A5083034537- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Plant and animal studies
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine and fisheries research
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Universidade do Porto
2014-2023
Centro de Genética Clínica
2023
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
2023
University of Évora
2021-2023
ISPA - Instituto Universitário
2009-2015
University of East Anglia
2007-2008
Abstract Cooperative interactions offer the inherent possibility of cheating by each interacting partners. A key challenge to behavioural observers is recognize these conflicts, and find means measure reliably in natural interactions. Cleanerfish Labroides dimidiatus cheat taking scales mucus from their fish clients such dishonest cleaning has been previously recognized form whole‐body jolts response cleaner mouth contact. In this study, we test whether may be a general client cleaners. We...
Social stressors typically elicit two distinct behavioural responses in vertebrates: an active response (i.e., "fight or flight") inhibition freezing). Here, we report interesting exception to this dichotomy a Caribbean cleaner fish, which interacts with wide variety of reef fish clients, including predatory species. Cleaning gobies appraise clients as potential threat and become stressed their presence, evidenced by higher cortisol levels when exposed rather than non-predatory clients....
Abstract In the cleanerfish–client mutualism involving Indo‐Pacific cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus and its reef fish clients, mechanisms such as ‘tactile stimulation’, partner switching punishment are used by clients to control cheating cleaners. We sought establish whether these behaviours general features of cleaning mutualisms examining their presence in interactions between Caribbean gobies ( Elacatinus spp.) clients. The goby–client bears several similarities system: visit cleaners...
In a biological market, members of one trading class try to outbid each other gain access the most valuable partners. Competition within can thus force individuals trade goods or services more cheaply, ultimately resulting in conflict (e.g. cheating) over value commodities. Cleaning symbioses among fish appear be good examples markets. However, existence and effect outbidding competition either types traders (cleaners clients) have never been tested. We examined whether increasing cleaning...
Abstract If cooperation often involves investment, then what specific conditions prevent selection from acting on cheaters that do not invest? The mutualism between the Indo‐Pacific cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus and its reef fish clients has been a model system to study conflicts of interest their resolution. These cleaners prefer client mucus over ectoparasites – is, they cheat but punishment partner switching by enforce cooperative behaviour cleaners. By contrast, Caribbean cleaning...
Social relationships are crucially dependent on individual ability to learn and remember ecologically relevant cues. However, the way animals recognize cues before engaging in any social interaction how their response is regulated by brain neuromodulators remains unclear. We examined putative involvement of arginine vasotocin (AVT) isotocin (IT), acting at different regions, during fish decision-making context cooperation, trying identify distinguish value other partners or species....
Mathematical modelling regarding evolutionary theory typically assumes that optimal strategies are not constrained through mechanistic processes. In contrast, recent studies on brain anatomy and neurobiology suggest flexibility in social behaviour is rather by the physiological state of decision-making network. Changing its may yield selective advantages some contexts but neutral or even detrimental effects others. Here we provide field evidence for such trade-offs. We subjected wild female...
Abstract Vertebrate cognitive function requires a dynamic coordination of multiple specialized areas the brain. The challenge here is to understand how these brain respond in dependence neurophysiological mechanisms place, as enable successful processing information. For instance, social and cooperative behaviour has been linked activation some specific areas, mostly associated with reward processing. Here we evaluated classic model system cooperation between species fish compared datasets...
AbstractSeveral freshwater crayfish species, including Procambarus clarkii, are both ecologically important and commercially benthic macroinvertebrates, remarkable for their potential to adapt reproduce but also unique abilities face distinct abiotic biotic environments become successful invaders. While much work has been done study introductions, less focus given how cope with pollution other environmental stressors, in terms of physiological responses, whether responses can be used assess...
Squalius alburnoides (Steindachner, 1866) is an endemic threatened species from the Iberian Peninsula. Here, we report first observations of intraspecific cleaning behavior in isolated summer pools Guadiana River Basin (Portugal). We found that focal S. solicited by adopting immobile tail-stand position known as "posing," which immediately signaled a response to few conspecifics approached and inspect them. Our study expands list cleanerfish freshwaters, giving emphasis importance mutual...