The glass is not yet half empty: agitation but not Varroa treatment causes cognitive bias in honey bees

Authors: H. Schluns, H. Welling, J. R. Federici, L. Lewejohann

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: animal behavior, apidae, apis-mellifera hymenoptera, appetitive learning, aversive learning, behavioral sciences, colonies, destructor, formic acid, invertebrate emotion, invertebrate welfare, jacobsoni acari, judgment bias, olfactory conditioning, proboscis extension, proboscis extension reflex, zoology

2017

Using behavioral observations and genetic markers to characterize the flexible reproductive system in an ex situ population of carmine bee-eaters (Merops n. nubicus)

Authors: Gina M Ferrie, Tyler Hether, Ocean R Cohen, Eran L Brusilow, Christy C Sky, Shawnlei F Breeding, Katherine A Leighty, Paul J Schutz, Chelle Plasse, Tammie L Bettinger, Eric A Hoffman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, colony, parentage, population, relatedness, reproduction

2017

Application of video recording technology to improve husbandry and reproduction in the carmine bee-eater (Merops n. nubicus)

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Christy Sky, Paul J. Schutz, Glorieli Quinones, Shawnlei Breeding, Chelle Plasse, Katherine A. Leighty, Tammie L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bird, breeding, chick, egg, nest box, video

2016

A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers

Authors: Deborah A. Dawson, Natalie dos Remedios, Gavin J. Horsburgh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes

2016

Multitasking males and multiplicative females: dynamic signalling and receiver preferences in Cope’s grey treefrog

Authors: Jessica L. Ward, Elliot K. Love, Alejandro Vélez, Nathan P. Buerkle, Lisa R. O'Bryan, Mark A. Bee

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: condition dependent, evolution, female preference, gray treefrog, hyla versicolor, multicomponent signal, performance trade-off

2013

Sneaky queens in Melipona bees selectively detect and infiltrate queenless colonies

Authors: Annette Van Oystaeyen, Denise Araujo Alves, Ricardo Caliari Oliveira, Daniela Lima do Nascimento, Fábio Santos do Nascimento, Johan Billen, Tom Wenseleers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: guarding, melipona scutellaris, reproductive parasitism, rfid, social parasitism, stingless bee

2013

Coping with nonrepairable body damage: effects of wing damage on foraging performance in bees

Authors: Reuven Dukas, Lauren Dukas

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: apis mellifera, bee, experience, foraging, insect, senescence, wing damage, wing wear

2011

Dip listening and the cocktail party problem in grey treefrogs: signal recognition in temporally fluctuating noise

Authors: A. Vélez, M. A. Bee

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: acoustic communication, cocktail party problem, dip listening, gray treefrog, hyla chrysoscelis, masking release

2011

Seasonal variation of vocal behaviour in a temperate songbird: Assessing the effects of laboratory housing on wild-caught, seasonally breeding birds

Authors: Avey, MT. Rodriguez, A. Sturdy, CB.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: chickadee, seasonality, songbirds, vocalbehaviour

2011

Spectral preferences and the role of spatial coherence in simultaneous integration in gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis)

Authors: Mark A. Bee

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: acoustic communication, auditory grouping, auditory scene analysis, gray treefrog, hyla chrysoscelis

2010

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