Behavioral Ecology

Articles:

S. T. Mugford, E. B. Mallon, and N. R. Franks

The accuracy of Buffon's needle: a rule of thumb used by ants to estimate area
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 655-658; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.655 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Roger Härdling and Arja Kaitala

Conflict of interest between sexes over cooperation: a supergame on egg carrying and mating in a coreid bug
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 659-665; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.659 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Bruce C. Robertson, Sandie M. Degnan, Jiro Kikkawa, and Craig C. Moritz

Genetic monogamy in the absence of paternity guards: the Capricorn silvereye, Zosterops lateralis chlorocephalus, on Heron Island
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 666-673; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.666 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

David I. Leech, Ian R. Hartley, Ian R. K. Stewart, Simon C. Griffith, and Terry Burke

No effect of parental quality or extrapair paternity on brood sex ratio in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus)
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 674-680; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.674 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Reto Künzler and Theo C. M. Bakker

Female preferences for single and combined traits in computer animated stickleback males
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 681-685; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.681 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Vesa Ruusila, Hannu Pöysä, and Pentti Runko

Costs and benefits of female-biased natal philopatry in the common goldeneye
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 686-690; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.686 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Pia Stålhandske

Nuptial gift in the spider Pisaura mirabilis maintained by sexual selection
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 691-697; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.691 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

S. C. Roberts, L. M. Gosling, E. A. Thornton, and J. McClung

Scent-marking by male mice under the risk of predation
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 698-705; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.698 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Komdeur and Pim Edelaar

Male Seychelles warblers use territory budding to maximize lifetime fitness in a saturated environment
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 706-715; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.706 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Anjeli Nathan, Sarah Legge, and Andrew Cockburn

Nestling aggression in broods of a siblicidal kingfisher, the laughing kookaburra
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 716-725; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.716 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Sigal Balshine, Brenda J. Leach, Francis Neat, Noam Y. Werner, and Robert Montgomerie

Sperm size of African cichlids in relation to sperm competition
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 726-731; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.726 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Richard H. Baker, Robert I. S. Ashwell, Thomas A. Richards, Kevin Fowler, Tracey Chapman, and Andrew Pomiankowski

Effects of multiple mating and male eye span on female reproductive output in the stalk-eyed fly, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 732-739; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.732 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer M. Schaus and Scott K. Sakaluk

Ejaculate expenditures of male crickets in response to varying risk and intensity of sperm competition: not all species play games
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 740-745; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.740 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Donald C. Dearborn, Angela D. Anders, and Patricia G. Parker

Sexual dimorphism, extrapair fertilizations, and operational sex ratio in great frigatebirds (Fregata minor)
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 746-752; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.746 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Philip H. Crowley

Dangerous games and the emergence of social structure: evolving memory-based strategies for the generalized hawk-dove game
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 753-760; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.753 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Bradley D. Worden and Patricia G. Parker

Polyandry in grain beetles, Tenebrio molitor, leads to greater reproductive success: material or genetic benefits?
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 761-767; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.761 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriella Gamberale-Stille

Benefit by contrast: an experiment with live aposematic prey
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 768-772; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.768 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Michael A. Landolfa, David M. Green, and Ronald Chase

Dart shooting influences paternal reproductive success in the snail Helix aspersa (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora)
Behavioral Ecology 2001 12: 773-777; doi:10.1093/beheco/12.6.773 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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