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Heat or insulation: behavioral titration of mouse preference for warmth or access to a nest by Gaskill, Brianna N, Gordon, Christopher J, Pajor, Edmond A, Lucas, Jeffrey R, Davis, Jerry K, Garner, Joseph P

“…In laboratories, mice are housed at 20-24°C, which is below their lower critical temperature (≈30°C). This increased thermal stress has the potential to alter…”
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Geographic variation and discrimination of social calls in male great himalayan leaf-nosed bats: do functionally similar calls have similar patterns? by Zhang, Chunmian, Zheng, Ziqi, Lucas, Jeffrey R., Feng, Jiang, Sun, Congnan, Jiang, Tinglei

“…Geographical variation in animals’ acoustic signals has received much attention. However, few studies have compared the patterns and underlying selective…”
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Resting posture drives the evolution of agonistic displays in bats by Zhang, Chunmian, Ji, Ligen, Li, Ziji, Lucas, Jeffrey R, Feng, Jiang, Sun, Congnan, Jiang, Tinglei

“…Agonistic displays are one of the most diverse social behaviors that have important functions in animal's life history. However, their origin and driving…”
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Assessing the effect of compounds from plantar foot sweat, nesting material, and urine on social behavior in male mice, Mus musculus by Barabas, Amanda J, Soini, Helena A, Novotny, Milos V, Lucas, Jeffrey R, Erasmus, Marisa A, Cheng, Heng-Wei, Palme, Rupert, Gaskill, Brianna N

“…Home cage aggression causes poor welfare in male laboratory mice and reduces data quality. One of the few proven strategies to reduce aggression involves…”
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Stigma, status, and population health by Phelan, Jo C., Lucas, Jeffrey W., Ridgeway, Cecilia L., Taylor, Catherine J.

“…Stigma and status are the major concepts in two important sociological traditions that describe related processes but that have developed in isolation…”
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Individuality and function of chemical signals during conflict resolution of a mammal by Zhang, Chunmian, Sun, Congnan, Lucas, Jeffrey R., Gu, Hao, Feng, Jiang, Jiang, Tinglei

“…Individual recognition via communication signals is a critical component of social behavior, and provides the basis of conflict resolution, territorial…”
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Social dynamics of core members in mixed-species bird flocks change across a gradient of foraging habitat quality by Gentry Richardson, Katherine E, Roche, Daniel P, Mugel, Stephen G, Lancaster, Nolan D, Sieving, Kathryn E, Freeberg, Todd M, Lucas, Jeffrey R

“…Social associations within mixed-species bird flocks can promote information flow about food availability and provide predator avoidance benefits. The…”
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Linking social complexity and vocal complexity: a parid perspective by Krams, Indrikis, Krama, Tatjana, Freeberg, Todd M., Kullberg, Cecilia, Lucas, Jeffrey R.

“…The Paridae family (chickadees, tits and titmice) is an interesting avian group in that species vary in important aspects of their social structure and many…”
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Flocking propensity by satellites, but not core members of mixed-species flocks, increases when individuals experience energetic deficits in a poor-quality foraging habitat by Gentry, Katherine E, Roche, Daniel P, Mugel, Stephen G, Lancaster, Nolan D, Sieving, Kathryn E, Freeberg, Todd M, Lucas, Jeffrey R

“…Mixed-species bird flocks are complex social systems comprising core and satellite members. Flocking species are sensitive to habitat disturbance, but we are…”
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Impact of nesting material on mouse body temperature and physiology by Gaskill, Brianna N, Gordon, Christopher J, Pajor, Edmond A, Lucas, Jeffrey R, Davis, Jerry K, Garner, Joseph P

“…Abstract In laboratories, mice are housed at 20–24 °C, which is below their lower critical temperature (≈ 30 °C). Thus, mice are potentially cold stressed,…”
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Mate choice in the eye and ear of the beholder? Female multimodal sensory configuration influences her preferences by Ronald, Kelly L., Fernández-Juricic, Esteban, Lucas, Jeffrey R.

“…A common assumption in sexual selection studies is that receivers decode signal information similarly. However, receivers may vary in how they rank signallers…”
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Population‐level lateralization of boxing displays enhances fighting success in male Great Himalayan leaf‐nosed bats by Zhang, Chunmian, Lucas, Jeffrey R., Feng, Jiang, Jiang, Tinglei, Sun, Congnan

“…Behavioral lateralization with left‐ and right‐hand use is common in the Animal Kingdom and can be advantageous for social species. The existence of a…”
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Taking the sensory approach: how individual differences in sensory perception can influence mate choice by Ronald, Kelly L., Fernández-Juricic, Esteban, Lucas, Jeffrey R.

“…Many male signallers convey information to female receivers in multimodal courtship displays. While much is known about how males vary in terms of signalling,…”
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Energy reallocation to breeding performance through improved nest building in laboratory mice by Gaskill, Brianna N, Pritchett-Corning, Kathleen R, Gordon, Christopher J, Pajor, Edmond A, Lucas, Jeffrey R, Davis, Jerry K, Garner, Joseph P

“…Mice are housed at temperatures (20-26 °C) that increase their basal metabolic rates and impose high energy demands to maintain core temperatures. Therefore,…”
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Stigma and Status: The Interrelation of Two Theoretical Perspectives by Lucas, Jeffrey W., Phelan, Jo C.

“…This article explicates and distinguishes the processes that produce status orders and those that produce stigmatization. It describes an experimental study in…”
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Territorial calls of the bat Hipposideros armiger may encode multiple types of information: body mass, dominance rank and individual identity by Sun, Congnan, Zhang, Chunmian, Lucas, Jeffrey R., Lin, Aiqing, Feng, Jiang, Jiang, Tinglei

“…In highly vocal species, territorial aggression is often accompanied using vocalizations. These vocalizations can play a critical role in determining the…”
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Compounds from plantar foot sweat, nesting material, and urine show strain patterns associated with agonistic and affiliative behaviors in group housed male mice, Mus musculus by Barabas, Amanda J, Soini, Helena A, Novotny, Milos V, Williams, David R, Desmond, Jacob A, Lucas, Jeffrey R, Erasmus, Marisa A, Cheng, Heng-Wei, Gaskill, Brianna N

“…Excessive home cage aggression often results in severe injury and subsequent premature euthanasia of male laboratory mice. Aggression can be reduced by…”
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Social Communication across Reproductive Boundaries: Hormones and the Auditory Periphery of Songbirds and Frogs by Gall, Megan D, Baugh, Alexander T, Lucas, Jeffrey R, Bee, Mark A

“…Synopsis Most animals experience reproductive transitions in their lives; for example, reaching reproductive maturity or cycling in and out of breeding…”
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Information theoretical approaches to chick-a-dee calls of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis) by Freeberg, Todd M, Lucas, Jeffrey R

“…One aim of this study was to apply information theoretical analyses to understanding the structural complexity of chick-a-dee calls of Carolina chickadees,…”
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Diversity in mixed species groups improves success in a novel feeder test in a wild songbird community by Freeberg, Todd M., Eppert, Shannon K., Sieving, Kathryn E., Lucas, Jeffrey R.

“…Mixed-species groups are common and are thought to provide benefits to group members via enhanced food finding and antipredator abilities. These benefits could…”
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