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Curk, T.; Rast, W.; Portas, R.; Kohles, J. E.; Shatumbu, G.; Cloete, C.; Curk, T.; Radchuk, V.; Aschenborn, O.; Melzheimer, J.: Advantages and disadvantages of using social information for carcass detection-A case study using white-backed vultures. Ecological Modelling 499, 110941 (2025)
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Acácio, M.; Gahm, K.; Anglister, N.; Vaadia, G.; Hatzofe, O.; Harel, R.; Efrat, R.; Nathan, R.; Pinter-Wollman, N.; Spiegel, O.: Behavioral plasticity shapes population aging patterns in a long- lived avian scavenger. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121 (35), e2407298121 (2024)
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Aikens, E. O.; Nourani, E.; Fiedler, W.; Wikelski, M.; Flack, A.: Learning shapes the development of migratory behavior. PNAS 121 (12), e2306389121 (2024)
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Albery, G. F.; Webber, Q. M. R.; Farine, D. R.; Picardi, S.; Vander Wal, E.; Manlove, K. R.: Expanding theory, methodology and empirical systems at the spatial–social interface. Philosophical Transactions B 379 (1912), 20220534 (2024)
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Allan, A. T. L.; LaBarge, L. R.; Bailey, A. L.; Jones, B.; Mason, Z.; Pinfield, T.; Schroeder, F.; Whitaker, A.; White, A. F.; Wilkinson, H. et al.; Hill, R. A.: Behavioural compatibility, not fear, best predicts the looking patterns of chacma baboons. Communications Biology 7 (1), 980 (2024)
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Amichay, G.; Li, L.; Nagy, M.; Couzin, I. D.: Revealing the mechanism and function underlying pairwise temporal coupling in collective motion. Nature Communications 15 (1), 4356 (2024)
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Antonic, N.; Zakir, R.; Dorigo, M.; Reina, A.: Collective robustness of heterogeneous decision-makers against stubborn individuals. Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, pp. 68 - 77 (2024)
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Bak-Coleman, J.; Devezer, B.: Claims about scientific rigour require rigour. Nature Human Behaviour (2024)
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Behringer, V.; Deimel, C.; Ostner, J.; Fruth, B.; Sonnweber, R.: Modulation of cell-mediated immunity during pregnancy in wild bonobos. Biology Letters 20 (3), 20230548 (2024)
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Behringer, V.; Sonnweber, R.; Hohmann, G.; Stevens, J. M. G.; Verspeek, J.; Kivell, T. L.: A non-invasive measure of bone growth in mammals: Validating urinary CTX-I as a bone resorption marker through long-bone growth velocity in bonobos. Ecology and Evolution 14 (9), e70326 (2024)
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Behringer, V.; Sonnweber, R.; Hohmann, G.; Stevens, J. M. G.; Verspeek, J.; Kivell, T. L.: A non-invasive measure of bone growth in mammals: Validating urinary CTX-I as a bone resorption marker through long-bone growth velocity in bonobos. Ecology and Evolution 14 (9), e70326 (2024)
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Bello, C.; Crowther, T. W.; Ramos, D. L.; Morán-López, T.; Pizo, M. A.; Dent, D. H.: Frugivores enhance potential carbon recovery in fragmented landscapes. Nature Climate Change 14, pp. 636 - 643 (2024)
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Bello, C.; Dent, D. H.; Crowther, T. W.: Animals in restoration to achieve climate biodiversity targets. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 39 (11), pp. 979 - 982 (2024)
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Ben Mocha, Y.; Frisoni, F.; Keynan, O.; Griesser, M.: Proto-tool use for food processing in wild Arabian babblers: matching processing methods, substrates and prey types. Animal Cognition 27 (1), 35 (2024)
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Bickel, B.; Giraud, A.-L.; Zuberbuehler, K.; van Schaik, C. P.: Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution. Physics of Life Reviews 50, pp. 211 - 225 (2024)
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Blake, S.; Cabrera, F.; Cruz, S.; Ellis-Soto, D.; Yackulic, C. B.; Bastille-Rousseau, G.; Wikelski, M.; Kuemmeth, F.; Gibbs, J. P.; Deem, S. L.: Environmental variation structures reproduction and recruitment in long-lived mega-herbivores: Galapagos giant tortoises. Ecological Monographs 94 (2), e1599 (2024)
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Blake, S.; Cabrera, F.; Rivas-Torres, G.; Deem, S. L.; Nieto-Claudin, A.; Zahawi, R. A.; Bastille-Rousseau, G.: Invasion by Cedrela odorata threatens long distance migration of Galapagos tortoises. Ecology and Evolution 14 (2), e10994 (2024)
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Bliard, L.; Dufour, P.; Griesser, M.; Covas, R.: Family living and cooperative breeding in birds are associated with the number of avian predators. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 78 (7), pp. 1317 - 1324 (2024)
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Bokaba, R. P.; Dermauw, V.; Morar-Leather, D.; Dorny, P.; van Schalkwyk, O. L.; Neves, L.: An investigation into Toxoplasma gondii at the human livestock-wildlife interface, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 91 (1), a2130 (2024)
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Bose, A. P. H.; Brodin, T.; Katongo, C.; Mabo, L.; Jordan, A.: How can we measure resource quality when resources differ in many ways? Deconstructing shelter quality in a social fish. Ecology and Evolution 14 (8), e70146 (2024)
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Brandl, H. B.; Abdu, S.; Farine, D. R.: Experimental manipulation of food availability and macroparasite prevalence reveal differential effects on space use in wild rodents. Journal of Animal Ecology 93 (6), pp. 650 - 653 (2024)
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Brandl, H. B.; Farine, D. R.: Stress in the social environment: behavioural and social consequences of stress transmission in bird flocks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291 (2034), 20241961 (2024)
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Bronnvik, H.; Nourani, E.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.: Experience reduces route selection for conspecifics by the collectively migrating white stork. Current Biology 34 (9), pp. 2030 - 2037 (2024)
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Burton, A. C.; Beirne, C.; Gaynor, K. M.; Sun, C.; Granados, A.; Allen, M. L.; Alston, J. M.; Alvarenga, G. C.; Calderón, F. S. Á.; Amir, Z. et al.; Anhalt-Depies, C.; Appel, C.; Arroyo-Arce, S.; Balme, G.; Bar-Massada, A.; Barcelos, D.; Barr, E.; Barthelmess, E. L.; Baruzzi, C.; Basak, S. M.; Beenaerts, N.; Belmaker, J.; Belova, O.; Bezarević, B.; Bird, T.; Bogan, D. A.; Bogdanović, N.; Boyce, A.; Boyce, M.; Brandt, L.; Brodie, J. F.; Brooke, J.; Bubnicki, J. W.; Cagnacci, F.; Carr, B. S.; Carvalho, J.; Casaer, J.; Černe, R.; Chen, R.; Chow, E.; Churski, M.; Cincotta, C.; Ćirović, D.; Coates, T. D.; Compton, J.; Coon, C.; Cove, M. V.; Crupi, A. P.; Farra, S. D.; Darracq, A. K.; Davis, M.; Dawe, K.; De Waele, V.; Descalzo, E.; Diserens, T. A.; Drimaj, J.; Duľa, M.; Ellis-Felege, S.; Ellison, C.; Ertürk, A.; Fantle-Lepczyk, J.; Favreau, J.; Fennell, M.; Ferreras, P.; Ferretti, F.; Fiderer, C.; Finnegan, L.; Fisher, J. T.; Fisher-Reid, M. C.; Flaherty, E. A.; Fležar, U.; Flousek, J.; Foca, J. M.; Ford, A.; Franzetti, B.; Frey, S.; Fritts, S.; Frýbová, Š.; Furnas, B.; Gerber, B.; Geyle, H. M.; Giménez, D. G.; Giordano, A. J.; Gomercic, T.; Gompper, M. E.; Gräbin, D. M.; Gray, M.; Green, A.; Hagen, R.; Hammerich, S.; Hanekom, C.; Hansen, C.; Hasstedt, S.; Hebblewhite, M.; Heurich, M.; Hofmeester, T. R.; Hubbard, T.; Jachowski, D.; Jansen, P. A.; Jaspers, K. J.; Jensen, A.; Jordan, M.; Kaizer, M. C.; Kelly, M. J.; Kohl, M. T.; Kramer-Schadt, S.; Krofel, M.; Krug, A.; Kuhn, K. M.; Kuijper, D. P. J.; Kuprewicz, E. K.; Kusak, J.; Kutal, M.; Lafferty, D. J. R.; LaRose, S.; Lashley, M.; Lathrop, R.; Lee, T. E.; Lepczyk, C.; Lesmeister, D. B.; Licoppe, A.; Linnell, M.; Loch, J.; Long, R.; Lonsinger, R. C.; Louvrier, J.; Luskin, M. S.; MacKay, P.; Maher, S.; Manet, B.; Mann, G. K. H.; Marshall, A. J.; Mason, D.; McDonald, Z.; McKay, T.; McShea, W. J.; Mechler, M.; Miaud, C.; Millspaugh, J. J.; Monteza-Moreno, C. M.; Moreira-Arce, D.; Mullen, K.; Nagy, C.; Naidoo, R.; Namir, I.; Nelson, C.; O’Neill, B.; O'Mara, M. T.; Oberosler, V.; Osorio, C.; Ossi, F.; Palencia, P.; Pearson, K.; Pedrotti, L.; Pekins, C. E.; Pendergast, M.; Pinho, F. F.; Plhal, R.; Pocasangre-Orellana, X.; Price, M.; Procko, M.; Proctor, M. D.; Ramalho, E. E.; Ranc, N.; Reljic, S.; Remine, K.; Rentz, M.; Revord, R.; Reyna-Hurtado, R.; Risch, D.; Ritchie, E. G.; Romero, A.; Rota, C.; Rovero, F.; Rowe, H.; Rutz, C.; Salvatori, M.; Sandow, D.; Schalk, C. M.; Scherger, J.; Schipper, J.; Scognamillo, D. G.; Şekercioğlu, Ç. H.; Semenzato, P.; Sevin, J.; Shamon, H.; Shier, C.; Silva-Rodríguez, E. A.; Sindicic, M.; Smyth, L. K.; Soyumert, A.; Sprague, T.; St. Clair, C. C.; Stenglein, J.; Stephens, P. A.; Stępniak, K. M.; Stevens, M.; Stevenson, C.; Ternyik, B.; Thomson, I.; Torres, R. T.; Tremblay, J.; Urrutia, T.; Vacher, J.-P.; Visscher, D.; Webb, S. L.; Weber, J.; Weiss, K. C. B.; Whipple, L. S.; Whittier, C. A.; Whittington, J.; Wierzbowska, I.; Wikelski, M.; Williamson, J.; Wilmers, C. C.; Windle, T.; Wittmer, H. U.; Zharikov, Y.; Zorn, A.; Kays, R.: Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8 (5), pp. 924 - 935 (2024)
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Camerlenghi, E.; Nolazco, S.; Farine, D. R.; Magrath, R. D.; Peters, A.: Social restructuring during harsh environmental conditions promotes cooperative behaviour in a songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences (London) 291, 20232427 (2024)
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Catitti, B.; Grüebler, M. U.; Farine, D. R.; Kormann, U. G.: Natal legacies cause social and spatial marginalization during dispersal. Ecology Letters 27 (2), e14366 (2024)
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Chao, L.-M.; Couzin, I. D.; Li, L.: On turning maneuverability in self-propelled burst-and-coast swimming. Physics of Fluids 36 (11), 111918 (2024)
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Chao, L.-M.; Jia, L.; Li, L.: Tailbeat perturbations improve swimming efficiency in self-propelled flapping foils. The Journal of Fluid Mechanics 984, a46 (2024)
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Chao, L.-M.; Jia, L.; Wang, S.; Liberzon, A.; Ravi, S.; Couzin, I. D.; Li, L.: Tailbeat perturbations improve swimming efficiency by reducing the phase lag between body motion and the resulting fluid response. PNAS Nexus 3 (3), pgae073 (2024)
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Cheng, T. L.; Bennett, A. B.; O'Mara, M. T.; Auteri, G. G.; Frick, W. F.: Persist or perish: Can bats threatened with extinction persist and recover from white-nose syndrome? Integrative and Comparative Biology, icae018 (2024)
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Chimento, M.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Aplin, L. M.: Immigrant birds learn from socially observed differences in payoffs when their environment changes. PLOS Biology 22 (11), e3002699 (2024)
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Chimento, M.; Aplin, L. M.: Understanding the role of naive learners in cultural change. American Naturalist 203 (6), pp. 695 - 712 (2024)
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Chimento, M.; Farine, D. R.: The contribution of movement to social network structure and spreading dynamics under simple and complex transmission. Philosophical Transactions B 379 (1912), 20220524 (2024)
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Choi, N.; Mathevon, N.; Hebets, E. A.; Beauchaud, M.: Influence of ambient water coloration on habitat and conspecific choice in the female Lake Malawi cichlid, Metriaclima zebra. Current Zoology 70 (2), zoad015, pp. 214 - 224 (2024)
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Christen, V.; Jeker, L.; Lim, K. S.; Menz, M. H. M.; Straub, L.: Insecticide exposure alters flight-dependent gene-expression in honey bees, Apis mellifera. Science of the Total Environment 956, 177166 (2024)
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Clements, H. S.; San, E. D.; Hempson, G.; Linden, B.; Maritz, B.; Monadjem, A.; Reynolds, C.; Siebert, F.; Stevens, N.; Biggs, R. et al.; De Vos, A.; Blanchard, R.; Child, M.; Esler, K. J.; Hamann, M.; Loft, T.; Reyers, B.; Selomane, O.; Skowno, A. L.; Tshoke, T.; Abdoulaye, D.; Aebischer, T.; Aguirre-Gutierrez, J.; Alexander, G. J.; Ali, A. H.; Allan, D. G.; Amoako, E. E.; Angedakin, S.; Aruna, E.; Avenant, N. L.; Badjedjea, G.; Bakayoko, A.; Bamba-kaya, A.; Bates, M. F.; Bates, P. J. J.; Belmain, S. R.; Bennitt, E.; Bradley, J.; Brewster, C. A.; Brown, M. B.; Brown, M.; Bryja, J.; Butynski, T. M.; Carvalho, F.; Channing, A.; Chapman, C. A.; Cohen, C.; Cords, M.; Cramer, J. D.; Cronk, N.; Cunneyworth, P. M. K.; Dalerum, F.; Danquah, E.; Davies-Mostert, H. T.; de Blocq, A. D.; De Jong, Y. A.; Demos, T. C.; Denys, C.; Djagoun, C.; Doherty-Bone, T. M.; Drouilly, M.; du Toit, J. T.; Smith, D. A. E.; Smith, Y. C. E.; Eiseb, S. J.; Fashing, P. J.; Ferguson, A. W.; Fernandez-Garcia, J. M.; Finckh, M.; Fischer, C.; Gandiwa, E.; Gaubert, P.; Gaugris, J. Y.; Gibbs, D. J.; Gilchrist, J. S.; Gil-Sanchez, J. M.; Githitho, A. N.; Goodman, P. S.; Granjon, L.; Grobler, J. P.; Gumbi, B. C.; Gvozdik, V.; Harvey, J.; Hauptfleisch, M.; Hayder, F.; Hema, E. M.; Herbst, M.; Houngbedji, M.; Huntley, B. J.; Hutterer, R.; Ivande, S. T.; Jackson, K.; Jongsma, G. F. M.; Juste, J.; Kadjo, B.; Kaleme, P. K.; Kamugisha, E.; Kaplin, B. A.; Kato, H. N.; Kiffner, C.; Kimuyu, D. M.; Kityo, R. M.; Kouame, N. G.; Kouete, T. M.; le Roux, A.; Lee, A. T. K.; Lotter, M. C.; Lykke, A. M.; MacFadyen, D. N.; Macharia, G. P.; Madikiza, Z. J. K.; Mahlaba, T. A. M.; Mallon, D.; Mamba, M. L.; Mande, C.; Marchant, R. A.; Maritz, R. A.; Markotter, W.; McIntyre, T.; Measey, J.; Mekonnen, A.; Meller, P.; Melville, H. I.; Mganga, K. Z.; Mills, M. G. L.; Minnie, L.; Missoup, A. D.; Mohammad, A.; Moinde, N. N.; Moise, B. F. E.; Monterroso, P.; Moore, J. F.; Musila, S.; Nago, S. G. A.; Namoto, M. W.; Niang, F.; Nicolas, V.; Nkenku, J. B.; Nkrumah, E. E.; Nono, G. L.; Norbert, M. M.; Nowak, K.; Obitte, B. C.; Okoni-Williams, A. D.; Onongo, J.; O'Riain, M. J.; Osinubi, S. T.; Parker, D. M.; Parrini, F.; Peel, M. J. S.; Penner, J.; Pietersen, D. W.; Plumptre, A. J.; Ponsonby, D. W.; Porembski, S.; Power, R. J.; Radloff, F. G. T.; Rambau, R. V.; Ramesh, T.; Richards, L. R.; Rodel, M. O.; Rollinson, D. P.; Rovero, F.; Saleh, M. A.; Schmiedel, U.; Schoeman, M. C.; Scholte, P.; Serfass, T. L.; Shapiro, J. T.; Shema, S.; Siebert, S. J.; Slingsby, J. A.; Sliwa, A.; Smit-Robinson, H. A.; Sogbohossou, E. A.; Somers, M. J.; Spawls, S.; Streicher, J. P.; Swanepoel, L.; Tanshi, I.; Taylor, P. J.; Taylor, W. A.; te Beest, M.; Telfer, P. T.; Thompson, D. I.; Tobi, E.; Tolley, K. A.; Turner, A. A.; Twine, W.; Van Cakenberghe, V.; van de Perre, F.; van der Merwe, H.; van Niekerk, C. J. G.; van Wyk, P. C. V.; Venter, J. A.; Verburgt, L.; Veron, G.; Vetter, S.; Vorontsova, M. S.; Wagner, T. C.; Webala, P. W.; Weber, N.; Weier, S. M.; White, P. A.; Whitecross, M. A.; Wigley, B. J.; Willems, F. J.; Winterbach, C. W.; Woodhouse, G. M.: The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa's major land uses. Scientific Data 11 (1), 191 (2024)
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Conquet, E.; Paniw, M.; Borrego, N.; Nater, C. R.; Packer, C.; Ozgul, A.: Multifaceted density dependence: Social structure and seasonality effects on Serengeti lion demography. Journal of Animal Ecology (2024)
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De Agrò, M.; Rößler, D. C.; Shamble, P. S.: Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception. The Journal of Experimental Biology 227 (12), jeb247061 (2024)
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De Souza, D.; Urbanowicz, C.; Ng, W. H.; Baert, N.; Fersch, A. A.; Smith, M. L.; McArt, S. H.: Acute toxicity of the fungicide captan to honey bees and mixed evidence for synergism with the insecticide thiamethoxam. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 15709 (2024)
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Delacoux, M.; Kano, F.: Fine-scale tracking reveals visual field use for predator detection and escape in collective foraging of pigeon flocks. eLife 13, RP95549 (2024)
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Delaunay, A.; Cossu-Doye, O.; Roura-Torres, B.; Sauvadet, L.; Ngoubangoye, B.; Huchard, E.; Charpentier, M. J.E.: An early-life challenge: becoming an older sibling in wild mandrills. Royal Society Open Science 11 (7), 240597 (2024)
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Demartsev, V.; Averly, B.; Johnson-Ulrich, L.; Sridhar, V. H.; Leonardos, L.; Vining, A.; Thomas, M.; Manser, M. B.; Strandburg-Peshkin, A.: Mapping vocal interactions in space and time differentiates signal broadcast versus signal exchange in meerkat groups. Philosophical Transactions B 379 (1905), 20230188 (2024)
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Dietzer, M. T.; Keicher, L.; Kohles, J. E.; Hurme, E.; Ruczyński, I.; Borowik, T.; Zegarek, M.; Choiński, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: High temporal resolution data reveal low bat and insect activity over managed meadows in central Europe. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 7498 (2024)
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Ding, S. S.; Fox, J. L.; Gordus, A.; Joshi, A.; Liao, J. C.; Scholz, M.: Fantastic beasts and how to study them: rethinking experimental animal behavior. The Journal of Experimental Biology 227 (4), jeb247003 (2024)
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Donovan, E. B.; Blake, S.; Deem, S. L.; Moldowan, P. D.; Nieto-Claudin, A.; Cabrera, F.; Peñafiel, C.; Bastille-Rousseau, G.: Using non-continuous accelerometry to identify cryptic nesting events of Galapagos giant tortoises. Animal Biotelemetry 12 (1), 32 (2024)
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Dufour, P.; Sayol, F.; Cooke, R.; Blackburn, T. M.; Gallien, L.; Griesser, M.; Steinbauer, M. J.; Faurby, S.: The importance of migratory drop-off for island colonization in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 291, 20232926 (2024)
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El Hady, A.; Takahashi, D.; Sun, R. L.; Akinwale, O.; Boyd-Meredith, T.; Zhang, Y. S.; Charles, A. S.; Brody, C. D.: Chronic brain functional ultrasound imaging in freely moving rodents performing cognitive tasks. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 403, 110033 (2024)
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Elsy, A. D.; Pfeifer, M.; Jones, I. L.; Dewalt, S. J.; Lopez, O. R.; Dent, D. H.: Incomplete recovery of tree community composition and rare species after 120 years of tropical forest succession in Panama. Biotropica 56 (1), pp. 36 - 49 (2024)
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