ArticleBiology letters2021
Animal culture research should include avian nest construction.
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- Repeatable colour preferences predict information use in nest-building birds.Learning & behavior · 2026Article
- Conformity and individual preference shape nest material use in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).PloS one · 2026Article
- Variation in animal architecture: Genes, environment, and culture.Learning & behavior · 2025Article
- Social learning and culture in birds: emerging patterns and relevance to conservation.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- The Neophobia Hypothesis: nest decoration in birds may reduce predation by corvids.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
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- Same as it ever was: Bird nest (a)symmetry?Learning & behavior · 2023Article
- Nest building in titmice Paridae: Selectivity in bryophyte use.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- The significance of building behavior in the evolution of animal architecture.Ecological research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Material culture-that is, group-shared and socially learned object-related behaviour(s)-is a widespread and diverse phenomenon in humans. For decades, researchers have sought to confirm the existence of material culture in non-human animals; however, the main study systems of interest-namely, tool making and/or using non-human primates and corvids-cannot provide such confirmatory evidence: because long-standing ethical and logistical constraints handicap the collection of necessary experimental data. Synthesizing evidence across decades and disciplines, here, I present a novel framework for (mechanistic, developmental, behavioural, and comparative) study on animal material culture: avian nest construction.
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