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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Simon Vitt, Rieke F. Schons, Alexander J. R. Keller, Timo Thuenken
Summary: This study investigates the impact of inbreeding on the social behavior of fish groups. It finds that inbred sibling groups have different shoaling characteristics, including shorter activity distance and faster recovery ability.
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Zoology
Leonie John, Ingolf P. Rick, Simon Vitt, Timo Thuenken
Summary: The male P. taeniatus uses their yellow body coloration as a dynamic signal during intrasexual competition and the level of color intensity can change based on individual motivation and interactions with competitors.
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Behavioral Sciences
Isaac Gravolin, Topi K. Lehtonen, Nicholas D. S. Deal, Ulrika Candolin, Bob B. M. Wong
Summary: Nest predation has a significant impact on reproductive success, leading to higher energy and physiological costs for parents who have to defend their offspring. The presence of nest predators can influence male reproductive decisions and behaviors, but in the case of the three-spined stickleback, they were able to effectively defend their brood against the egg predator without impacting egg survival rates. This study suggests that individuals can adjust their reproductive behaviors in response to the presence of nest predators across various contexts.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Assa Bentzur, Shir Ben-Shaanan, Jennifer I. C. Benichou, Eliezer Costi, Mali Levi, Amiyaal Ilany, Galit Shohat-Ophir
Summary: Living in a group creates a complex and dynamic environment where behavior of individuals is influenced by and affects others. Studying the interplay between social experience and group interaction in fruit flies, it is found that social enrichment promotes distinctive group structures characterized by high network modularity, variance, coordination, and stability. Factors like visual cues and cVA-sensing neurons are essential for social interaction and network structure expression in groups, highlighting the complex and dynamic social structures of fruit flies.
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Psychology, Educational
Xinyin Chen, Rui Fu, Dan Li, Huichang Chen, Zhengyan Wang, Li Wang
Summary: This study found that behavioral inhibition in toddlerhood is positively related to social competence and school adjustment in late adolescence in China, with peer relationships in middle childhood serving as a protective factor for depression in inhibited children. These results highlight the unique functional meaning of behavioral inhibition in the Chinese context from a developmental perspective.
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Ecology
Simona Kralj-Fiser, Jutta M. Schneider, Matjaz Kuntner, Kate Laskowski, Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez
Summary: Genetic differences in aggression, activity, and exploration were found between sexes in a sexually size-dimorphic spider species, while no differences were observed in boldness. However, the high degree of uncertainty in the estimates prevents a robust conclusion on sex differences in genetic influences.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Biology
Isaac Planas-Sitja, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Adam L. Cronin
Summary: Planas-Sitja, Deneubourg and Cronin use a theoretical approach to examine the importance of personality and feedback in the emergence of collective movement decisions in animal groups. Using a simulation of Capuchin monkey data they show that variation in personality dramatically influences collective decisions as well as replaces feedback depending on the directionality of relationships among individuals.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Ecology
Sarah Chaloupka, Melissa Peignier, Susanne Stuckler, Yimen Araya-Ajoy, Patrick Walsh, Max Ringler, Eva Ringler
Summary: This study reveals individual differences in territorial aggression in amphibians, with moderate repeatability in territorial aggressiveness and no clear link to age and body size.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Review
Physiology
Masayo Soma
Summary: The division of cognitive processing between the two hemispheres of the brain causes lateralized eye use in various behavioral contexts. Visual lateralization in mating birds shows surprising heterogeneity among different species, possibly influenced by differences in altricial vs. precocial development. Future research can further explore this topic from evolutionary and behavioral perspectives.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Rieke F. Schons, Simon Vitt, Timo Thuenken
Summary: The sex ratio and long-term habituation to experimental conditions influence the general shoal performance in Pelvicachromis taeniatus, with a higher proportion of females increasing shoal activity and activity declining with habituation and group familiarity._behavioral changes after disturbance were weaker with longer group familiarity and habituation.
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Family Studies
Yuyeon Kang, Junghee Ha, Gwangsung Ham, Eunkyo Lee, Hanik Jo
Summary: This study examined the effects of social-emotional competence on depression and aggression in Korean early adolescents and found that social support plays a significant mediating role.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Menglin Fang, Olga Tapalova, Nadezhda Zhiyenbayeva, Svetlana Kozlovskaya
Summary: Digital games have an impact on the social competence and behavior of preschoolers, with children in the experimental group showing higher social competence and lower levels of anxiety-withdrawal compared to those playing without specific educational goals.
EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Margherita Bracci, Stefano Guidi, Enrica Marchigiani, Maurizio Masini, Paola Palmitesta, Oronzo Parlangeli
Summary: The study investigated stereotypical judgments about men and women concerning past events of aggression expressed on the basis of their faces, and found that the stereotypes emerge as a consequence of visual exploration of faces with no facial emotion. The personality traits of observers, such as neuroticism, extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, and affective empathy, play a role in facilitating or hindering stereotype processing, and male and female observers have different stereotypes for male and female faces.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Entomology
Glen Ray Hood, Jackson H. Jennings, Daniel J. Bruzzese, Melanie Beehler, Thomas Schmitt, Jeffrey L. Feder, William J. Etges
Summary: The study found variation in epicuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) as a potential factor in mate choice among adults of six Rhagoletis taxa, including the apple and hawthorn-infesting host races. Gas-chromatography-mass-spectrometry revealed 36 repeatable and quantifiable hydrocarbon components across all six fly taxa, with at least 53 different CHC compounds present, consisting of n-alkanes, mono-, dimethyl-, and trimethyl-alkanes, alkenes, and alkadienes. The results suggest that CHC variation may contribute to patterns of premating isolation between Rhagoletis taxa, potentially driven by sexual and host-related selection.
ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Wenbo Ji, Yanju Bi, Zheng Cheng, Runze Liu, Xiaohong Zhang, Yufu Shu, Xin Li, Jun Bao, Honggui Liu
Summary: The study showed that intermittent socialization patterns had positive effects on the social behavior, growth performance, and physiology of weaned piglets. Intermittent socialization patterns may be helpful for improving the welfare of weaned piglets, but further confirmation is necessary.
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Timo Thuenken, Saskia Hesse, Theo C. M. Bakker, Sebastian A. Baldauf
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Denis Meuthen, Sebastian A. Baldauf, Theo C. M. Bakker, Timo Thuenken
Article
Ecology
Denis Meuthen, Sebastian A. Baldauf, Theo C. M. Bakker, Timo Thuenken
Article
Ecology
Denis Meuthen, Sebastian A. Baldauf, Theo C. M. Bakker, Timo Thuenken
AMERICAN NATURALIST
(2018)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Saskia Hesse, Theo C. M. Bakker, Sebastian A. Baldauf, Timo Thuenken
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Denis Meuthen, Sebastian A. Baldauf, Theo C. M. Bakker, Timo Thuenken
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Sebastian A. Baldauf, Leif Engqvist, Tobias Ottenheym, Theo C. M. Bakker, Timo Thuenken
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2013)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Timo Thuenken, Theo C. M. Bakker, Sebastian A. Baldauf
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Denis Meuthen, Ingolf P. Rick, Timo Thuenken, Sebastian A. Baldauf
NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
(2012)
Article
Biology
Timo Thuenken, Denis Meuthen, Theo C. M. Bakker, Sebastian A. Baldauf
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2012)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sebastian A. Baldauf, Leif Engqvist, Franz J. Weissing
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2014)
Article
Ecology
Timo Thuenken, Simon Vitt, Sebastian A. Baldauf, Tina Jung, Joachim G. Frommen
EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Kathrin Langen, Theo C. M. Bakker, Sebastian A. Baldauf, Jujina Shrestha, Timo Thuenken
BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2017)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Kathrin Langen, Theo C. M. Bakker, Sebastian A. Baldauf, Jujina Shrestha, Timo Thnueken
BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2017)
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Behavioral Sciences
James A. Klarevas-Irby, Damien R. Farine
Summary: Little is known about how animals overcome temporal constraints on movement during dispersal. This study used GPS tracking of vulturine guineafowl and found that dispersers showed the greatest increase in movement at the same times of day when they moved the most prior to dispersal. These findings suggest that individuals face the same ecological constraints during dispersal as they do in daily life and achieve large displacements by maximizing movement when conditions are most favorable.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Simone Ciaralli, Martina Esposito, Stefano Francesconi, Daniela Muzzicato, Marco Gamba, Matteo Dal Zotto, Daniela Campobello
Summary: Male cuckoos may transfer nest location information to females as a nonmaterial nuptial gift through specific postures and behaviors, potentially influencing mating choices of female cuckoos.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Anne E. Aulsebrook, Rowan Jacques-Hamilton, Bart Kempenaers
Summary: Accelerometry and machine learning have been used to quantify mating behaviors of captive male ruffs. Different machine learning methods were compared and evaluated for their classification performance. The study highlights the challenges and potential pitfalls in classifying mating behaviors using accelerometry and provides recommendations and considerations for future research.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Maria G. Smith, Joshua B. LaPergola, Christina Riehl
Summary: This study analyzed individual contributions to parental care in the greater ani bird and found that workload inequality varied between groups of two and three pairs. However, there was no clear evidence of division of labour within the groups, suggesting individual differences in overall work performed.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Noah M. T. Smith, Reuven Dukas
Summary: Winner and loser effects are observed in many animals, and recent experiments suggest that they may also occur in humans. In two experiments involving video games and reading comprehension, participants who won in the first phase performed significantly better in the second phase compared to those who lost. The effect size was larger in the video game experiment, and men and women showed similar magnitudes of winner and loser effects.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Bianca J. L. Marcellino, Peri Yee, Shannon J. Mccauley, Rosalind L. Murray
Summary: This study examines the trade-off between mating effort and thermoregulatory behavior in dragonflies in response to temperature changes, and investigates the effect of wing melanin on these behaviors. The results indicate that as temperature increases, dragonflies reduce their mating effort and increase their thermoregulatory behavior.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rafael Rios Moura, Paulo Inacio Prado, Joao Vasconcellos-Neto
Summary: This study examined the escape behavior and decision-making of Aglaoctenus castaneus spiders on different substrates. It was found that spiders inhabiting injurious substrates displayed shorter flight initiation distances and lower sensitivity to predators.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Luigi Baciadonna, Cwyn Solvi, Francesca Terranova, Camilla Godi, Cristina Pilenga, Livio Favaro
Summary: In this study, it was found that African penguins could use ventral dot patterns to recognize their lifelong partner and nonpartner colonymates. This challenges the previous assumption of limited visual involvement in penguin communication, highlighting the complex and flexible recognition process in birds.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Nick A. R. Jones, Jade Newton-Youens, Joachim G. Frommen
Summary: Environmental conditions, particularly temperature, have a significant impact on animal behavior. This study focused on aggression in Neolamprologus pulcher fish and found that aggression rates increased with temperature at lower levels, but decreased after reaching a peak. Additionally, the influence of high temperatures on aggression changed over time during the trials. These findings provide a more comprehensive understanding of the short-term effects of temperature on aggression and highlight the importance of considering non-linear changes in thermal performance.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Bruno Herlander Martins, Andrea Soriano-Redondo, Aldina M. A. Franco, Ines Carry
Summary: Human activities have affected the availability of resources for wildlife, particularly through the provision of anthropogenic food subsidies at landfill sites. This study explores the influence of age on landfill attendance and foraging behavior in white storks. Adult storks visit landfills more frequently and show dominance over juveniles in food acquisition. Juveniles have limited access to landfill resources and are forced to use lower quality areas.