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January 2008

 * Animal Cognition  January 2008 issue!

* Ashwell, K.W.S. & Scofield, R.P. 2008. Big birds and their brains: Paleoneurology of the New Zealand Moa. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 71: 151-166.         Neuroethology                     

* Ballerini, 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.        Group-dynamics        

* Borowsky, R. 2008. Restoring sight in blind cavefish. Current Biology 18: R23-R24.             Signals & signal detection  
Niven, J.E. 2008. Current Biology dispatch about  Borowsky 2008.

* Catania, K.C., Hare, J.F. & Campbel, K.L. 2008. Water shrews detect movement, shape, and smell to find prey underwater. PNAS 105: 571-576.      Signals & signal detection         

* Cote, J., Boudsocq, S. & Clobert, J. 2008. Density, social information, and space use in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara). Behavioral Ecology 19: 163-168.        Communication     

* Dindo, 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.          Group-dynamics    

* Engeszer, 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.            Group-dynamics       Signals & signal detection     

* Gordon, D.M., Holmes, S. & Nacu, S. 2008. The short-term regulation of foraging in harvester ants. Behavioral Ecology 19: 217-222.      Group-dynamics       Communication      

* Griesser, M. 2008. Referential calls signal predator behavior in a group-living bird species. Current Biology 18: 69-73.            Group-dynamics       Communication   

* Gronenberg, W., Ash, L.E. & Tibbetts, E.A. 2008. Correlation between facial pattern recognition and brain composition in paper wasps. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 71: 1-14.        Recognition            Neuroethology

 * Henly, S.E., Ostdiek, A., Blackwell, E., Knutie, S., Dunlap, A.S. & Stephens, D.W. 2008. The discounting-by-interruptions hypothesis: model and experiment. Behavioral Ecology 19:  154-162.       Decision-making    

* Huber, D., Petreanu, L., Ghitani, N., Ranade, S., Hromadka, T., Mainen, Z. & Svoboda, K.  2008. Sparse optical microstimulation in barrel cortex drives learned behaviour in freely moving mice. Nature 451: 61-64.           Neuroethology          Learning & memory      

* Ioannou, C.C., Tosh, C.R., Neville, L. & Krause, J. 2008. The confusion effect- from neural networks to reduced predation risk. Behavioral Ecology 19: 126-130.  

* Jones, G. 2008. Sensory ecology: echolocation calls are used for communication. Current Biology 18: R34-R35.         Communication

* Krashes, M.J. & Waddell, S. 2008. Drosophila memory: will Orb(2) predict the future? Current Biology 18: R74-R76.                Neuroethology          Learning & memory   

* Langridge, 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.               Communication            Group-dynamics

 * McNamara, J.M., Barta, Z., Fromhage, L. & Houston, A.I. 2008. The coevolution of choosiness and cooperation. Nature 451: 189-192.      Communication            Group-dynamics        

* Meech, R.W. 2008. Non-neural reflexes: sponges and the origins of behaviour. Current Biology 18: R70-R72.     

* Murray, C.M., Gilby, I.C., Mane, S.V. & Pusey, A.E. 2008. Adult male chimpanzees inherit maternal ranging patterns. Current Biology 18: 20-24.         Group-dynamics    

* Passino, K.M., Seeley, T.D. & Visscher, P.K. 2008. Swarm cognition in honey bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 401-414.              Group-dynamics

 * Perez-Gonzalez, L.A. 2008. Concept formation based on value relations evaluated with a matching-to-sample procedure. Behavioural Processes 77:7-32.

* Prather, J.F., Peters, S., Nowicki, S. & Mooney, R. 2008. Precise auditory-vocal mirroring in neurons for learned vocal communication. Nature 451: 305-310.        Communication         Neuroethology       Learning & memory       

* Pravosudov, V.V. 2008. Mountain chickadees discriminate between potential cache pilferers and non-pilferers. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 55-61.           Planning

* Roberts, G. 2008. Evolution of direct and indirect reciprocity. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 173-179.      Altruism         Group-dynamics

* Schlegel, T. & Schuster, S. 2008 Small circuits for large tasks: high-speed decision-making in archerfish. Science 319: 104-106.     Neuroethology         Decision-making      

* Schloegl, C., Kotrschal, K. & Bugnyar, T. 2008. Modifying the object-choice task: is the way you look important for ravens. Behavioural Processes 77: 61-65.

* Skelhorn, J. & Ruxton, G.D. 2008. Ecological factors influencing the evolution of insects' chemical defenses. Behavioral Ecology 19: 146-153.        Signals & signal detection       

* Sommer, S., von Beeren, C. & Wehner, R. 2008. Multiroute memories in desert ants. PNAS 105: 317-322.         Orientation & Navigation         Decision-making        Learning & memory       

* Stevens, J.R. & Stephens, D.W. 2008. Patience. Current Biology 18: R11-R12.

* Stuart-Fox, D. & Moussalli, A. 2008. Selection for social signalling drives the evolution of chameleon colour change. PLoS Biology 6:e25.     Communication  
National Geographic News article about Stuart-Fox & Moussalli 2008.
Science News article about Stuart-Fox & Moussalli 2008.

* Tchernichovski, O. & Wallman, J. 2008. Behavioral neuroscience: neurons of imitation. Nature 451: 249-250.   Neuroethology  

* Wolf, H.  2008. Desert ants adjust their approach to a foraging site according to experience. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 415-425         Learning & memory

* Yamamoto, E. & Watanabe, S. 2008. Strategy of auditory discrimination of scale in Java sparrows: they use both "imagery" and specific cues. Behavioral Processes 77:1-6.         Signals & signal detection    

* Zann, R. & Cash, E. 2008. Developmental stress impairs song complexity but not learning accuracy in non-domesticated zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 391-400            Communication      Learning & memory

* Zhu, H., Sauman, I., Yuan, Q., Casselman, A., Emery-Le, M., Emery, P. & Reppert, S.M. 2008. Cryptochromes define a novel circadian clock mechanism in monarch butterflies that may underlie sun compass navigation. PLoS Biology 6: e4.     Orientation & Navigation     

* Zhu, H., Casselman, A. & Reppert, S.M. 2008. Chasing migration genes: a brain expressed sequence tag resource for summer and migratory monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus).  PLoS Biology 6: e4.   Orientation & Navigation       
PLoS Biology article about Zhu et al. 2008
Science News article about Zhu et al. 2008
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