Konrad Lorenz on human degeneration and social decline: a chronic preoccupation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.01.007
Abstract: Throughout his career, Konrad Lorenz, co-founder of ethology, extrapolated from animal behaviour to humans – especially concerning degeneration as a result of domestication – and then prescribed for the allegedly resulting ills of society. The… read more here.
Keywords: social decline; ethology; human degeneration; degeneration social ... See more keywords
Understanding human and other animal behaviour: Ethology, welfare and food policy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2018.05.032
Abstract: Abstract Food security and sustainability are paramount goals of global policy in the Twenty First Century. What are the contributions of applied ethology and animal welfare in delivering these major goals? Livestock plays a major… read more here.
Keywords: policy; livestock; ethology; food ... See more keywords
Decision-making behaviors: weighing ethology, complexity, and sensorimotor compatibility
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DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.11.001
Abstract: Rodent decision-making research aims to uncover the neural circuitry underlying the ability to evaluate alternatives and select appropriate actions. Designing behavioral paradigms that provide a solid foundation to ask questions about decision-making computations and mechanisms… read more here.
Keywords: compatibility; complexity; making behaviors; ethology ... See more keywords
Feeding ethology and surface sediment reworking by the ampharetid polychaete Melinna palmata Grube, 1870: Effects on sediment characteristics and aerobic bacterial community composition
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2018.12.009
Abstract: Abstract The present study was aiming at describing the feeding ethology and assessing surface sediment reworking together with associated effects on sediment characteristics and aerobic bacterial community composition by the ampharetid polychaete Melinna palmata, which… read more here.
Keywords: surface sediment; surface; feeding ethology; ethology ... See more keywords
Ethology as a physical science
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DOI: 10.1038/s41567-018-0093-0
Abstract: The study of animal behaviour, ethology, is becoming more quantitative. New theory is emerging, driven by better imaging and novel representations of animal posture dynamics that span the vast range of relevant behavioural timescales. read more here.
Keywords: ethology; physical science; ethology physical;
Breaking down behavior
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DOI: 10.1038/s41684-018-0032-9
Abstract: To understand a complex problem, it can be helpful to break that problem down into smaller, simpler pieces. That’s been a common—if controversial—approach in classical ethology, says João Marques, a post-doctoral fellow at the Rowland… read more here.
Keywords: breaking behavior; movement; ethology; brain ... See more keywords
On the dimensionality of behavior
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021860119
Abstract: Significance How do we characterize animal behavior? Psychophysics started with human behavior in the laboratory, and focused on simple contexts, such as the decision among just a few alternative actions in response to sensory inputs.… read more here.
Keywords: behavior; dimensionality behavior; ethology;
From behaviour to consciousness: Translating what animals do to what animals think
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DOI: 10.1080/02580136.2019.1691359
Abstract: Cognitive ethology, an interdisciplinary and comparative branch of zoology, is concerned with the influence of conscious awareness and intention on animal behaviour. It enquires into the evolutionary value of consciousness. However, consciousness is hard to… read more here.
Keywords: consciousness; conscious awareness; ethology; behaviour ... See more keywords
Movement patterns in Florida pine snakes are shaped by landscape heterogeneity, ambient air temperature and reproductive ethology
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DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blad016
Abstract: Although variation in space use has been investigated extensively in terrestrial vertebrates, there have been recent criticisms that there are more data for mammals than reptiles. This may be an important consideration because the factors… read more here.
Keywords: pine snakes; ecology; movement; movement patterns ... See more keywords
PSIX-36 Animal welfare and its science in Nigeria;past and present outlook
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DOI: 10.1093/jas/skaa278.578
Abstract: Animal welfare is becoming an interesting global issue which must be given the best of attention by researchers, producers, consumers and the governments. The need to ensure the general well-being of the wild and domestic… read more here.
Keywords: animal welfare; welfare science; welfare; ethology ... See more keywords
The ethology of wolves foraging on freshwater fishes in a boreal ecosystem
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230210
Abstract: Through global positioning system (GPS) collar locations, remote cameras, field observations and the first wild wolf to be GPS-collared with a camera collar, we describe when, where and how wolves fish in a freshwater ecosystem.… read more here.
Keywords: ethology wolves; wolf; wolves foraging; ethology ... See more keywords