Associations and Societies 18
Communication 16
Human behavior 415
Journals 3
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Sociobiology - Biology, Science 45
Ape Sign Language - Linguistic Anthropology, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Science 14
 About Gender: EthologyAbout Gender: Ethology
 An introduction to animal reproduction, maternal strategies, living in groups, dominance and male behavior. The rest of the site deals with human gender roles, variance and identity.
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AdaptationAdaptation
 Mark A McPeek outlines his research on how damselflies evade their predators, in particular the trade off they make between foraging rate and predation risk.
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Alina Simona RusuAlina Simona Rusu
 Researcher whose publications include coping strategies in mice, chemical communication in mammals and cognitive ethology.
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All About How Males Attract Female BirdsAll About How Males Attract Female Birds
 Describes research into the extent to which female birds choose their mates according to their vocal ability.
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Alpha Status, Dominance, and Division of Labor in Wolf PacksAlpha Status, Dominance, and Division of Labor in Wolf Packs
 Describes the wolf-pack social order as it occurs in nature, discusses the alpha concept and social dominance and submission, and presents data on the precise relationships among members in free-living packs.
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Animal BehaviorAnimal Behavior
 A free online textbook from Wikibooks.
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Animal BehaviorAnimal Behavior
 Information from McMaster University, Canada on the research program and undergraduate courses available.
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Animal Behavior, Behavioral Ecology and ArachnologyAnimal Behavior, Behavioral Ecology and Arachnology
 Dr George Uetz at the University of Illinois is leading research into colonial web-building spiders, communication in wolf spiders and other aspects of arachnid behavior.
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Animal Behavior LabAnimal Behavior Lab
 Overview of current research at Macquarie University, Australia, with detailed material on each project.
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Animal Behavior/Sensory BiologyAnimal Behavior/Sensory Biology
 Article from Wikibooks explaining that, by learning how the senses gather information, a better understanding of behavior is gained.
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Animal BehaviourAnimal Behaviour
 Daniel Mills and Gill Sheppard describe an evolutionary approach to the analysis, assessment and treatment of behavior problems.
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Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science Research Group.Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science Research Group.
 The University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada examines how an understanding of the behavior of domesticated animals and poultry can contribute to their welfare.
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Animal CognitionAnimal Cognition
 Researchers at Edinburgh University are using both evolutionary and behavioral approaches to try to understand the factors that shape animal cognitive abilities.
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Animal Cognition NetworkAnimal Cognition Network
 Provides links to current scientific literature in the field of animal cognition. Includes journal articles, reviews, books and relevant websites.
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Animal Navigation GroupAnimal Navigation Group
 Provides an e-mail animal forum and disseminates news on animal navigation, orientation and migration through its newsletter and conferences.
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Antipredator Adaptations: CrypsisAntipredator Adaptations: Crypsis
 Notes, with photographs, on the four cryptic strategies employed by animals to blend in with their background and avoid detection.
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Article: Bee BehaviorArticle: Bee Behavior
 By studying bees as individuals and as a colony, Stephen Taber researches how their behavior may be changed to our benefit. The site also provides a sourcebook for beekeeping.
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The Arts of Deception - Mimicry and CamouflageThe Arts of Deception - Mimicry and Camouflage
 Article by Rhett Butler on camouflage as used by animals and the three forms of mimicry utilized by both predator and prey.
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Avian Visual CognitionAvian Visual Cognition
 This multimedia cyberbook provides a comprehensive survey of this area of comparative research with chapters by top international scientists.
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Baboon and Impala TogetherBaboon and Impala Together
 Discusses how baboons and impala interact. Offers scientific observations and images.
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Bear Center Conducts Hibernation StudyBear Center Conducts Hibernation Study
 Article by Lynne L Rogers who has studied black bear behavior and ecology in northeastern Minnesota since 1969.
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Bee BehaviorBee Behavior
 A project studying the behavior of bees as individuals and as a colony, including a live feed from a hive.
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Behavioral Ecology Research GroupBehavioral Ecology Research Group
 Research on the evolution of social systems and social learning at the University of Queensland, Australia.
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BehaviourBehaviour
 Article from the BBC Science and Nature series on why mammals have developed such complex social strategies.
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Behaviour: A Journey to the Bottom of the WorldBehaviour: A Journey to the Bottom of the World
 Penguins can demonstrate complex behavioral patterns including general, aggressive and sexual behaviors.
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Behaviour: AltruismBehaviour: Altruism
 Article discussing how helping another member of the same species may have benefits for the donor.
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Behaviour: Looking after RelativesBehaviour: Looking after Relatives
 Article discussing the reasons behind actions such as a female molerat working to help raise her mother's children.
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Behavioural and Cognitive Influences of Kairomones on an Araneophagic Jumping SpiderBehavioural and Cognitive Influences of Kairomones on an Araneophagic Jumping Spider
 Jackson, Clark and Harland researched the factors influencing the predatory habits of the jumping spider, Portia fimbriata, which eats other spiders. [PDF]
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Bird BehaviorBird Behavior
 Bird Behavior is an international and interdisciplinary journal that publishes research on avian behavior, including the areas of ethology, behavioral ecology, comparative psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.
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Braun Lab of Hydroacoustic Research and DiscoveryBraun Lab of Hydroacoustic Research and Discovery
 Current research at Hunter College, New York, concentrates on the multiple sensory systems that fish use to detect moving and sound-producing objects, including the gymnotiform fishes that use electricity to communicate.
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Brood ParasitismBrood Parasitism
 This essay describes the behavior of birds that lay their eggs in the nest of another species, with links to other essays covering similar topics.
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Causes and Consequences of a Lack of Coevolution in Mullerian MimicryCauses and Consequences of a Lack of Coevolution in Mullerian Mimicry
 Article by James Mallet in which he discusses whether the unpalatable species that copy one another for their mutual benefit evolved together. [PDF]
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Center for the Integrative Study of Animal BehaviorCenter for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
 Information from Indiana University's program on animal behavior.
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The Centre for Avian CognitionThe Centre for Avian Cognition
 Research at the University of Nebraska covering a broad range of behavioral and cognitive studies on birds, each combining psychological and biological perspectives.
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Centre for Neuroscience and Animal BehaviourCentre for Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour
 Research into brain function and behavior, communication and higher cognition in animals as undertaken at the University of New England, Australia.
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A Century of GeneralizationA Century of Generalization
 This article aims to organise existing data to test the theory that, when a behavior has been established in response to a certain stimulus, novel stimuli resembling the first will usually elicit the same response. [PDF]
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Chelonian Research FoundationChelonian Research Foundation
 This foundation supports worldwide turtle and tortoise research and produces a journal – Chelian Conservation and Biology.
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Chimpanzee CulturesChimpanzee Cultures
 A searchable database of chimpanzee cultural behaviors.
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Cognitive Architecture of a Mini-brain: The HoneybeeCognitive Architecture of a Mini-brain: The Honeybee
 Article by Randolf Menzel and Martin Giurfa examining the extent to which adaptive behaviour in honeybees exceeds elementary forms of learning, and identifying the neural mechanisms involved. [PDF]
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Cognitive Ecology: A Field of Substance?Cognitive Ecology: A Field of Substance?
 Article arguing that a greater insight into behaviors such as animal orientation, song learning, mate choice and foraging is achieved by tackling the subject from more than one starting point. [PDF]
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Cognitive Ethology and the Explanation of Nonhuman Animal BehaviorCognitive Ethology and the Explanation of Nonhuman Animal Behavior
 In this paper, Marc Bekoff attempts to demonstrate the importance of cognitive ethological investigations for advancing the understanding of animal cognition.
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Compass Education and TrainingCompass Education and Training
 Offers home study courses in animal behavior at intermediate and advanced level, and equine, feline, canine, reptile and parrot behavior and psychology studies.
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Conflict and CooperationConflict and Cooperation
 Tamas Szekely provides a really short, illustrated guide to the family life of birds. [PDF]
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Consciousness in Animals and People with AutismConsciousness in Animals and People with Autism
 Temple Grandin discusses his views on animal consciousness, using comparisons from his experience with autism, citing scientific evidence on other neurological disorders which affect consciousness.
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Cooperative BreedingCooperative Breeding
 Communal breeding occurs when more than two birds of the same species provide care in rearing the young from one nest.
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Cooperative Breeding in Birds: a Comparative Test of the Life History HypothesisCooperative Breeding in Birds: a Comparative Test of the Life History Hypothesis
 Kathryn Arnold and Ian Owens test the hypothesis that cooperative breeding tends to occur in species with low annual mortality because this leads to overcrowded populations. [PDF]
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Cophylogeny between Pocket Gophers and Chewing LiceCophylogeny between Pocket Gophers and Chewing Lice
 Article discussing the symbiotic association between gophers and chewing lice, creatures whose life histories are conducive to parallel speciation. [PDF]
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Cospeciation and Rates of Evolution in Lice and Birds: a Molecular ApproachCospeciation and Rates of Evolution in Lice and Birds: a Molecular Approach
 How old is the association between a given parasite and its host? Rod Page at the University of Glasgow tries to answer this question.
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Deep-sea Octocorals as Homes for Other SpeciesDeep-sea Octocorals as Homes for Other Species
 Researchers at the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, examine the commensal relationships of octocorals with brittle stars and marine scale worms.
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Describing Social Insect Behaviour Using Process AlgebraDescribing Social Insect Behaviour Using Process Algebra
 Chris Tofts at University College Swansea, Wales, presents robust algorithms that describe three different ant behaviours: synchrony, task allocation and sorting [PDF]
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Dolphin InstituteDolphin Institute
 Dedicated to conservation of and education about dolphins and whales. Research projects include dolphin echolocation.
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Dominance in Crayfish.Dominance in Crayfish.
 Article from the Journal of Neuroscience on patterns of behavior, including the activation of neural circuits, during the formation of a dominance hierarchy in crayfish.
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Dominance in Domestic Hen TriadsDominance in Domestic Hen Triads
 The role of individual differences and patterns of resolution in the formation of dominance orders in domestic hen triads.
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The Dwarf Mongoose: Social CooperationThe Dwarf Mongoose: Social Cooperation
 Article discussing the benefit for dwarf mongooses of living in a cohesive group. Also describes their symbiotic cooperation with hornbills in Kenya.
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EcoBirds: AntingEcoBirds: Anting
 Article discussing the strange behavior adopted by some birds in using ants in preening or in some instances, lying down among ants.
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The Effect of Light on the Behaviour and Well Being of Marine FishThe Effect of Light on the Behaviour and Well Being of Marine Fish
 Article by J Charles Delbeek on the activities of fish at varying levels of light and the very important role light plays in their lives.
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Elephant Corner: Mentality, Cognition and Behavior of ElephantsElephant Corner: Mentality, Cognition and Behavior of Elephants
 Moti Nissani details his research into elephant behavior, cognition and senses, with sounds and video clips.
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Encyclopedia of Psychology - Animal BehaviorEncyclopedia of Psychology - Animal Behavior
 Annotated links to resources on animal behavior and instincts.
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Essay: A Baboon’s LifeEssay: A Baboon’s Life
 An essay written by Robert Sapolsky in 1996 on violence between male baboons, aging and friendship.
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EthologyEthology
 Tables of contents, contacts and subscription information from this journal by Blackwell Publishing.
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The European Union for Bird RingingThe European Union for Bird Ringing
 EURING coordinates bird ringing throughout Europe and promotes research needed to inform the conservation and scientific understanding of wild birds.
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The Evolution of Imperfect Mimicry in HoverfliesThe Evolution of Imperfect Mimicry in Hoverflies
 Article by Francis Gilbert describing Batesian mimicry and discussing the extent to which hoverflies succeed in mimicing bees, wasps and bumblebees. [PDF]
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Fauna Communications ResearchFauna Communications Research
 Institute that researches bioacoustics and animal communication, especially of endangered species.
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Feral CatsFeral Cats
 Information on a study of feral cats in Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, United Kingdom, conducted by Jane Dards in the 1970s.
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Figs and Fig WaspsFigs and Fig Wasps
 An example of mutualism, fig wasps only live for a few days but manage to perform their amazing task of finding and pollinating the flowers that are hidden deep inside the fig.
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The Finch Self-Medication WebsiteThe Finch Self-Medication Website
 Birds and animals have often been seen using plants, soil, insects or fungi as 'medicines'. William Astor explains his findings on this remarkable ability with regard to Estrildid finches.
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Fish and Shrimp InteractionsFish and Shrimp Interactions
 Details of research carried out by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on the behavior of fish with varying numbers of prey species and fish densities.
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Fish BehaviourFish Behaviour
 Describes certain behaviors that can indicate pain in fish and the behavioral evidence for the perception of pain by fish.
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Flocker 1.1Flocker 1.1
 This free software quantifies and compares statistical measures of group size. It differentiates between outsiders' view (group size) versus insiders' view (crowding) measures, controls for the ties among data points in the latter case and handles biased distributions correctly.
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Fongoli ChimpsFongoli Chimps
 Article from the National Geographic Magazine on how the chimpanzees on the savannas of Senegal are hunting bush babies with spearlike sticks.
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The Gordon LabThe Gordon Lab
 A long-term study of ant colony behavior, organization and ecology undertaken by Deborah Gordon and her colleagues at Stanford University.
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Group Mobbing Behaviour and Nest DefenceGroup Mobbing Behaviour and Nest Defence
 Outlines research carried out by Katheryn E Arnold using co-operative breeding Noisy Miners (Manorina melanocephala) in Australia on whether mobbing behavior assisted reproductive success. [PDF]
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Group Predation of LionsGroup Predation of Lions
 An investigation into the visual cues required to coordinate the complex cooperative behavior involved in hunting. [PDF]
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Historical Information about Animal CognitionHistorical Information about Animal Cognition
 A brief survey of important scientists in the history of the study of animal behavior.
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Honey Bee Research at the University of IllinoisHoney Bee Research at the University of Illinois
 Research in Gene E. Robinson's lab that studies the mechanisms of social behavior in honey bees.
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How Locusts Decide it is Time to SwarmHow Locusts Decide it is Time to Swarm
 Article from the New Scientist discussing the factors that turn a relatively harmless cloud of insects into a devastating plague.
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Hummingbirds and TorporHummingbirds and Torpor
 Article by Devorah Bennu on the strategy used by hummingbirds to conserve energy in order to survive long cold nights.
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Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery: Animal ArchitectureHunterian Museum and Art Gallery: Animal Architecture
 Dr Michael Hansell has built up an extensive collection of animal artefacts, mainly bird and insect nests but also other fascinating items.
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Kohler’s Research on the Mentality of ApesKohler’s Research on the Mentality of Apes
 Excerpt from a book by Gould and Gould discussing the tests that Kohler set the chimpanzees he was marooned with during the First World War.
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Konrad Lorenz Institute for EthologyKonrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology
 Austrian organization that investigates major unsolved problems in behavioral and evolutionary ecology.
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Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Rikkyo UniversityLaboratory of Animal Ecology, Rikkyo University
 Current research includes the ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior, avian behavioral ecology, and what behaviors help an animal to adapt to its environment.
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Long-distance Land Bird MigrationLong-distance Land Bird Migration
 This article discusses the reasons for migration, its advantages and disadvantages, and the different patterns of migration adopted by different bird groups.
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Mammal Research at JCUMammal Research at JCU
 Researchers at James Cook University are studying the life histories of several endangered Australian marsupials.
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Mammalian HibernationMammalian Hibernation
 Article by Ken Muldrew on mammalian hibernation, sleep and torpor.
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Movie Archives of Animal BehaviorMovie Archives of Animal Behavior
 An online animal behavior video database available in various formats. Most clips filmed in Japan.
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Multiple Sexual Ornaments in Satin BowerbirdsMultiple Sexual Ornaments in Satin Bowerbirds
 Article by Stephanie Doucet and Robert Montgomerie on their research into the interrelationship between bower features, plumage coloration, and indicators of male quality in this species.
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Nature-WildlifeNature-Wildlife
 Besides photographing African wildlife, Spook Skelton provides notes on African mammals and their behaviour, gleaned from reading and direct observation.
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The Nest Building Behaviour of Higher ApesThe Nest Building Behaviour of Higher Apes
 Noel Egenter outlines his research into the ability of apes to weave branches into a stable construction and whether this requires a definite learning process.
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Nests and Nest-Building in BirdsNests and Nest-Building in Birds
 Outlines a study of the Red Bishop, a colony breeding weaverbird from sub-Saharan Africa, and examines aspects of male nest-building behavior and resulting male reproductive success. [PDF]
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Oklahoma University Behavioral NeuroscienceOklahoma University Behavioral Neuroscience
 Research in the OU Zoology Department addresses major biological questions through studies of molecules, cells, organisms, and ecosystems to uncover mechanisms of physiology, development, behavior, and evolution.
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Ontologies for EthologyOntologies for Ethology
 Peter E. Midford's research in coding animal behavior descriptions, particularly ethograms using ontology.
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Overview of Our Research on the Variable Field CricketOverview of Our Research on the Variable Field Cricket
 At the Wagner Laboratory at the University of Nebraska, research is being undertaken on the evolution of male singing behavior and female song preferences in the variable field cricket
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Partnership in BirdsPartnership in Birds
 Article discussing monogamous birds and those that change partner, and why such divorces occur. [PDF]
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Pelican Lagoon Research CentrePelican Lagoon Research Centre
 This centre in Australia provides habitats for long term field studies, especially on monotremes, free from the impact of introduced species.
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The Peripheral Auditory Characteristics of Noctuid MothsThe Peripheral Auditory Characteristics of Noctuid Moths
 Research by Dean Waters into the auditory systems sensitive to ultrasound possessed by these moths and their ability to recognise and respond to the echolocation sounds emitted by bats. [PDF]
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Personality Gene Makes Songbirds CuriousPersonality Gene Makes Songbirds Curious
 Max Planck scientists find evidence for an association between gene variants and exploratory behavior in great tits. [PDF]
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PhenologyPhenology
 Animal activity and growth responses to seasonal climatic changes. Discussion of phenology data on animal cycles of life.
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The PherobaseThe Pherobase
 A searchable database of insect pheromones and semiochemicals, now covering over 7000 species of insect.
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Play Signals as Punctuation: The Structure of Social Play in CanidsPlay Signals as Punctuation: The Structure of Social Play in Canids
 Paper by Marc Bekoff discussing the use by animals of specific signals primarily to initiate or maintain social play.
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