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Understanding (and appreciating) behavioral complexity of zebrafish novel tank assays 理解（和欣赏）斑马鱼的行为复杂性的新水箱试验。

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-08-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105230

Nikita I. Golushko , Daniil Matrynov , David S. Galstyan , Kirill V. Apukhtin , Murilo S. de Abreu , Longen Yang , Adam Michael Stewart , Allan V. Kalueff

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Movement path as an ethological lens into interval timing 运动路径作为一种行为学镜头进入间隔计时

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-08-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105233

Fuat Balcı , Varsovia Hernandez , Ahmet Hoşer , Alejandro León

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Territorial defense is ineffective at protecting eggs from predation in the endangered Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus) 领土防御在保护濒临灭绝的利昂泉幼鱼的卵免受捕食方面是无效的。

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105219

Jennifer L. Snekser , John K. Leiser , Natalie A. van Breukelen , Murray Itzkowitz

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Nuanced effects of relative body size on social motivation in a highly gregarious catfish 在高度群居的鲶鱼中，相对体型对社会动机的细微影响

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105218

Arne Jungwirth , Jesse N. Kern , Munir Siddiqui , Austin Chiang , Natalie Eisen , Ethan Lac , Gerald Wilkinson , Riva J. Riley

{"title":"Nuanced effects of relative body size on social motivation in a highly gregarious catfish","authors":"Arne Jungwirth , Jesse N. Kern , Munir Siddiqui , Austin Chiang , Natalie Eisen , Ethan Lac , Gerald Wilkinson , Riva J. Riley","doi":"10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105218","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105218","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many factors affect the social strategies that individuals adopt, including environmental parameters, developmental stage, and familiarity, but these are typically investigated in isolation. Understanding how social strategies are shaped by various potentially interacting factors is fundamental to understanding social evolution. We used highly gregarious catfish from the subfamily Corydoradinae to assess how familiarity, environmental cues, and relative body size impact coordination and communication within pairs of fish. Unlike many other model systems, Corydoradinae catfish exhibit clear inter-individual social overtures (termed ‘nudges’) that serve as an easily quantifiable measure of social motivation. Our results show that relative size was a significant predictor of individual nudges across all factor combinations, with smaller individuals nudging at higher rates than their larger partner. However, this effect was most pronounced among socially unfamiliar individuals that shared an environmental background (i.e. diet), but was largely absent when fish were familiar with one another or came from different environmental backgrounds. Cories thus appear to differ from the common behavioral model system three-spined sticklebacks in that familiarity and shared environmental background do not have the same effect on social preferences. Together these results demonstrate that relative body size is important in social interactions of these fish, but that other factors alter its impact. We thus show that individual characteristics affect social motivation in complex ways that likely influence group coordination and composition. This may explain the persistence of the highly heterogeneous groups these fish form in the wild.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8746,"journal":{"name":"Behavioural Processes","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 105218"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144138124","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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Nursing is rewarding for lactating rabbit does 哺乳对泌乳兔是有益的

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105217

César Huerta , Enrique Meza , Teresa Morales , Raúl G. Paredes , Mario Caba

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First insights into social behavioral patterns between pairs of bait-attracted mature female tiger sharks from Fuvahmulah Island, Maldives 马尔代夫富瓦穆拉岛一对被诱饵吸引的成熟雌虎鲨之间的社会行为模式

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105216

Francesca Romana Reinero , Filippo Bocchi , Nathan Perisic , Jamie Crouch , Antonio Pacifico , Luca Asshauer , Consuelo Vicariotto , Primo Micarelli

{"title":"First insights into social behavioral patterns between pairs of bait-attracted mature female tiger sharks from Fuvahmulah Island, Maldives","authors":"Francesca Romana Reinero , Filippo Bocchi , Nathan Perisic , Jamie Crouch , Antonio Pacifico , Luca Asshauer , Consuelo Vicariotto , Primo Micarelli","doi":"10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105216","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105216","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tiger sharks are predominantly known as solitary animals, yet their opportunistic and generalist predatory nature can drive interactions with conspecifics, including artificial provisioning sites. Underlying social dynamics may influence such instances of grouping behavior. Despite social behavior being an expanding niche in shark science, little is known about the social behavioral patterns of the tiger shark worldwide. Between 2023 and 2024 in Fuvahmulah Island, Maldives, 36 pair-wise non-random social interactions were observed at the provisioning site via video recordings by 40 photo-identified mature female tiger sharks. Social behaviors previously identified in white sharks and tiger sharks across multiple locations, such as <em>give way</em>, <em>swim by</em>, <em>parallel swimming</em>, <em>follow give way</em>, and <em>stand back</em>, have also been documented in tiger sharks from Fuvahmulah Island. Furthermore, this study presents two newly observed antagonistic social behaviors — <em>submission</em> and <em>push away</em> — described here for the first time. Within the mature female tiger shark aggregation in Fuvahmulah, a size-based hierarchy was observed, with certain individuals displaying the majority of dominance and social interactions. The asymmetry in the monthly display of social behaviors suggests an intra-specific variability of tiger shark movements to different home ranges. These findings deepen our knowledge of the tiger shark social behavior, highlighting data gaps in Maldives and ensuring effective conservation measures for this species. Recommendations for future research work at this site are also presented in this paper.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8746,"journal":{"name":"Behavioural Processes","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 105216"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144147775","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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An investigation of turn alternation in two species of terrestrial isopods: Porcellio spinicornis and Trachelipus rathkii 两种陆生等足类刺角坡齿和拉氏坡齿的轮替研究

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105204

Kate Caster, Jessica E. LaBuda, Vincent J. Coppola

{"title":"An investigation of turn alternation in two species of terrestrial isopods: Porcellio spinicornis and Trachelipus rathkii","authors":"Kate Caster, Jessica E. LaBuda, Vincent J. Coppola","doi":"10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105204","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105204","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>It has been documented that some species of terrestrial isopods in the genera <em>Porcellio</em> and <em>Armadillidium</em> engage in turn alternation (TA) to maintain a straight path while exploring new terrains, escaping inhospitable conditions, or avoiding predators. Within <em>Porcellio</em>, such studies are most often conducted with <em>Porcellio scaber</em> (Latreille, 1804) or <em>Porcellio laevis</em> (Latreille, 1804), leaving the extent of TA in other species of <em>Porcellio</em> unexplored. Consequently, TA behavior is often assumed in other genera of isopods, despite the lack of documentation. Therefore, the current study investigated TA in <em>Porcellio spinicornis</em> (Say, 1818) and <em>Trachelipus rathkii</em> (Brandt, 1833) using a commonly employed multiple T-maze. Both <em>P. spinicornis</em> and <em>T. rathkii</em> were found to TA at frequencies significantly above random chance. The data also showed a marginal interaction between group and sex, such that <em>T. rathkii</em> females, but not males, and <em>P. spinicornis</em> males, but not females, significantly TA. The current study provides the first documentation of TA in <em>Porcellio spinicornis</em> and extends this behavior to the genus <em>Trachelipus</em> — broadening our understanding of TA behavior across isopod taxa. Furthermore, the data suggests that TA may follow a pattern of sex-specific selection that could differ among species of terrestrial isopods. Further studies on TA across a broader range of isopod species and genera may reveal important ecological and evolutionary patterns.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8746,"journal":{"name":"Behavioural Processes","volume":"228 ","pages":"Article 105204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143881494","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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Aerial urination in Amazon river dolphins: reassessing its social significance and implications for sensory biology 亚马逊河海豚的空中排尿：重新评估其社会意义和对感官生物学的影响

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105192

Kai R. Caspar

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Invasive social wasp learning abilities when foraging in human modified environments 入侵社会黄蜂在人类改造环境中觅食时的学习能力

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105201

Sabrina Moreyra , Mariana Lozada

{"title":"Invasive social wasp learning abilities when foraging in human modified environments","authors":"Sabrina Moreyra , Mariana Lozada","doi":"10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105201","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The eusocial wasp <em>Vespula germanica</em> has successfully colonised diverse habitats worldwide. This study analyses whether <em>V. germanica</em> can learn to associate their own actions with food availability while foraging in human altered environments by using a Y-maze. We recorded the time taken by wasps to enter the device through a funnel in five consecutive visits; which changed its position randomly on each visit. Initially, food was placed in the funnel in the first two visits, while on the subsequent three visits, the resource was only offered after the wasp entered the device through the funnel. Our results showed that foragers chose the funnel to enter the Y-maze in search of food. Interestingly, on successive visits, when no food was offered, foragers learned to enter the device more rapidly. In sum, the present research reveals that these wasps exhibit diverse learning capabilities, suggesting that their responses can be modified by the consequences they experience. This is the first study to show empirical evidence of learning processes related to changes in motor responses associated with rewarding outcomes in <em>V. germanica</em>. This experimental research contributes to confirming the behavioural plasticity of this species, which could have facilitated its worldwide invasiveness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8746,"journal":{"name":"Behavioural Processes","volume":"228 ","pages":"Article 105201"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143859328","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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Light, camera, action: Behavioral responses of the yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus to different lights 光、相机、动作：黄蝎对不同光线的行为反应

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105207

Marina Costa Rodrigues , Gabriel Pimenta Murayama , Lilian Tan Moriyama , Nathalia Ximenes , Luan de Souza , Rodrigo Hirata Willemart

{"title":"Light, camera, action: Behavioral responses of the yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus to different lights","authors":"Marina Costa Rodrigues , Gabriel Pimenta Murayama , Lilian Tan Moriyama , Nathalia Ximenes , Luan de Souza , Rodrigo Hirata Willemart","doi":"10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105207","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105207","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Scorpions cause 150k+ accidents per year in Brazil. Control of their populations involves manual collection and pesticides. Here we tested if light could be used to attract or repel the yellow scorpion <em>Tityus serrulatus</em>, the main responsible for accidents in the country. Based on previous studies on scorpion´s physiological and behavioral reactions to light, we tested wavelengths that correspond to red, green and violet, controlling temperature, absolute irradiance and electromagnetic stimuli. We built a ring arena divided into 5 parts and had the individuals freely walking in the presence of a light/control. We released the scorpions either away from the LED to test attraction or close to the LED to test repellency. Results showed avoidance to green light, and violet light on a smaller portion, that could be due to wavelengths, since those correspond to primary and secondary response peaks of the animal photoreceptors, due to the absolute irradiance of lights or both. These two wavelengths, therefore, have potential for scorpion control and deserve further investigations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8746,"journal":{"name":"Behavioural Processes","volume":"228 ","pages":"Article 105207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143935003","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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