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A formative journal for a formative career: a personal recollection of how JCPA has inspired and guided my research life
A formative journal for a formative career: a personal recollection of how JCPA has inspired and guided my research life
A fateful decision as a 15-year-old high school student, and good advice from a distinguished professor of zoology, were t...
The incomparable fascination of comparative physiology: 40 years with animals in the field and laboratory
The incomparable fascination of comparative physiology: 40 years with animals in the field and laboratory
This paper is not meant to be a review article. Instead, it gives an overview of the major research projects that the auth...
Non-celestial polarization vision in arthropods
Non-celestial polarization vision in arthropods
Most insects can detect the pattern of polarized light in the sky with the dorsal rim area in their compound eyes and use ...
Cover images of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A and the stories behind them
Cover images of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A and the stories behind them
The cover images of the 2023 issues of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A, as well as its logo image, are presented a...
One seasonal clock fits all?
One seasonal clock fits all?
Adaptation of physiology and behavior to seasonal changes in the environment are for many organisms essential for survival...
Variation in photoperiod response corresponds to differences in circadian light sensitivity in northern and southern Nasonia vitripennis lines
Variation in photoperiod response corresponds to differences in circadian light sensitivity in northern and southern Nasonia vitripennis lines
The circadian clock times physiological and behavioural processes and resets on a daily basis to synchronize with the envi...
A clock for all seasons in the subterranean
A clock for all seasons in the subterranean
In 1976, Pittendrigh and Daan established a theoretical framework which has coordinated research on circadian clock entrai...
Behavioral responses of free-flying Drosophila melanogaster to shiny, reflecting surfaces
Behavioral responses of free-flying Drosophila melanogaster to shiny, reflecting surfaces
Active locomotion plays an important role in the life of many animals, permitting them to explore the environment, find vi...
Monaural and dichotic forward masking in the dolphin’s auditory system
Monaural and dichotic forward masking in the dolphin’s auditory system
Short-latency auditory-evoked potentials (AEPs) were recorded non-invasively in the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus....
Circadian entrainment to red-light Zeitgebers and action spectrum for entrainment in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis
Circadian entrainment to red-light Zeitgebers and action spectrum for entrainment in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis
Light is the most important environmental cue for the circadian system of most organisms to stay synchronized to daily env...
Supervised learning algorithm for analysis of communication signals in the weakly electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus
Supervised learning algorithm for analysis of communication signals in the weakly electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus
Signal analysis plays a preeminent role in neuroethological research. Traditionally, signal identification has been based ...
Time measurement in insect photoperiodism: external and internal coincidence
Time measurement in insect photoperiodism: external and internal coincidence
The identity and nature of the photoperiodic photoreceptors are now quite well known, as is the nature of the endocrine re...
Epigenetics and seasonal timing in animals: a concise review
Epigenetics and seasonal timing in animals: a concise review
Seasonal adaptation in animals is a complex process that involves genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors. The pres...
Sexual discrimination and attraction through scents in the water vole, Arvicola terrestris
Sexual discrimination and attraction through scents in the water vole, Arvicola terrestris
In mammals, especially rodents, social behaviours, such as parenting, territoriality or mate attraction, are largely based...
The seasons within: a theoretical perspective on photoperiodic entrainment and encoding
The seasons within: a theoretical perspective on photoperiodic entrainment and encoding
Circadian clocks are internal timing devices that have evolved as an adaption to the omnipresent natural 24 h rhy...
The Presidential Symposium at the International Congress of Neuroethology 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal
The Presidential Symposium at the International Congress of Neuroethology 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal
In this special issue of articles from leading neuroethologists—all of whom gave outstanding presentations within th...
Temporal effects of sugar intake on fly local search and honey bee dance behaviour
Temporal effects of sugar intake on fly local search and honey bee dance behaviour
Honey bees communicate flight navigational information of profitable food to nestmates via their dance, a small-scale walk...
Neural mechanism of circadian clock-based photoperiodism in insects and snails
Neural mechanism of circadian clock-based photoperiodism in insects and snails
The photoperiodic mechanism distinguishes between long and short days, and the circadian clock system is involved in this ...
Integration of photoperiodic and temperature cues by the circadian clock to regulate insect seasonal adaptations
Integration of photoperiodic and temperature cues by the circadian clock to regulate insect seasonal adaptations
Organisms adapt to unfavorable seasonal conditions to survive. These seasonal adaptations rely on the correct interpretati...
Maternal developmental history alters transfer of circadian clock genes to offspring in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
Maternal developmental history alters transfer of circadian clock genes to offspring in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
Maternal signals shape embryonic development, and in turn post-natal phenotypes. RNA deposition is one such method of mate...
Measures and models of visual acuity in epipelagic and mesopelagic teleosts and elasmobranchs
Measures and models of visual acuity in epipelagic and mesopelagic teleosts and elasmobranchs
Eyes in low-light environments typically must balance sensitivity and spatial resolution. Vertebrate eyes with large "...
From the eye to the wing: neural circuits for transforming optic flow into motor output in avian flight
From the eye to the wing: neural circuits for transforming optic flow into motor output in avian flight
Avian flight is guided by optic flow—the movement across the retina of images of surfaces and edges in the environme...
David S. Saunders: man of insects and photoperiodism (1935–2023)
David S. Saunders: man of insects and photoperiodism (1935–2023)
David S. Saunders was an outstanding scientist, who devoted his life to his family and to insects. He has made many fundam...
Effect of visual lateralization on the spatial position of individuals within a school of oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
Effect of visual lateralization on the spatial position of individuals within a school of oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
The spatial position of individuals within a social group, which provides the group members with benefits and costs, is de...
The archerfish predictive C-start
The archerfish predictive C-start
A very quick decision enables hunting archerfish to secure downed prey even when they are heavily outnumbered by competing...
On the origin and evolution of the dual oscillator model underlying the photoperiodic clockwork in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
On the origin and evolution of the dual oscillator model underlying the photoperiodic clockwork in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
Decades have now passed since Colin Pittendrigh first proposed a model of a circadian clock composed of two coupled oscill...
The circadian and photoperiodic clock of the pea aphid
The circadian and photoperiodic clock of the pea aphid
The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, is a paradigmatic photoperiodic species that exhibits a remarkable annual life cycle, ...
Drinking on the wing: water collection in polarotactic horseflies
Drinking on the wing: water collection in polarotactic horseflies
Many insects detect water bodies by observing the linearly polarised light which is reflected from the water surface. Pola...
Views from ‘crabworld’: the spatial distribution of light in a tropical mudflat
Views from ‘crabworld’: the spatial distribution of light in a tropical mudflat
Natural scene analysis has been extensively used to understand how the invariant structure of the visual environment may h...
Correction to: Unraveling the neural basis of spatial orientation in arthropods
Correction to: Unraveling the neural basis of spatial orientation in arthropods
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which...
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