Search Results - "Tanner, Colby J."
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Rapid genotypic change and plasticity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is caused by a host shift and enhanced by segregation
Published in The ISME Journal (01-02-2014)“…Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are among the most abundant symbionts of plants, improving plant productivity and diversity. They are thought to mostly grow…”
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Numerical assessment affects aggression and competitive ability: a team-fighting strategy for the ant Formica xerophila
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (07-11-2006)“…'s ability to kill competitors increased nonlinearly with group size. This nonlinearity was due to the collective fighting strategy of an…”
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The evolutionary pathway to obligate scavenging in Gyps vultures
Published in PloS one (08-09-2011)“…The evolutionary pathway to obligate scavenging in Gyps vultures remains unclear. We propose that communal roosting plays a central role in setting up the…”
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A Sensory-Driven Trade-Off between Coordinated Motion in Social Prey and a Predator's Visual Confusion
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-02-2016)“…Social animals are capable of enhancing their awareness by paying attention to their neighbors, and prey found in groups can also confuse their predators. Both…”
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Flexible strategies, forgiveness, and the evolution of generosity in one-shot encounters
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Resource characteristics and competition affect colony and individual foraging strategies of the wood ant Formica integroides
Published in Ecological entomology (01-02-2008)“…1. Resource characteristics and competitive pressure can affect an ant colony's foraging strategy. This study examined the ability of the wood ant Formica…”
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Choosy moral punishers
Published in PloS one (13-06-2012)“…The punishment of social misconduct is a powerful mechanism for stabilizing high levels of cooperation among unrelated individuals. It is regularly assumed…”
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Social structure emerges via the interaction between local ecology and individual behaviour
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-01-2012)“…1. The formation of groups is a fundamental aspect of social organization, but there are still many questions regarding how social structure emerges from…”
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Nest distribution varies with dispersal method and familiarity-mediated aggression for two sympatric ants
Published in Animal behaviour (01-11-2012)“…Dispersal mechanisms and competition together play a key role in the spatial distribution of a population. Species that disperse via fission are likely to…”
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To fight or not to fight: context-dependent interspecific aggression in competing ants
Published in Animal behaviour (01-02-2009)“…Animals assess many factors when choosing how aggressively to behave during interspecific competitive interactions. Aggressive behaviour can help win…”
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Urban ecology: advancing science and society
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-12-2014)“…Urban ecology has quickly become established as a central part of ecological thinking. As cities continue to grow in size and number, two questions serve to…”
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Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE
Published in Avian research (2024)“…Avian extinctions have been relatively well documented in modern history, and in the past millennia, more bird species are known to have gone extinct than…”
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The value of community science data to analyze long-term avian trends in understudied regions: The state of birds in Türkiye
Published in Avian research (2023)“…Recent studies have revealed concerning declines in bird populations in Europe and other parts of the world. In understudied but biodiverse regions, especially…”
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Aggressive group behaviour in the ant Formica xerophila is coordinated by direct nestmate contact
Published in Animal behaviour (01-10-2008)“…In fights between groups of social animals, willingness of an individual to fight increases with group size. To better understand how individuals assess…”
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Individual Experience-Based Foraging Can Generate Community Territorial Structure for Competing Ant Species
Published in Behavioral ecology and sociobiology (01-02-2009)“…To gain additional territory while defending existing territory, animals must acquire and use information regarding resource characteristics and competitive…”
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The combination of social and personal contexts affects dominance hierarchy development in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas
Published in Animal behaviour (01-11-2011)“…Many animals that live in groups maintain competitive relationships, yet avoid continual fighting, by forming dominance hierarchies. We compare predictions of…”
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ghost of social environments past: dominance relationships include current interactions and experience carried over from previous groups
Published in Biology letters (2005) (23-12-2011)“…Dominance hierarchies pervade animal societies. Within a static social environment, in which group size and composition are unchanged, an individual's…”
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Feeding and non-feeding aggression can be induced in invasive shore crabs by altering food distribution
Published in Behavioral ecology and sociobiology (01-02-2011)“…Human activity can have a large impact on surrounding ecosystems. For example, humans alter resource distributions for other species, potentially modifying…”
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Generational and dual-species exposures to invertebrate predators influence relative head size in Daphnia mendotae
Published in Journal of plankton research (01-08-2006)“…Laboratory cyclomorphosis experiments with crustacean zooplankton often fail to produce morphological trait expression as extreme as that observed in field…”
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A Sensory-Driven Trade-Off between Coordinated Motion in Social Prey and a Predator's Visual Confusion: e1004708
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-02-2016)“…Social animals are capable of enhancing their awareness by paying attention to their neighbors, and prey found in groups can also confuse their predators. Both…”
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