Search results for "Podarcis liolepis"

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Chemosensory enrichment as a simple and effective way to improve the welfare of captive lizards

2018

0106 biological sciencesAnimal Welfare (journal)biologyLizardmedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesZoologybiology.organism_classification010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesPodarcis liolepisChemical stimulibiology.animal0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesAnimal Science and Zoology050102 behavioral science & comparative psychologyWelfareEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsmedia_commonSimple (philosophy)Ethology
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Rapid learning of a spatial memory task in a lacertid lizard (Podarcis liolepis).

2018

Abstract Mammals and birds are capable of navigating to a goal using learned map-like representations of space (i.e. place learning), but research assessing this navigational strategy in reptiles has produced inconclusive results, in part due to the use of procedures that do not take account of the peculiarities of reptilian behavior and physiology. Here I present a procedure suitable for testing spatial cognition that exploits a naturally evolved, ethologically relevant ability common to many lizards (i.e. refuge seeking behavior). The procedure requires lizards to learn the location of an open refuge inside a rectangular arena containing artificial refuges in every corner, using distal ex…

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