An observation of parental infanticide in Dickcissels (Spiza americana): video evidence and potential mechanisms.

Alternate Title: Una observacion de infanticidio parental en Spiza americana: evidencia en video y ntecanismos potenciales.

Authors: Coon, Jaime J.¹ jjcoon2@illinois.edu, Nelson, Scott B.^1,2, West, Amy C.¹, Bradley, Iris A.¹, Miller, James R.^1,3

Source: Wilson Journal of Ornithology. Jun2018 Supplement, p341-345. 5p.

Subject Terms: *INFANTICIDE in animals, *DICKCISSEL, *EGG incubation, *BABY birds, *ECOLOGISTS

Bears napping nearby: daybed selection by brown bears ( Ursus arctos) in a human-dominated landscape.

Authors: Skuban, Michaela^1,2, Find'o, Slavomír^2,3, Kajba, Matúš³

Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology; 2018, Vol. 96 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p

Cereal Killers.

Authors: CRAIR, BEN

Source: Smithsonian. Mar2018, Vol. 48 Issue 10, p23-76. 4p.

Subjects: HAMSTERS, INFANTICIDE in animals, RODENT populations, AGRICULTURAL intensification, ANIMAL feeding behavior, REPRODUCTION

Infanticide in the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin ( Sousa chinensis).

Authors: Zheng, Ruiqiang, Karczmarski, Leszek¹ leszek@hku.hk, Lin, Wenzhi², Chan, Stephen¹, Chang, Wei-Lun¹, Wu, Yuping² exwyp@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Source: Journal of Ethology. Sep2016, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p299-307. 9p.

Subject Terms: *INFANTICIDE in animals, *CHINESE white dolphin, *SEXUAL selection, *ASPHYXIA, *ANIMAL carcasses, *SEXUAL behavior in primates, *AMENORRHEA, *MAMMALS

Letters.

Source: Journal of Raptor Research. Jun2016, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p217-236. 20p.

Subject Terms: *BIRD behavior, *INFANTICIDE in animals, *ELEONORA'S falcon, *CANNIBALISM, *SCREECH owls

HOW MATE AVAILABILITY INFLUENCES FILIAL CANNIBALISM.

Authors: Deal, Nicholas D. S.¹, Wong, Bob B. M.¹, Blumstein, Daniel T., Wiens, John J.

Source: Quarterly Review of Biology. Mar2016, Vol. 91 Issue 1, p47-67. 21p. 1 Chart.

Subject Terms: *CANNIBALISM in animals, *INFANTICIDE in animals, *ANIMAL courtship, *SEXUAL selection, *SEX ratio

Presence of a conspecific increases superparasitism but not infanticide under self- and conspecific superparasitism in a semisolitary parasitoid, E chthrodelphax fairchildii ( Hymenoptera: Dryinidae).

Authors: Ito, Emi¹, Yamada, Yoshihiro Y.¹

Source: Entomological Science. Jan2016, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p25-33. 9p.

Subject Terms: *INFANTICIDE in animals, *PARASITOIDS, *DRYINIDAE, *PARASITISM, *INSECT sex ratio, *INSECT eggs, *OVIPARITY in insects

An Infanticide Attempt After Male Takeover in Diana Monkeys (Cercopithecus diana diana) in Taï, Côte d'Ivoire.

Authors: Kane, Erin E.^1,2 Kane.174@osu.edu, Gnépa, Frederic²

Source: African Primates. 2016, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p37-40. 4p.

Subject Terms: *INFANTICIDE in animals, *CERCOPITHECUS diana diana, *CHIMPANZEE behavior, *ANIMAL aggression, *SEXUAL selection

Chimpanzees' Bystander Reactions to Infanticide.

Authors: Rohr, Claudia, Schaik, Carel¹, Kissling, Alexandra¹, Burkart, Judith¹ Judith.Burkart@aim.uzh.ch

Source: Human Nature. Jun2015, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p143-160. 18p.

Subject Terms: *CHIMPANZEE psychology, *INFANTICIDE in animals, *SOCIAL behavior in mammals, *CHIMPANZEES, *BYSTANDER effect (Psychology), *SOCIAL norms, *PRIMATES

Inhuman features.

Authors: Concar, David

Source: New Scientist. 12/11/99, Vol. 164 Issue 2216, p44. 4p. 6 Black and White Photographs.

Subjects: HRDY, Sarah Blaffer, 1946-, PRIMATE behavior, INFANTICIDE in animals, MONKEYS

Geographic Terms: INDIAReport Available

First, kill the babies.

Authors: Zimmer, Carl

Source: Discover. Sep96, Vol. 17 Issue 9, p72. 6p. 4 Color Photographs.

Subjects: INFANTICIDE in animals

Video Evidence of Infanticide by a Female Red-winged Blackbird.

Authors: Murray, Les D.¹ ldm12@psu.edu

Source: Wilson Journal of Ornithology. Mar2014, Vol. 126 Issue 1, p147-151. 5p.

Subject Terms: *INFANTICIDE in animals, *BIRD behavior, *RED-winged blackbird, *BABY birds, *ANIMAL behavior

Geographic Terms: VALLEY Forge National Historical Park (Pa.)

Malicious Motherhood: Instance of Infanticide by a Female Barn Swallow.

Authors: Hubbard, Joanna K.¹ Joanna.Hubbard@colorado.edu, Tobin, Audrey L.¹

Source: Wilson Journal of Ornithology. Sep2012, Vol. 124 Issue 3, p608-611. 4p.

Subject Terms: *INFANTICIDE in animals, *PASSERIFORMES, *HIRUNDO, *BIRD behavior, BARN swallow behavior

Historical books in ethology: sexual purpose used to explain two ancient documentations of infanticide by males.

Authors: Delibes, M.¹ (AUTHOR) Miguel.Delibes@uclm.es, Blázquez, M.C.² (AUTHOR), Delibes-Mateos, M.³ (AUTHOR)

Source: Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 2012, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p294-300. 7p.

Subject Terms: *INFANTICIDE in animals, *FAMILIAL behavior in animals, *MAMMALS, *MALES, *ANCIENT literature

People: HERODOTUS, ca. 484 B.C.-425 B.C., MARTINEZ del Espinar, Alonso

Parental infanticide in birds through early eviction from the nest: rare or under-reported?

Authors: Moreno, Juan¹

Source: Journal of Avian Biology. Jan2012, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p43-49. 7p. 1 Color Photograph, 2 Charts.

Subject Terms: *INFANTICIDE in animals, *NARCISSUS flycatchers, *BABY birds, *PREDATION, *BIRD habitats, *BIRD behavior

Sexually Selected Infanticide in a Polygynous Bat.

Authors: Knörnschild, Mirjam¹ mirjam.knoernschild@uni-ulm.de, Ueberschaer, Katja¹, Helbig, Maria¹, Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.¹

Source: PLoS ONE. 2011, Vol. 6 Issue 9, p1-8. 8p.

Subject Terms: *SEXUAL selection, *INFANTICIDE in animals, *BATS as laboratory animals, *COMPETITION (Biology), *POLYGYNY, *SOCIAL structure, *CARNIVOROUS animals, *EQUIDAE

Non-parental infanticide in a dense population of the Black-billed Magpie ( Pica pica).

Authors: Sang-im Lee^1,2 MagpieKorea@gmail.com, Kyungseon Seo¹, Wonyoung Lee¹, Woohjung Kim¹, Jae Chun Choe³, Jabłoński, Piotr^1,4 SNULBEE@behecolpiotrsangim.org

Source: Journal of Ethology. Sep2011, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p401-407. 7p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Chart, 1 Graph.

Subject Terms: *INFANTICIDE in animals, *SEXUAL selection, *BLACK-billed magpie behavior, *ANIMALS, *BIRD breeding, *CONTESTS

Density dependence of infanticide and recognition of pup sex in male bank voles.

Authors: Korpela, Katri¹, Sundell, Janne², Ylönen, Hannu² hannu.j.ylonen@jyu.fi

Source: Behaviour. Jun2010, Vol. 147 Issue 7, p871-881. 11p. 2 Charts, 1 Graph.

Subject Terms: *INFANTICIDE in animals, *INVERTEBRATES, *VERTEBRATES, *RODENTS, *ANIMAL populations

Double infanticide in a free-ranging group of buffy-headed marmosets, Callithrix flaviceps.

Authors: Hilário, Renato R.¹ renatohilario@gmail.com, Ferrari, Stephen F.²

Source: Journal of Ethology. Jan2010, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p195-199. 5p. 1 Diagram, 1 Chart.

Subject Terms: *CALLITHRIX jacchus, *INFANTICIDE in animals, *ANIMAL behavior, *MARMOSET behavior, *ANIMAL young

Male pheasant-tailed jacanas commit infanticides to avoid cuckoldry when paternity of eggs is doubtful.

Authors: Chen, Te‐Chih¹ (AUTHOR), Lin, Yao‐Sung¹ (AUTHOR), Deng, Po‐Ling² (AUTHOR), Ding, Tzung‐Su³ (AUTHOR) ding@ntu.edu.tw

Source: Journal of Natural History. 2008, Vol. 42 Issue 47/48, p2991-3000. 10p. 1 Chart.

Subject Terms: *JACANIDAE, *INFANTICIDE in animals, *SPERM competition, *POLYANDRY, *ANIMAL paternity, *ANIMAL breeding

Geographic Terms: TAIWAN