The behavioral satiety sequence in pigeons (Columba livia). Description and development of a method for quantitative analysis

Authors: William Anderson Spudeit, Natalia Saretta Sulzbach, Myla de A. Bittencourt, Anita Maurício Camillo Duarte, Hua Liang, Cilene Lino-de-Oliveira, José Marino-Neto

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavioral satiety sequence, drinking, feeding, postprandial behavior, sleep

2013

Robustness of flight leadership relations in pigeons

Authors: Andrea Flack, Zsuzsa Ákos, Máté Nagy, Tamás Vicsek, Dora Biro

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: collective motion, columba livia, group dynamics, hierarchy, homing, leadership, navigational experience, pigeon

2013

Resistance to change varies inversely with reinforcement context

Authors: RC Grace, J Arantes, ME. Berg

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: behavioral contrast, behavioral momentum theory, key peck, pigeons, reinforcementcontext, resistance to change

2012

Conceptual thresholds for same and different in old-(Macaca mulatta) and new-world (Cebus apella) monkeys

Authors: TM. Flemming

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: abstract concept, cebus apella, concept learning, macacamulatta, monkey, same/different.

2011

Annual intake trends of a large urban animal rehabilitation centre in South Africa: a case study

Authors: K. Wimberger, C. T. Downs

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, intake records, rehabilitation, south africa, trends, urban area

2010

Are birds smarter than mathematicians? Pigeons (Columba livia) perform optimally on a version of the Monty Hall Dilemma

Authors: Walter T. Herbranson, Julia Schroeder

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: matching, monty hall dilemma, pigeon, probability

2010

Determining When Birds Perceive Correspondence Between Pictures and Objects: A Critique

Authors: Ronald Weisman, Marcia Spetch

Publication/Journal: Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews

Keywords: animals, anthropomorphism, avian perception, birds, correspondence between pictures and objects, natural science explanation, object perception, perceptual, picture perception, pigeons, visual category learning, visual cognition

2010

Avian sleep homeostasis: Convergent evolution of complex brains, cognition and sleep functions in mammals and birds

Authors: Niels C. Rattenborg, Dolores Martinez-Gonzalez, John A. Lesku

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: cognition, connectivity, dorsal cortex, dorsal ventricular ridge, homeostasis, hyperpallium, mesopallium, nidopallium, pallium, rem sleep, slow oscillation, slow-wave sleep

2009

What’s in a peck? Using fixed action pattern morphology to identify the motivational basis of abnormal feather-pecking behaviour

Authors: L. M. Dixon, I. J. H. Duncan, G. Mason

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: chicken, dustbathing, feather pecking, fixed action patterns, foraging, gallus gallus, motivation, welfare

2008

Effect of beak length on feed intake in pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica)

Authors: Savas, T.; Konyali, C.; Das, G.; Yurtman, I.Y.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, feeding behavior, morphological defect, pigeon breeds, restricted environmental conditions, side-effects of artifical selection

2007