Sexual motivation suppresses paternal behaviour of male gerbils during their mates' postpartum oestrus
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Some studies were undertaken to investigate the causes of the day-to-day change in male parental behaviour in the case of Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that on the day of birth of a litter, a male's parental behaviour is inhibited by the motivation to mate during his patner's postpartum oestrus.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Analysis of Spix's disc-winged bat association patterns and roosting home ranges reveal a novel social among bats
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A study is conducted to examine how the combination of high habitat availability, low occupancy rate and short longevity of the Spix's disc-winged bats roosts may affect pattern of interactions among individuals in the population. A much-needed data on fine-scale patterns of spatial and temporal patterns of association within a bat species is provided.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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An exception to the rule: common vampire bats do not learn taste aversions
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While many animals have demonstated an ability to learn taste aversion, that is, an ability to stay away from food that has proved to cause gastrointestinal malaise, whether this was common in vampire bats had never been researched. After the research was conducted, it was determined that common vampire bats do not learn taste aversions.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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