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Ecol Evol
January 2025
College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University Guiyang Guizhou China.
The risk of predation has always been a significant impact on wild birds. Birds, facing with limited energy, must balance their investment between foraging and vigilance. There were currently limited understandings of the vigilant behavior feedback of birds under different hunger pressure.
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January 2025
Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Optimal nest site selection is crucial in animals whose offspring are completely dependent on the shelter of a nest. Parental decisions influencing nest thermal conditions are particularly important because temperature strongly influences juvenile activity, metabolism, growth, developmental rate, survival, and adult body size. In small ectotherms such as bees, maternal decisions to nest in sun-exposed or shady sites can lead to marked differences in thermal microenvironments inside nests.
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January 2025
Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Center for Natural Sciences, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary.
As urban areas continue to expand globally, a deeper understanding of the functioning of urban green spaces is crucial for maintaining habitats that effectively support wildlife within our cities. Cities typically harbor a wide variety of nonnative vegetation, providing limited support for insect populations. The resulting scarcity of arthropods has been increasingly linked to adverse effects at higher trophic levels, such as the reduced reproductive success of insectivorous birds in urban environments.
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January 2025
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Proc Biol Sci
January 2025
DFG Centre for Advanced Studies 'Words Bones, Genes, Tools', University of Tübingen, Rümelinstrasse 23, Tübingen 72070, Germany.
The concepts of social learning and exploration have been central to debates in comparative cognition research. While their roles in the origins of human cumulative culture on the one hand and creativity on the other have been highlighted, the two concepts have mostly been studied separately. In this article, we examine the relationship between adopting similar or different behaviours within a group, focusing on how exploration and exploitation shape primate communication systems.
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