Behavioral Ecology

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Ben J. Hatchwell, Andrew F. Russell, Andrew D.C. MacColl, Douglas J. Ross, Martin K. Fowlie, and Andrew McGowan

Helpers increase long-term but not short-term productivity in cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 1-10; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg091 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Sarah M. Durant, Marcella Kelly, and Tim M. Caro

Factors affecting life and death in Serengeti cheetahs: environment, age, and sociality
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 11-22; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg098 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Francisco García-González and Montserrat Gomendio

Adjustment of copula duration and ejaculate size according to the risk of sperm competition in the golden egg bug (Phyllomorpha laciniata)
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 23-30; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg095 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Pablo Ferreras, Miguel Delibes, Francisco Palomares, José M. Fedriani, Javier Calzada, and Eloy Revilla

Proximate and ultimate causes of dispersal in the Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 31-40; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Claire Spottiswoode and Anders Pape Møller

Extrapair paternity, migration, and breeding synchrony in birds
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 41-57; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg100 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Tamás Székely, Innes C. Cuthill, Stephen Yezerinac, Richard Griffiths, and János Kis

Brood sex ratio in the Kentish plover
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 58-62; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg105 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Adam Kay

The relative availabilities of complementary resources affect the feeding preferences of ant colonies
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 63-70; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Marie José Duchateau, Hayo H. W. Velthuis, and Jacobus J. Boomsma

Sex ratio variation in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 71-82; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg087 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Sébastien Devillard, Dominique Allainé, Jean-Michel Gaillard, and Dominique Pontier

Does social complexity lead to sex-biased dispersal in polygynous mammals? A test on ground-dwelling sciurids
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 83-87; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg099 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Bruce Waldman and Phillip J. Bishop

Chemical communication in an archaic anuran amphibian
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 88-93; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg071 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jabus G. Tyerman and Bernard D. Roitberg

Factors affecting soldier allocation in clonal aphids: a life-history model and test
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 94-101; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg084 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew Draud, Rogelio Macías-Ordóñez, Jack Verga, and Murray Itzkowitz

Female and male Texas cichlids (Herichthys cyanoguttatum) do not fight by the same rules
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 102-108; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg081 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Myriam E. Mermoz and Juan Francisco Ornelas

Phylogenetic analysis of life-history adaptations in parasitic cowbirds
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 109-119; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg102 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Anja Weidenmüller

The control of nest climate in bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) colonies: interindividual variability and self reinforcement in fanning response
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 120-128; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Roldan C. Muñoz and Robert R. Warner

Testing a new version of the size-advantage hypothesis for sex change: sperm competition and size-skew effects in the bucktooth parrotfish, Sparisoma radians
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 129-136; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg086 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Marc Zbinden, Carlo R. Largiadèr, and Theo C. M. Bakker

Body size of virtual rivals affects ejaculate size in sticklebacks
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 137-140; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg110 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Anders Forsman and Joakim Herrström

Asymmetry in size, shape, and color impairs the protective value of conspicuous color patterns
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 141-147; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg092 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

László Zsolt Garamszegi, Anders Pape Møller, János Török, Gábor Michl, Péter Péczely, and Murielle Richard

Immune challenge mediates vocal communication in a passerine bird: an experiment
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 148-157; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Malte Andersson and Johan Wallander

Kin selection and reciprocity in flight formation?
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 158-162; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg109 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Barbara Ballentine, Jeremy Hyman, and Stephen Nowicki

Vocal performance influences female response to male bird song: an experimental test
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 163-168; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg090 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jani Koskimäki, Markus J. Rantala, Jouni Taskinen, Katja Tynkkynen, and Jukka Suhonen

Immunocompetence and resource holding potential in the damselfly, Calopteryx virgo L
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 169-173; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg088 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Thaís Lima Fernandes Martins

Sex-specific growth rates in zebra finch nestlings: a possible mechanism for sex ratio adjustment
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 174-180; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg094 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Dominic D. P. Johnson, Pavel Stopka, and David W. Macdonald

Ideal flea constraints on group living: unwanted public goods and the emergence of cooperation
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 181-186; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg093 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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