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Sympatric song variant in mountain chickadees Poecile gambeli does not reduce aggression from black-capped chickadees Poecile atricapillus [PDF]

, 2016
When habitats overlap and species compete for resources, negative interactions frequently occur. Character displacement in the form of behavioural, social or morphological divergences between closely related species can act to reduce negative ...
LaZerte, Stefanie E, Otter, Ken A, Reudink, Matthew W, Snell, Cara L   +3 more
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The Role of Celestial Compass Information in Cataglyphis Ants during Learning Walks and for Neuroplasticity in the Central Complex and Mushroom Bodies

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2017
Central place foragers are faced with the challenge to learn the position of their nest entrance in its surroundings, in order to find their way back home every time they go out to search for food.
Robin Grob, Pauline N. Fleischmann, Kornelia Grübel, Rüdiger Wehner, Wolfgang Rössler   +4 more
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Analysis of Synaptic Microcircuits in the Mushroom Bodies of the Honeybee

Insects, 2020
Mushroom bodies (MBs) are multisensory integration centers in the insect brain involved in learning and memory formation. In the honeybee, the main sensory input region (calyx) of MBs is comparatively large and receives input from mainly olfactory and ...
Claudia Groh, Wolfgang Rössler
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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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La sociobiología y el naturalismo contemporáneo. Sociobiology and the contemporary naturalism.

Psicoespacios, 2010
Sociobiology and the contemporary naturalism.   Resumen   Se trata en este artículo de hacer avanzar el tema de la ética naturalizada y el naturalismo contemporáneo en el que es de suma importancia la Sociobiología.
Luis Gilberto Gómez Restrepo
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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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The Effects of Fat Body Tyramine Level on Gustatory Responsiveness of Honeybees (Apis mellifera) Differ between Behavioral Castes

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2017
Division of labor is a hallmark of social insects. In the honeybee (Apis mellifera) each sterile female worker performs a series of social tasks. The most drastic changes in behavior occur when a nurse bee, who takes care of the brood and the queen in ...
Ricarda Scheiner, Brian V. Entler, Andrew B. Barron, Christina Scholl, Markus Thamm   +4 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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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 [PDF]

, 2014
This is an introductory article on sociobiology, particularly its relationship to ...
Wilson, Robert A.
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