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Heterospecific mating interference in ladybird beetles: age dependent patterns and consequences 瓢虫的异性交配干扰：与年龄有关的模式和后果

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acta ethologica Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10211-024-00445-9

Mohd Sariq, Omkar, Geetanjali Mishra

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Intra-sexual selection in a North American annual killifish: does the color-polymorphism matter? 北美一年生鳉鱼的性内选择：颜色多态性重要吗？

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acta ethologica Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10211-024-00444-w

Domínguez-Castanedo Omar

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Correction to: Copulation behaviour in the Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) 更正：南方杓鹬（Vanellus chilensis）的交配行为

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acta ethologica Pub Date : 2024-06-28 DOI: 10.1007/s10211-024-00443-x

Matías G. Pretelli, Alejandro V. Baladrón

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Copulation behaviour in the Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) 南方杓鹬的交配行为

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acta ethologica Pub Date : 2024-06-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10211-024-00442-y

Matías G. Pretelli, Alejandro V. Baladrón

{"title":"Copulation behaviour in the Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)","authors":"Matías G. Pretelli, Alejandro V. Baladrón","doi":"10.1007/s10211-024-00442-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10211-024-00442-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Southern Lapwing (<i>Vanellus chilensis</i>) is a widespread bird across Southern America and commonly found in any large open areas, including agriculture and urban. Despite being a conspicuous species, little is known about its copulatory behaviour. In this research, we studied the copulation behaviour of Southern Lapwings and identified specific behaviours that preceded copulation events. Focal observations were made during one year on two pairs of lapwings that inhabit an urban area in the southeastern Pampas region, Argentina. A total of 110 intra-pair copulations were recorded (pair 1 = 64 and pair 2 = 46). Frequent copulations began 97 and 64 days before the first egg-laying, respectively, although the highest frequency occurred before the onset of the first nesting attempt. The Southern Lapwing copulated during all daylight hours, with a peak in the morning. Copulation occurred for up to five consecutive days, and the maximum number of copulations observed in a single day was four. Courtship and territory defence were the most common behaviours preceding copulation. Among the multiple hypotheses that have been proposed to explain frequent intra-pair copulation, our results seem to support two of them: the territory signalling hypothesis and the social bond hypothesis. The high population density coupled with the low availability of territories and a strong social bond based on cooperation and coordination could support both hypotheses, respectively. Given that the social environment can modify the behaviour of plovers, future research should evaluate the copulation behaviour at different population densities and the adaptive functional significance of this behaviour.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":6879,"journal":{"name":"acta ethologica","volume":"27 3","pages":"205 - 212"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141347231","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}

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First record of mutual allogrooming in wild northern red muntjac Muntiacus Vaginalis 首次记录到野生北红麂的相互舔食行为

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acta ethologica Pub Date : 2024-06-07 DOI: 10.1007/s10211-024-00441-z

Harshvardhan Singh Rathore, Jagyandatt Pati, Bivash Pandav, Samrat Mondol

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Effect of parental age on developmental rate polymorphism of the ladybird beetle, Propylea dissecta 父母年龄对瓢虫发育率多态性的影响

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acta ethologica Pub Date : 2024-05-28 DOI: 10.1007/s10211-024-00440-0

Dipali Gupta, Priya Yadav, Geetanjali Mishra, Omkar

{"title":"Effect of parental age on developmental rate polymorphism of the ladybird beetle, Propylea dissecta","authors":"Dipali Gupta, Priya Yadav, Geetanjali Mishra,  Omkar","doi":"10.1007/s10211-024-00440-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10211-024-00440-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Parental age plays a major role in determining the life history attributes of an organism. Variation in parental age can have a big impact on offspring development, body mass and structure of population. To test the hypothesis that the increase in parental age has negative effects on offspring development of next generation, we observed the effect of parental age on the selected population of developmental variants (slow and fast developers) in a ladybird beetle, <i>Propylea dissecta</i> Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). The newly emerged adults were divided into two lines: Slow and Fast developers on the basis of their total developmental durations. Adult body mass, slow-fast emergence, sex-ratio, percentage of immature survival of newly emerged adults was recorded. Total developmental duration increased with the increase in age across generation and more fast developers were found in the offspring of young age groups; however, only slow developers were produced by old age groups. Offspring of older age showed higher immature mortality which supports slow-growth-higher mortality hypothesis. Thus, it can be concluded that young age beetles show better performance in terms of growth and developmental duration in <i>P. dissecta</i> in comparison to middle age and old age groups.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":6879,"journal":{"name":"acta ethologica","volume":"27 3","pages":"141 - 151"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141166524","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}

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Females of the sailfin tetra prefer red illuminated environments 雌性帆鳍四爪鱼喜欢红色光照的环境

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acta ethologica Pub Date : 2024-05-02 DOI: 10.1007/s10211-024-00439-7

Elio de Almeida Borghezan, Tiago Henrique da Silva Pires, Jansen Zuanon, Hideki Sugiura, Shiro Kohshima

{"title":"Females of the sailfin tetra prefer red illuminated environments","authors":"Elio de Almeida Borghezan, Tiago Henrique da Silva Pires, Jansen Zuanon, Hideki Sugiura, Shiro Kohshima","doi":"10.1007/s10211-024-00439-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10211-024-00439-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The preference for colours has profound impacts on the fitness of visually oriented species, influencing the search for food resources and mates of better quality while also modulating various physiological and behavioural features. Such processes may be more important to sexually dimorphic species, especially coloured ones since visual signals play an important role in intra- and intersexual communication. Amazon small streams vary widely regarding the amount of dissolved organic carbon resulting in black (red-biased) and clear (mostly transparent) water types. The sailfin tetra <i>Crenuchus spilurus</i> is a small sexually dimorphic species composed of two main genetic lineages that live in black and clear water types. Recently, we have shown that the female sexual preference for male ornaments colouration differs between individuals inhabiting black and clear water types. Females from black waters do not choose males primarily based on colouration under strongly red-biased lighting, but females from clear waters do, which suggests that the importance of red colours for sexual behaviour differs between lineages of the sailfin tetra. Here, we evaluated the sailfin tetra female environmental colour preference through the choice between a red and a full spectrum illuminated environments. Females from black waters and clear waters preferred red-lightened environments. Such results suggest that the females are attracted to the red colouration outside the context of mating, irrespective of the prevailing lighting condition of their native environment. This preference for red illuminated environments may be important for several processes, including physiological and behavioural features.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":6879,"journal":{"name":"acta ethologica","volume":"27 2","pages":"125 - 133"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140834748","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}

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Risk-taking behavior relates to Leucocytozoon spp. infection in a sub-Antarctic rainforest bird 亚南极雨林鸟类的冒险行为与白细胞虫属感染有关

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acta ethologica Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10211-024-00437-9

Yanina Poblete, Élfego Cuevas, Esteban Botero-Delgadillo, Pamela Espíndola-Hernández, Verónica Quirici, Rodrigo A. Vásquez

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Effects of the fungicide carbendazim on the behaviour of the zebrafish Danio rerio (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) 杀菌剂多菌灵对斑马鱼（鲤形目，鲤科）行为的影响

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acta ethologica Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.1007/s10211-024-00438-8

Marcos Roberto Beiral de Oliveira, Isabela Vieira Profeta, João Victor Saraiva Raimondi Lopes, Raissa Miranda Costa, Victória Rambaldi Matos e Chaib, Anderson Gonçalves Domingues, Marina Vale Beirão, Karina Taciana Santos Rubio, Maria Elvira Poleti Martucci, Eneida Maria Eskinazi-Sant’Anna, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo

{"title":"Effects of the fungicide carbendazim on the behaviour of the zebrafish Danio rerio (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae)","authors":"Marcos Roberto Beiral de Oliveira, Isabela Vieira Profeta, João Victor Saraiva Raimondi Lopes, Raissa Miranda Costa, Victória Rambaldi Matos e Chaib, Anderson Gonçalves Domingues, Marina Vale Beirão, Karina Taciana Santos Rubio, Maria Elvira Poleti Martucci, Eneida Maria Eskinazi-Sant’Anna, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo","doi":"10.1007/s10211-024-00438-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10211-024-00438-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>One of the commonest pesticides used in agriculture is the fungicide carbendazim, which can cause deleterious effects on the physiology and behaviour of acutely and chronically exposed animals. However, few studies have evaluated the effects of carbendazim on fish behaviour and our main objective was to evaluate behavioural changes on adult zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>) exposed to this fungicide. We studied 177 fishes, divided into control groups (not exposed) and treatment groups, exposed to a concentration of 120 µg/L for 7, 14, 21 and 28. Behavioural data were collected using the scan sampling, with instantaneous recording every 30 s. We evaluated and compared fish behaviours and aquarium occupancy between treatments and controls using Generalized Linear Mixed Models. The results indicate that carbendazim initially elicited slow swimming and later fast swimming, decreased aggressiveness, and caused behavioural changes indicative of distress, like abnormal swimming and the gulping of air in water surface. In the wild, this behavioural change can result in an increased predation risk and consequent decrease or extinction of populations, revealing important ecological issues for animal communities living in polluted water bodies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":6879,"journal":{"name":"acta ethologica","volume":"27 2","pages":"101 - 111"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770042","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}

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Time budget of a mallard duck population residing in an urban park in northern Portugal during courtship and nesting period 葡萄牙北部城市公园野鸭群求偶和筑巢期间的时间预算

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acta ethologica Pub Date : 2024-02-07 DOI: 10.1007/s10211-024-00436-w

Luís Eduardo Santos, Liliana de Sousa, Ana Magalhães

{"title":"Time budget of a mallard duck population residing in an urban park in northern Portugal during courtship and nesting period","authors":"Luís Eduardo Santos, Liliana de Sousa, Ana Magalhães","doi":"10.1007/s10211-024-00436-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10211-024-00436-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Behavioural observations were used to investigate the temporal dynamics events and associated variation in the daily activities of a sedentary population of mallard duck (<i>Anas platyrhynchos</i>) inhabiting an urban park in northern Portugal. Data was collected at Porto City Park from December to April, during the species’ courtship and early nesting periods. The most frequent activities for this population were locomotion, resting and feeding. Statistical analysis revealed that male and female behaviours differed significantly throughout the courtship period, as males exhibited more displays and aggressive behaviour while females were more prone to feed in order to meet their increased nutritional and energetic needs. Temporal analyses showed that courtship reached a peak in intensity in February, since it was in this month that the highest values for mating, aggressive behaviour in males and defensive behaviour in females were observed. Behavioural differences were found for this population, with higher feeding rates compared to those of wild populations as well as lower defensive behaviour rates. This paper sheds light on how synanthropized populations, as well as those from Southwestern Europe, show different behavioural responses from other populations. Additional extensive monitoring of population dynamics and factors such as latitudinal differences, habituation to humans and climate change will help to predict future growth and expansion rates.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":6879,"journal":{"name":"acta ethologica","volume":"27 2","pages":"85 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10211-024-00436-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139769944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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