Behavioral Ecology

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Get checked abstract Cédric Tentelier, Emmanuel Desouhant, and Xavier Fauvergue

Habitat assessment by parasitoids: mechanisms for patch use behavior
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on March 31, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 515-521; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj062 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Xavier Fauvergue, Roger Boll, Jacques Rochat, Eric Wajnberg, Carlos Bernstein, and Laurent Lapchin

Habitat assessment by parasitoids: consequences for population distribution
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on March 24, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 522-531; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj063 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew L. Jackson and Graeme D. Ruxton

Toward an individual-level understanding of vigilance: the role of social information
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on March 24, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 532-538; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj060 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter Korsten, C. (Kate) M. Lessells, A. Christa Mateman, Marco van der Velde, and Jan Komdeur

Primary sex ratio adjustment to experimentally reduced male UV attractiveness in blue tits
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on March 24, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 539-546; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj061 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Troy G. Murphy

Predator-elicited visual signal: why the turquoise-browed motmot wag-displays its racketed tail
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on April 17, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 547-553; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj064 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract William E. Cooper, Jr, Valentín Pérez-Mellado, and Dror Hawlena

Magnitude of food reward affects escape behavior and acceptable risk in Balearic lizards, Podarcis lilfordi
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on March 31, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 554-559; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj066 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael A. Cant and Sinead English

Stable group size in cooperative breeders: the role of inheritance and reproductive skew
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on April 6, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 560-568; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj065 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Morgan Pearcy and Serge Aron

Local resource competition and sex ratio in the ant Cataglyphis cursor
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on March 31, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 569-574; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj067 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ximena J. Nelson, Robert R. Jackson, and Daiqin Li

Conditional use of honest signaling by a Batesian mimic
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on April 6, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 575-580; doi:10.1093/beheco/arj068 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Javier delBarco-Trillo and Michael H. Ferkin

Male meadow voles respond differently to risk and intensity of sperm competition
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on March 31, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 581-585; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jennifer L. Williams, Jordi Moya-Laraño, and David H. Wise

Burrow decorations as antipredatory devices
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on April 28, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 586-590; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. A. Smith, P. C. L. White, and M. R. Hutchings

Effect of the nutritional environment and reproductive investment on herbivore–parasite interactions in grazing environments
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on April 28, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 591-596; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mike Mesterton-Gibbons and Tom N. Sherratt

Victory displays: a game-theoretic analysis
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 11, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 597-605; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark008 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract I-Min Tso, Chen-Pan Liao, Ren-Pan Huang, and En-Cheng Yang

Function of being colorful in web spiders: attracting prey or camouflaging oneself?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 5, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 606-613; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laura McKinnon, H. Grant Gilchrist, and Kim T. Scribner

Genetic evidence for kin-based female social structure in common eiders (Somateria mollissima)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 5, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 614-621; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Madeleine Beekman, Christian Peeters, and M. Justin O'Riain

Developmental divergence: neglected variable in understanding the evolution of reproductive skew in social animals
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on April 28, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 622-627; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Engels and K. P. Sauer

Resource-dependent nuptial feeding in Panorpa vulgaris: an honest signal for male quality
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 5, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 628-632; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ádám Kun, Gergely Boza, and István Scheuring

Asynchronous snowdrift game with synergistic effect as a model of cooperation
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on April 28, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 633-641; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Grégory Sempo, Stéphanie Depickère, and Claire Detrain

Spatial organization in a dimorphic ant: caste specificity of clustering patterns and area marking
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 5, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 642-650; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark011 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juan Moreno, Elisa Lobato, Judith Morales, Santiago Merino, Gustavo Tomás, Josué Martínez-de la Puente, Juan J. Sanz, Rafael Mateo, and Juan J. Soler

Experimental evidence that egg color indicates female condition at laying in a songbird
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 11, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 651-655; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jason S. Gilchrist

Female eviction, abortion, and infanticide in banded mongooses (Mungos mungo): implications for social control of reproduction and synchronized parturition
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 11, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 664-669; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jonathan S. F. Lee and Andrew H. Bass

Dimorphic male midshipman fish: reduced sexual selection or sexual selection for reduced characters?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 11, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 670-675; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ximena J. Nelson and Robert R. Jackson

Vision-based innate aversion to ants and ant mimics
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 17, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 676-681; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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László Zsolt Garamszegi

Comparing effect sizes across variables: generalization without the need for Bonferroni correction
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on April 28, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 682-687; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark005 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Graeme D. Ruxton

The unequal variance t-test is an underused alternative to Student's t-test and the Mann–Whitney U test
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 17, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2006 17: 688-690; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark016 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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