"Behavior, Animal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The observable response an animal makes to any situation.
| Descriptor ID |
D001522
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.113
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| Concept/Terms |
Behavior, Animal- Behavior, Animal
- Animal Behavior
- Animal Behaviors
- Behaviors, Animal
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Behavior, Animal".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Behavior, Animal" by people in this website by year, and whether "Behavior, Animal" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2001 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2005 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2006 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2007 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 2008 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2010 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2011 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2018 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Behavior, Animal" by people in Profiles.
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Studying Drosophila Larval Behavior in Agarose Channels. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 Dec 01; 2025(12):pdb.prot108420.
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Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Nov; 9(11):2002-2013.
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A contextual fear conditioning paradigm in head-fixed mice exploring virtual reality. Elife. 2025 Jun 17; 14.
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Factors shaping giraffe behavior in U.S. zoos: A multi-institutional study to inform management. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0324248.
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Behavioral and Physiological Responses of Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis sp.) During After-Hour Events at the Oregon Zoo. Zoo Biol. 2025 Sep-Oct; 44(5):412-431.
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Octopus as a comparative model for understanding the neural control of limb movement and limb-based behaviors. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2025 Apr; 91:102982.
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Evaluating the Co-Occurrence of Abnormal Behaviors in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Am J Primatol. 2025 Feb; 87(2):e70001.
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Douglas Candland (1934-2023). Am Psychol. 2025 Feb-Mar; 80(2):287.
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The behavior patterns of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) housed across 18 US zoos. PeerJ. 2024; 12:e18164.
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Crosstalk between the circatidal and circadian clocks mediates behavioral adaptation to tidal patterns. Curr Biol. 2024 Nov 18; 34(22):5239-5251.e2.