Behavioral Ecology

ARTICLES:

Dása Schleicherová, Maria Cristina Lorenzi, and Gabriella Sella

How outcrossing hermaphrodites sense the presence of conspecifics and suppress female allocation
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 1-5; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

C.A. Hinde

Negotiation over offspring care?—a positive response to partner-provisioning rate in great tits
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 6-12; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

A. Dreiss, M. Richard, F. Moyen, J. White, A.P. Møller, and E. Danchin

Sex ratio and male sexual characters in a population of blue tits, Parus caeruleus
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 13-19; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Beata Ujvari and Thomas Madsen

Age, parasites, and condition affect humoral immune response in tropical pythons
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 20-24; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

J.L. Fitzpatrick, J.K. Desjardins, K.A. Stiver, R. Montgomerie, and S. Balshine

Male reproductive suppression in the cooperatively breeding fish Neolamprologus pulcher
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 5, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 25-33; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Christa D. Skow and Elizabeth M. Jakob

Jumping spiders attend to context during learned avoidance of aposematic prey
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 34-40; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Adam C. Stein and J. Albert C. Uy

Plumage brightness predicts male mating success in the lekking golden-collared manakin, Manacus vitellinus
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 19, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 41-47; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

James G. Burns and James D. Thomson

A test of spatial memory and movement patterns of bumblebees at multiple spatial and temporal scales
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 9, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 48-55; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew W. Reudink, Stephen G. Mech, and Robert L. Curry

Extrapair paternity and mate choice in a chickadee hybrid zone
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 26, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 56-62; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Almut Kelber, Eric J. Warrant, Michael Pfaff, Rita Wallén, Jamie C. Theobald, William T. Wcislo, and Robert A. Raguso

Light intensity limits foraging activity in nocturnal and crepuscular bees
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 16, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 63-72; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Nathalie Seddon and Joseph A. Tobias

Duets defend mates in a suboscine passerine, the warbling antbird (Hypocnemis cantator)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 26, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 73-83; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Sami Merilaita and Johan Lind

Great tits (Parus major) searching for artificial prey: implications for cryptic coloration and symmetry
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 9, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 84-87; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Tania Tracy Knox and Michelle Pellissier Scott

Size, operational sex ratio, and mate-guarding success of the carrion beetle, Necrophila americana
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 16, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 88-96; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Ian M. Hamilton, Marcel P. Haesler, and Michael Taborsky

Predators, reproductive parasites, and the persistence of poor males on leks
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 19, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 97-107; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Anders Pape Møller

Rapid change in nest size of a bird related to change in a secondary sexual character
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 9, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 108-116; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

François Mougeot, Stephen M. Redpath, and Stuart B. Piertney

Elevated spring testosterone increases parasite intensity in male red grouse
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 26, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 117-125; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Emma J.A. Cunningham and Sue Lewis

Parasitism of maternal investment selects for increased clutch size and brood reduction in a host
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 26, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 126-131; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Keith C. Hamer, Petra Quillfeldt, Juan F. Masello, and Kathy L. Fletcher

Sex differences in provisioning rules: responses of Manx shearwaters to supplementary chick feeding
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 26, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 132-137; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

David Damiens and Guy Boivin

Why do sperm-depleted parasitoid males continue to mate?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 9, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 138-143; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

FORUM:

Charlotta Kvarnemo

Evolution and maintenance of male care: is increased paternity a neglected benefit of care?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 19, 2005
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 144-148; doi:10.1093/beheco/ari097 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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