Behavioral Ecology

Articles:

Markus J. Rantala and Raine Kortet

Male dominance and immunocompetence in a field cricket
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 187-191; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

L. Fredrik Sundström, Erik Petersson, Johan Höjesjö, Jörgen I. Johnsson, and Torbjörn Järvi

Hatchery selection promotes boldness in newly hatched brown trout (Salmo trutta): implications for dominance
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 192-198; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg089 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Christophe Pampoulie, Kai Lindström, and Colette M. St. Mary

Have your cake and eat it too: male sand gobies show more parental care in the presence of female partners
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 199-204; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Mark I. Cook and Pat Monaghan

Sex differences in embryo development periods and effects on avian hatching patterns
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 205-209; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg096 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Krüger and Nicholas B. Davies

The evolution of egg size in the brood parasitic cuckoos
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 210-218; doi:10.1093/beheco/arg104 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

José P. Veiga

Replacement female house sparrows regularly commit infanticide: gaining time or signaling status?
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 219-222; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Juan Carranza

Sex allocation within broods: the intrabrood sharing-out hypothesis
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 223-232; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Janis L. Dickinson

A test of the importance of direct and indirect fitness benefits for helping decisions in western bluebirds
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 233-238; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Barney Luttbeg

Female mate assessment and choice behavior affect the frequency of alternative male mating tactics
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 239-247; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Chris L. Higgins and Richard E. Strauss

Discrimination and classification of foraging paths produced by search-tactic models
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 248-254; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jeffrey R. Stevens and David W. Stephens

The economic basis of cooperation: tradeoffs between selfishness and generosity
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 255-261; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Bo Terning Hansen and Tore Slagsvold

Early learning affects social dominance: interspecifically cross-fostered tits become subdominant
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 262-268; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Rachel L. Kendal, Isabelle Coolen, and Kevin N. Laland

The role of conformity in foraging when personal and social information conflict
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 269-277; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh008 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Suzanne H. Alonzo

Uncertainty in territory quality affects the benefits of usurpation in a Mediterranean wrasse
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 278-285; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jerry O. Wolff

Scent marking by voles in response to predation risk: a field-laboratory validation
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 286-289; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Leo W. Bruinzeel and Martijn van de Pol

Site attachment of floaters predicts success in territory acquisition
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 290-296; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh019 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Gail L. Patricelli, J. Albert C. Uy, and Gerald Borgia

Female signals enhance the efficiency of mate assessment in satin bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 297-304; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh013 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Marco Festa-Bianchet, David W. Coltman, Luca Turelli, and Jon T. Jorgenson

Relative allocation to horn and body growth in bighorn rams varies with resource availability
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 305-312; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher J. Leary, Tim S. Jessop, Apryl M. Garcia, and Rosemary Knapp

Steroid hormone profiles and relative body condition of calling and satellite toads: implications for proximate regulation of behavior in anurans
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 313-320; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Astrid M. Heiling, Ken Cheng, and Marie E. Herberstein

Exploitation of floral signals by crab spiders (Thomisus spectabilis, Thomisidae)
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 321-326; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Bryan D. Neff

Increased performance of offspring sired by parasitic males in bluegill sunfish
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 327-331; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh016 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Ian L. Jones, Fiona M. Hunter, Gregory J. Robertson, and Gail Fraser

Natural variation in the sexually selected feather ornaments of crested auklets (Aethia cristatella) does not predict future survival
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 332-337; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Sarah M. Zala, Wayne K. Potts, and Dustin J. Penn

Scent-marking displays provide honest signals of health and infection
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 338-344; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Eli Greenbaum

The influence of prey-scent stimuli on predatory behavior of the North American copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix (Serpentes: Viperidae)
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 345-350; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh011 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Albrecht I. Schulte-Hostedde, John S. Millar, and H. Lisle Gibbs

Sexual selection and mating patterns in a mammal with female-biased sexual size dimorphism
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 351-356; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Ulrich G. Mueller, Jessica Poulin, and Rachelle M. M. Adams

Symbiont choice in a fungus-growing ant (Attini, Formicidae)
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 357-364; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Eric D. Roth and Joel A. Johnson

Size-based variation in antipredator behavior within a snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus) population
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 365-370; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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