The role of main olfactory and vomeronasal systems in animal behaviour and reproduction

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
CO Igbokwe
Keyword(s):  
Animal Behaviour

Key questions in zoo and aquarium studies: a study and revision guide

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Animal Behaviour ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Conservation Medicine ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Conservation Breeding ◽  
Key Questions

Abstract This 229-paged book discussed the role of zoos in a modern, environmentally conscious society. It does this by offering the reader the opportunity to answer 600 multiple-choice questions on a wide range of topics including zoo history, enclosure design, aquarium management, animal behaviour and welfare, zoo research, conservation breeding, zoo visitor behaviour, conservation medicine, zoo legislation and many more.

The role of mendelian genetics in stragetic models on animal behaviour

1983 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Immanuel M. Bomze ◽  
Peter Schuster ◽  
Karl Sigmund
Keyword(s):  
Animal Behaviour ◽  
Mendelian Genetics

scholarly journals Role of etology in detecting environmental pollutants that affect changes in animal behaviour

2005 ◽  
Vol 59 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 485-490
Author(s):  
Marijana Vucinic
Keyword(s):  
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals ◽  
Environmental Pollutants ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Animal Behaviour ◽  
Endocrine Function ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Endocrine Gland ◽  
Chemical Pollutants ◽  
Endocrine Disrupting

A large number of chemical pollutants originating from industrial agricultural and urban through the direct or indirect disruption of endocrine gland and hormone function. That is why these pollutants are known as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC). By disrupting endocrine function, the EDC change certain forms of animal behaviour. This is why a direct link can be established between etology, as a scientific discipline that studied the role, function, ontogenetic and evolutionary development of behaviour from the aspect of the animal's adaption to living conditions, and ecotoxicology. In this mutual connection, the role of etology is to identify changes in animal behaviour which will serve as the first bioindicator of the presence of EDC in a certain environment, and before the occurrence of organic changes that could have lethal consequences.

The role of ethology in animal welfare

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agata Kokocińska ◽  
Tadeusz Kaleta
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Animal Behaviour ◽  
Economic Considerations

Knowledge of the behaviour of a species makes it possible to ensure the well-being of animals raised in farm conditions, because when we know the behavioural standard we can guarantee that at least the animals’ minimum needs will be met. Observation of animal behaviour is the first element in assessing their physical and psychological comfort. The main objective is to maximize production while at the same time maintaining animal welfare. However, this is often difficult and economic considerations come into conflict with the comfort and needs of the animals. The elements of knowledge of behaviour, in addition to ethology, i.e. the science dealing with animal behaviour, also include zoosemiotics and cognitive science, which explain of the occurrence of specific behaviours in terms of biology and physiology.

scholarly journals An ancient FMRFamide-related peptide–receptor pair induces defence behaviour in a brachiopod larva

Open Biology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 170136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Thiel ◽  
Philipp Bauknecht ◽  
Gáspár Jékely ◽  
Andreas Hejnol
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Animal Behaviour ◽  
Peptide Receptor ◽  
Behavioural Responses ◽  
Related Peptide ◽  
Larval Behaviour ◽  
Apical Lobe ◽  
Defence Behaviour ◽  
Trunk Musculature

Animal behaviour often comprises spatially separated sub-reactions and even ciliated larvae are able to coordinate sub-reactions of complex behaviours (metamorphosis, feeding). How these sub-reactions are coordinated is currently not well understood. Neuropeptides are potential candidates for triggering larval behaviour. However, although their immunoreactivity has been widely analysed, their function in trochozoan larvae has only been studied for a few cases. Here, we investigate the role of neuropeptides in the defence behaviour of brachiopod larvae. When mechanically disturbed, the planktonic larvae of Terebratalia transversa protrude their stiff chaetae and sink down slowly. We identified endogenous FLRFamide-type neuropeptides (AFLRFamide and DFLRFamide) in T. transversa larvae and show that the protrusion of the chaetae as well as the sinking reaction can both be induced by each of these peptides. This also correlates with the presence of FLRFamidergic neurons in the apical lobe and adjacent to the trunk musculature. We deorphanized the AFLRFamide/DFLRFamide receptor and detected its expression in the same tissues. Furthermore, the ability of native and modified FLRFamide-type peptides to activate this receptor was found to correspond with their ability to trigger behavioural responses. Our results show how FLRFamide-type neuropeptides can induce two coherent sub-reactions in a larva with a simple nervous system.

scholarly journals The Role of Individual Heterogeneity in Collective Animal Behaviour

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolle W. Jolles ◽  
Andrew J. King ◽  
Shaun S. Killen
Keyword(s):  
Animal Behaviour ◽  
Individual Heterogeneity ◽  
Collective Animal Behaviour

scholarly journals Tools for thinking applied to nature: an inclusive pedagogical framework for environmental education

Oryx ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Root-Bernstein ◽  
Michele Root-Bernstein ◽  
Robert Root-Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Recognition ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Animal Behaviour ◽  
The Self ◽  
Conservation Education ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Educational Framework ◽  
Thinking Processes

AbstractAn effective educational framework is necessary to develop the engagement of children and adults with nature. Here we show how the tools for thinking framework can be applied to this end. The tools comprise 13 sensory-based cognitive skills that form the basis for formalized expressions of knowledge and understanding in the sciences and arts. These skills are explicitly taught in some curricula. We review evidence of specific tools for thinking in the self-reported thinking processes and influential childhood experiences of prominent biologists, conservationists and naturalists. Tools such as imaging, abstracting, pattern recognition, dimensional thinking, empathizing, modelling and synthesizing play key roles in practical ecology, biogeography and animal behaviour studies and in environmental education. Ethnographic evidence shows that people engage with nature by using many of the same tools for thinking. These tools can be applied in conservation education programmes at all levels by actively emphasizing the role of the tools in developing understanding, and using them to design effective educational initiatives and assess existing environmental education.

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