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November 2007


* Bates, L.A., Sayialel, K.N., Njiraini, N.W., Moss, C.J., Poole, J.H. & Byrne, R.W. 2007. Elephants classify human ethnic groups by odor and garment color. Current Biology 17: 1938-1942         Signals & signal detection            Recognition

* Careau, V., Giroux, J.F. & Berteaux, D. 2007. Cache and carry: hoarding behavior of arctic fox. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 87-96.            Learning & memory

* Halloy, 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.             Decision-making       Group-dynamics
Science article about Halloy et al. 2007
National Geographic news about Halloy et al. 2007

 * Hayden, B.Y. & Platt, M.L. 2007. Animal cognition: great apes wait for grapes. Current Biology R922-R923.   Planning  
     
* Hollen, 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.         Communication            Group-dynamics

* Krause, J. Croft, D.P. & James, R. 2007. Social network theory in the behavioral sciences: potential applications. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 15-27.                     Communication            Group-dynamics

* Livet, J., Weissman, T.A., Kang, H., Draft, R.W., Lu, J., Bennis, R.A., Sanes, J.R. & Lichtman, J.W. 2007. Transgenic strategies for combinatorial expression of fluorescent proteins in the nervous system. Nature 450: 56-62.              Neuroethology

* Lycett, S.J., Collard, M. & McGrew, W.C. 2007 Phylogenetic analyses of behavior support existence of culture among wild chimpanzees. PNAS 104: 17588-17592.         Group-dynamics
Commentary about Lycett et al. 2007.

* Marsh, D.M. & Hanlon, T.J. 2007. Seeing what we want to see: confirmation bias in animal behavior research. Ethology 113: 1089-1098.                

* McElreath, R., Luttbeg, B., Fogarty, S.P., Brodin, T. & Sih, A.  2007. Evolution of animal personalities. Nature 450: E5.       Personality & behavioral syndromes        
Brief communication arising on Wolf et al. 2007.    
Reply to McElreath 2007 by Wolf,  M., van Doorn, G.S., Leimar, O. & Weissing, F.J. 2007.  

* Morand-Ferron, J. & Lefebvre, L. 2007. Flexible expression of a food-processing behaviour: determinants of dunking rates in wild Carib grackles of Barbados. Current Biology 17: 218-221.

* Ripmeester, E.A.P., de Vries, A.M., Slabbekoorn, H. 2007. Do blackbirds signal motivation to fight with their song? Ethology 113: 1021-1028.                Communication      

* Rutz, C., Bluff, L.A., Weir, A.A.S. & Kacelnik, A. 2007. Video cameras on wild birds. Science 318: 765.   Tool use

* Steiner, F.M., Schlick-Steiner, B.C., Moder, K., Stauffer, C., Arthofer, W., Buschinger, A., Espadaler, X., Christian, E., Einfinger, K., Lorbeer, E., Schafellner, C., Ayasse, M. & Crozier, R.H. 2007. Abandoning aggression but maintaining self-nonself discrimination as a first stage in ant supercolony formation. Current Biology 17: 1903-1907.       Recognition      Group-dynamics

* Uvelvig, L.V. & Cremer, S. 2007. Social prophylaxis: group interaction promotes collective immunity in ant colonies. Current Biology 17: 1967-1971.        Communication            Group-dynamics         

* Valone, T.J. 2007. From eavesdropping on performance to copying the behavior of others: a review of public information use. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1-14.                   Communication     

 * Voigt, C., Leitner, S. & Gahr, M. 2007. Socially induced brain differentiation in a cooperatively breeding songbird. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 2645-2651.                          Communication            Group-dynamics                Neuroethology

* Vosshall, L.B. 2007. Into the mind of a fly. Nature 450: 193-197.     

* Wang, Y., Pan, Y., Parsons, S., Walker, M. & Zhang, S. 2007. Bats respond to polarity of a magnetic field. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 2901-2905.             Signals & signal detection                Orientation & navigation

* Wharton, K.E., Dyer, F.C., Huang, Z.Y. & Getty, T. 2007. The honeybee queen influences the regulation of colony drone production. Behavioral Ecology 18: 1092-1099.     Group-dynamics
Science News about Wharton et al. 2007.

* Zhuang,  Q. & Muller, R. 2007. Numerical study on the effect of the noseleaf on biosonar beamforming in a horseshoe bat. Physical Review E.  76: 051902                 Signals & signal detection                Orientation & navigation
Nature news about Zhuang & Muller 2007.

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