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Contents: Volume 18, Number 1, January/February 2007   [Index by Author] 

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Kazuharu Ohashi, James D. Thomson, and Daniel D'Souza
Trapline foraging by bumble bees: IV. Optimization of route geometry in the absence of competition
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 29, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 1-11; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl053 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Mark A. Lung and Michael J. Childress
The influence of conspecifics and predation risk on the vigilance of elk (Cervus elaphus) in Yellowstone National Park
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 19, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 12-20; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl066 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Geoff R. MacFarlane, Simon P. Blomberg, Gisela Kaplan, and Lesley J. Rogers
Same-sex sexual behavior in birds: expression is related to social mating system and state of development at hatching
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 20, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 21-33; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl065 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Alain Jacot and Bart Kempenaers
Effects of nestling condition on UV plumage traits in blue tits: an experimental approach
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 29, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 34-40; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl054 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Kathleen L. Prudic, Ana K. Skemp, and Daniel R. Papaj
Aposematic coloration, luminance contrast, and the benefits of conspicuousness
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 4, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 41-46; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl046 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew M.J. Skinner and Penelope J. Watt
Phenotypic correlates of spermatozoon quality in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 3, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 47-52; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl049 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Peter T. McDougall and Donald L. Kramer
Short-term behavioral consequences of territory relocation in a Caribbean damselfish, Stegastes diencaeus
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 29, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 53-61; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl055 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Anders Pape Møller
Interval between clutches, fitness, and climate change
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 29, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 62-70; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl051 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Tim W. Fawcett, Bram Kuijper, Ido Pen, and Franz J. Weissing
Should attractive males have more sons?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 29, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 71-80; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl052 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Maureen L. Cameron-MacMillan, Carolyn J. Walsh, Sabina I. Wilhelm, and Anne E. Storey
Male chicks are more costly to rear than females in a monogamous seabird, the Common Murre
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 29, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 81-85; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl048 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

László Zsolt Garamszegi, Denitza Zaprianova Pavlova, Marcel Eens, and Anders Pape Møller
The evolution of song in female birds in Europe
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 29, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 86-96; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl047 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Roi Dor, Hilla Kedar, David W. Winkler, and Arnon Lotem
Begging in the absence of parents: a "quick on the trigger" strategy to minimize costly misses
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 3, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 97-102; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl056 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian M. Shrader, Graham I.H. Kerley, Burt P. Kotler, and Joel S. Brown
Social information, social feeding, and competition in group-living goats (Capra hircus)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 103-107; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl057 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Steven M. Phelps, A. Stanley Rand, and Michael J. Ryan
The mixed-species chorus as public information: túngara frogs eavesdrop on a heterospecific
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 24, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 108-114; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl063 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriele Schino
Grooming and agonistic support: a meta-analysis of primate reciprocal altruism
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 3, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 115-120; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl045 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Frances Bonier, Paul R. Martin, Kimberly S. Sheldon, Jay P. Jensen, Sarah L. Foltz, and John C. Wingfield
Sex-specific consequences of life in the city
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 29, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 121-129; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl050 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Bruce E. Byers
Extrapair paternity in chestnut-sided warblers is correlated with consistent vocal performance
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 130-136; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl058 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin J. McGraw
Dietary mineral content influences the expression of melanin-based ornamental coloration
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 137-142; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl059 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Vincenzo Penteriani, Maria del Mar Delgado, Carlos Alonso-Alvarez, and Fabrizio Sergio
The importance of visual cues for nocturnal species: eagle owls signal by badge brightness
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 143-147; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl060 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Alice Exnerová, Pavel Stys, Eva Fucíková, Silvie Veselá, Katerina Svádová, Milena Prokopová, Vojtech Jarosík, Roman Fuchs, and Eva Landová
Avoidance of aposematic prey in European tits (Paridae): learned or innate?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 148-156; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl061 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Bengt Hansson, Lucy Jack, Julian K. Christians, Josephine M. Pemberton, Mikael Åkesson, Helena Westerdahl, Staffan Bensch, and Dennis Hasselquist
No evidence for inbreeding avoidance in a great reed warbler population
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 157-164; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl062 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Hangkyo Lim and Michael D. Greenfield
Female pheromonal chorusing in an arctiid moth, Utetheisa ornatrix
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 6, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 165-173; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl069 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan H. Nessler, Gabriele Uhl, and Jutta M. Schneider
Genital damage in the orb-web spider Argiope bruennichi (Araneae: Araneidae) increases paternity success
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 174-181; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl074 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Amy C. Rogers, Naomi E. Langmore, and Raoul A. Mulder
Function of pair duets in the eastern whipbird: cooperative defense or sexual conflict?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 10, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 182-188; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl070 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Michael M. Kasumovic, Matthew J. Bruce, Marie E. Herberstein, and Maydianne C.B. Andrade
Risky mate search and mate preference in the golden orb-web spider (Nephila plumipes)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 3, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 189-195; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl072 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Josef K. Müller, Veronika Braunisch, Wenbe Hwang, and Anne-Katrin Eggert
Alternative tactics and individual reproductive success in natural associations of the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 7, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 196-203; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl073 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Stanley D. Gehrt and Suzanne Prange
Interference competition between coyotes and raccoons: a test of the mesopredator release hypothesis
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 204-214; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl075 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Isabel M. Smallegange and Jaap van der Meer
Interference from a game theoretical perspective: shore crabs suffer most from equal competitors
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 8, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 215-221; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl071 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James W. Rivers
Nest mate size, but not short-term need, influences begging behavior of a generalist brood parasite
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 2, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 222-230; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl068 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth M. Fedorka and Timothy A. Mousseau
Immune system activation affects male sexual signal and reproductive potential in crickets
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 8, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 231-235; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl067 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Andrew Roberts, Phillip W. Taylor, and George W. Uetz
Consequences of complex signaling: predator detection of multimodal cues
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 21, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 236-240; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl079 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Alasdair I. Houston, Philip A. Stephens, Ian L. Boyd, Karin C. Harding, and John M. McNamara
Capital or income breeding? A theoretical model of female reproductive strategies
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 241-250; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl080 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Therésa M. Jones, Rebecca Featherston, Damien B.B.P. Paris, and Mark A. Elgar
Age-related sperm transfer and sperm competitive ability in the male hide beetle
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 251-258; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl077 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel R. Ardia and Ethan D. Clotfelter
Individual quality and age affect responses to an energetic constraint in a cavity-nesting bird
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 259-266; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl078 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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Beverly C. Ajie, Lauren M. Pintor, Jason Watters, Jacob L. Kerby, John I. Hammond, and Andrew Sih
A framework for determining the fitness consequences of antipredator behavior
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 12, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 267-270; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl064 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Sara Calhim and Tim R. Birkhead
Testes size in birds: quality versus quantity—assumptions, errors, and estimates
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 29, 2006
Behav. Ecol. 2007 18: 271-275; doi:10.1093/beheco/arl076 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

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