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Locomotor Activity of Captive Greenfinches Involves Two Different Behavioural Traits
Abstract Activity budgets of animals often show consistent differences between individuals across time, which qualifies them as personality traits. In the case of captive birds, locomotor activity can be divided into two major components – frequency of hopping and flapping flight bouts, which may conceive different information about individual condition. This idea was tested in a 2*2 factorial experiment in wild‐caught captive greenfinches (Carduelis chloris), injected with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and/or temporarily exposed to an image of a predator. We predicted that LPS injection would reduce both types of...
Source: Ethology - May 22, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Marju Männiste, Tuul Sepp, Peeter Hõrak Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research

Foraging activity by the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) as a mechanism for soil turnover
Leonie E. Valentine, Hannah Anderson, Giles E. StJ. Hardy, Patricia A. Fleming (Source: Australian Journal of Zoology)
Source: Australian Journal of Zoology - May 22, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Leonie E. ValentineHannah AndersonGiles E. StJ. HardyPatricia A. Fleming Source Type: research

Host response to cuckoo song is predicted by the future risk of brood parasitism
Conclusion: Host response to the threat of cuckoo parasitism was assessed using vocal cues of the cuckoo and was predicted by the risk of future parasitism. (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - May 22, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Sonia KleindorferChristine EvansDiane Colombelli-NégrelJeremy RobertsonMatteo GriggioHerbert Hoi Source Type: research

Effect of nest temperature on hatchling phenotype of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from two South Pacific rookeries, Mon Repos and La Roche Percée
Tyffen Read, David T. Booth, Colin J. Limpus (Source: Australian Journal of Zoology)
Source: Australian Journal of Zoology - May 20, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Tyffen ReadDavid T. BoothColin J. Limpus Source Type: research

Only distance matters -- non-choosy females in a poison frog population
Females in a studied population of strawberry poison dart frogs select mates purely based on distance. In a lek-based mating system, males compete for females attention through vocalizations. However, in the studied population, females are not attracted by the quality of the call, instead they opt for the closest male regardless of presumed heritable traits or parenting skills. (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - May 20, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Ivonne MeucheOscar BrusaK LinsenmairAlexander KellerHeike Pröhl Source Type: research

Population connectivity buffers genetic diversity loss in a seabird
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that population connectivity of the species has acted as a buffer of genetic losses and illustrate the use of ancient DNA to uncover such cryptic genetic events. (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - May 20, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Oscar RamírezElena Gómez-DíazIñigo OlaldeJuan IlleraJuan RandoJacob González-SolísCarles Lalueza-Fox Source Type: research

Trends in the biology of the phylum Mollusca / Tendances concernant la biologie du phylum des mollusques
Canadian Journal of Zoology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page iii, e-First articles. (Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology)
Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology - May 17, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Source Type: research

External and internal shell formation in the ramshorn snail Marisa cornuarietis are extremes in a continuum of gradual variation in development
Conclusion: We could show that the formation of internal, external, and intermediate shells is realized within the continuum of a developmental gradient defined by the degree of differential growth of the embryonic mantle edge and shell gland. The artificially induced internal and intermediate shells are first external and then partly internalized, similar to internal shells found in other molluscan groups. (Source: BMC Developmental Biology - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Developmental Biology - Latest articles - May 17, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Leonie MarschnerJulian StaniekSilke SchusterRita TriebskornHeinz-R. Köhler Source Type: research

The C. elegans gene pan-1 encodes novel transmembrane and cytoplasmic leucine-rich repeat proteins and promotes molting and the larva to adult transition
Conclusions: We show that PAN-1 is a critical regulator of larval development. Our data suggests that PAN-1 promotes developmental progression of multiple tissues during the transition from a larva to a reproductive adult. We further demonstrate that the activity of PAN-1 is complex with diverse roles in the regulation of animal development. (Source: BMC Developmental Biology - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Developmental Biology - Latest articles - May 17, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Chris GissendannerTram Kelley Source Type: research

Island Life Shapes the Physiology and Life History of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)*
Kevin D. Matson, Robert A. Mauck, Sharon E. Lynn and B. Irene Tieleman Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 000, Ahead of Print. (Source: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology)
Source: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology - May 16, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Source Type: research

Predators with Multiple Ontogenetic Niche Shifts Have Limited Potential for Population Growth and Top-Down Control of Their Prey
Anieke van Leeuwen, Magnus Huss, Anna Gårdmark, Michele Casini, Francesca Vitale, Joakim Hjelm, Lennart Persson and André M. de Roos, The American Naturalist, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 000, Ahead of Print. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 16, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Source Type: research

World’s most comprehensive guide to primates - in pictures
A new book features, for the first time ever, illustrations of every single primate species (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 16, 2013 Category: Science Tags: World news guardian.co.uk Animals Editorial Zoology Conservation Environment Science Wildlife Source Type: news

Standard Operating Procedures for aluminium box, wire cage, and pitfall trapping, handling, and temporary housing of small wild rodents and marsupials
Sophie Petit, Helen P. Waudby (Source: Australian Journal of Zoology)
Source: Australian Journal of Zoology - May 16, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Sophie PetitHelen P. Waudby Source Type: research

Isolation and characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the neriid fly Telostylinus angusticollis using MiSeq sequencing
Anna M. Kopps, Russell Bonduriansky, Anthony S. Gilchrist, Angela J. Crean (Source: Australian Journal of Zoology)
Source: Australian Journal of Zoology - May 16, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Anna M. KoppsRussell BondurianskyAnthony S. GilchristAngela J. Crean Source Type: research

Scarlet macaw genome sequenced | @GrrlScientist
The newly-sequenced scarlet macaw genome will provide many important insights into avian and human biology, behaviours and genetics and will contribute to parrot conservationAfter many years of research into the behaviours, diseases, genetics and life history of scarlet macaws, a team of scientists have taken their studies to the next level. Christopher Seabury, an Assistant Professor of Genetics at Texas A&M University's college of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Ian Tizard, Director of the Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center and a Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Texas A&M University's college of ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Blogposts Genetics Biology guardian.co.uk Birds Zoology Environment Science Source Type: news

Zoology: Tongue spikes snare nectar
Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497291d Hovering bats use barbed tongues to snare nectar from flowers.Cally Harper and her colleagues at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, used a high-speed video camera and post-mortem analyses to understand the mechanics of the eponymous organ of the Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - May 15, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: research

World's most extraordinary species mapped for the first time
(Zoological Society of London) The black-and-white ruffed lemur, Mexican salamander and Sunda pangolin all feature on the first map of the world's most unique and threatened mammals and amphibians, released today by the Zoological Society of London. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Issue Information
(Source: Animal Science Journal)
Source: Animal Science Journal - May 15, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research

Functional modelling of planar cell polarity: an approach for identifying molecular function
Conclusions: We have carried out a systematic comparison of in-silico polarity phenotypes with patterns observed in vivo under different genetic manipulations in the wing. This has allowed us to classify the specific functional roles of proteins involved in generating cell polarity, providing new hypotheses about their specific functions, in particular for Pk and Dsh. The predictions from the model allow direct assignment of functional roles of genes from genetic mosaic analysis of Drosophila wings. (Source: BMC Developmental Biology - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Developmental Biology - Latest articles - May 14, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Lee HazelwoodJohn Hancock Source Type: research

Sexual size dimorphism in ground squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae: Marmotini) does not correlate with body size and sociality
Conclusions: We suggest that lack of conformity with Rensch s rule in ground squirrels may be attributed to their low variation in SSD, and briefly discuss three potential causes of small magnitude of SSD in the structural size in rodents: low selection on SSD in structural dimensions, ontogenetic and genetic constraints and the existence of ecological/selection factors preventing the evolution of extensive SSD. (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - May 14, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Jan Mat¿j¿Luká¿ Kratochvíl Source Type: research

Adaptive Dynamics with Interaction Structure.
Benjamin Allen, Martin A. Nowak, and Ulf Dieckmann The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page E139-E163, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article E-Articles Source Type: research

Thermal Sensitivity of Immune Function: Evidence against a Generalist-Specialist Trade-Off among Endothermic and Ectothermic Vertebrates.
Michael W. Butler, Zachary R. Stahlschmidt, Daniel R. Ardia, Scott Davies, Jon Davis, Louis J. Guillette Jr., Nicholas Johnson, Stephen D. McCormick, Kevin J. McGraw, and Dale F. DeNardo The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 761-774, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Articles Source Type: research

Consequences of Pathogen Spillover for Cheatgrass-Invaded Grasslands: Coexistence, Competitive Exclusion, or Priority Effects.
Erin A. Mordecai The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 737-747, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Articles Source Type: research

Trade-Offs, Geography, and Limits to Thermal Adaptation in a Tide Pool Copepod.
Morgan W. Kelly, Richard K. Grosberg, and Eric Sanford The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 846-854, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Notes and Comments Source Type: research

Differences in Speed and Duration of Bird Migration between Spring and Autumn.
Cecilia Nilsson, Raymond H. G. Klaassen, and Thomas Alerstam The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 837-845, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Natural History Miscellany Source Type: research

Initiators, Leaders, and Recruitment Mechanisms in the Collective Movements of Damselfish.
Ashley J. W. Ward, James E. Herbert-Read, Lyndon A. Jordan, Richard James, Jens Krause, Qi Ma, Daniel I. Rubenstein, David J. T. Sumpter, and Lesley J. Morrell The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 748-760, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Articles Source Type: research

Movement Responses of Caribou to Human-Induced Habitat Edges Lead to Their Aggregation near Anthropogenic Features.
Daniel Fortin, Pietro-Luciano Buono, André Fortin, Nicolas Courbin, Christian Tye Gingras, Paul R. Moorcroft, Réhaume Courtois, and Claude Dussault The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 827-836, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Articles Source Type: research

Sibling Cooperation Influences the Age of Nest Leaving in an Altricial Bird.
E. Keith Bowers, Scott K. Sakaluk, and Charles F. Thompson The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 775-786, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Articles Source Type: research

Assortative Mating in Animals.
Yuexin Jiang, Daniel I. Bolnick, and Mark Kirkpatrick The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page E125-E138, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article E-Articles Source Type: research

A Quantitative Genetic Model of r- and K-Selection in a Fluctuating Population.
Steinar Engen, Russell Lande, and Bernt-Erik Sæther The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 725-736, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Articles Source Type: research

The Battle of the Sexes over Seed Size: Support for Both Kinship Genomic Imprinting and Interlocus Contest Evolution.
Yvonne Willi The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 787-798, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Articles Source Type: research

Choosy Males Could Help Explain Androdioecy in a Selfing Fish.
Amy Ellison, Jennifer Jones, Charlotte Inchley, and Sofia Consuegra The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 855-862, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Notes and Comments Source Type: research

Consumer Interaction Strength May Limit the Diversifying Effect of Intraspecific Competition: A Test in Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus).
Andrew W. Jones and David M. Post The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 815-826, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Articles Source Type: research

Separating Intrinsic and Environmental Contributions to Growth and Their Population Consequences.
Andrew O. Shelton, William H. Satterthwaite, Michael P. Beakes, Stephan B. Munch, Susan M. Sogard, and Marc Mangel The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 799-814, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)
Source: The American Naturalist - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Articles Source Type: research

Fish Pathology, 4th edn Edited by Ronald J Roberts. Wiley Blackwell, Oxford. 597pp. ISBN 978‐1‐4443‐3282‐7.
(Source: Journal of Fish Diseases)
Source: Journal of Fish Diseases - May 13, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Richmond Loh Tags: Book Review Source Type: research

Stopover optimization in a long-distance migrant: the role of fuel load and nocturnal take-off time in Alaskan northern wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Conclusion: Although birds did not behave like time-minimizers in respect of the optimal migration strategies their surplus of fuel load clearly contradicted an energy saving strategy in terms of the minimization of overall energy cost of transport. The observed low variation in nocturnal take-off time in relation to local night length compared to similar studies in the temperate zone revealed that migrants have an innate ability to respond to changes in the external cue of night length. Likely, birds maximized their potential nightly flight range by taking off early in the night which in turn maximizes their overall migra...
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - May 12, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Heiko SchmaljohannFränzi Korner-NievergeltBeat Naef-DaenzerRolf NagelIvan MagginiMarc BulteFranz Bairlein Source Type: research

Reproductive strategies in hermaphroditic gastropods: conceptual and empirical approaches
Canadian Journal of Zoology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 1-15, e-First articles. (Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology)
Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology - May 11, 2013 Category: Zoology Tags: article Source Type: research

Color plumage polymorphism and predator mimicry in brood parasites
Conclusions: Overall, our data combined with previous results from other localities suggest polymorphism dynamics are not strongly affected by local predator model frequencies. Instead, hosts responses and discrimination abilities are proportional, other things being equal, to the frequency with which hosts encounter various cuckoo morphs near their nests. This suggests that female cuckoo polymorphism is a counter-adaptation to thwart a specific host adaptation, namely an ability to not be fooled by predator mimicry. We hypothesize the dangerousness of a particular model predator (sparrowhawks are more dangerous to adult b...
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - May 10, 2013 Category: Zoology Authors: Alfréd TrnkaTomá¿ Grim Source Type: research