Female perception of a partner's mate value discrepancy and controlling behaviour in romantic relationships [0.03%]
伴侣的交配价值不匹配感与亲密关系中的控制行为之间的关系：她的感知，他的行为？
Dariusz P Danel,Agnieszka Siennicka,Kinga Glińska et al.
Dariusz P Danel et al.
Mate value discrepancy (MVD) between heterosexual partners is an important factor influencing relationship satisfaction which, in turn, has an effect on the quality and the stability of the relationship. Therefore, partners' involvement in ...
Threat-sensitive anti-predator defence in precocial wader, the northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus [0.03%]
警惕天敌的敏感性防御——以稚鸟早熟的环志林鸱为例（Vanellus vanellus）
Natalia Królikowska,Jakub Szymkowiak,Rebecca Anne Laidlaw et al.
Natalia Królikowska et al.
Birds exhibit various forms of anti-predator behaviours to avoid reproductive failure, with mobbing-observation, approach and usually harassment of a predator-being one of the most commonly observed. Here, we investigate patterns of tempora...
Piotr Zduniak,Jakub Z Kosicki,Reuven Yosef
Piotr Zduniak
The hooded crow Corvus cornix is a west Palaearctic, solitary nesting, monogamous corvid. In the breeding season, populations are characterized by a social organization wherein breeding pairs are territorial and non-breeding individuals, ca...
Behavioral observations on the White-breasted Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus brachyurus): conservation implications [0.03%]
白喉红尾莺的行为观察及保护意义
Jean-Raphael Gros-Desormeaux,Thierry Lesales,Alexis-Georges Tayalay
Jean-Raphael Gros-Desormeaux
The White-breasted Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus brachyurus) is surviving at the tip of the Caravelle peninsula in Martinique, on a 5 km2 territory. Once widespread throughout the island, this passerine was on the verge of extinction i...
The performance of ravens on simple discrimination tasks: a preliminary study [0.03%]
关于鸦类在简单辨别作业中的行为表现的初步研究
Friederike Range,Thomas Bugnyar,Kurt Kotrschal
Friederike Range
Recent studies suggest the existence of primate-like cognitive abilities in corvids. Although the learning abilities of corvids in comparison to other species have been investigated before, little is known on how corvids perform on simple d...
Female meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, do not alter their over-marking in response to female conspecifics that were food deprived [0.03%]
雌性草原田鼠在同种雌性饥饿处理后不会改变其对同类的标记行为
Christian T Vlautin,Michael H Ferkin
Christian T Vlautin
Many terrestrial mammals will deposit scent marks and over-marks, the latter being the overlapping scent marks of two conspecifics. Studies have shown that male rodents that are exposed to the overlapping scent marks of two female conspecif...
Coccidial infection does not influence preening behavior in American goldfinches [0.03%]
球虫感染不影响美国金翅雀的梳理行为
Adrian Surmacki,Geoffrey E Hill
Adrian Surmacki
Preening behavior in birds is important for the maintenance of thermoregulatory and ornamental functions of plumage. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that birds trade off time between plumage maintenance and other activities. However, th...
Acoustic location of conspecifics in a nocturnal bird: the corncrake Crex crex [0.03%]
夜行鸟类如何利用声音定位同类——以 Crx crx 鸟类为例
Paweł Ręk
Paweł Ręk
Although the use of sounds in spatial orientation is widespread among animals, only a few groups advanced such specific adaptations as echolocation. In contrast, practically all animals and night-active species in particular, must occasiona...
Cryptic confounding compounds: A brief consideration of the influences of anthropogenic contaminants on courtship and mating behavior [0.03%]
隐秘的混淆化合物：人为污染物影响求偶和交配行为的影响简析
Tomica D Blocker,Alexander G Ophir
Tomica D Blocker
Contaminants, like pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins and metals, are persistent and ubiquitous and are known to threaten the environment. Traditionally, scientists have considered the direct physiological risks that thes...
Locomotor performance of sand lizards (Lacerta agilis): effects of predatory pressure and parasite load [0.03%]
捕食压力和寄生虫感染对赤脚蜥运动性能的影响
Anna Ekner-Grzyb,Zofia Sajkowska,Krzysztof Dudek et al.
Anna Ekner-Grzyb et al.
Locomotor performance affects foraging efficiency, predator avoidance and consequently fitness. Agility and speed determine the animal's social status and reflect its condition. In this study, we test how predatory pressure and parasite loa...