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A Butterfly's Flash Coloration Distracts Predators—Read Future Textbook Knowledge in Ethology 蝴蝶的闪光色彩能分散捕食者的注意力--阅读未来的《选育学》教科书知识
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Ethology Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13520
Wolfgang Goymann
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Do Rearing Group-Size and Social Rank Influence the Affective State of a Cooperatively-Breeding Cichlid Fish?
IF 1.3 4区 生物学
Ethology Pub Date : 2024-10-31 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13516
Léa Langérôme, Océane La Loggia, Bettina Voser, Barbara Taborsky
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Third-Party Affiliation in Domestic Dogs During and After a Human Conflict 家犬在与人类冲突期间和之后的第三方归属感
IF 1.3 4区 生物学
Ethology Pub Date : 2024-10-27 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13522
Laura Analía Rial, Camila Cavalli, Marina Victoria Dzik, Mariana Bentosela
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Females Guarded by Sneaker Males Experience Higher Predation in the Two-Spotted Spider Mite
IF 1.3 4区 生物学
Ethology Pub Date : 2024-10-27 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13524
Taito Sano, Tanvi Gurjar, Martijn Egas, Yukie Sato
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Call for Your Life: Acoustic Structure and Age-Sex Differences in Distress Calls of Red-Necked Nightjars 呼唤生命:红颈夜鸦窘迫叫声的声学结构和年龄性别差异
IF 1.3 4区 生物学
Ethology Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13513
Javier Sierro, Diego Gil, Pedro Sáez-Gómez, Paula Hidalgo-Rodríguez, Julio Rabadán-González, Carlos Camacho
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The Wolf Spider Tigrosa helluo Uses Visual Associative and Beacon Landmarks During Water Maze Navigation Tasks
IF 1.3 4区 生物学
Ethology Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13518
Riko Weidman, Kelsey Persons, Matthew Persons
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The Relevance of Flash Coloration Against Avian Predation in a Morpho Butterfly: A Field Experiment in a Tropical Rainforest 斑蝶的闪光色彩与鸟类捕食的相关性:热带雨林中的现场实验
IF 1.3 4区 生物学
Ethology Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13517
Aline Vieira-Silva, Gabriel B. Evora, André V. L. Freitas, Paulo S. Oliveira
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Condition-Dependent Female Aggression and Its Effects on Mating Success and Sexual Cannibalism in Jumping Spiders 条件依赖性雌性攻击及其对跳蛛交配成功率和性食肉的影响
IF 1.3 4区 生物学
Ethology Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13519
Michael E. Vickers, Marianne W. Robertson, Travis E. Wilcoxen
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Pair-Coordinated Calling: Eurasian Magpies Respond Differently to Simulated Intruder Pairs That Overlap or Alternate Their Calls 成对协调的叫声:欧亚喜鹊对呼叫重叠或交替的模拟入侵者配对做出不同反应
IF 1.3 4区 生物学
Ethology Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13515
Miriam Kuspiel, Sjouke A. Kingma, Heleen Vermeulen, Marc Naguib
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The Agoutis: A Future Model for Ecologically Relevant Neuroscience and Physiology In Natura 阿古提鱼:自然界中与生态相关的神经科学和生理学的未来模型
IF 1.3 4区 生物学
Ethology Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1111/eth.13514
J. I. Sanguinetti-Scheck, D. Gálvez
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