Beyond simple habituation: Anthropogenic habitats influence the escape behavior of spur-winged lapwings in response to both human and non-human threats

This blog post is provided by Bar-Ziv Michael, Sofer Aran, Gorovoy Adel and Spiegel Orr and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Beyond simple habituation: Anthropogenic habitats influence the escape behavior of spur-winged lapwings in response to both human and non-human threats“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper they use a unique “Jack-Truck” to simulate a jackal predator, and explore … Continue reading Beyond simple habituation: Anthropogenic habitats influence the escape behavior of spur-winged lapwings in response to both human and non-human threats

Personality and human infrastructures shape the nest distribution of a farmland raptor

This blog post is provided by Juliette Rabdeau and Karine Monceau and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Do human infrastructures shape nest distribution in the landscape depending on individual personality in a farmland bird of prey?” by J. Rabdeau, B. Arroyo, F. Mougeot, I. Badenhausser, V. Bretagnolle and K. Monceau, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Animals are not randomly distributed … Continue reading Personality and human infrastructures shape the nest distribution of a farmland raptor

Sexual Selection and Personality in Red Junglefowl

This blog post is provided by Allison M. Roth and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Sexual selection and personality: Individual and group‐level effects on mating behavior in red junglefowl“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Over the past two decades, behavioral ecologists have become increasingly interested in consistent between-individual differences in behavior, otherwise known as “animal personality”. It is, however, unclear why such between-individual … Continue reading Sexual Selection and Personality in Red Junglefowl