Search for dissertations about: "etologi"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 96 swedish dissertations containing the word etologi.
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16. Nonhuman Moral Agency: A Practice-Focused Exploration of Moral Agency in Nonhuman Animals and Artificial Intelligence
Abstract : Can nonhuman animals and artificial intelligence (AI) entities be attributed moral agency? The general assumption in the philosophical literature is that moral agency applies exclusively to humans since they alone possess free will or capacities required for deliberate reflection. Consequently, only humans have been taken to be eligible for ascriptions of moral responsibility in terms of, for instance, blame or praise, moral criticism, or attributions of vice and virtue. READ MORE
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17. Habitat use in fish communities : size- and environment-dependent mechanisms affecting biotic interactions and population regulation
Abstract : Through the influence of abiotic factors, the habitat use of organisms affects their metabolism as well as other species- and size-dependent individual-based rates. The habitat-specific performances of individuals interacting in different habitats thereby affect biotic interactions. READ MORE
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18. HABITAT CHOICE OF BENTHIC SHRIMPS - Results and discussions on shrimp sampling from the Gullmar Fjord on the Swedish west coast, the Faeroe Islands, Inhaca Island in southern Moçambique and the shelf slope of the Bahamas
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19. Social and environmental olfactory signals mediate insect behavioral ecology and evolution
Abstract : Odors are essential in mediating insect reproductive behavior. Environmental odors help insects locate suitable feeding or egg-laying sites and avoid suboptimal hosts or dangerous habitats. Sex pheromones, on the other hand, are responsible for mate finding and elicit courtship and mating. READ MORE
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20. Tail biting and feather pecking : using genomics and ethology to explore motivational backgrounds
Abstract : It is well known that abnormal animal behaviour is affected by both environment and genetics. This thesis aimed to use behavioural observations as well as gene expression measurements to explore how animals that perform and receive tail biting (pigs) and feather pecking (laying hens) differ from individuals that are not involved in these behaviours. READ MORE