relationship to ...
Wilson, Robert A.
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Turbidity influences individual and group level responses to predation in guppies, Poecilia reticulata [PDF]

, 2015
© 2015 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Increasing turbidity (either sedimentary or organic) from anthropogenic sources has significant negative impacts on aquatic fauna, both directly and indirectly by disrupting behaviour.
Kimbell, Helen S., Morrell, Lesley, Morrell, Lesley J.   +2 more
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The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
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‘O sibling, where art thou?’ – a review of avian sibling recognition with respect to the mammalian literature [PDF]

, 2004
Avian literature on sibling recognition is rare compared to that developed by mammalian researchers. We compare avian and mammalian research on sibling recognition to identify why avian work is rare, how approaches differ and what avian and mammalian ...
Barnard C. J., Barnard C.J., Barnard C.J., Bateson P., Bateson P., Beecher I. M., Blaustein A. R., Boyse E. A., Brown J. L., Burger J., Byers J. A., Catchpole C. K., Colgan P., Cramp S., Cramp S., Davis L. S., Dawkins R., Dewsbury D. A., Evans R. M., Farabaugh S. M., Ferkin M. H., Fletcher D. J. C., Fletcher D.J. C., Fuller C. A., Gamboa G. J., Gottlieb G., Halpin Z. T., Hamilton W. D., Hare J. F., Hare J. F., Hepper P. G., Hepper P. G., Hepper P. G., Hoglund J., Holmes W. G., Holmes W. G., Holmes W. G., Johnsgard P. A., Johnsgard P. A., Kroodsma D. E., Lenington S., McGregor P. K., McShea W. J., Medvin M. B., Miller D. E., Mock D. W., Murie J. O., Nowak R. M., Palestis B. G., Palestis B. G., Pfennig D. W., Pierotti R., Porter R. H., Porter R. H., Porter R. H., Radesater T., Schimmel L., Schubert C. A., Sherman P. W., Sherman P. W., Shields W. M., Shields W. M., Slater P.J. B., Stacey P. B., Stoddard P. K., Trainer J. M., Waldman B., Wilson E. O., Wilson E. O., Zann R. A.   +69 more
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“Yet the Problem Remains”: Why Genetic Determinism Still Haunts Biomedical Research

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After the horrors of the Holocaust and its connections to eugenics were revealed to the world, many post‐war population geneticists sought to establish rhetorical distance from the Nazi's state‐led campaigns, without abandoning their belief that actively shaping the population's genetics would produce a prosperous society.
Christopher R. Donohue, Ian A. Myles
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic monogamy and mate choice in a pair-living primate

Scientific Reports, 2020
In pair-living mammals, genetic monogamy is extremely rare. One possible reason is that in socially monogamous animals, mate choice can be severely constrained, increasing the risk of inbreeding or pairing with an incompatible or low-quality partner.
Sofya Dolotovskaya, Christian Roos, Eckhard W. Heymann   +2 more
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Sociobiology (under construction) (archived) [PDF]

, 2008
One example of sociobiology applied to insurgency is discussed in Kendall's thesis, pages 20-23: White, Jeffrey. (2006). An Adaptive Insurgency Confronting Adversary Networks in Iraq. Policy Focus no. 58.
Bradley, Gordon
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Pseudoscience and the Claim of Practical Utility: The Case of Thomas Erikson's Surrounded by Idiots

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been suggested that, by definition, pseudoscientists must assert that their theories are scientific or represent the best available knowledge. However, in business consultation and self‐help literature, pseudoscientists do not often make such strong claims. Instead, they commonly appeal to the practical utility of their theories.
Kaisa Luoma, Ilmari Hirvonen
wiley   +1 more source