Social learning of innovations in dynamic predator-prey systems

DW Kikuchi, MW Simon - The American Naturalist, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
We investigate the social transmission of innovations between predators. We focus on two
classic predator-prey models. We assume that innovations increase predator attack rates or …

Influence of rainfall on foraging behavior of a tropical seabird

F De Pascalis, RE Austin, JA Green… - Behavioral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Acquiring resources for self-maintenance and reproduction is a key challenge for wild
animals, and the methods that individuals employ are, in part, shaped by environmental …

Socially transmitted innovations in dynamic predator-prey systems

DW Kikuchi, MW Simon - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Individual behavioral variation is common, yet often we do not know how it is maintained. A
potential explanation is that some behaviors must be acquired rather than genetically …

Overwintering survival of color-banded House Sparrows in Westchester, NY

JL Consalvo - 2023 - soar.suny.edu
Passer domesticus (House Sparrow) is a common invasive bird species originating in
Europe and Asia. They were introduced to the United States around 200 years ago when the …

The ecological and evolutionary role of telomere length in house sparrows

ML Pepke - 2021 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
Telomeres, the DNA sequences capping the ends of linear chromosomes, are ancient
molecular structures that are shared among most eucaryotes. The telomeres protect …