Behavioral Ecology

ARTICLES:

Joost M. Tinbergen and Juan J. Sanz

Strong evidence for selection for larger brood size in a great tit population
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 525-533; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh045 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Stewart J. Plaistow, Rufus A. Johnstone, Nick Colegrave, and Matthew Spencer

Evolution of alternative mating tactics: conditional versus mixed strategies
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 534-542; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh029 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Qvarnström, Veronica Blomgren, Chris Wiley, and Nina Svedin

Female collared flycatchers learn to prefer males with an artificial novel ornament
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 543-548; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh043 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Henrik Lange and Olof Leimar

Social stability and daily body mass gain in great tits
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 549-554; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh044 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wolfgang Forstmeier and Bernd Leisler

Repertoire size, sexual selection, and offspring viability in the great reed warbler: changing patterns in space and time
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 555-563; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh051 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Vesa Selonen and Ilpo K. Hanski

Young flying squirrels (Pteromys volans) dispersing in fragmented forests
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 564-571; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh049 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

David M. Forsyth, Ken G. Tustin, Jean-Michel Gaillard, and Anne Loison

Fetal sex ratio variation in the highly polygynous Himalayan tahr: evidence for differential male mortality
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 572-578; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh063 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Seppo Kuukasjärvi, C. J. Peter Eriksson, Esa Koskela, Tapio Mappes, Kari Nissinen, and Markus J. Rantala

Attractiveness of women's body odors over the menstrual cycle: the role of oral contraceptives and receiver sex
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 579-584; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh050 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Ian M. Hamilton

A commitment model of reproductive inhibition in cooperatively breeding groups
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 585-591; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh047 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Diego Rubolini, Fernando Spina, and Nicola Saino

Protandry and sexual dimorphism in trans-Saharan migratory birds
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 592-601; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh048 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jari J. Ahtiainen, Rauno V. Alatalo, Raine Kortet, and Markus J. Rantala

Sexual advertisement and immune function in an arachnid species (Lycosidae)
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 602-606; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh062 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Amber E. Budden and Steven R. Beissinger

Against the odds? Nestling sex ratio variation in green-rumped parrotlets
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 607-613; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh052 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Dirk Johannes Mikolajewski and Frank Johansson

Morphological and behavioral defenses in dragonfly larvae: trait compensation and cospecialization
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 614-620; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh061 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Per T. Smiseth and Allen J. Moore

Behavioral dynamics between caring males and females in a beetle with facultative biparental care
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 621-628; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh053 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

C. Navarro, F. de Lope, A. Marzal, and A. P. Møller

Predation risk, host immune response, and parasitism
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 629-635; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh054 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jill A. Soha, Douglas A. Nelson, and Patricia G. Parker

Genetic analysis of song dialect populations in Puget Sound white-crowned sparrows
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 636-646; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh055 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Marjorie D. Matocq and Eileen A. Lacey

Philopatry, kin clusters, and genetic relatedness in a population of woodrats (Neotoma macrotis)
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 647-653; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh056 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Shine, Ben Phillips, Tracy Langkilde, Deborah I. Lutterschmidt, Heather Waye, and Robert T. Mason

Mechanisms and consequences of sexual conflict in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis, Colubridae)
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 654-660; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh058 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Saskya van Nouhuys and Johanna Ehrnsten

Wasp behavior leads to uniform parasitism of a host available only a few hours per year
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 661-665; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh059 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer S. Briggs and Stephen B. Vander Wall

Substrate type affects caching and pilferage of pine seeds by chipmunks
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 666-672; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh060 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher N. Templeton and Walter M. Shriner

Multiple selection pressures influence Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata) antipredator behavior
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 673-678; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh065 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, Carl D. Anthony, and Jill A. Wicknick

Behavioral interactions between salamanders and centipedes: competition in divergent taxa
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 679-686; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh064 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Buchholz

Effects of parasitic infection on mate sampling by female wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo): should infected females be more or less choosy?
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 687-694; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh066 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Reuven Dukas

Male fruit flies learn to avoid interspecific courtship
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 695-698; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh068 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

FORUM:

A. Dale Marsden and Karl L. Evans

Synchrony, asynchrony, and temporally random mating: a new method for analyzing breeding synchrony
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 699-700; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh057 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

Acknowledgment
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 701-703; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh126 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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