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{"title":"Kinship influences the metamorphic traits of Asiatic toad (Bufo gargarizans) larvae, in Central China","authors":"Xiao L. Li, Hai B. Wang, Wen H. Shi, Tong L. Yu","doi":"10.1080/03949370.2023.2298481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2298481","url":null,"abstract":"Kin recognition has been selected by natural selection because it can enhance the chances of cooperation among close relatives, but it could also be an accidental consequence of other life-history ...","PeriodicalId":55163,"journal":{"name":"Ethology Ecology & Evolution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139752078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Domestic chicken hens can eavesdrop on the alarm calls of wild tits","authors":"Li Zhang, Zihui Zhang, Wei Liang","doi":"10.1080/03949370.2023.2298475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2298475","url":null,"abstract":"Eavesdropping on heterospecific alarm calls is common in nature, and successful eavesdropping on heterospecific call information can provide benefits to animal survival. Previous studies have shown...","PeriodicalId":55163,"journal":{"name":"Ethology Ecology & Evolution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139751907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An attempt to evidence post-fire adaptation of red fox diet in a Mediterranean area","authors":"Benedetta Baldeschi, Orlando Tomassini, Gianni Bedini, Giulio Petroni, Dimitri Giunchi, Alessandro Massolo","doi":"10.1080/03949370.2023.2298482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2298482","url":null,"abstract":"Although fires are common in Mediterranean ecosystems, there are substantial knowledge gaps regarding post-fire shifts in animal diets, especially for carnivores. Red fox Vulpes vulpes is a general...","PeriodicalId":55163,"journal":{"name":"Ethology Ecology & Evolution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139752090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of metolachlor and fish cues on tadpole antipredator behaviors","authors":"Daren A. Glore, Thomas M. Kay, Jess S. Michael, Justin M. To, Bradley E. Carlson","doi":"10.1080/03949370.2023.2298471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2298471","url":null,"abstract":"Antipredator behaviors are often crucial for animal survival. In environments impacted by humans, animals may be exposed to a wide array of chemical contaminants due to agriculture, industry, and o...","PeriodicalId":55163,"journal":{"name":"Ethology Ecology & Evolution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139590532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social aggregation in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare","authors":"Eleanor MacPhail, Murray Thomson","doi":"10.1080/03949370.2023.2276454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2276454","url":null,"abstract":"Social aggregative behaviour may have evolved in marine isopods to aid hunting, and help the animals protect themselves from predation. This social behaviour could have assisted some isopod species...","PeriodicalId":55163,"journal":{"name":"Ethology Ecology & Evolution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138518982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diet of the vulnerable White-browed guan Penelope jacucaca (Galliformes Cracidae) in two contrasting Caatinga fragments in Northeastern Brazil","authors":"Tarcilla Valtuille, Flávio K. Ubaid, Renata Beco, Reuber A. Brandão","doi":"10.1080/03949370.2023.2263410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2263410","url":null,"abstract":"Diet studies of cracids have highlighted the group’s significance as seed dispersers and the impact of their disappearance from natural environments. However, the diet of Penelope jacucaca remains ...","PeriodicalId":55163,"journal":{"name":"Ethology Ecology & Evolution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138518977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rates of male rivalry and mate choice vary with density and determine whether size-assortative mating is absent, positive, or negative in the clown weevil, <i>Eudiagogus pulcher</i>","authors":"Denson K. McLain, Ann Pratt","doi":"10.1080/03949370.2023.2263405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2263405","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractAt four sites in Texas, the density of the clown weevil, Eudiagogus pulcher, in stands of rattlebox, Sesbania drummondii, increased with proximity to water. Size-assortative mating (SAM) was negative at high density, positive at intermediate density, and absent at low density. Only at intermediate density were relatively small potential mates frequently rejected. Females rejected males via resistance to attempts to mount while males rejected females by abandoning them soon after mounting. A laboratory experiment showed that mate rejection is more likely when individuals experience intermediate densities, but not low or high densities, prior to courtship. In the field, rival males displaced mounting males that were small relative to either the female or rival. Rates of rivalry increased with density. At high density, low rates of mate rejection and high rates of rivalry resulted in the formation of displacement-resistant pairs consisting of large males and small females. This left small males to vie for large females and resulted in negative SAM. At intermediate density, low rates of rivalry coupled with rejection of small individuals favored the formation of pairs consisting of similarly sized males and females, causing positive SAM. At low density, low rates of both mate rejection and rivalry resulted in random mating by size and the absence of SAM.Key Words: clown weevilsize-assortative matingmutual choicepopulation densityrivalry ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWe thank the residents of Lake Irene and Lake Bedias in Bedias, Texas for providing access to rattlebox stands on their property. We thank the referees for suggestions that simplified and improved the manuscript.DISCLOSURE STATEMENTNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.ETHICAL STANDARDThe study was done in full compliance with the guidelines of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee to ensure the ethical treatment of study animals.AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONBoth authors contributed to the study conception, experimental design, analysis of results, and manuscript preparation.DATA ACCESSIBILITYAll data analyzed in and supporting conclusions of this manuscript are accessible at http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/data/8/ (https://doi.org/10.20429/data.2022.02).","PeriodicalId":55163,"journal":{"name":"Ethology Ecology & Evolution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136282189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lunar phase as a dynamic landscape of fear factor affecting elephant crop raiding potential","authors":"Sophia C. Corde, R. Lynn Von Hagen, Simon Kasaine, Urbanus N. Mutwiwa, Bernard Amakobe, Mwangi Githiru, Bruce A. Schulte","doi":"10.1080/03949370.2023.2263406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2263406","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractRisk assessment relies on cost–benefit analysis by prey species in relation to predator behavior. The lunar cycle can have strong influences on the way that predator and prey species behave in their environment as light levels can influence activity patterns. By examining how lunar phase influences behavior, we may be able to better predict instances of human–wildlife conflict. As part of the Elephants and Sustainable Agriculture in Kenya project, over 5 years of study have been dedicated to mitigating human–elephant conflict in the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor in southern Kenya, focusing on the construction of deterrent fences and the collection of environmental data in and bordering the Rukinga Wildlife Sanctuary. Elephant presence around crop fields was hypothesized to have a negative relationship with lunar light levels because of an increase in perceived risk from typically greater human activity with moonlight, and a positive relationship with increased darkness during the waning moon phases. The lunar phase data were compared to elephant presence within 12 m of experimental crop fields along the boundary of their wild habitat and human agricultural land to provide insight for potential crop raiding events. Elephants were present significantly less during the full and gibbous moon phases when compared to the new moon phase, and significantly more during the new and waning moon phases. Our findings are being shared with the farmers living in the KWC and may be useful to others living in high HEC areas by providing a form of early warning system that also may have broader applications in the mitigation of other human–wildlife interactions.HIGHLIGHTSDynamic landscape of fear provides novel insight on elephant behavior near agricultural lands with applications for conservation strategies.Key Words: animal behaviorconservation behaviorhuman–wildlife conflicthuman–wildlife interactionslandscape of fearlunar cyclerisk assessment ACKNOWLEDGMENTSFunding for this project was provided in part by the International Elephant Foundation, Western Kentucky University, and The Earthwatch Institute. We thank our colleagues at Wildlife Works, the Elephants and Bees Team from Save the Elephants, and the Kenya Wildlife Service. The authors thank the farmers of Sasenyi village for their work with us on this project. Further thanks to the Wildlife Works park rangers for their assistance on this project. All research was conducted in accordance with the following permissions: WKU IACUC Permit #16-02, #19-10, and #20-05, NACOSTI/P/20/4805, and KWS/BRM/5001 and permit under Wildlife Works.DISCLOSURE STATEMENTNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONSS.C. Corde, B.A. Schulte, R.L. Von Hagen, S. Kasaine, U.N. Mutwiwa, M. Githiru, and B. Amakobe conceived the ideas and designed methodology; S.C. Corde, R.L. Von Hagen, and S. Kasaine collected the data, S.C. Corde analyzed the data and led the writing of the manuscript. S.C. C","PeriodicalId":55163,"journal":{"name":"Ethology Ecology & Evolution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136282342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evidence that wolves use cooperative ambush strategies to hunt beavers","authors":"Thomas D. Gable, Austin T. Homkes, Steve K. Windels, Joseph K. Bump","doi":"10.1080/03949370.2023.2248608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2248608","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55163,"journal":{"name":"Ethology Ecology & Evolution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136357748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Repertoire and vocal behaviour of the grey heron ( <i>Ardea cinerea</i> ) during the breeding season: a case study in the western Po Valley","authors":"Federico Romani, Elena Ramella Levis, Gianni Pavan","doi":"10.1080/03949370.2023.2248067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2248067","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThe grey heron is an extensively studied and widely distributed colonial bird species in the Old World; however, relevant information on the role played by vocalisations during the life cycle of individuals is still lacking. This research aimed to deepen the available knowledge on the repertoire and vocal behaviour of adults during the breeding season, through a bioacoustic approach and choosing as study areas two heronries in different environmental contexts. Colonies were monitored 2 days a week each, for 9 weeks, from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (360 hr of sampling). Results showed that adults use a wide range of call types, mainly related to courtship and the reproductive phase. Vocalisations are emitted especially by males and are a key element during mate attraction, nest building, in breeding events and in strengthening bonds within pairs. Most vocalisations are expressed in the first weeks of the breeding cycle, concurrently with the maximum number of courtship males, which exhibit most of the detected sound categories and emit calls with lower frequencies than females. Moreover, these vocalisations are expressed to a greater extent in the heronry characterized by an important forest component, where an almost entirely exclusive sound category was detected. In conclusion, the results suggest a possible correlation between vocal behaviour and female choice. The wide variety of sound signals and the high rate of calls produced by males during attraction and courtship displays, together with the acoustic characteristics of the signals, could provide honest estimates of the quality of emitters.KEY WORDS: Ardea cinereagrey heronvocal repertoirevocal behaviourfemale choiceanimal communication ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe authors thank the staff of the Parco Faunistico “La Torbiera” in Agrate Conturbia (Novara Province, Italy) for their logistic support and cooperation. In particular, we thank the President of the Foundation Zoological Society “La Torbiera”, Dr Francesco Rocca, for providing free access to his private property. We would like to thank: Prof. Mauro Fasola for suggesting the heronry of Riserva Naturale della Garzaia di Cascina Isola as a second survey site; Prof. Francesco Zucca and Dr Matteo Crozi for the drone flights; Prof. Daniele Pellitteri-Rosa and Andrea Gazzola for their suggestions on the ethological issues covered in this paper. Finally, we thank Eurafrica Conservation Projects non-profit organisation and its donors for financially supporting the research.DISCLOSURE STATEMENTNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONF. Romani and E. Ramella Levis contributed equally to the manuscript as first author.SUPPLEMENTAL DATASupplemental Data for this article can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2248067","PeriodicalId":55163,"journal":{"name":"Ethology Ecology & Evolution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135197528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}