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 September 2007

* "Alex the African Grey parrot and subject of landmark studies of bird intelligence dies at 31"  on September 6, 2007. 
The Alex Foundation Home

* Science Special issue: Living in Societies  featuring Dunbar & Shultz 2007, and Wood et al. 2007  
      
* Bester-Meredith, J.K. & Marler, C.A. 2007. Social experience during development and female offspring aggression in Peromyscus mice. Ethology 113: 889-900.  

* Bryson, 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.                     Group-dynamics
Science Daily News about Bryson et al. 2007. 

* Byrne, R.W. 2007. Ape society: trading favours. Current Biology 17: R775-R776.         Group-dynamics         Altruism

* Conradt, L. & Roper, T.J. 2007. Democracy in animals: the evolution of shared group decisions. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 2317- 2326               Group-dynamics            Decision-making

 * Dochtermann, N.A. & Jenkins, S.H. 2007. Behavioural syndromes in Merriam's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami): a test of competing hypotheses. Proc. R. Soc.B 274: 2343-2349.            Personality & behavioral syndromes

* Dunbar, R.I.M. & Shultz, S. 2007. Evolution in the social brain. Science 317: 1344-1347.                     Neuroethology
Also see Proc. R. Soc. B. article

* Gardner, A. & West, S.A. 2007. Social evolution: the decline and fall of genetic kin recognition. Current Biology 17: R810-R812.  Recognition

* Gomez-Laplaza, L.M. & Fuente, A. 2007. Shoaling decisions in angelfish: the roles of social status and familiarity. Ethology 113: 847-855.         Group-dynamics            Decision-making

* Graw, B. & Manser, M.B. 2007. The function of mobbing in cooperative meerkats. Animal Behavior 74: 507-517.  Group-dynamics   
Science News about Graw & Manser 2007.

* Hattori, D., Demir, E., Kim, H.W., Viragh, E., Zipursky, S.L. & Dickson, B.J. 2007. Dscam diversity is essential for neuronal wiring and self-recognition. Nature 449: 223-227.         Self-recognition             Neuroethology

* Hockings, K.J., Humle, T., Anderson, J.R., Biro, D., Sousa, C., Ohashi, G. & Matsuzawa, T. 2007. Chimpanzees share forbidden fruit. PLoS Biology 2: 886.       
New Scientist Article about Hockings et al. 2007.

* Houston, A.I., McNamara, J.M. & Steer, M.D. 2007. Do we expect natural selection to produce rational behaviour? Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 362: 1531-1543.           Decision-making

* Kreiman, G. 2007. Brain science: from the very small to the very large. Current Biology 17: R768-R770.              Neuroethology

* Leavens, D.A. 2007. Animal cognition: multimodal tactics of orangutan communication. Current Biology 17: R762-R764.                Communication         Signals & signal detection     

* Magrath, R.D., Pitcher, B.J. & Gardner, J.L. 2007. A mutual understanding? Interspecific responses by birds to each other's aerial alarm calls. Behavioral Ecology 18: 944-951.              Communication     

* Murphy, J. & Arkins, S. 2007. Equine learning behaviour. Behavioural Processes 76: 1-13.         Learning & memory
Commentaries about equine learning behavior.

* Richardson, T.O., Sleeman, P.A., McNamara, J.M., Houston, A.I. & Franks, N.R. 2007. Teaching with evaluation in ants. Current Biology 17: 1520-1526.               Learning & memory            Decision-making

* Rundus, A.S., Owings, D.H., Joshi, S.S., Chinn, E. & Giannini, N. 2007. Ground squirrels use an infrared signal to deter rattlesnake predation. PNAS 104: 14372-14376           Signals & signal detection
PNAS Commentary on Rundus et al. 2007

* Sellers, W.I., Hill, R.A. & Logan, B.S. 2007. An agent-based model of group decision making in baboons. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 362: 1699-1710.       Group-dynamics                 Decision-making           

* Taylor, A.H., Hunt, G.R., Holzhaider, J.C. & Gray, R.D. 2007. Spontaneous metatool use by New Caledonian Crows. Current Biology 17: 1504-1507          Tool-use
Science Daily article about Taylor et al. 2007

* Thom, C., Gilley, D.C., Hooper, J. & Esch, H.E. 2007. The scent of the waggle dance. PLoS Biology 5:e228.              Communication         Signals & signal detection          Group-dynamics
PLoS Biology about Thom et al. 2007.

* Vehrencamp, S.L., Hall, M.L., Bohman, E.R., Depeine, C.D. & Dalziell, A.H. 2007. Song matching, overlapping, and switching in the banded wren: the sender's perspective. Behavioral Ecology 18: 849-859.         Communication         Signals & signal detection  

* Vislay-Meltzer, R.L. & Stopfer, M. 2007. Olfactory Coding: A plastic approach to timing precision. Current Biology 17: R797-R799.      Signals & signal detection  

* Whitham, J.C., Gerald, M.S. & Maestripieri D. 2007. Intended receivers and functional significance of grunt and girney vocalizations in free-ranging female rhesus macaques. Ethology 113: 862-874.      Communication          Group-dynamics  
Science News article about Whitham et al. 2007
Science Daily article about Whitham et al. 2007
National Geographic News article about Whitham et al. 2007.

* Wood, J.N., Glynn, D.D., Phillips, B.C. & Hauser, M.D. 2007 The perception of rational, goal-directed action in nonhuman primates. Science 317:1402-1405.          Decision-making        Theory of mind
Science Article about Wood et al. 2007
Science Daily Article about Wood et al. 2007

* Woodman, G.F., Kang, M., Rossi, A.F. & Schall, J.D. 2007. Nonhuman primate event-related potentials indexing covert shifts of attention. PNAS 104: 15111-15116.           Signals & signal detection  

* Zanker, J.M. 2007. Animal communication: Reading lizards' body language in context. Current Biology 17: R806-R808.       Signals & signal detection          Communication     



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