funding(No.217)from the A.P.Leventis Foundation Scholarship(to F.R.J).
Predation is an important source of natural selection on prey species and has resulted in adaptations such as antipredator vocal signals,which can alert others to the presence of predators and solicit cooperative atta...
The aim of this article is to explore the psychology of abusive human behavior with special attention to gaslighting, defamation of character, mockery, bullying, and mobbing, based on the so-far published scientific l...
This study was funded by the National Science Centre,Poland,NCN 2016/23/B/NZ8/03082.
Nest predation and avian brood parasitism are the main sources of nest failure in many passerine birds.Large predators threaten both brood and parents,whereas brood parasites pose only a danger to eggs or nestlings.Th...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31672303 to CY,31472013 and 31772453 to WL)
Background: Resemblance to raptors such as hawks(Accipiter spp.) is considered to be an adaptive strategy of cuckoos(Cuculus spp.), which has evolved to protect cuckoos against host attacks. However, the effectiveness...
Understanding the factors that facilitate the emergence of cooperation among organisms is central to the study of social evolution. Spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta frequently cooperate to mob lions Panthera leo, approa...
The Republic of Serbia ranks at the very top of European countries concerning mobbing. Two divergent trends may be observed in regard to protection and prevention of mobbing in Serbia. Significant approaching to inter...
Mobbing behavior is an important and widespread antipredatory behavior. This is a well-known behavior especially in birds. There are many studies about mobbing in birds, and most of them use owls as a model of predato...
Many birds join cooperative mobbing aggregations and collectively harass predators. Individuals participating in these ephemeral associations benefit by deterring the predator, but also incur energetic costs and incre...
Mobbing has been defined as a chronic asymmetric pattern of power relations and a consequent conflict transformed into a systematic discrimination or mistreatment at workplace which is expressed through unethical or a...