B. Robira

The role of cognition and movement of seed-dispersing animals in shaping plant distributions

This study shows that seed-dispersing animals' cognitive abilities influence plant distribution patterns through their foraging behavior and memory, creating feedback loops between animal cognition and plant resource landscapes.

Unravelling vulture avoidance tactic of wind turbines combining empirical and simulation data

This study examines griffon vulture flight responses to wind turbines at multiple spatial scales using GPS tracking and simulations, finding wind farm-specific avoidance patterns influenced by topography.

The use of social information in vulture flight decisions

This study shows that vultures use social information to find thermal updrafts, especially in poor flight conditions, with lower-ranked individuals less likely to follow social cues.

Cities as parasitic amplifiers? Malaria prevalence and diversity in great tits along an urbanization gradient

This study examines malaria prevalence and diversity in great tits across an urbanization gradient, finding higher prevalence in adults and urban nestlings, and increased parasite diversity in natural urban parks.

Primate sympatry shapes the evolution of their brain architecture

This study investigates how sympatry among frugivorous primates influences brain evolution, finding that sympatry affects brain regions related to long-term memory but not those involved in immediate information processing.