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Conflict and Cooperation
Tamas Szekely provides a really short, illustrated guide to the family life of birds.
http://www.bath.ac.uk/podcast/powerpoint/Szekely_CharterDay2007.pdf
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Why Grandmothers?
Article by Devorah Bennu examining whether grandmothers play any part in the cooperative rearing of young birds.
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2007/09/why_grandmothers.php
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Sexual Conflict, Ecology and Breeding Systems in Shorebirds
Paper by Tamas Szekely, Gavin Thomas and Innes Cuthill examining the different reproductive payoffs for male and female birds of adopting various diverse breeding systems.
http://www.bath.ac.uk/bio-sci/biodiversity-lab/publications/BioScience_Octobert2006.pdf
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Hummingbirds and Torpor
Article by Devorah Bennu on the strategy used by hummingbirds to conserve energy in order to survive long cold nights.
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2006/04/hummingbirds_and_torpor.php
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Flocker 1.1
This free software quantifies and compares statistical measures of group size. It differentiates between outsiders' view (group size) versus insiders' view (crowding) measures, controls for the ties among data points in the latter case and handles biased
http://www.behav.org/flocker.htm
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The Finch Self-Medication Website
Birds and animals have often been seen using plants, soil, insects or fungi as 'medicines'. William Astor explains his findings on this remarkable ability with regard to Estrildid finches.
http://astorwilliam.tripod.com/
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All About How Males Attract Female Birds
Describes research into the extent to which female birds choose their mates according to their vocal ability.
http://petcaretips.net/how-bird-attracts.html
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Long-distance Land Bird Migration
This article discusses the reasons for migration, its advantages and disadvantages, and the different patterns of migration adopted by different bird groups.
http://petcaretips.net/bird-migration.html
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Fish Behaviour
Describes certain behaviors that can indicate pain in fish and the behavioral evidence for the perception of pain by fish.
http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/animalwelfare/Fish%20pain/Behaviour.htm
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The Effect of Light on the Behaviour and Well Being of Marine Fish
Article by J Charles Delbeek on the activities of fish at varying levels of light and the very important role light plays in their lives.
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~delbeek/delb12.html
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