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Animal Cognition amphibia
Baugh, A.T., Akre, K.L. & Ryan, M.J. 2008. Categorical perception of a natural, multivariate signal: Mating call recognition in tungara frogs. PNAS 105: 8985-8988.      Recognition     Signals & signal detection      




Animal Cognition FishBass, A.H., Gilland, E.H. & Baker, R. 2008. Evolutionary origins for social vocalization in a vertebrate hindbrain-spinal compartment. Science 321: 417-421.      Communication      Signals & signal detection       Neuroethology     
Margoliash, D. & Hale, M.E. 2008. Vertebrate vocalizations. Science 321: 347-348. (about Bass et al. 2008).
ScienceNews article about Bass et al. 2008.



Animal Cognition mammaliaCapellini, I., Barton, R.A., McNamara, P., Preston, B.T. & Nunn, C.L. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of the ecology and evolution of mammalian sleep. Evolution 62: 1764-1776.  
Science News about Capellini et al. 2008.




Animal Cognition mammaliaCowing, J.A., Arrese, C.A., Davies, W.L., Beazley, L.D. & Hunt, D.M. 2008. Cone visual pigments in two marsupial species: the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) and the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus). Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 1491-1499.    Signals & signal detection       



Animal CognitionDamasio, A. & Meyer, K. 2008. Behind the looking-glass. Nature 454: 167-168.          Neuroethology    




Animal Cognition reptiliaVan Dyk, D.A. & Evans, C.S. 2008. Opponent assessment in lizards: examining the effect of aggressive and submissive signals. Behavioral Ecology 19: 895-901.       Signals & signal detection     Communication   NEW!  


Animal Cognition avesFitzsimmons, L.P., Foote, J.R., Ratcliffe, L.M. & Mennill, D.J. 2008. Eavesdropping and communication networks revealed through playback and an acoustic location system. Behavioral Ecology 19: 824-829.    Signals & signal detection     Communication     NEW!



Animal Cognition arthropodaKoh, K., Joiner, W.J., Wu, M.N., Yue, Z., Smith, C.J. & Sehgal, A. 2008. Identification of SLEEPLESS, a sleep-promoting factor. Science 321: 372-376.
Science Daily news article about Koh et al. 2008.



CnidariaKozmik, Z., Ruzickova, J., Jonasova, K., Matusmoto, Y., Vopalensky, P., Kozmikova, I., Strnad, H., Kawamura, S., Piatigorsky, J., Paces, V. & Vlcek, C. 2008. Assembly of the cnidarian camera-type eye from vertebrate-like components. PNAS. 105: 8989-8993.         Signals & signal detection      
 



Animal Cognition arthropodaLeadbeater, E. & Chittka, L. 2008. Social transmission of nectar-robbing behaviour in bumblebees. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 1669-1674.    Learning & memory       Communication   
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Animal Cognition avesLow, P.S., Shank, S.S., Sejnowski, T.J. & Margoliash, D. 2008. Mammalian-like features of sleep structure in zebra finches. PNAS 105: 9081-9086.
New Scientist article about Low et al.




Animal Cognition mammaliaMaier, J.X., Chandrasekaran, C. & Ghazanfar, A.A. 2008. Integration of bimodal looming signals through neuronal coherence in the temporal lobe. Current Biology 18: 963-968.      Signals & signal detection       Neuroethology   
 


Animal CognitionMorrell, L.J. & Romey, W.L. 2008. Optimal individual positions within animal groups. Behavioral Ecology 19: 909-919.  Group-dynamics     NEW!



Animal Cognition avesMukhin, A., Chernetsov, N. & Kishkinev, D. 2008. Acoustic information as a distant cue for habitat recognition by nocturnally migrating passerines during landfall. Behavioral Ecology 19: 716-723.   Orientation&navigation    



Animal Cognition mammaliaReed, J.L., Pouget, P., Qi, H-X., Zhou, Z., Bernard, M.R., Burish, M.J., Haitas, J., Bonds, A.B. & Kaas, J.H. 2008. Widespread spatial integration in primary somatosensory cortex. PNAS 105: 10233-10237       Neuroethology     



Animal Cognition mammaliaSchmidt, K.A., Lee, E., Ostfeld, R.S. & Sieving, K. 2008. Eastern chipmunks increase their perception of predation risk in response to titmouse alarm calls. Behavioral Ecology 19: 759-763.     Signals & signal detection    Communication    



Animal Cognition FishStiver, K.A., Fitzpatrick, J.L., Desjardins, J.K., Neff, B.D., Quinn, J.S. & Balshine, S. 2008. The role of genetic relatedness among social mates in a cooperative breeder. Behavioral Ecology 19: 816-823.   Group-dynamics  



Animal Cognition arthropodaStobbe, N. & Schaefer, H.M. 2008. Enhancement of chromatic contrast increases predation risk for striped butterflies. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 1535-1541.       Signals & signal detection  




Animal CognitionSuzuki, H., Thiele, T.R., Faumont, S., Ezcurra, M. Lockery, S.R. & Schafer, W.R. 2008. Functional asymmetry in Caenorhabditis elegans taste neurons and its computational role in chemotaxis. Nature 454: 114-117.  
Science Daily news about Suzuki et al. 2008.



Animal Cognition amphibia
 Thompson, R. R., Dickinson, P.S., Rose, J.D., Dakin, K.A., Civiello, G.M., Segerdahl, A. & Bartlett, R. 2008. Pheromones enhance somatosensory processing in newt brains through a vasotocin-dependent mechanism. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 1685-1693.   






 




 

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