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Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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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