An Ant-Mimicking Jumping Spider Achieves Higher Predation Probability with Lower Success Rate When Exposed to Ethanol DOI Creative Commons
Guocheng Yu, Zichang Li, Yao Zhao

et al.

Insects, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(11), P. 1009 - 1009

Published: Nov. 1, 2022

Ethanol (ETOH) affects many animals' behaviour in nature; for example, honeybees become more aggressive after consuming ETOH. In previous studies, scientists have used and fruit flies as models to determine if they showed a strong preference Moreover, ETOH could affect their locomotion learning abilities. However, whether how spiders is unclear of yet. this study, we empirical experiments ETOH, well the potential benefits choosing by using common spider, Myrmarachne gisti, which has high probability contacting habitat. our experiment, M. gisti significant Although success rate first attack was significantly decreased when were exposed had higher predation probability, since also Our findings suggested that prey capture efficiency indicated might evolve use locate hunting place. Taken together, evolved adapt it signal presence food resources.

Language: Английский

Altered reproductive behaviour in siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) after exposure to different level of turbidity derived from palm oil mill effluent DOI
Ilham Zulfahmi, Agung Setia Batubara, Adli Waliul Perdana

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Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 276, P. 106308 - 106308

Published: June 6, 2024

Language: Английский

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Major histocompatibility complex genes and mate choice DOI
Elspeth A. McLennan, Parice Brandies, Catherine E. Grueber

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Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Personality predicts song complexity in superb fairy-wrens DOI Creative Commons
Diane Colombelli‐Négrel, Andrew C. Katsis, Lauren K. Common

et al.

Royal Society Open Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(4)

Published: April 1, 2025

In birds, singing behaviours play a critical role in mating and territory defence. Although birdsong can signal individual quality personality, very few studies have explored the relationship between personality song characteristics, none has investigated this females. Here, we examined relationships complexity two ecologically relevant traits (exploration aggressiveness) wild superb fairy-wrens ( Malurus cyaneus ), species which both sexes learn to produce complex songs. First, assessed males females (including juveniles) by quantifying their exploration behaviour (novel environment test) aggressiveness (mirror stimulation during short-term captivity. After birds were released, recorded songs over several months assess variation (i.e. element types per syllables song) relation personality. Regardless of sex or life stage, individuals that more exploratory had song. Additionally, aggressive produced with fewer syllables, fledglings, but not adults, Our study supports idea male female advertise when singing, may be important for mate choice.

Language: Английский

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Serotonin and dopamine regulate the aggressiveness of swimming crabs (Portunus trituberculatus) in different ways DOI
Qihang Liang, Boshan Zhu, Dapeng Liu

et al.

Physiology & Behavior, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 263, P. 114135 - 114135

Published: Feb. 20, 2023

Language: Английский

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Sexual Selection Increases Male Behavioral Consistency in Drosophila melanogaster DOI
Jack A. Brand, Upama Aich,

Winston K. W. Yee

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The American Naturalist, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 203(6), P. 713 - 725

Published: Jan. 24, 2024

Language: Английский

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A road map of jumping spider behavior DOI
Ximena J. Nelson

Journal of Arachnology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 51(2)

Published: Oct. 3, 2023

The largest family of spiders, jumping spiders (Salticidae), is known for performing complex visually mediated predatory and courtship behavior. As cursorial predators, they rely on their sensory systems to identify objects at a distance. Based these assessments, salticids perform flexible target-specific behavioral sequences which demonstrate high level cognitive processing. Recent studies have highlighted the role other modalities in processes, such as chemoreception mechanoreception, elucidated visual cues used object identification, including motion, color, contrast, shape-based cues. Until recently, than vision were largely overlooked, but current advances technology now allow us probe capabilities, well how are shaped by experience. In this review, I provide an overview knowledge salticid behavior underpinning behavior, highlight areas need further research. This review focusses our understanding communication, parental personality, antipredator diet, habitat selection. argue that historical vision-based focus small number species due coloration or unusual provides springboard deeper general attributes evolved lineage, we yet much learn.

Language: Английский

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Study on mate choice in animals DOI Creative Commons
Zhongyuan Shen,

Xixi Liu,

Kaikun Luo

et al.

Reproduction and Breeding, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(3), P. 120 - 125

Published: May 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Food availability early in life impacts among and within individual variation in behaviour DOI Creative Commons
Cammy Beyts, Julien G. A. Martin, Nick Colegrave

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 23, 2023

Abstract The availability of food during early life has been proposed as a key proximate mechanism for the development variation in behaviour among and within individuals. Individuals can vary amongst each other their personality, plasticity predictability if an individual’s is correlated across contexts this lead to behavioural, syndromes. In study, we used split brood design raise African clawed frog tadpoles ( Xenopus laevis ) on high or low diet measured distance they swam familiar unfamiliar context eight times development. context, found that there was increase individual variance treatment. This shows when resources are not restricted, individuals constrained expression at certain phenotypic levels. different response, with personality but feed tadpoles. As may be riskier, our results highlight receiving less take greater foraging risks novel contexts. Across contexts, syndrome tadpoles, highlighting cross-context behaviours become decoupled some developmental conditions remain intact others. Together findings show contribute these only impact phenotype specific levels specific. We emphasise having fundamental understanding how promote constrain provide populations respond brought about by anthropogenic activity.

Language: Английский

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Condition dependence of (un)predictability in escape behavior of a grasshopper species DOI Creative Commons
Gabe Winter,

Luis Wirsching,

Holger Schielzeth

et al.

Behavioral Ecology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 34(5), P. 741 - 750

Published: June 13, 2023

Abstract (Un)predictability has only recently been recognized as an important dimension of animal behavior. Currently, we neither know if (un)predictability encompasses one or multiple traits nor how is dependent on individual conditions. Knowledge about condition dependence, in particular, could inform us whether predictability unpredictability costly a specific context. Here, study the dependence escape behavior steppe grasshopper Chorthippus dorsatus. Predator–prey interactions represent behavioral context which expect to be particularly beneficial. By exposing grasshoppers immune challenge, explore individuals poor become more less predictable. We quantified three aspects (flight initiation distance, jump and angle) standardized setup analyzed data using multivariate double-hierarchical generalized linear model. The challenge did not affect flight distance angle, but decreased distances, suggesting that can costly. Variance decomposition shows 3–7% total phenotypic variance was explained by differences (un)predictability. Covariation between found both among averages unpredictabilities for trait pairs. latter might suggest syndrome, lack correlation third suggests modularity. Our results indicated traits, illustrate value mean residual analyzing

Language: Английский

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Males armed with big weapons win fights at limited cost in ant-mimicking jumping spiders DOI Creative Commons
Guocheng Yu,

Boon Hui Wong,

Christina J. Painting

et al.

Current Zoology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 70(1), P. 98 - 108

Published: Dec. 28, 2022

Abstract A core assumption of sexual selection theory is that sexually selected weapons, specialized morphological structures used directly in male contests, can improve an individual’s reproductive success but only if the bearer overcome associated costs, negative effects on bearer’s fitness components. However, recent studies have shown producing and wielding exaggerated weapons may not necessarily be costly. Rather, some traits for supporting, or compensating for, expense such weapons. In ant-mimicking jumping spider Myrmarachne gisti, chelicerae are borne by adult males females, showing dimorphism steep positive allometry with body size. Here, we determine potential benefits bearing during contests explore costs terms prey-capture efficiency compensation between chelicera size neighboring trait While longer won most their male-male found no significant differences females regardless whether prey was winged flightless. Males’ elongated thus do impede at capturing prey. Furthermore, sizes all positively correlated size, suggesting these under correlational selection. Taken together, our findings suggest M. gisti armed function as win more fights limited cost performance capture compensate structures.

Language: Английский

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