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May 2008

* Aronov, D., Andalman, A.S. & Fee, M.S. 2008. A specialized forebrain circuit for vocal babbling in the juvenile songbird. Science 320: 630-634.      Learning & memory       Communication       Signals & signal detection   
Discovery news about Aronov et al. 2008.

* Cervo, R., Dapparto, L., Beani, L., Strassmann, J.E., Turillazzi, S.
2008. On status badges and quality signals in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus: body size, facial colour patterns and hierarchical rank. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 1189-1196
    Signals & signal detection   

* Couvillon, 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.       Signals & signal detection     Recognition       Group-dynamics  

* Fero, K. & Moore, P.A.
2008. Social spacing of crayfish in natural habitats: what role does dominance play? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1119-1125.           Group-dynamics     

* Ferrari, M.C.O., Messier, F. & Chivers, D.P.
2008. Threat-sensitive learning of predators by larval mosquitoes Culex restuans. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1079-1083.         Learning & memory   

* Fletcher, 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.   Communication          Group-dynamics   

* Goense, J.B.M. & Logothesis, N.K.
2008. Neurophysiology of the BOLD fMRI signal in awake monkeys. Current Biology 18: 631-640.        Neuroethology        NEW!

* Hanus, D. & Call, J.
2008. Chimpanzees infer the location of a reward on the basis of the effect of its weight. Current Biology 18: R370-R372.       Decision-making      Planning      NEW!    

* Laidre, M.E. & Vehrencamp, S.L.
2008. Is bird song a reliable signal of aggressive intent? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1207-1211.        Signals & signal detection    
Reply to Laidre & Vehrencamp by Searcy, W.A., Anderson, R. C. & Nowicki, S.  

* Laland, K.N.
2008. Animal cultures. Current Biology 18: R366-R370.        NEW!

* Li, J., Zhang, Z., Liu, F., Liu, Q., Gan, W., Chen, J., Lim, M.L.M. & Li, D.
2008. UVB-based mate-choice cues used by females of the jumping spider Phintella vittata. Current Biology 18: 699-703.          Signals & signal detection   
Science News about Li et al. 2008.

* Mateo, J.M.
2008. Inverted-U shape relationship between cortisol and learning in ground squirrels. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 89: 582-590.         Learning & memory   
Science Daily article about Mateo 2008.

* Nordstrom, K., Barnett, P.D., Moyer de Miguel, I.M., Brinkworth, R.S.A. & O'Carroll, D.C. 2008. Sexual dimorphism in the hoverfly motion vision pathway. Current Biology 18: 661-667.     Signals & signal detection      Decision-making    NEW!    

* Prudic, K.L. & Oliver, J.C.
2008. Once a Batesian mimic, not always a Batesian mimic: mimic reverts back to ancestral phenotype when the model is absent. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: 1125-1132.
    Signals & signal detection 

* Rauch, A., Rainer, G. & Logothesis, N.K.
2008. The effect of a serotonin-induced dissociation between spiking and perisynaptic activity on BOLD functional MRI. PNAS 105: 6759-6764.     Neuroethology        NEW!

* Steiger, S., Peschke, K. & Moller, J.K.
2008 Correlated changes in breeding status and polyunsaturated cuticular hydrocarbons: the chemical basis of nestmate recognition in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1053-1060.          Recognition       Group-dynamics     

* Wong, M.Y.L., Munday, P.L., Buston, P.M. & Jones, G.P.
2008. Fasting or feasing in a fish social hieararchy. Current Biology 18: R372- R373.    
     Group-dynamics         NEW!


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