Niche theory predicts that closely related and ecologically similar species with overlapping distribution ranges can coexist through resource partitioning that limits interspecific competition.However,studies examinin...
Social learning is a mechanism used by many species to effciently gain information about their environment.Although many animals live in an environment where members of other species are present,little is known about ...
funded by The Peregrine Fund's Neotropical Science and Student Education Program,a British Ornithologists'Union Small Ornithological Research Grant,a Neotropical Birding and Conservation(formerly known as Neotropical Bird Club)Conservation Award granted to D.Méndez in 2014,and two 2018 grants to D.Méndez,one from the Rufford Small Grants Foundation(24763-1);another from the International Foundation for Science(I-1-D-6156-1).
Patterns of variation in the size of vulture foraging groups,and their ecological causes and consequences,remain litle explored despite strong links with the carrion recycling service that this key functional group pr...
supported by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)Discovery grant provided to SB(RGPIN-2016-05772);the National Science Foundation under grant No.1557836 provided to IMH.
Many animals use color to signal their quality and/or behavioral motivations.Colorful signals have been well studied in the contexts of competi-tion and mate choice;however,the role of these signals in nonsexual,affil...
When foraging,internal needs for particular nutrients might affect food choice,and external constraints,such as predation risk,might impact trade-offs between foraging and risk avoidance.Examining both internal and ex...
supported by grants from the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(NSFC-31970406/31801979/31772420/31573236/32270495);a grant from National Science&Technology Fundamental.Resources Investigation Program of China(Grant No.2019FY101800);CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology,Xishuangbanna Tropical of Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences(19CAS-TFE-3);a grant from the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.IPM2208).
Behavioral plasticity has been proposed as a means by which animals alter their phenotypes in response to changing conditions.Animals may display behavioral plasticity as a consequence of environmental variation.The d...
MM was funded by the Whitcome Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship;NPW was partially supported by the National Institutes of Health(grant GM115509).
Individual differences in behavior have large consequences for the way in which ecology impacts fitness.Individuals differ in how they explore their environment and how exploratory behavior benefits them.In group-livi...
We thank the German Research Foundation for funding this research project(DFG,grant no.FO 298/31-1).
Foragers use several senses to locate food,and many animals rely on vision and smell.It is beneficial not to rely on a single sense,which might fail under certain conditions.We examined the contribution of vision and ...
Injury is common in nature resulting,for example,from fighting,partial predation,or the wear of body parts.Injury is costly,expressed in impaired performance,failure in competition,and a shorter life span.A survey of ...
J.P.S.,N.C.,and M.E.L.V.received funding grants from the Brazilian Science Ministry(Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientı´fico e Tecnolo´gico,CNPq);MCTI/CNPq/Universal 14/2014,Processo 458736/2014,PQ 311790/2017-8.L.V.receives a funding grant from FYSSEN foundation;This research was supported by CAPES(Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Psicologia Experimental[PROEX]2016/1964).
Ants show collective and individual behavioral flexibility in their response to immediate context,choosing for example between different foraging strategies.In Pachycondyla striata,workers can forage solitarily or rec...