Behavioral Ecology

ARTICLES:

Wendt Müller, Corine M. Eising, Cor Dijkstra, and Ton G. G. Groothuis

Within-clutch patterns of yolk testosterone vary with the onset of incubation in black-headed gulls
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 16, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 893-397; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh091 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Esteban Fernández-Juricic, Benjamin Kerr, Peter A. Bednekoff, and David W. Stephens

When are two heads better than one? Visual perception and information transfer affect vigilance coordination in foraging groups
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 23, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 898-906; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh092 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Michael S. Webster, Keith A. Tarvin, Elaina M. Tuttle, and Stephen Pruett-Jones

Reproductive promiscuity in the splendid fairy-wren: effects of group size and auxiliary reproduction
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 16, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 907-915; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh093 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Dominique Allainé and Fabienne Theuriau

Is there an optimal number of helpers in Alpine marmot family groups?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 16, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 916-924; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh096 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Ashley J. W. Ward, Paul J. B. Hart, and Jens Krause

The effects of habitat- and diet-based cues on association preferences in three-spined sticklebacks
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 16, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 925-929; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

François Mougeot, Justin R. Irvine, Linzi Seivwright, Steve M. Redpath, and Stuart Piertney

Testosterone, immunocompetence, and honest sexual signaling in male red grouse
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 16, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 930-937; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh087 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Sharon Downes and Dirk Bauwens

Associations between first encounters and ensuing social relations within dyads of two species of lacertid lizards
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 23, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 938-945; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh090 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth A. Krebs and David A. Putland

Chic chicks: the evolution of chick ornamentation in rails
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 11, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 946-951; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh078 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Jason S. Gilchrist

Pup escorting in the communal breeding banded mongoose: behavior, benefits, and maintenance
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 11, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 952-960; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh071 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Fabiani, Filippo Galimberti, Simona Sanvito, and A. Rus Hoelzel

Extreme polygyny among southern elephant seals on Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 16, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 961-969; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh112 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Virginie Cuvillier-Hot, Alain Lenoir, and Christian Peeters

Reproductive monopoly enforced by sterile police workers in a queenless ant
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 23, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 970-975; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh072 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Kako Ohbayashi-Hodoki, Fumiko Ishihama, and Masakazu Shimada

Body size–dependent gender role in a simultaneous hermaphrodite freshwater snail, Physa acuta
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 30, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 976-981; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Anne Lyytinen, Leena Lindström, and Johanna Mappes

Ultraviolet reflection and predation risk in diurnal and nocturnal Lepidoptera
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 16, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 982-987; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh102 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Eileen A. Lacey and John R. Wieczorek

Kinship in colonial tuco-tucos: evidence from group composition and population structure
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 23, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 988-996; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh104 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Dominique Allainé

Sex ratio variation in the cooperatively breeding alpine marmot Marmota marmota
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 30, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 997-1002; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh105 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

J. Albert C. Uy and John A. Endler

Modification of the visual background increases the conspicuousness of golden-collared manakin displays
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 23, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 1003-1010; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Marc Naguib, Valentin Amrhein, and Hansjoerg P. Kunc

Effects of territorial intrusions on eavesdropping neighbors: communication networks in nightingales
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 7, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 1011-1015; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Amanda R. Soutar and James H. Fullard

Nocturnal anti-predator adaptations in eared and earless Nearctic Lepidoptera
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 16, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 1016-1022; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Niels Jeroen Dingemanse and Piet de Goede

The relation between dominance and exploratory behavior is context-dependent in wild great tits
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 30, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 1023-1030; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh115 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Liesbeth De Neve, Juan José Soler, Manuel Soler, and Tomás Pérez-Contreras

Nest size predicts the effect of food supplementation to magpie nestlings on their immunocompetence: an experimental test of nest size indicating parental ability
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 7, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 1031-1036; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh074 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

David P. Hughes, Jeyaraney Kathirithamby, Stefano Turillazzi, and Laura Beani

Social wasps desert the colony and aggregate outside if parasitized: parasite manipulation?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 7, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 1037-1043; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh111 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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Shinichi Nakagawa

A farewell to Bonferroni: the problems of low statistical power and publication bias
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 30, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2004 15: 1044-1045; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh107 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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