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1. Behavior and ultrastructure of sensory organs in rotifers

   For the most part, rotifer behavior consists of simple, coded responses to external stimulation. Though these responses are readily observable, they...

   Pierre Clément, Elizabeth Wurdak, Jacqueline Amsellem in Biology of Rotifers

   Conference paper 1983
   

2. The Importance of Theory for Reconstructing the Evolution of Language and Intelligence in Hominids

   Although we anthropologists are academically licensed mythologists charged with explaining how “the man got his skin,” etc., our stories tend to...

   S. T. Parker, K. R. Gibson in Advanced Views in Primate Biology

   Conference paper 1982
   

3. Adaptive Strategies Adopted by a Free-Ranging Troop of Vervets When Placed in a Specially Designed Enclosed Environment

   Cercopithecus aethiops has successfully adapted to all the different types of African environments which range between high rainfall...

   S. G. Tollman in Primate Behavior and Sociobiology

   Conference paper 1981
   

4. Repertoire convergence in two Mangrove ants,Zacryptocerus varians andCamponotus (Colobopsis) sp.

   The convergence of Zacryptocerus varians and Camponotus (Colobopsis) sp. is manifest in three ways: i) Structural convergence (shield-headed major...

   B. J. Cole in Insectes Sociaux

   Article 01 September 1980

5. Aims, Methods, and Areas of Ethology

   The goal of ethology is the investigation of behavior with the methods used in the natural sciences. However, to define the concept of behavior is...

   Klaus Immelmann in Introduction to Ethology

   Chapter 1980
   

6. Gallery construction byNasutitermes Costalis: Polyethism and the behavior of individuals

   Using records of complete behavioral sequences (including act durations) recorded for more than 8000 individual workers visiting specially prepared...

   R. J. Jones in Insectes Sociaux

   Article 01 March 1980

7. Comparison of male agonistic behavior in five species of cockroaches

   Five species of cockroaches were analyzed with respect to their agonistic behavior. Agonistic acts were analyzed using four criteria: characteristics...

   W. J. Bell, R. E. Gorton Jr., ... M. D. Breed in Insectes Sociaux

   Article 01 September 1979

8. Social organization of nest emigration inLeptothorax (Hym., Form.)

   The investigated species of the genus Leptothorax have small colonies and nest in fragile nest sites. Thus they depend on frequent nest emigrations,...

   Michael Möglich in Insectes Sociaux

   Article 01 September 1978

9. Antifouling adaptations of marine shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea): Functional morphology and adaptive significance of antennular preening by the third maxillipeds

   Preening (cleaning, grooming) of the antennules and other cephalothoracic appendages by the third maxillipeds was observed in several species of...

   R. T. Bauer in Marine Biology

   Article 01 March 1977

10. Behavioral discretization and the number of castes in an ant species

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    Two extreme possibilities in the evolution of temporal castes can be envisaged. First, workers can undergo changes in responsiveness to various...

    Edward O. Wilson in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    Article 01 June 1976

11. Neuroethology of sound production in gomphocerine grasshoppers (orthoptera: acrididae)

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    Sound production of grasshoppers is based upon central motor patterns which are hierarchically organized at various functional levels (Fig. 2)....

    Norbert Elsner in Journal of comparative physiology

    Article 01 December 1975

12. The Behavior Patterns of Desert Rodents

    It is difficult to define a desert in a precise fashion. Arid to semi-arid areas may vary in the form of their vegetation; this ultimately reflects...

    J. F. Eisenberg in Rodents in Desert Environments

    Chapter 1975
    

13. Mouse mutants studied by means of ethological methods

    In order to determine in how far some known genes will affect the behaviour of mice ( Mus musculus L. ) the author used the ethological method for...

    J. H. F. van Abeelen in Genetica

    Article 01 December 1964