Essays about: "Boldness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the word Boldness.

  1. 1. Domestications effect on associative and spatial learning in chickens (Gallus gallus)

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

    Author : Victoria Svensson; Ludvig Lindahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Associative; Domestication; Female; Gallus; Male; Red Junglefowl; Spatial; White Leghorn.;

    Abstract : The effects of domestication on animals’ behaviors and morphology are well known and documented. Changes due to domestication include higher sociability, decreased fearfulness, and increased boldness. READ MORE

  3. 2. Animal personality in ants : Does the red wood ant (Formica rufa) express personality traits?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Malin Sjöberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Animal personality; Scototaxis; Formica rufa;

    Abstract : A recent theory within behavioural ecology suggests that some animal behaviour traits are consistent over time and over different contexts as part of an animals’ “personality”. Animal personality has generally been accepted within vertebrates, but the idea of invertebrates expressing personality has long been meet with scepticism. READ MORE

  4. 3. The impact of pharmaceuticals on personality in sea anemones

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Lisa Wong; [2022-03-31]
    Keywords : Metridium senile; animal behavior; animal personality; shyness; boldness; startle response; sea anemone; pharmaceutical drugs; caffeine; propranolol; diazepam.;

    Abstract : Pharmaceutical drugs along with other human derived contaminants are prevalent in natural water bodies due to many anthropological factors and they eventually end up reaching coastal waters. The pharmaceuticals have impacts on the behaviour and physiology of humans, thus it is important to understand what impact they have on animals. READ MORE

  5. 4. Socialisering av kattungar : en kartläggning av raskattuppfödning inom SVERAK

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Helena Sunning; [2022]
    Keywords : socialisering; katt; raskattuppfödare; SVERAK; tidiga erfarenheter; kunskap; attityder; oönskade beteenden; stress; rädslor;

    Abstract : Stress, rädslor och oönskade beteenden blir allt vanligare hos våra sällskapskatter. Dessa beteenden leder i sin tur till att många katter avlivas, omplaceras eller hamnar på katthem. READ MORE

  6. 5. The effect of temperature on the interaction between larvae of a native and a range expanding dragonfly species

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Sanne Everling; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate change; temperature; native; invasive; competition; behaviour; Odonata;

    Abstract : Climate change might affect the distribution of species; therefore, it is important to anticipate the imminent impact of climate change. Even though climate responses have the potential to affect species interactions, most models on the effect of climate change on species distribution assume that species respond to climate individually. READ MORE