All's well that begins Wells: celebrating 60 years of Animal Behaviour and 36 years of research on anuran social behaviour

Mark A. Bee; Joshua J. Schwartz; Kyle Summers

doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.031

Australian Magpie

10.1071/9781486307258 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Gisela Kaplan

Keyword(s):

Social Behaviour ◽

Animal Behaviour ◽

Award Winning ◽

Australian Birds ◽

Professional Interest ◽

Native Birds ◽

Australian Magpie

The Australian magpie is one of our nation’s most popular and iconic birds. It is loved for its impressive vocal abilities, propensity to play, excellent parenting and willingness to form enduring friendships with people. Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, a leading authority on animal behaviour and Australian birds, this second edition of Australian Magpie is a thoroughly updated and substantially expanded account of the behaviour of these birds. With new chapters on classification, cognition and caring for young, it reveals the extraordinary capabilities of the magpie, including its complex social behaviour. The author, who has devoted more than 20 years to studying and interacting with magpies, brings together the latest research on the magpie’s biology and behaviour, along with information on the origin of magpies, their development and health not published previously. This fascinating book has a wide appeal to bird lovers, amateur ornithologists and naturalists, as well as those with a scientific or professional interest in avian behaviour and ecology and those interested in the importance of native birds to the environment.

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Helm, B., Piersma, T. & van der Jeugd, H. 2006. Sociable schedules: interplay between avian seasonal and social behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 72, 245–262.

Animal Behaviour ◽

10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.08.002 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 72 (5) ◽

pp. 1215 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Social Behaviour ◽

Animal Behaviour

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The implications of social living in cats

Companion Animal ◽

10.12968/coan.2019.24.5.257 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 257-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nicky Trevorrow

Keyword(s):

Chronic Stress ◽

Social Behaviour ◽

Social Bonds ◽

Animal Behaviour ◽

Social Animals ◽

Felis Sylvestris ◽

Species Specific ◽

And Training

Feline social behaviour is frequently misunderstood by owners, which can lead to people not meeting the species-specific needs of their cats (Felis sylvestris catus). Despite the fact that cats are adaptable and can at times form social bonds with other cats, it should not be forgotten that cats are not obligate social animals and as a result, regularly suffer from chronic stress associated with close, often forced, proximity to other cats. Cats are predators, but are also, being relatively small, preyed upon and thus are adept at hiding signs of stress. Therefore, subtle signs of conflict with other cats, both within the same household and in the local neighbourhood, are easily and frequently missed by the cat's owner. Veterinary practices are ideally placed to provide education on cats' needs, improve cat welfare and, where necessary, to refer to a Clinical Animal Behaviourist registered with the Animal Behaviour and Training Council (ABTC).

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Evolution of Individual and Social Behaviour

Psychology: Volume 5 ◽

10.1093/oso/9780199498833.003.0003 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 190-218

Author(s):

Mewa Singh ◽

Mridula Singh ◽

H.K. Nagaranjini

Keyword(s):

National Parks ◽

Animal Behavior ◽

Social Behaviour ◽

Close Association ◽

Real Life ◽

Past Research ◽

Animal Behaviour ◽

Foraging Strategies ◽

Evolution Of Eusociality ◽

Social Behaviours

This chapter relates to the emerging field of evolutionary psychology. Building on past research understanding of the mechanisms underlying animal behavior is presented. Current researches in this field offer many insights into the development of social behaviours displayed among humans. The contribution of animal behaviour research to unravel the evolution of individual and social behaviours including foraging strategies, reproductive systems, social behaviour, dominance hierarchies, social communication, parental investment patterns, evolution of eusociality, among others, are highlighted. Finally, the applications of animal behaviour studies in the area of wildlife such as conservation, management of national parks, and zoo management are indicated. It may be noted that the developments in the area of animal behavior are impressive and are perhaps as good as noted in allied disciplines of anthropology and zoology. However, animal behaviour research is currently an underdeveloped field of psychology. India could perhaps rejuvenate its close association with animal world and nature, a main part of its mythology and real life, by developing this area.

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The creation of phenomena in interactive biorobotics

Biological Cybernetics ◽

10.1007/s00422-021-00900-x ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Edoardo Datteri

Keyword(s):

Social Behaviour ◽

Mechanistic Explanation ◽

Social Contexts ◽

Animal Behaviour ◽

Living Systems ◽

Ian Hacking ◽

Social Phenomena ◽

Focal Animal ◽

The Creation ◽

New Phenomena

AbstractIn so-called interactive biorobotics, robotic models of living systems interact with animals in controlled experimental settings. By observing how the focal animal reacts to the stimuli delivered by the robot, one tests hypotheses concerning the determinants of animal behaviour in social contexts. Building on previous methodological reconstructions of interactive biorobotics, this article reflects on the claim, made by several authors in the field, that this strategy may enable one to explain social phenomena in animals. The answer offered here will be negative: interactive biorobotics does not contribute to the explanation of social phenomena. However, it may greatly contribute to the study of animal behaviour by creating social phenomena in the sense discussed by Ian Hacking, i.e. by precisely defining new phenomena to be explained. It will be also suggested that interactive biorobotics can be combined with more classical robot-based approaches to the study of living systems, leading to a so-called simulation-interactive strategy for the mechanistic explanation of social behaviour in animals.

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Skill-based engagement with a rich landscape of affordances as an alternative to thinking through other minds

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x1900284x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Julian Kiverstein ◽

Erik Rietveld

Keyword(s):

Social Behaviour ◽

Cultural Learning ◽

Other Minds ◽

Middle Way ◽

Internalist Account

Abstract Veissière and colleagues make a valiant attempt at reconciling an internalist account of implicit cultural learning with an externalist account that understands social behaviour in terms of its environment-involving dynamics. However, unfortunately the author's attempt to forge a middle way between internalism and externalism fails. We argue their failure stems from the overly individualistic understanding of the perception of cultural affordances they propose.

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