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Descriptive Phenomenology as an Alternative to Prevent the Theory-Ladenness of Observation in the Study of Animal Behavior: Opening towards an Etho-Phenomenology
In ethology, and more generally in the study of animal behavior, observations are theory-laden . A review of theories of animal behavior reveals that...
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Color Coding Assessment of Haloperidol Effects on Animal Behavior in the Open Field Test
AbstractDevelopment of novel approaches to behavioral test data analysis is of considerable importance for both fundamental research and experimental...
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Animal behavior is central in sha** the realized diel light niche
Animal behavior in space and time is structured by the perceived day/night cycle. However, this is modified by the animals’ own movement within its...
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Cognitive bias in animal behavior science: a philosophical perspective
Emotional states of animals influence their cognitive processes as well as their behavior. Assessing emotional states is important for animal welfare...
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On the relevance of animal behavior to the management and conservation of fishes and fisheries
There are many syntheses on the role of animal behavior in understanding and mitigating conservation threats for wildlife. That body of work has...
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Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1 Methods
This open-access book empowers its readers to explore the acoustic world of animals. By listening to the sounds of nature, we can study animal...
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Behavior
The chapter contains information about the selection forces that act on the behavior of fish (and other animals). Like all animals, fish are subject...
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Long-term field studies in bat research: importance for basic and applied research questions in animal behavior
Animal species differ considerably in longevity. Among mammals, short-lived species such as shrews have a maximum lifespan of about a year, whereas...
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Anti-predator behavior in two brown frogs: differences in the mean behaviors and in the structure of animal personality variation
AbstractPredation is a major source of selection and prey are known to modify their behavior depending on their past experiences and the current...
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Induced Stress and Tactile Stimulation Applied to Primiparous does and their Consequences on Maternal Behavior, Human-Animal Relationships, and Future Offspringˊs Sexual Disorders
The aim of this study was to investigate whether tactile stimulation in rabbits during the gestation phase improve the maternal behavior and...
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Transforming Animal Health Sector
The animal health sector within the agriculture sector plays a critical role in fulfilling the food demand for billions of the world’s populations by...
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Identifying behavioral structure from deep variational embeddings of animal motion
Quantification and detection of the hierarchical organization of behavior is a major challenge in neuroscience. Recent advances in markerless pose...
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Studying animal locomotion with multiple data loggers: quantifying time drift between tags
Temporal accuracy is a fundamental characteristic of logging technology and is needed to correlate data streams. Single biologgers sensing animal...
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Animal Attention in the Context of Zoosemiotics
Attention is viewed here as a complex of semiotic processes that leads to animals’ choices and behavioral decisions. Besides the focusing role of...
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Genetic Studies on Behavior
Animal behavior is one of the most complex phenomena in biology. Understanding the cellular and molecular basis of behavior is one of the critical...
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Multi-scale movement syndromes for comparative analyses of animal movement patterns
BackgroundAnimal movement is a behavioral trait shaped by the need to find food and suitable habitat, avoid predators, and reproduce. Using...
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Lessons learned in animal acoustic cognition through comparisons with humans
Humans are an interesting subject of study in comparative cognition. While humans have a lot of anecdotal and subjective knowledge about their own...
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How did the animal come to cross the road? Drawing insights on animal movement from existing roadkill data and expert knowledge
ContextAnimal movement through the landscape is essential to several ecological processes, assuring genetic flow, reproductive success and population...
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Replacing Animal Testing with Stem Cell-Organoids : Advantages and Limitations
Various groups including animal protection organizations, medical organizations, research centers, and even federal agencies such as the U.S. Food...
