Behavioral Ecology

ARTICLES:

Martine E. Maan, Michael van der Spoel, Paloma Quesada Jimenez, Jacques J.M. van Alphen, and Ole Seehausen

Fitness correlates of male coloration in a Lake Victoria cichlid fish
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 2, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 691-699; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Eivin Røskaft, Fugo Takasu, Arne Moksnes, and Bård Gunnar Stokke

Importance of spatial habitat structure on establishment of host defenses against brood parasitism
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 6, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 700-708; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ximena E. Bernal, A. Stanley Rand, and Michael J. Ryan

Acoustic preferences and localization performance of blood-sucking flies (Corethrella Coquillett) to túngara frog calls
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 6, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 709-715; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fabien Aubret, Gordon M. Burghardt, Stéphanie Maumelat, Xavier Bonnet, and Don Bradshaw

Feeding preferences in 2 disjunct populations of tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus (Elapidae)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 7, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 716-725; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Stacey L. Weiss

Female-specific color is a signal of quality in the striped plateau lizard (Sceloporus virgatus)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 5, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 726-732; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-François Le Galliard, G. Gundersen, H.P. Andreassen, and N.C. Stenseth

Natal dispersal, interactions among siblings and intrasexual competition
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 6, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 733-740; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacinta C. Beehner, Daphne A. Onderdonk, Susan C. Alberts, and Jeanne Altmann

The ecology of conception and pregnancy failure in wild baboons
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 19, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 741-750; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew M. Stoehr and Hanna Kokko

Sexual dimorphism in immunocompetence: what does life-history theory predict?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 1, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 751-756; doi:10.1093/beheco/ark018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Neville Pillay, Jennifer Eborall, and Guila Ganem

Divergence of mate recognition in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 19, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 757-764; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Damian O. Elias, Eileen A. Hebets, and Ronald R. Hoy

Female preference for complex/novel signals in a spider
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 7, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 765-771; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Juan A. Fargallo, Vicente Polo, Liesbeth de Neve, José Martín, José A. Dávila, and Manuel Soler

Hatching order and size-dependent mortality in relation to brood sex ratio composition in chinstrap penguins
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 6, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 772-778; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rowena Spence and Carl Smith

Mating preference of female zebrafish, Danio rerio, in relation to male dominance
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 22, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 779-783; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

H. Martin Schaefer, Douglas J. Levey, Veronika Schaefer, and Michael L. Avery

The role of chromatic and achromatic signals for fruit detection by birds
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 8, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 784-789; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material][Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Kaspar Delhey, Anne Peters, Arild Johnsen, and Bart Kempenaers

Seasonal changes in blue tit crown color: do they signal individual quality?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 19, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 790-798; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Edmund J. Collins, John M. McNamara, and David M. Ramsey

Learning rules for optimal selection in a varying environment: mate choice revisited
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 19, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 799-809; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Behr, Otto von Helversen, Gerald Heckel, Martina Nagy, Christian C. Voigt, and Frieder Mayer

Territorial songs indicate male quality in the sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 19, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 810-817; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Rufus A. Johnstone and Camilla A. Hinde

Negotiation over offspring care—how should parents respond to each other's efforts?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 13, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 818-827; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Innes C. Cuthill, Martin Stevens, Amy M.M. Windsor, and Hannah J. Walker

The effects of pattern symmetry on detection of disruptive and background-matching coloration
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 19, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 828-832; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Supriya V. Kadam and Gregory J. Velicer

Variable patterns of density-dependent survival in social bacteria
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 19, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 833-838; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Karsten Seidelmann

Open-cell parasitism shapes maternal investment patterns in the Red Mason bee Osmia rufa
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 14, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 839-848; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Robert C. Dobbs, John D. Styrsky, and Charles F. Thompson

Clutch size and the costs of incubation in the house wren
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 13, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 849-856; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW:

Tara Lynne Maginnis

The costs of autotomy and regeneration in animals: a review and framework for future research
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 19, 2006
Behavioral Ecology 2006 17: 857-872; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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