Behavioral Ecology

Articles:

Colin W. Clark and Reuven Dukas

The behavioral ecology of a cognitive constraint: limited attention
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 151-156; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.151 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

John G. Ewen, Ross H. Crozier, Phillip Cassey, Tamsin Ward-Smith, Jodie N. Painter, Raleigh J. Robertson, David A. Jones, and Michael F. Clarke

Facultative control of offspring sex in the cooperatively breeding bell miner, Manorina melanophrys
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 157-164; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.157 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Tom Van de Casteele, Peter Galbusera, Tine Schenck, and Erik Matthysen

Seasonal and lifetime reproductive consequences of inbreeding in the great tit Parus major
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 165-174; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.165 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jan-Åke Nilsson

Ectoparasitism in marsh tits: costs and functional explanations
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 175-181; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.175 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

John J. Pexton, Daniel J. Rankin, Calvin Dytham, and Peter J. Mayhew

Asymmetric larval mobility and the evolutionary transition from siblicide to nonsiblicidal behavior in parasitoid wasps
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 182-193; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.182 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Guy J. Godin and Heather E. McDonough

Predator preference for brightly colored males in the guppy: a viability cost for a sexually selected trait
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 194-200; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.194 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Susan E. Ptak and Michael Lachmann

On the evolution of polygyny: a theoretical examination of the polygyny threshold model
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 201-211; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.201 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Josef K. Müller, Anne-Katrin Eggert, and Tobias Elsner

Nestmate recognition in burying beetles: the "breeder's badge" as a cue used by females to distinguish their mates from male intruders
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 212-220; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.212 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Gordon R. Plague and J Vaun McArthur

Phenotypic plasticity of larval retreat design in a net-spinning caddisfly
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 221-226; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.221 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Mark E. Hauber

Hatching asynchrony, nestling competition, and the cost of interspecific brood parasitism
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 227-235; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.227 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Matthijs Vos and Lia Hemerik

Linking foraging behavior to lifetime reproductive success for an insect parasitoid: adaptation to host distributions
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 236-245; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.236 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Griesser

Nepotistic vigilance behavior in Siberian jay parents
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 246-250; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.246 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

R. Shine, B. Phillips, H. Waye, and R. T. Mason

Behavioral shifts associated with reproduction in garter snakes
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 251-256; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.251 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Gaute Bø Grønstøl, Ingvar Byrkjedal, and Øyvind Fiksen

Predicting polygynous settlement while incorporating varying female competitive strength
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 257-267; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.257 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan P. Evans, Michele Pierotti, and Andrea Pilastro

Male mating behavior and ejaculate expenditure under sperm competition risk in the eastern mosquitofish
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 268-273; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.268 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher G. Murphy

The cause of correlations between nightly numbers of male and female barking treefrogs (Hyla gratiosa) attending choruses
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 274-281; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.274 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Shala J. Hankison and Molly R. Morris

Avoiding a compromise between sexual selection and species recognition: female swordtail fish assess multiple species-specific cues
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 282-287; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.282 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

William E. Cooper, Jr., Valentín Pérez-Mellado, Teresa Baird, Troy A. Baird, Janalee P. Caldwell, and Laurie J. Vitt

Effects of risk, cost, and their interaction on optimal escape by nonrefuging Bonaire whiptail lizards, Cnemidophorus murinus
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 288-293; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.288 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Attila Hettyey and Peter B. Pearman

Social environment and reproductive interference affect reproductive success in the frog Rana latastei
Behavioral Ecology 2003 14: 294-300; doi:10.1093/beheco/14.2.294 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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