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Bark strip** by cattle in silvopastoral systems
Silvopastoral systems, consisting of the combined management of pastures, woody perennials and animals, are increasingly adopted throughout the...
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Avoiding the last supper: parentage analysis indicates multi-generational survival of re-introduced ‘toad-smart’ lineage
Invasive species are a leading cause of animal extinctions. It is difficult to eradicate established and widespread populations of invaders, so we...
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Development of an odorous repellent against common voles (Microtus arvalis) in laboratory screening and subsequent enclosure trials
Common voles ( Microtus arvalis ) can cause severe crop damage in European agriculture and are usually managed with rodenticides. Population dynamics...
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An evaluation of methods used to cull invasive cane toads in tropical Australia
To identify cost-effective ways to control invasive species, we need to evaluate alternative methods. The invasion of tropical Australia by cane...
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The Rat: A Model Used in Biomedical Research
The laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus, has been used in biomedical research for more than 150 years, and in many cases remains the model of choice...
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General Issues in the Cognitive Analysis of Plant Learning and Intelligence
In this chapter, we identify issues related to the terms behavior, intelligence, and cognition. We also point out problems with inconsistencies in...
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Emergence of the Distinction Between “Verbal” and “Musical” in Early Childhood Development
The pattern of acquisition of speech- and music-related skills during early stages of human infancy provides insight into the origins of language and...
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Far from home: responses of an American predator species to an American prey species in a jointly invaded area of Australia
Far from their native ranges in the Americas, two invasive species come into contact in Australian waterbodies. Cane toads ( Rhinella marina ) fatally...
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I Am a Fake Loop: the Effects of Advertising-Based Artificial Selection
Mimicry is common among animals, plants, and other kingdoms of life. Humans in late capitalism, however, have devised an unique method of mimicking...
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Place avoidance learning and memory in a jum** spider
Using a conditioned passive place avoidance paradigm, we investigated the relative importance of three experimental parameters on learning and memory...
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The effect of social learning on avoidance of aposematic prey in juvenile great tits (Parus major)
Social learning plays an important role in acquiring new foraging skills and food preferences in many bird species but its potential role in learning...
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The Computation and Robustness of the Mini-Cognitive Centers of Terrestrial Mollusks: An Exquisite Outcome of Brain Evolution
Terrestrial mollusks (slugs and snails) have brains with highly evolved and intriguing characteristics. These characteristics are comparable, or far...
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Optogenetic inhibition of behavior with anion channelrhodopsins
Optogenetics uses light exposure to manipulate physiology in genetically modified organisms. Abundant tools for optogenetic excitation are available,...
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Role of atypical protein kinases in maintenance of long-term memory and synaptic plasticity
Investigation of biochemical mechanisms underlying the long-term storage of information in nervous system is one of main problems of modern...
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On the fringe of the invasion: the ecology of cane toads in marginally-suitable habitats
Understanding how invasive species flourish under climatic conditions outside those found within their native range can inform management. In...
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Harnessing learning biases is essential for applying social learning in conservation
Social learning can influence how animals respond to anthropogenic changes in the environment, determining whether animals survive novel threats and...
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Function of insulin in snail brain in associative learning
Insulin is well known as a hormone regulating glucose homeostasis across phyla. Although there are insulin-independent mechanisms for glucose uptake...
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Plant Secondary Metabolites as Rodent Repellents: a Systematic Review
The vast number of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) produced by higher plants has generated many efforts to exploit their potential for pest...
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Explaining the Paradox of Neophobic Explorers: The Social Information Hypothesis
How animals react to novel food and objects is commonly thought of as a crucial step toward innovations. One would therefore expect innovative...
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Epigenetics: a link between addiction and social environment
The detrimental effects of drug abuse are apparently not limited to individuals but may also impact the vulnerability of their progenies to develop...
