Essays about: "interspecies interactions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words interspecies interactions.

  1. 1. African elephants' effect on the temporal use of elephant highway by predator and prey. Makgadikgadi Pans National Park.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Rebecka Relfsson; [2023-08-18]
    Keywords : African savanna elephant; elephant highways; interspecies interactions; predation avoidance; predator-prey interaction; temporal activity;

    Abstract : African savanna elephants (Loxondonta africana) are the world’s largest land-mammal and are considered a keystone species. The effect they have on vegetation and their environment is well known, but their effect on other animal species is less studied. READ MORE

  3. 2. Turn-taking in interspecies vocal communication : A study of dog-human interactions

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

    Author : Axelsson Johanna; [2018]
    Keywords : Interspecies communication; dog-human communication; vocalization; turn-taking;

    Abstract : Dogs are well adapted to a life close to humans and are capable of understanding several human social cues. Turn-taking is a fundamental phenomenon in human conversations, yet no research of turn-taking in interspecies vocal communication has been done. READ MORE

  4. 3. Interspecies animal "friendships"

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

    Author : Nadil Silva; [2017]
    Keywords : species; stress; animal bonds; play; behaviour;

    Abstract : Even though conspecific close relationships are well documented, scientific studies done on interspecies close relationships are scarce. There is no agreement of using the word friendships without inverted commas when describing close relationships of animals. READ MORE

  5. 4. Maxime Miranda in Minimis: Reimagining Swarm Consciousness and Planetary Responsibility

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Denise Ask Nunes; [2015]
    Keywords : Swarm Consciousness; insects; science-fiction; Jacques Derrida; umwelt; Jakob von Uexküll; Mitchell Tomashow; eco-criticism; planetary responsibility; Robert A. Heinlein; David Malouf; Orson Scott Card; Hayao Miyazaki;

    Abstract : This essay explores Swarm Consciousness in relation to the novels Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, Remembering Babylon by David Malouf, and the manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki. Through these novels, Swarm Consciousness can be reimagined in order to challenge the ways insects have previously been considered in literature. READ MORE

  6. 5. Bacterial interactions across a porous membrane

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Tillämpad biokemi

    Author : Malin Alsved; Karin Hjerpe; [2015]
    Keywords : tillämpad biokemi; applied biochemistry; Biology and Life Sciences; Chemistry;

    Abstract : Deepening our knowledge about bacterial infections is of high priority in the work against antimicrobial resistance. Many infections are as well polymicrobial, and the different bacterial species are able to affect each other by cell-cell communication. READ MORE