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Get checked abstract Michelle Farwell and Robert L. McLaughlin

Alternative foraging tactics and risk taking in brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 29, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 913-921; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp059 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anna Dornhaus, Jo-Anne Holley, and Nigel R. Franks

Larger colonies do not have more specialized workers in the ant Temnothorax albipennis
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on May 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 922-929; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S.J. Hodge, A. Thornton, T.P. Flower, and T.H. Clutton-Brock

Food limitation increases aggression in juvenile meerkats
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 17, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 930-935; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vanessa Tisdale and Esteban Fernández-Juricic

Vigilance and predator detection vary between avian species with different visual acuity and coverage
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 936-945; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. Rahmani, D. Hoffmann, A. Walzer, and P. Schausberger

Adaptive learning in the foraging behavior of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 946-950; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stephen T. Trumbo

Age-related reproductive performance in the parental burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 951-956; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Flavia Barbosa

Cryptic female choice by female control of oviposition timing in a soldier fly
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 957-960; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sveinn Are Hanssen, Jan O. Bustnes, Torkild Tveraa, Dennis Hasselquist, Øystein Varpe, and John-André Henden

Individual quality and reproductive effort mirrored in white wing plumage in both sexes of south polar skuas
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 961-966; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Jordan Price

Evolution and life-history correlates of female song in the New World blackbirds
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 967-977; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Naomi E. Langmore, Andrew Cockburn, Andrew F. Russell, and Rebecca M. Kilner

Flexible cuckoo chick-rejection rules in the superb fairy-wren
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 22, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 978-984; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Erik P. Willems, Robert A. Barton, and Russell A. Hill

Remotely sensed productivity, regional home range selection, and local range use by an omnivorous primate
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on June 30, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 985-992; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lesley T. Lancaster, Christy A. Hipsley, and Barry Sinervo

Female choice for optimal combinations of multiple male display traits increases offspring survival
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 8, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 993-999; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Troy G. Murphy, Diego Hernández-Muciño, Marcela Osorio-Beristain, Robert Montgomerie, and Kevin E. Omland

Carotenoid-based status signaling by females in the tropical streak-backed oriole
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 10, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1000-1006; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sarah D. Kocher, Freddie-Jeanne Richard, David R. Tarpy, and Christina M. Grozinger

Queen reproductive state modulates pheromone production and queen-worker interactions in honeybees
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 2, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1007-1014; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Topi K. Lehtonen and Bob B.M. Wong

Should females prefer males with elaborate nests?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 1, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1015-1019; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fleur Ponton, David Duneau, Marta I. Sánchez, Alexandre Courtiol, Anatoli T. Terekhin, Elena V. Budilova, François Renaud, and Frédéric Thomas

Effect of parasite-induced behavioral alterations on juvenile development
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 10, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1020-1025; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gabriel E. García-Peña, Gavin H. Thomas, John D. Reynolds, and Tamás Székely

Breeding systems, climate, and the evolution of migration in shorebirds
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 2, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1026-1033; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bradley C. Fedy and Thomas E. Martin

Male songbirds provide indirect parental care by guarding females during incubation
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 2, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1034-1038; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew J. King, Nick J.B. Isaac, and Guy Cowlishaw

Ecological, social, and reproductive factors shape producer–scrounger dynamics in baboons
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1039-1049; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Zhishu Xiao, Xu Gao, Mingmin Jiang, and Zhibin Zhang

Behavioral adaptation of Pallas's squirrels to germination schedule and tannins in acorns
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1050-1055; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Klaas Welke and Jutta M. Schneider

Inbreeding avoidance through cryptic female choice in the cannibalistic orb-web spider Argiope lobata
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 7, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1056-1062; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stacey L. Weiss, Eileen A. Kennedy, and James A. Bernhard

Female-specific ornamentation predicts offspring quality in the striped plateau lizard, Sceloporus virgatus
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 14, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1063-1071; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matteo Griggio, Alessandro Devigili, Herbert Hoi, and Andrea Pilastro

Female ornamentation and directional male mate preference in the rock sparrow
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1072-1078; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kristopher B. Karsten, Laza N. Andriamandimbiarisoa, Stanley F. Fox, and Christopher J. Raxworthy

Sexual selection on body size and secondary sexual characters in 2 closely related, sympatric chameleons in Madagascar
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1079-1088; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexander N. G. Kirschel, Daniel T. Blumstein, Rachel E. Cohen, Wolfgang Buermann, Thomas B. Smith, and Hans Slabbekoorn

Birdsong tuned to the environment: green hylia song varies with elevation, tree cover, and noise
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 14, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1089-1095; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aimee S. Dunlap, Colleen M. McLinn, Holly A. MacCormick, Matthew E. Scott, and Benjamin Kerr

Why some memories do not last a lifetime: dynamic long-term retrieval in changing environments
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 17, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1096-1105; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ken Tan, Mingxian Yang, Sarah Radloff, Christian W. W. Pirk, Robin M. Crewe, Mananya Phiancharoen, Randall Hepburn, and Benjamin P. Oldroyd

Worker reproduction in mixed-species colonies of honey bees
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1106-1110; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter A. Bednekoff and Daniel T. Blumstein

Peripheral obstructions influence marmot vigilance: integrating observational and experimental results
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1111-1117; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Melissa L. Thomas and Leigh W. Simmons

Male dominance influences pheromone expression, ejaculate quality, and fertilization success in the Australian field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 17, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1118-1124; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chiara Benvenuto, Brenton Knott, and Stephen C. Weeks

Mate-guarding behavior in clam shrimp: a field approach
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on July 24, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1125-1132; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp106 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tamsin K. Saxton, Anthony C. Little, Hannah M. Rowland, Ting Gao, and S. Craig Roberts

Trade-offs between markers of absolute and relative quality in human facial preferences
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1133-1137; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tomás Grim, Jarkko Rutila, Phillip Cassey, and Mark E. Hauber

The cost of virulence: an experimental study of egg eviction by brood parasitic chicks
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 13, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1138-1146; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Helena Larsdotter Mellström and Christer Wiklund

Males use sex pheromone assessment to tailor ejaculates to risk of sperm competition in a butterfly
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1147-1151; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp109 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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