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Animal Cognition arthropodaAment, S.A., Corona, M., Pollock, H.S. & Robinson, G.E. 2008. Insulin signaling is involved in the regulation of worker division of labor in honey bee colonies. PNAS 105: 4226-4231.       March 2008



Animal Cognition mammaliaArnold, K., Pohlner, Y. & Zuberbuhler, K. 2008. A forest monkey's alarm call series to predator models. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 549-559.      February 2008     
See also:
 
Communication   



Animal Cognition mammalia5Aureli, F. & Schaffner, C.M. 2007. Aggression and conflict management at fusion in spider monkeys. Biology Letters 3: 147-149.   February 2007  



Animal Cognition aves5Ballerini, M., Cabibbo, N., Candelier, R., Cavagna, A., Cisbani, E., Giardina, I., Lecomte, V., Orlandi, A., Parisi, G., Procaccini, A., Viale, M. & Zdravkovic, V. 2008. Interaction ruling animal collective behavior depends on topological rather than metric distance: evidence from a field study. PNAS 105: 1232-1237.     January 2008


Animal Cognition mammaliaBlumstein, D. T. 2007. The evolution, function and meaning of marmot alarm communication. Advances in the study of behavior. 37: 371-401.     December 2007     
See also:
Communication  



Animal Cognition mammaliaBordes, F. Blumstein, D.T. & Morand, S. 2007. Rodent sociality and parasite diversity. Biology Letters 3: 692-694.
December 2007


Animal Cognition arthropodaBourke, A.F.G. 2007. Social evolution: community policing in insects. Current Biology 17: R519-R520.    July 2007
See also:
  Communication
   



Animal Cognition mammaliaBryson, J.J., Ando, Y. & Lehmann, H. 2007. Agent-based modelling as scientific method: a case study analysing primate social behaviour. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 362: 1685- 1698.         September 2007



Animal Cognition mammaliaBurkart, J.M., Fehr, E., Efferson, C. & van Schaik, C.P. 2007. Other-regaring preferences in a non-human primate: Common marmosets provision food altruistically.  PNAS.  104: 19762-19766.      December 2007
See also:
Decision-making          Altruism    



Animal Cognition mammaliaByrne, R.W. 2007. Ape society: trading favours. Current Biology 17: R775-R776.     September 2007
See also:
Altruism  



Animal CognitionByrne, R.W. & Bates, L.A. 2007. Brain evolution: when is a group not a group? Current Biology 17: R883-R884.   October 2007     
See also:
Communication   



Animal Cognition avesCharmantier, A., Keyser, A.J., Promislow, D.E.L. 2007. First evidence for heritable variation in cooperative breeding behavior.  Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 1757-1761.     July 2007



Animal Cognition avesClayton, N.S. & Emery, N.J. 2007. The social life of corvids. Current Biology 17: R652-R656.
 
August 2007



Animal Cognition arthropodaConradt, L. & Roper, T.J. 2007. Democracy in animals: the evolution of shared group decisions. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 2317- 2326      September 2007
See also:
   Decision-making



Animal Cognition arthropodaCouvillon, M.J. & Ratnieks, F.L.W. 2008. Odor transfer in stingless bee marmelada (Frieseomelitta varia) demonstrates that entrance guards use an "undesirable-absent" recognition system.  Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 62: 1099-1105.
May 2008
 
See also:
Signals & signal detection     Recognition 



Animal CognitionCsibra, G. 2007. Teachers in the wild. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11: 95-96.  
April 2007
See also:  Learning & memory


Animal Cognition avesDall, S.R.X. 2007. Behavioural ecology: niche construction via grooming and extortion? Current Biology 17: R422-R424.
June 2007



Animal Cognition mammaliaDindo, M., Thierry, B. & Whiten, A. 2008. Social diffusion of novel foraging methods in brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Proc. R. Soc. B.  275: 187-193.      January 2008



Animal Cognition arthropodaDreier, S., van Zweden, J.S. & D'Ettorre, P. 2007. Long-term memory of individual identity in ant queens. Biology Letters 3: 459-462.       October 2007
See also:
Recognition        Learning & memory 



Animal Cognition mammaliaDuffy, K.G., Wrangham, R.W. & Silk, J.B. 2007. Male chimpanzees exchange political support for mating opportunities. Current Biology 17: R586-R587.    August 2007    
See also: 
Communication



Animal CognitionEftimie, R., de Vries, G., Lewis, M.A. 2007. Complex spatial group patterns result from different animals communication mechanisms. PNAS 104: 6974-6979.    April 2007  
See also:
 Communication  



Animal Cognition fishEngeszer, R.E., Wang, G., Ryan, M.J. & Parichy, D.M. 2008. Sex-specific perceptual spaces for a vertebrate basal social aggregative behavior. PNAS 105: 929-933.     January 2008
See also: Signals & signal detection 


Animal Cognition fishFero, K. & Moore, P.A. 2008. Social spacing of crayfish in natural habitats: what role does dominance play? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1119-1125.     May 2008


Animal Cognition arthropodaFletcher, L.E. 2008. Cooperative signaling as a potential mechanism for cohesion in a gregarious sawfly larva, Perga affinis.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1127-1138.     May 2008
See also: Communication  



Animal Cognition arthropodaFlores-Prado, L., Aguilera- Olivares, D. & Niemeyer, H.M. 2008. Nest-mate recognition in Manuelia postica (Apidae: Xylocopinae): an eusocial trait is present in a solitary bee. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 285-291.     February 2008



Animal Cognition fishGomez-Laplaza, L.M. & Fuente, A. 2007. Shoaling decisions in angelfish: the roles of social status and familiarity. Ethology 113: 847-855.     September 2007
 
See also: Decision-making 



Animal Cognition mammaliaGraw, B. & Manser, M.B. 2007. The function of mobbing in cooperative meerkats. Animal Behavior 74: 507-517.
September 2007



Animal Cognition arthropodaGordon, D.M., Holmes, S. & Nacu, S. 2008. The short-term regulation of foraging in harvester ants. Behavioral Ecology 19: 217-222.     January 2008
See also:  Communication      



Animal Cognition aves5Griesser, M. 2008. Referential calls signal predator behavior in a group-living bird species. Current Biology 18: 69-73.
January 2008         
See also:  Communication      



Animal Cognition mammaliaGriffin, A.S. 2007. Behaviour: Begging is a joint effort in Banded Mangooses. Current Biology 17: R276-R277.
April 2007


Animal Cognition fishGrosenick, L., Clement, T.S. & Fernald, R.D. 2007. Fish can infer social rank by observation alone. Nature 445: 429-432.     January 2007



Animal Cognition arthropodaGruter, C., Balbuena, M.S. & Farina, W.M. 2008. Informational conflicts created by the waggle dance. Proc. R. Soc. B. 1640: 1321-1327.         June 2008     
See also: Signals & signal detection       Communication   



Animal Cognition arthropodaHalloy, J., Sempo, G., Caprari, G., Rivault, C., Asadpour, M., Tache, F., Said, I., Durier, V., Canonge, S., Ame, J.M., Detrain, C., Correll, N., Martinoli, A., Mondada, F., Siegwart, R. & Deneubourg, J.L. 2007.  Social integration of robots into groups of cockroaches to control self-organized choices. Science 318: 1155-1158      November 2007 
See also:
Decision-making
  


Animal Cognition mammaliaHare, B., Melis, A.P., Woods, V., Hastings, S. & Wrangham, R. 2007. Tolerance allows bonobos to outperform chimpanzess on a cooperative task. Current Biology  17: 619-623.    April 2007



Animal Cognition arthropodaHelantera, H. & Ratnieks, F.L.W. 2008. Geometry explains the benefits of division of labour in a leafcutter ant. Proc. R. Soc. B. 1640: 1255-1260.     June 2008



Animal Cognition mammaliaHenzi, S.P. & Barrett, L. 2007. Coexistence in female-bonded primate groups. Advances in the study of behavior  37: 43-81.        December 2007  



Animal Cognition avesHollen, L. I., Bell, M.B.V. & Radford, A.N. 2008. Cooperative sentinel calling? Foragers gain increased biomass intake. Current Biology 18: 576-579.     April 2008  
See also:
Communication  



Animal Cognition mammaliaHollen, L.I. & Manser, M.B. 2007. Persistence of alarm-call behaviour in the absence of predators: a comparison between wild and captive-born meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Ethology 113: 1038-1047.     November 2007  
See also: 
Communication      




Animal Cognition mammaliaHollen, L.I., Clutton-Brock, T. & Manser, M.B. 2008. Ontogenic changes in alarm-call production and usage in meerkats (Suricata suricatta): adaptations or constraints? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 821-829       March 2008
See also:
 Communication     



Animal Cognition mammaliaHolmes, M.M., Rosen, G.J., Jordan, C.L., de Vries, G.J., Goldman, B.D. & Forger, N.G. 2007. Social control of brain morphology in a eusocial mammal. PNAS 104: 10548-10552.      June 2007  
See also:
 Neuroethology
 



Animal Cognition arthropodaJackson, D.E. 2007. Kin recognition: knowing who's boss in wasp colonies. Current Biology 17: R547-R549.
July 2007
See also: 
Recognition



Animal Cognition arthropodaJeanson, R., Fewell, J.H., Gorelick, R. & Bertram, S.M. 2007. Emergence of increased division of labor as a function of group size. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 289-298.          December 2007 
See also:
  Decision-making  


Animal CognitionKing, A.J. & Cowlishaw, G. 2007. When to use social information: the advantage of large group size in individual decision making. Biology Letters. 3: 137-139.       April 2007       
See also:
 
 Communication       Decision-making  


Animal Cognition avesKrams, I., Krama, T., Igaune, K. & Mand, R. 2008. Experimental evidence of reciprocal altruism in the pied flycatcher. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 599-605.      February 2008  
See also:
  Recognition          Altruism              


Animal Cognition Krause, J. Croft, D.P. & James, R. 2007. Social network theory in the behavioral sciences: potential applications. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 15-27.          November 2007
See also: Communication  


Animal Cognition mammaliaLangergraber, K.E., Mitani, J.C., Vigilant, L. 2007. The limited impact of kinship on cooperation in wild chimpanzees. PNAS. 104: 7786-7790.      May 2007


Animal Cognition arthropodaLangridge, E.A., Sendova-Franks, A.B. & Franks, N.R. 2008. How experienced individuals contribute to an improvement in collective performance in ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 447-456.     January 2008  
See also:
Communication 


Animal Cognition arthropodaLeadbeater, E. & Chittka, L. 2007. Social learning in insects- from miniature brains to consensus building. Current Biology 17: R703-R713.      August 2007  
See also:
Learning & memory         Decision-making  


Animal Cognition mammaliaLiley, S. & Creel, S. 2008. What best explains vigilance in elk: characteristics of prey, predators, or the environment? Behavioral Ecology 19: 245-254.      March 2008



Animal Cognition arthropodaLubin, Y. & Bilde, T. 2007. The evolution of sociality in spiders.  Advances in the study of behavior 37: 83-145 December 2007 



Animal Cognition mammaliaLycett, S.J., Collard, M. & McGrew, W.C. 2007 Phylogenetic analyses of behavior support existence of culture among wild chimpanzees. PNAS 104: 17588-17592          November 2007



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