Animal Behavior Reading Group

This semester's readings:

Date Paper title(s)


Jan. 27


Leal and Powell. 2012. Behavioural flexibility and problem-solving in a tropical lizard. Biology Letters.

Vasconcelos et al. 2012. On the flexibility of lizards' cognition: a comment on Leal & Powell (2011). Biology Letters.

Leal and Powell. 2012. On the flexibility of lizards' cognition: a response to Vasconcelos et al. Biology Letters.
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Feb. 10


Seeley, T.D., et al. 2012. Stop Signals Provide Cross Inhibition in Collective Decision-Making by Honeybee Swarms. Science.
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Feb. 17


Pronk et al. 2010. Video playback demonstrates episodic personality in the gloomy octopus. The Journal of Experimental Biology.
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Mar. 2
Bura et al. 2011. Whistling in caterpillars (Amorpha juglandis, Bombycoidea): sound-producing mechanism and function. The Journal of Experimental Biology.

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Mar. 9
Dalesman and Lukowiak. 2011. Social snails: the effect of social isolation on cognition is dependent on environmental context. The Journal of Experimental Biology.
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Mar. 16


Betini and Norris. 2011. The relationship between personality and plasticity in tree swallow aggression and the consequences for reproductive success. Animal Behaviour.
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Apr. 6
May-Collado, LJ. 2010. Changes in Whistle Structure of Two Dolphin Species During Interspecific Associations. Ethology.
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Apr. 13
Barker et al. 2012. Within-group competition reduces cooperation and payoffs in human groups. Behavioral Ecology.

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Apr. 20
Segers, FHID and Taborsky, B. 2011. Predator Cues and Cichlid Egg Size. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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Apr. 27
Gersick et al. 2012. Ontogeny of social skills: social complexity improves mating and competitive strategies in male brown-headed cowbirds. Animal Behaviour.

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May 4
Rodriguez-Prieto et al. 2011. Individual variation in behavioural plasticity: direct and indirect effects of boldness, exploration, and sociability on habituation to predators in lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.