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Long-term memory of experienced jays facilitates problem-solving by naïve group members in the wild by Jo, Hyein, McCune, Kelsey B., Jablonski, Piotr G., Lee, Sang‑im

“…Long-term memory affects animal fitness, especially in social species. In these species, the memory of group members facilitates the acquisition of novel…”
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Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) as a tolerant host of avian malaria parasites by Pacheco, M. Andreína, Ferreira, Francisco C, Logan, Corina J, McCune, Kelsey B, MacPherson, Maggie P, Albino Miranda, Sergio, Santiago-Alarcon, Diego, Escalante, Ananias A

“…Great-tailed Grackles ( Quiscalus mexicanus ) are a social, polygamous bird species whose populations have rapidly expanded their geographic range across North…”
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Social behavior mediates the use of social and personal information in wild jays by McCune, Kelsey B., Valente, Jonathon J., Jablonski, Piotr G., Lee, Sang-im, Ha, Renee R.

“…The factors favoring the evolution of certain cognitive abilities in animals remain unclear. Social learning is a cognitive ability that reduces the cost of…”
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Captive jays exhibit reduced problem-solving performance compared to wild conspecifics by McCune, Kelsey B, Jablonski, Piotr, Lee, Sang-Im, Ha, Renee R

“…Animal cognitive abilities are frequently quantified in strictly controlled settings, with laboratory-reared subjects. Results from these studies have merit…”
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Removal pattern mitigates negative, short‐term effects of stepwise Russian olive eradication on breeding birds by Valente, Jonathon J., McCune, Kelsey B., Tamulonis, Rachel A., Neipert, Elizabeth S., Fischer, Richard A.

“…Invasive species can have disastrous ecological consequences, and management is often required to control these invasions and mitigate the damage. Yet in many…”
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Mexican jays (Aphelocoma wollweberi) prey on bats in Arizona by McCune, Kelsey B

“…During May of 2015, I observed two separate instances of Mexican jays (Aphelocoma wollweberi) preying on small brown bats in the Chiricahua Mountains of…”
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Great-tailed Grackles by Pacheco, M. Andreína, Ferreira, Francisco C, Logan, Corina J, McCune, Kelsey B, MacPherson, Maggie P, Albino Miranda, Sergio, Santiago-Alarcon, Diego, Escalante, Ananias A

“…Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) are a social, polygamous bird species whose populations have rapidly expanded their geographic range across North…”
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Investigating sex differences in genetic relatedness in great-tailed grackles in Tempe, Arizona to infer potential sex biases in dispersal by Sevchik, August, Logan, Corina, McCune, Kelsey, Blackwell, Aaron, Rowney, Carolyn, Lukas, Dieter

“…In most bird species, females disperse prior to their first breeding attempt, while males remain close to the place they hatched. While explanations for such…”
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Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) as a tolerant host of avian malaria parasites by M Andreína Pacheco, Francisco C Ferreira, Corina J Logan, Kelsey B McCune, Maggie P MacPherson, Sergio Albino Miranda, Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Ananias A Escalante

“…Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) are a social, polygamous bird species whose populations have rapidly expanded their geographic range across North…”
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Cognition Gone Wild: A Test of the Social Intelligence Hypothesis in Wild Birds by McCune, Kelsey B

“…Complex sociality evolved in many species across the animal kingdom, including humans. Species in complex social systems are likely adapted to not just the…”
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Are the more flexible individuals also better at inhibition? by Logan, Corina, McCune, Kelsey, MacPherson, Maggie, Johnson-Ulrich, Zoe, Rowney, Carolyn, Seitz, Benjamin, Blaisdell, Aaron, Deffner, Dominik, Wascher, Claudi

“…Behavioral flexibility should, theoretically, be positively related to behavioral inhibition because one should need to inhibit a previously learned behavior…”
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