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Olfaction-Mediated Pathogen Avoidance in Mammals
Avoidance of pathogens is crucial for one’s survival. The mechanisms responsible for pathogen avoidance are known as the ‘behavioural immune system’,...
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Carcass provisioning and intra-guild risk avoidance between two sympatric large carnivores
AbstractApex carnivores that rely primarily on predation play a central but complex role within scavenging ecology by potentially suppressing...
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A Functional - Helix Conceptualization of the Emergent Properties of the Animal Kingdom: Chronoception as a Key Sensory Process
Teleological theories are often dismissed in the study of animal behaviour, because of both the anthropomorphic element, and the paradox of...
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Rhythm of relationships in a social fish over the course of a full year in the wild
BackgroundAnimals are expected to adjust their social behaviour to cope with challenges in their environment. Therefore, for fish populations in...
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Seasonal depth distribution and thermal experience of the non-indigenous round goby Neogobius melanostomus in the Baltic Sea: implications to key trophic relations
Native to the Ponto-Caspian region, the benthic round goby ( Neogobius melanostomus ) has invaded several European inland waterbodies as well as the...
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Predicting people’s motivation to engage in urban predator control
Measures such as education, incentives, and regulations are used to change people’s behaviour and thereby achieve policy objectives. Understanding...
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Colonial breeding impacts potentially fitness-relevant cognitive processes in barn swallows
Many animals breed colonially, often in dense clusters, representing a complex social environment with cognitive demands that could ultimately impact...
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A global review of marine recreational spearfishing
Recreational spearfishing is a fishing method that occurs globally, yet receives considerably less attention in the scientific literature relative to...
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Predation risk and resource availability interactively affect the oviposition behavior of Aedes aegypti
Mosquitoes transmit viruses that affect public health in tropical regions. Identifying factors that influence their fitness can help control...
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Relevance of diet diversification in the coexistence between Orius laevigatus and Amblyseius swirskii: prey switching and intraguild predation
Omnivores obtain resources from more than one trophic level, choosing food based on quantity and quality. They usually engage in intraguild predation...
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Living with wildlife: a review of advances in social-ecological analysis across landscapes
ContextAn exciting research frontier is the intersection of wildlife ecology and social science. Associated research is embracing a spatial approach...
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From masquerading to blending in: ontogenetic shifts in antipredator camouflage in Wallace’s flying frogs
AbstractA diversity of defence colourations that shift over time provides protection against natural enemies. Adaptations for camouflage depend on an...
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Local and large-scale spatial variation in a marine predator–prey interaction in the southwestern Atlantic
Predator–prey interactions are a key ecological process which can be modified by environmental conditions over a range of spatial scales. Through two...
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Ecological drivers of bee cognition: insights from stingless bees
Stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) are a group of highly eusocial bees with pantropic distribution. The variety of life styles among the...
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When Northern Pigtailed Macaques (Macaca leonina) Cannot Select for Ideal Slee** Sites in a Degraded Habitat
Primates must select slee** sites carefully to maximize fitness. In habitats with diminished quality and availability of resources, slee** site...
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Exploring predators of Pacific salmon throughout their life history: the case of Japanese chum, pink, and masu salmon
When, where, and what predators prey upon salmon is fundamental to understanding their mortality in a given region. We reviewed the available...
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Pest Control in Coffee: A Tri-trophic Comparison between a Mainland and an Island Agroecosystem
The practical requirement of pest control in agriculture is an evident application of principles of tri-trophic ecological interactions—plant (crop),...
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Agent Based Modeling of Fish Shoal Behavior
Fish require a sufficient amount of dissolved oxygen in the water to breathe and maintain their metabolic functions. Insufficient levels of dissolved...
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Why it hurts: with freedom comes the biological need for pain
We argue that pain is not needed to protect the body from damage unless the organism is able to make free choices in action selection. Then pain...
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Plasticity for the kin and conspecific preferences in the frog tadpoles (Rana ornativentris)
In vertebrates, little is known of kin recognition systems and their plasticity. Even in well-studied anuran larvae (tadpoles), the determinants and...
