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SOCIOBIOLOGY, ETHICS, AND THEOLOGY

Zygon, 1984
. The topic of sociobiology and ethics opens up a range of questions that have to do with important relationships: between the history of nature and human being, between biological evolution and psychosocial evolution, between is and ought, between ...
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Metabolism And The Rise Of Fungus Cultivation By Ants [PDF]

, 2014
Most ant colonies are comprised of workers that cooperate to harvest resources and feed developing larvae. Around 50 million years ago (MYA), ants of the attine lineage adopted an alternative strategy, harvesting resources used as compost to produce ...
Kaspari, Michael, Kay, Adam, Mueller, Ulrich G., Santos, Juan C., Seal, Jon N., Shik, Jonathan Z.   +5 more
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Prey aggregation is an effective olfactory predator avoidance strategy [PDF]

, 2014
Predator–prey interactions have a major effect on species abundance and diversity, and aggregation is a well-known anti-predator behaviour. For immobile prey, the effectiveness of aggregation depends on two conditions: (a) the inability of the predator ...
Dunn, Alison M., Johannesen, Asa, Morrell, Lesley J.   +2 more
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Spór o socjobiologię klasyczną

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2003
Sociobiology: New Synthesis to książka W. O. Wilsona, która w 1975 roku zapoczątkowała słynny spór o socjobiologię. Stanowi on współczesną odmianę kilkusetletniego sporu o istotę i naturę człowieka.
Zbigniew Łepko
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Variation in plasma oxidative status and testosterone level in relation to egg-eviction effort and age of brood-parasitic common cuckoo nestlings [PDF]

, 2012
To avoid competition for parental care, brood-parasitic Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) nestlings evict all of the host's eggs and nestlings within a few days after hatching.
CavalleRi, CgRaw, CkMan, Cli RD, CoHen, CoHen, CoRaglio, Costantini D., Costantini D., Csaba Moskát, David Costantini, Davies, Davies, Del Rio D., Dietz M., Din D., Dkins-Regan, DsHi P, Felt RD, Halliwell, Hanan, Hanan, Hantz, HaRt, Haube R, HelFenstein F., HollMén, Honza M., Jaime Muriel, Janaszewska, Ji, leCk C. M., Ma M., Mark E. Hauber, MaRtín D., MetCalFe, Miklós Bán, Molná R, MonagHan P., Moskát C., QuillFelDt P., Ra J. C., Ra J. C., Rai P. F., Ri M, Ri M, RigHt P. a., Rio R, Rita Hargitai, RkHea D, RootHuis, ézina F.   +51 more
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Between-Year Survival and Rank Transitions in Male Black-Capped Chickadees (\u3cem\u3ePoecile Atricapillus\u3c/em\u3e): A Multistate Modeling Approach [PDF]

, 2008
In dominance-structured animal societies, variation in individual fitness is often related to social status. Like many passerine birds, Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) have a short average adult life-expectancy (Ø2 years); however, the ...
Kraus, Cornelia, Mennill, Daniel J., Otter, Ken A., Ramsay, Scott M., Ratcliffe, Laurene M., Schubert, Kristin A.   +5 more
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Sex, Reason, and a Taste for the Absurd [PDF]

, 1993
Like much of Richard Posner\u27s best work, Sex and Reason does many things, and for that reason will no doubt attract a large and diverse readership.
West, Robin
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The Evolution of Primate Societies - Chapter 3 [PDF]

, 2012
Compared with other primates, New World monkeys display relatively limited ecological variability. New World monkey anatomy and social systems, however, are extremely diverse.
Di Fiore, Anthony, Fernández-Duque, Eduardo, Huck, Maren   +2 more
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The sterol biosynthesis inhibiting fungicide difenoconazole can reduce the impact of the neonicotinoid acetamiprid on honeybee behavior

Heliyon
Excellent cognitive abilities and perception of the environment are essential for effective food collection in central place foragers like honeybees (Apis mellifera). These abilities can be severely affected by plant protection products (PPPs).
Antonia Schuhmann, Mireille Marx, Ricarda Scheiner   +2 more
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How does the novel insecticide flupyradifurone affect honeybee longevity and behavior?

Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2020
Schreiner, Ricarda, Schuhmann, Antonia, Hesselbach, Hannah   +2 more
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