Recently-adopted foraging strategies constrain early chick development in a coastal breeding gull by Alejandro Sotillo, Jan M. Baert, Wendt Müller, Eric W.M. Stienen, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares, Luc Lens

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From the Andes to the Apennines: Rise and Fall of a Free-Ranging Population of Feral Llamas by Carlo Gargioni, Andrea Monaco, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Lorenzo Lazzeri, Emiliano Mori

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Novel ideas to further expand the applicability of rhythm analysis by Lara S. Burchardt, Elodie F. Briefer, Mirjam Knörnschild

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Depth and temperature preferences of meagre, Argyrosomus regius, as revealed by satellite telemetry. by Alexander Claus Winkler, Lily Bovim, Bruno C L Macena, Miguel Gandra, Karim Erzini, Pedro Afonso, David Abecasis

“…We speculate that these patterns are in response to the species' behavioural ecology and physiology, reflecting the seasonal changes in water stratification and presence of prey, as well as on the species reproduction, which results in summer spawning aggregations in shallower areas.…”
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Molt strategy and delayed plumage maturation in the Lined Seedeater by Dalila Ferreira, Luiza Figueira, Filipe Cunha, Leonardo E Lopes

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Ecological Considerations When Designing Mitigation Translocations: An Australian Reptile Case Study by Holly S. Bradley, Michael D. Craig, Sean Tomlinson, Adam T. Cross, Michael J. Bamford, Philip W. Bateman

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Sperm morphology and performance in relation to postmating prezygotic isolation in two recently diverged passerine species by Manon Poignet, Lucie Baránková, Jiří Reif, Pavel Stopka, Romana Stopková, Michaela Frolikova, Emily R. A. Cramer, Arild Johnsen, Pavel Kverek, Tomasz S. Osiejuk, Katerina Komrskova, Tomáš Albrecht, Radka Reifová

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Olfaction as a Marker for Dystonia: Background, Current State and Directions by Thorsten Herr, Julie Gamain, Robert Fleischmann, Bernhard Lehnert, Marcus Vollmer, Carsten Willert, Birgitt Veit, Andrea Stenner, Jan-Uwe Mueller, Barbara Caspers, Martin Kronenbuerger

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Constant and seasonal drivers of bird communities in a wind farm: implications for conservation by Zuzanna M. Rosin, Piotr Skórka, Paweł Szymański, Marcin Tobolka, Andrzej Luczak, Piotr Tryjanowski

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Towards resolving taxonomic uncertainties in wolf, dog and jackal lineages of Africa, Eurasia and Australasia by Krofel, M, Hatlauf, J, Bogdanowicz, W, Campbell, LAD, Godinho, R, Jhala, YV, Kitchener, AC, Koepfli, K, Moehlman, P, Senn, H, Sillero‐Zubiri, C, Viranta, S, Werhahn, G, Alvares, F

“…We review available information on several taxa of Old World and Australasian Canis with phylogenetic uncertainties (namely, African jackals, Asian wolves and Australasian dogs), in order to assess the validity of suggested scientific names and provide a scientific basis for reaching a taxonomic consensus primarily based on molecular data, but also including morphology, biogeography and behavioural ecology. We identify major knowledge gaps, provide recommendations for future research and discuss conservation implications of an updated taxonomic framework. …”

Experimental studies in simple choice behaviour by Monteiro, P

“…Building on previous work from the Behavioural Ecology Research Group, I chose the Sequential Choice Model (SCM; reviewed in Kacelnik et al., 2011 − Appendix 1) as a starting point, and tested its premises and predictions generalising it to different experimental protocols. …”

Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies by Julia Fischer, James P Higham, Susan C Alberts, Louise Barrett, Jacinta C Beehner, Thore J Bergman, Alecia J Carter, Anthony Collins, Sarah Elton, Joël Fagot, Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva, Kurt Hammerschmidt, Peter Henzi, Clifford J Jolly, Sascha Knauf, Gisela H Kopp, Jeffrey Rogers, Christian Roos, Caroline Ross, Robert M Seyfarth, Joan Silk, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Veronika Staedele, Larissa Swedell, Michael L Wilson, Dietmar Zinner

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Resolving Conservation Conflicts through Shared Vision, Collective Benefits and Relevant Values by Antoinette van de Water, Suzan Doornwaard, Liesbeth Sluiter, Michelle Henley, Catherine Sutherland, Rob Slotow

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Mucus: aiding elasmobranch conservation through non-invasive genetic sampling by L Lieber, S Berrow, E Johnston, G Hall, J Hall, C Gubili, DW Sims, CS Jones, LR Noble

“…On-going genetic tagging will eventually provide more accurate estimates of global basking shark population structuring, abundance and behavioural ecology.…”
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Analysing the effects of distance, taxon and biomass on vertebrate detections using bulk-collected carrion fly iDNA by Kristen Fernandes, Philip W. Bateman, Benjamin J. Saunders, Mark Gibberd, Michael Bunce, Kristine Bohmann, Paul Nevill

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Essential Oils of <i>Mentha arvensis</i> and <i>Cinnamomum cassia</i> Exhibit Distinct Antibacterial Activity at Different Temperatures In Vitro and on Chicken Skin by Iglė Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, Bazilė Ravoitytė, Jurga Būdienė, Algirdas Valys, Juliana Lukša, Elena Servienė

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Relying on known or exploring for new? Movement patterns and reproductive resource use in a tadpole-transporting frog by Kristina B. Beck, Matthias-Claudio Loretto, Max Ringler, Walter Hödl, Andrius Pašukonis

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The behaviour and activity budgets of two sympatric sloths; Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus hoffmanni by Rebecca N. Cliffe, Ryan J. Haupt, Sarah Kennedy, Cerys Felton, Hannah J. Williams, Judy Avey-Arroyo, Rory Wilson

“…Unfortunately, the cryptic nature of sloths makes long term observational research difficult and so there is very little existing literature examining the behavioural ecology of wild sloths. Here, we used micro data loggers to continuously record, for the first time, the behaviour of both Bradypus and Choloepus sloths over periods of days to weeks. …”
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Local weather and endogenous factors affect the initiation of migration in short‐ and medium‐distance songbird migrants by Theodore J. Zenzal, Darren Johnson, Frank R. Moore, Zoltán Németh

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Robust rhythm reporting will advance ecological and evolutionary research by Taylor A. Hersh, Andrea Ravignani, Lara S. Burchardt

“…These lines of research can inform not only about the behavioural ecology of animals but also about the evolution of rhythm‐relevant phenomena and the behavioural neuroscience of rhythm production and perception. …”
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