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	Author	Vallortigara, G.; Rogers, L.J.
	Title	Survival with an asymmetrical brain: advantages and disadvantages of cerebral lateralization			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2005	Publication	The Behavioral and Brain Sciences	Abbreviated Journal	Behav Brain Sci
	Volume	28	Issue	4	Pages	575-89; discussion 589-633
	Keywords	Animals; Attention/physiology; Behavior/physiology; Behavior, Animal/physiology; Dominance, Cerebral/physiology; *Evolution; Humans; Models, Biological; Visual Perception/physiology
	Abstract	Recent evidence in natural and semi-natural settings has revealed a variety of left-right perceptual asymmetries among vertebrates. These include preferential use of the left or right visual hemifield during activities such as searching for food, agonistic responses, or escape from predators in animals as different as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. There are obvious disadvantages in showing such directional asymmetries because relevant stimuli may be located to the animal's left or right at random; there is no a priori association between the meaning of a stimulus (e.g., its being a predator or a food item) and its being located to the animal's left or right. Moreover, other organisms (e.g., predators) could exploit the predictability of behavior that arises from population-level lateral biases. It might be argued that lateralization of function enhances cognitive capacity and efficiency of the brain, thus counteracting the ecological disadvantages of lateral biases in behavior. However, such an increase in brain efficiency could be obtained by each individual being lateralized without any need to align the direction of the asymmetry in the majority of the individuals of the population. Here we argue that the alignment of the direction of behavioral asymmetries at the population level arises as an “evolutionarily stable strategy” under “social” pressures occurring when individually asymmetrical organisms must coordinate their behavior with the behavior of other asymmetrical organisms of the same or different species.
	Address	Department of Psychology and B.R.A.I.N. Centre for Neuroscience, University of Trieste, 34123 Trieste, Italy. vallorti@univ.trieste.it
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	ISSN	0140-525X	ISBN		Medium
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	Call Number	Equine Behaviour @ team @			Serial	4622
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	Author	Howard, R.W.; Blomquist, G.J.
	Title	Ecological, behavioral, and biochemical aspects of insect hydrocarbons			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2005	Publication	Annual Review of Entomology	Abbreviated Journal	Annu Rev Entomol
	Volume	50	Issue		Pages	371-393
	Keywords	Animals; Behavior, Animal/physiology; Hydrocarbons/metabolism; Insects/physiology; Pheromones/*physiology; Reproduction; Species Specificity
	Abstract	This review covers selected literature from 1982 to the present on some of the ecological, behavioral, and biochemical aspects of hydrocarbon use by insects and other arthropods. Major ecological and behavioral topics are species- and gender-recognition, nestmate recognition, task-specific cues, dominance and fertility cues, chemical mimicry, and primer pheromones. Major biochemical topics include chain length regulation, mechanism of hydrocarbon formation, timing of hydrocarbon synthesis and transport, and biosynthesis of volatile hydrocarbon pheromones of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. In addition, a section is devoted to future research needs in this rapidly growing area of science.
	Address	USDA-ARS, Manhattan, Kansas 66502, USA. howardks@ksu.edu
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	ISSN	0066-4170	ISBN		Medium
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	Notes	PMID:15355247			Approved	no
	Call Number	Equine Behaviour @ team @			Serial	4650
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	Author	Grogan, E.H.; McDonnell, S.M.
	Title	Mare and Foal Bonding and Problems			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2005	Publication	Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	4	Issue	3	Pages	228-237
	Keywords	Equine; bonding; behavior; mare; neonatal; foal; inadequate maternal behavior; orphan foal; nurse or foster mare
	Abstract	A number of specific behavioral responses have been identified in mares and foals as the presumed behavioral interactive sequences supporting bonding. With the exception of the severely physically compromised foal, most failures of the mare foal bond appear to result from inadequate behavior of the mare. Six distinct forms of maternal behavior problems include ambivalence of the mare toward her foal, fear of the foal, nursing only avoidance of the foal, extreme protectiveness of the foal that becomes problematic in domestic confinement, savage attack (true rejection), and stealing or adoption of an alien foal. Management of maternal behavior problem cases in which the pair cannot be salvaged include foster (or nurse mares) and hand-rearing methods. Also presented are current practical resources related to managing certain types of inadequate maternal behavior and for rearing the orphaned foal.
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	Call Number	Equine Behaviour @ team @			Serial	4671
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	Author	Tizo-Pedroso, E.; Del-Claro, K.
	Title	Matriphagy In The Neotropical Pseudoscorpion Paratemnoides Nidificator (Balzan 1888) (Atemnidae)			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2005	Publication	Journal of Arachnology	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	33	Issue	3	Pages	873-877
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	Abstract	We studied the natural history and social behavior of Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan 1888) in a tropical savanna system. Females were responsible for all nymphal care. We observed, for the first time in pseudoscorpions, the occurrence of matriphagy behavior by the offspring. During conditions of food deprivation, the mother went out of the nest and passively awaited the protonymphs' attack, not reacting to the capture nor to the nymphs feeding on her body. We suggest that this extreme form of parental care, matriphagy, can reduce cannibalism among protonymphs and facilitate the evolution of social behavior in pseudoscorpions. RESUMO Nos estudamos a historia natural e o comportamento social de Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan 1888) na regiao dos cerrados. As femeas foram responsaveis por todo o cuidado as ninfas. Nos observamos, pela primeira vez em pseudoescorpioes, a ocorrencia de matrifagia pela prole. Em condicoes de fome, a mae deixa o ninho e passivamente espera que as protoninfas a ataquem, nao reagindo nem a captura, nem a alimentacao das ninfas sobre seu corpo. Nos sugerimos que esta forma extrema de cuidado parental, matrifagia, possa reduzir o canibalismo entre as protoninfas e assim facilitar a evolucao de comportamento social em pseudoescorpioes.
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	Call Number	Equine Behaviour @ team @			Serial	4718
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	Author	Sol, D.; Duncan, R.P.; Blackburn, T.M.; Cassey, P.; Lefebvre, L.
	Title	Big brains, enhanced cognition, and response of birds to novel environments			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2005	Publication	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	Abbreviated Journal	Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
	Volume	102	Issue	15	Pages	5460-5465
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	Abstract	The widely held hypothesis that enlarged brains have evolved as an adaptation to cope with novel or altered environmental conditions lacks firm empirical support. Here, we test this hypothesis for a major animal group (birds) by examining whether large-brained species show higher survival than small-brained species when introduced to nonnative locations. Using a global database documenting the outcome of >600 introduction events, we confirm that avian species with larger brains, relative to their body mass, tend to be more successful at establishing themselves in novel environments. Moreover, we provide evidence that larger brains help birds respond to novel conditions by enhancing their innovation propensity rather than indirectly through noncognitive mechanisms. These findings provide strong evidence for the hypothesis that enlarged brains function, and hence may have evolved, to deal with changes in the environment.
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	Notes	10.1073/pnas.0408145102			Approved	no
	Call Number	Equine Behaviour @ team @			Serial	4739
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	Author	Mills, D.S.; McDonnell, S. M. (eds)
	Title	The Domestic Horse			Type	Book Whole
	Year	2005	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
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	Abstract	Humans have had a profound influence on the horse since its domestication in the late Neolithic period. Used for transport, labour, food and recreation, horses have become important in many facets of our society. Daniel Mills and Sue McDonnell have produced an exceptional account of our current knowledge of the development and management of the behaviour of the horse, from its wild roots. The Domestic Horse brings together, for the first time, an unrivalled collection of international scientific authors to write on the latest findings concerning the behaviour and welfare of this beautiful animal. Illustrated throughout, The Domestic Horse will appeal to animal scientists, those working with horses in a professional capacity and the owner/enthusiast. It also provides sound complementary reading for animal/equine science courses and veterinary students.
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	Publisher	Cambridge University Press	Place of Publication	Camebridge	Editor	Mills, D.S.; McDonnell, S. M.
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	ISSN		ISBN	9780521891134	Medium
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	Call Number	Equine Behaviour @ team @			Serial	4750
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	Author	Conradt, L.; Roper, T.J.
	Title	Consensus decision making in animals			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2005	Publication	Trends in Ecology & Evolution (Personal Edition)	Abbreviated Journal	Trends Ecol Evol
	Volume	20	Issue	8	Pages	449-456
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	Abstract	Individual animals routinely face decisions that are crucial to their fitness. In social species, however, many of these decisions need to be made jointly with other group members because the group will split apart unless a consensus is reached. Here, we review empirical and theoretical studies of consensus decision making, and place them in a coherent framework. In particular, we classify consensus decisions according to the degree to which they involve conflict of interest between group members, and whether they involve either local or global communication; we ask, for different categories of consensus decision, who makes the decision, what are the underlying mechanisms, and what are the functional consequences. We conclude that consensus decision making is common in non-human animals, and that cooperation between group members in the decision-making process is likely to be the norm, even when the decision involves significant conflict of interest.
	Address	Department of Biology and Environmental Science, John Maynard Smith Building, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, BN1 9QG. L.Conradt@sussex.ac.uk
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	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
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	ISSN	0169-5347	ISBN		Medium
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	Notes	PMID:16701416			Approved	no
	Call Number	Equine Behaviour @ team @			Serial	4802
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	Author	Hausberger, M.; Richard-Yris, M.-A.
	Title	Individual differences in the domestic horse, origins, development and stability			Type	Book Chapter
	Year	2005	Publication	The domestic horse : the origins, development, and management of its behaviour	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	33-52
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	Publisher	Cambridge University Press 2005	Place of Publication	Cambridge	Editor	Mills, D.S.; McDonnell,
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	ISSN		ISBN	13 978-0-521-81414-6	Medium
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	Call Number	Equine Behaviour @ team @ Feh2005			Serial	4819
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	Author	Couzin, I.D.; Krause, J.; Franks, N.R.; Levin, S.A.
	Title	Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2005	Publication		Abbreviated Journal	Nature
	Volume	433	Issue	7025	Pages	513-516
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	ISSN	0028-0836	ISBN		Medium
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	Notes	10.1038/nature03236			Approved	no
	Call Number	Equine Behaviour @ team @			Serial	4827
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	Author	Cooper, J.J.; Albentosa, M.J.
	Title	Behavioural adaptation in the domestic horse: potential role of apparently abnormal responses including stereotypic behaviour			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2005	Publication	Livestock Production Science	Abbreviated Journal	Livest. Prod. Sci.
	Volume	92	Issue	2	Pages	177-182
	Keywords	Behavioural adaptation; Horse; Stereotypic behaviour
	Abstract	Classically, biologists have considered adaptation of behavioural characteristics in terms of long-term functional benefits to the individual, such as survival or reproductive fitness. In captive species, including the domestic horse, this level of explanation is limited, as for the most part, horses are housed in conditions that differ markedly from those in which they evolved. In addition, an individual horse's reproductive fitness is largely determined by man rather than its own behavioural strategies. Perhaps for reasons of this kind, explanations of behavioural adaptation to environmental challenges by domestic animals, including the capacity to learn new responses to these challenges, tend to concentrate on the proximate causes of behaviour. However, understanding the original function of these adaptive responses can help us explain why animals perform apparently novel or functionless activities in certain housing conditions and may help us to appreciate what the animal welfare implications might be. This paper reviews the behavioural adaptation of the domestic horse to captivity and discusses how apparently abnormal behaviour may not only provide a useful practical indicator of specific environmental deficiencies but may also serve the animal as an adaptive response to these deficiencies in an “abnormal” environment.
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	ISSN	0301-6226	ISBN		Medium
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	Notes				Approved	no
	Call Number	Equine Behaviour @ team @			Serial	4829
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