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Revisiting Volterra defects: geometrical relation between edge dislocations and wedge disclinations. 重访沃尔泰拉缺陷：边缘位错与楔位错之间的几何关系。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.242213

Shunsuke Kobayashi, Katsumi Takemasa, Ryuichi Tarumi

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Three-spined sticklebacks recognize familiar individuals by facial recognition. 三棘棘鱼通过面部识别识别熟悉的个体。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.241888

Shumpei Sogawa, Izumi Inoue, Satoshi Awata, Koki Ikeya, Kento Kawasaka, Masanori Kohda

{"title":"Three-spined sticklebacks recognize familiar individuals by facial recognition.","authors":"Shumpei Sogawa, Izumi Inoue, Satoshi Awata, Koki Ikeya, Kento Kawasaka, Masanori Kohda","doi":"10.1098/rsos.241888","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.241888","url":null,"abstract":"Social vertebrates often recognize familiar individuals through facial recognition, a basal cognitive ability through which animals establish stable sociality, including territoriality. The three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), a model species for behavioural studies, is territorial and its ability to visually recognize familiar individuals remains unclear. Herein, we report that this species has individual-specific facial features and recognizes familiar individuals by facial recognition. Territorial neighbours of the same sex established a 'dear enemy relationship' with each other. These focal fish were exposed to composite photographic models of four combinations of faces and bodies of familiar neighbours and unknown strangers of the same sex. Focal fish of both sexes attacked photographs of strangers (stranger-face/stranger-body) more frequently than familiar neighbours (neighbour-face/neighbour-body). Furthermore, they attacked composite photographs of the stranger-face/neighbour-body more frequently (similar to the stranger model) but less frequently attacked photographs of the neighbour-face/stranger-body (similar to the neighbour model). These results suggest that the three-spined stickleback exclusively distinguishes familiar neighbours from unknown fish via facial recognition. The aggressiveness of males was independent of the presence of a red nuptial colour in the photographs. Our findings suggest that this fish controls its aggressiveness against opponent conspecifics in the context of social relationships independent of the red area.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"12 7","pages":"241888"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303103/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144733055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Urine washing and urinary odour profiles in relation to dominance rank status in wild male capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator). 野生雄性卷尾猴（Cebus模仿者）尿液洗涤和尿液气味特征与优势等级地位的关系。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250608

Alice C Poirier, Nelle K Kulick, Suheidy Romero Morales, Marlen Kücklich, Brigitte M Weiß, Claudia Birkemeyer, Anja Widdig, Amanda D Melin, Katharine M Jack

{"title":"Urine washing and urinary odour profiles in relation to dominance rank status in wild male capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator).","authors":"Alice C Poirier, Nelle K Kulick, Suheidy Romero Morales, Marlen Kücklich, Brigitte M Weiß, Claudia Birkemeyer, Anja Widdig, Amanda D Melin, Katharine M Jack","doi":"10.1098/rsos.250608","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.250608","url":null,"abstract":"Urine plays an essential role in mammalian olfactory communication, although its potential role in primates has long been overlooked owing to focus on their visual adaptations for communication. Here, we combined behavioural and chemical data to test the role of urine in signalling male dominance in white-faced capuchins (Cebus imitator). We predicted that: (i) urine washing (i.e. depositing urine onto hands/feet and rubbing them onto substrates) is more frequently performed by alpha than subordinate males; and (ii) the chemical composition of alpha male urine is distinct from that of subordinates. We collected 457 h of focal behavioural follows and 153 urine samples from 24 males in five groups at Sector Santa Rosa, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. We extracted urinary volatile compounds into thermal desorption tubes and analysed them by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. We found that alphas urine wash more than subordinates, especially during the dry season when urinary odours can last longer and intergroup interactions are more frequent. Additionally, dominance rank predicted a modest fraction of overall sample chemical dissimilarity. Our results support the hypothesis that urine may be an olfactory signaling medium; future experimental research is needed to test the extent to which urinary odours may be cues versus evolved signals.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"12 7","pages":"250608"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303097/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144732976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Can adults automatically process and translate between numerical representations? 成年人能自动处理和转换数字表示吗？

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250856

Iro Xenidou-Dervou, Caroline Appleton, Serena Rossi, Natasha Guy, Camilla Gilmore

{"title":"Can adults automatically process and translate between numerical representations?","authors":"Iro Xenidou-Dervou, Caroline Appleton, Serena Rossi, Natasha Guy, Camilla Gilmore","doi":"10.1098/rsos.250856","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.250856","url":null,"abstract":"Arithmetic and the ability to use numbers are important skills. Numbers can be represented in three ways: through number words, Arabic symbols or non-symbolically. Much research attention has focused on how associations form between these three numerical representations. However, it is not yet clear whether these associations are automatic or if they require working memory (WM) resources. In this registered report, we used the dual-task paradigm to answer this question. Eighty-one adults were administered dot, digit and cross-modal (i.e. dot versus digit) magnitude comparison tasks in standalone and dual-task conditions with phonological (PL) or visuospatial (VSSP) WM interference. We found that all three types of magnitude comparison necessitated WM resources. Symbolic comparison necessitated VSSP WM. Surprisingly, in this task, accuracy improved under both WM interference conditions, evidencing the proposal that introducing executive function challenges in simple and familiar tasks can improve performance. In non-symbolic comparison, our findings demonstrated that the VSSP and the PL-albeit to a lesser extent-were employed. Finally, cross-modal comparison necessitated VSSP WM. These findings evidence the fundamental role visuospatial processing plays in numerical processing and that adults require WM resources for simply processing numerical representations and translating between them.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"12 7","pages":"250856"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303100/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144733043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Wild elephants vary in their attraction to novelty across an anthropogenic landscape gradient. 在不同的人为景观梯度中，野生大象对新奇事物的吸引力各不相同。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250896

Sarah L Jacobson, Sangpa Dittakul, Mananya Pla-Ard, Supang Sittichok, Marnoch Yindee, Joshua M Plotnik

{"title":"Wild elephants vary in their attraction to novelty across an anthropogenic landscape gradient.","authors":"Sarah L Jacobson, Sangpa Dittakul, Mananya Pla-Ard, Supang Sittichok, Marnoch Yindee, Joshua M Plotnik","doi":"10.1098/rsos.250896","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.250896","url":null,"abstract":"Research on how wild animals respond to novelty is becoming more relevant as the overlap between natural habitats and human-dominated landscapes increases. Wild Asian elephants spend more time in anthropogenic landscapes as their habitat is converted to agriculture. Greater neophilia and exploration may allow elephants to successfully access agricultural resources, which may cause negative interactions with people. We compared wild elephant reactions to novel objects in two different landscapes in Thailand (near agriculture and deep inside a protected sanctuary). We also assessed consistency in measures for individuals exposed to different objects to determine whether their reactions could be considered personality traits. Elephants tested near agriculture were more neophilic and exploratory than those inside the sanctuary. However, the limited sample of elephants exposed to both novel objects did not demonstrate consistency in their reactions, and thus we could not determine whether neophilia or exploration were personality traits in this population. Neophilic and exploratory elephants likely benefit from high-quality agricultural resources, but at a potential cost to both elephants and humans. Knowledge about the elephants' behaviour and attraction to particular landscapes could aid in human-elephant conflict mitigation efforts that consider the needs of both species and aim for more stable coexistence.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"12 7","pages":"250896"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303102/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144732978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A new large 'silesaur' specimen from the ?Late Triassic of Zambia; taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary implications. 赞比亚晚三叠世一种新的大型“silesaur”标本；分类学、生态学和进化意义。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250762

Jack Lovegrove, Kimberley E J Chapelle, Brandon R Peecook, Paul Upchurch, Paul M Barrett

{"title":"A new large 'silesaur' specimen from the ?Late Triassic of Zambia; taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary implications.","authors":"Jack Lovegrove, Kimberley E J Chapelle, Brandon R Peecook, Paul Upchurch, Paul M Barrett","doi":"10.1098/rsos.250762","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.250762","url":null,"abstract":"'Silesaurs' are bird-line archosaurs that either represent the sister clade to dinosaurs or a paraphyletic grade of early ornithischians. Here, we describe a partial silesaur femur, NHMUK PV R37051, from the Ladinian/Carnian Ntawere Formation of Zambia. This femur is notable for being one of the largest silesaur specimens yet known, both globally and from the Ntawere Formation. The description of this new specimen means that two out of the three largest silesaur individuals are now known from the latter stratigraphic unit. A detailed morphological and osteohistological description of the specimen is presented alongside comparisons with other silesaur femora. Although NHMUK PV R37051 cannot be confidently referred to the only named Ntawere silesaur, Lutungutali sitwensis, it is also not morphologically distinct enough to justify erecting a new taxon. Furthermore, osteohistological data rule out a simple ontogenetic explanation for these large Ntawere silesaurs. This taxonomic uncertainty suggests that a more conservative approach is needed when scoring L. sitwensis into phylogenetic datasets. The existence of these large silesaurs challenges our understanding of dinosaur size evolution and its implications for the very early stages of their rise to ecological dominance.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"12 7","pages":"250762"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303107/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144733041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Enzyme inhibitory activity of marine alkaloid aaptamines for neurodegenerative diseases: an in silico study. 海洋生物碱亚胺对神经退行性疾病的酶抑制活性：一项计算机研究。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250697

Thi Le Anh Nguyen, Hoang Linh Nguyen, Thi My Pham, Dinh Hieu Truong, Thi Chinh Ngo, Mai Suan Li, Duy Quang Dao

{"title":"Enzyme inhibitory activity of marine alkaloid aaptamines for neurodegenerative diseases: an in silico study.","authors":"Thi Le Anh Nguyen, Hoang Linh Nguyen, Thi My Pham, Dinh Hieu Truong, Thi Chinh Ngo, Mai Suan Li, Duy Quang Dao","doi":"10.1098/rsos.250697","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.250697","url":null,"abstract":"The enzyme inhibitory activities of a dataset of 28 aaptamines are performed to identify potential multifunctional drugs for neurodegenerative diseases (NDs). First, the drug-like properties and pharmacokinetic (ADMET) study excluded seven molecules, mostly for the non-permeability of the blood-brain barrier. The binding activities of the remaining 21 candidates towards acetylcholinesterase (AChE), monoamine oxidase B (MAOB) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) enzymes are initially screened by molecular docking. The top binding complexes (A12@MAOB, A24@COMT and A27@AChE) are simultaneously studied by molecular dynamics in water for 500 ns time-scale and compared with the references such as safinamide (SAG), tolcapone (TOL) or donepezil (DON). The results show that two aaptamines A12 and A27 are well-positioned within the active pocket of the enzymes, exhibiting structural stability, with a root mean square deviation of about 0.15-0.2 nm. MM-PBSA calculation indicates that the binding energy of the ligands to the corresponding targets is equal to (A12 versus SAG) or much lower than the references (A24 versus TOL and A27 versus DON). The van der Waals interactions contribute more strongly to enzyme binding than the electrostatic energy. The study results suggest that A27 (lowest binding energy, -170.42 ± 14.24 kJ mol-1) is the most prominent aaptamine candidate for the treatment of NDs.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"12 7","pages":"250697"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303110/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144733047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Translational reprogramming under heat stress: a plant's perspective. 热胁迫下的翻译重编程：植物的视角。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250132

Moray Smith, Aminin Taqrir Akramin, Martin Balcerowicz

{"title":"Translational reprogramming under heat stress: a plant's perspective.","authors":"Moray Smith, Aminin Taqrir Akramin, Martin Balcerowicz","doi":"10.1098/rsos.250132","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.250132","url":null,"abstract":"Plants experience dynamic and sometimes extreme fluctuations in temperature on hourly, daily and seasonal scales, which are becoming increasingly challenging as climate change progresses. To maximize fitness and chances of survival, plants continuously adjust their growth, development and physiology to their temperature environment. Changes in protein synthesis are central to these acclimatization processes, enabling rapid and precise modulation of cellular functions. In this review, we discuss the molecular mechanisms driving heat-induced translational reprogramming, integrating insights from animal and yeast systems with current knowledge and emerging hypotheses in plants. We revisit the core stages of translation-initiation, elongation and termination-and the roles of associated translation factors while also exploring emerging areas of interest, including biomolecular condensates, RNA modifications and cis-regulatory elements. Finally, we consider how a deeper understanding of translational control could be harnessed to enhance crop resilience in the face of climate change.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"12 7","pages":"250132"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303099/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144732975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Morphological constraints in hymenopteran forewings limit flight efficiency optimization. 膜翅目昆虫前翼的形态约束限制了飞行效率的优化。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250224

Iman Fadel, Pablo S Milla Carmona, Yuming Liu, Emily J Rayfield, Philip C J Donoghue

{"title":"Morphological constraints in hymenopteran forewings limit flight efficiency optimization.","authors":"Iman Fadel, Pablo S Milla Carmona, Yuming Liu, Emily J Rayfield, Philip C J Donoghue","doi":"10.1098/rsos.250224","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.250224","url":null,"abstract":"The evolution of wings and flapping flight was integral to the radiation of Pterygota, but little is known about the factors underpinning the morphological disparity of insect wings. We use a theoretical morphospace approach to investigate forewing morphology across the four major clades in Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, bees and ants). Using elliptical Fourier analysis we quantified the outline of 298 forewings and generated 494 theoretical forms plotted within a morphospace. Theoretical forewing shapes were analysed across three metrics for flight performance that are antagonistic and ranked subsequently according to their functional optimization. The results show theoretical wings with larger, rounder apical tips were most optimized for a trade-off between reducing induced drag and increasing both lift production and breakage resistance. Empirical forewings cluster in a suboptimal region of theoretical morphospace exhibiting moderate flight performance. Phylomorphospace analysis reveals high levels of convergence in wing shapes across Hymenoptera, with a weak but significant phylogenetic signal. Regression analyses found significant allometric covariation but no significant relationship with environmental measures (temperature and precipitation) on forewing morphology. These findings demonstrate that hymenopteran wing morphologies are not optimized for flight function. Instead, function and allometry act in concert to constrain the variation of hymenopteran forewing morphologies.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"12 7","pages":"250224"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303117/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144733050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Why catch when you can throw? A framework for tagging animals without capture or restraint. 能扔为什么要接？不捕获或约束动物的标记框架。

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Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250139

Rory Wilson, James Redcliffe, Mark Holton, Phillip Hopkins, Victoria Thomas, Frank Narve Rosell, Hanna Kavli Lodberg-Holm, Christian Robstad, Theodoros Kominos, Antonia Galanaki, Giannis Gasteratos, Theodoros Naziridis, Richard Gunner, Vaclav Silovsky, Miloš Ježek, Holly English, Olivia Shott, Katie Bambridge, Amy Fuller, Caitlin Willoughby, Elliot Dee, Hazel Nichols, Flavio Quintana, Andreas Fahlman, Josefin Larsson, David M Scantlebury, Ursula Siebert

{"title":"Why catch when you can throw? A framework for tagging animals without capture or restraint.","authors":"Rory Wilson, James Redcliffe, Mark Holton, Phillip Hopkins, Victoria Thomas, Frank Narve Rosell, Hanna Kavli Lodberg-Holm, Christian Robstad, Theodoros Kominos, Antonia Galanaki, Giannis Gasteratos, Theodoros Naziridis, Richard Gunner, Vaclav Silovsky, Miloš Ježek, Holly English, Olivia Shott, Katie Bambridge, Amy Fuller, Caitlin Willoughby, Elliot Dee, Hazel Nichols, Flavio Quintana, Andreas Fahlman, Josefin Larsson, David M Scantlebury, Ursula Siebert","doi":"10.1098/rsos.250139","DOIUrl":"10.1098/rsos.250139","url":null,"abstract":"The use of electronic tags has significantly advanced our understanding of wild animal behaviour and physiology. However, traditional tagging methods often require capturing and restraining or sedating animals, which causes stress and may potentially affect data quality during acclimatization. Inspired by plant burs, we propose a novel 'bur-tagging' system to attach tags without capture or restraint. We outline a framework for bur-tagging, detailing the design and key considerations for its success. This includes the influence of tagging site location and animal neophobia on the likelihood of tagging over time, strategies to target specific species, and methods to improve tag placement accuracy. The choice of adhesive mechanism and application force are discussed as critical factors for effective attachment. Preliminary trials highlight animal reactions to inactive tagging systems, demonstrating ways to minimize stress and increase tagging efficiency. Field tests on domestic animals and wild canids in Greece suggest that bur-tagging is a viable alternative to conventional methods. While still in development, bur-tagging has the potential to deploy advanced electronic tags on wild animals with reduced stress and greater ethical consideration, offering a promising tool for wildlife research. This innovative approach bridges biology and technology to address challenges in animal tagging.","PeriodicalId":21525,"journal":{"name":"Royal Society Open Science","volume":"12 7","pages":"250139"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12303111/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144732977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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