Szabo, Birgit; Valencia-Aguilar, Anyelet; Damas-Moreira, Isabel; Ringler, Eva (2022). Wild cognition – linking form and function of cognitive abilities within a natural context. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 44, p. 101115. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101115
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Interest in studying cognitive ecology has moved the field of animal cognition into the wild. Animals face many challenges such as finding food and other resources, avoiding and deterring predators and choosing the best mate to increase their reproductive success. To solve these dilemmas, animals need to rely on a range of cognitive abilities. Studying cognition in natural settings is a powerful approach revealing the link between adaptive form and biological function. Recent technological and analytical advances opened up completely new opportunities and research directions for studying animal cognition. Such innovative studies were able to disclose the variety in cognitive processes that animals use to survive and reproduce. Cognition indeed plays a major role in the daily lives of wild animals, in which the integration of many different types of information using a diverse range of cognitive processes enhances fitness.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) > Behavioural Ecology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Szabo, Birgit, Valencia Aguilar, Anyelet, Ringler, Eva |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology) 500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
ISSN: |
2352-1546 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Funders: |
[UNSPECIFIED] Austrian Science Fund (P 31518) ; [UNSPECIFIED] Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (197921) |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Birgit Szabo |
Date Deposited: |
16 Mar 2022 15:54 |
Last Modified: |
27 Apr 2023 14:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101115 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/166898 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/166898 |
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