Behavioral Ecology

Editorial

Mark A Elgar

Editorial
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 1; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp170 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles

Get checked abstract Chantima Piyapong, Jens Krause, Ben B. Chapman, Indar W. Ramnarine, Vasilis Louca, and Darren P. Croft

Sex matters: a social context to boldness in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 27, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 3-8; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Oscar Vedder, Michael J.L. Magrath, Anna M.F. Harts, Elske Schut, Marco van der Velde, and Jan Komdeur

Reduced extrapair paternity in response to experimental stimulation of earlier incubation onset in blue tits
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 30, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 9-15; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp145 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Piet J. van den Hout, Kimberley J. Mathot, Leo R.M. Maas, and Theunis Piersma

Predator escape tactics in birds: linking ecology and aerodynamics
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 5, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 16-25; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp146 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mhairi L. McFarlane, Matthew R. Evans, Kevin A. Feldheim, Marina Préault, Rauri C.K. Bowie, and Michael I. Cherry

Long tails matter in sugarbirds—positively for extrapair but negatively for within-pair fertilization success
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 5, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 26-32; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp147 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Arne Janssen, Amir H. Grosman, Eduardo G. Cordeiro, Elaine F. de Brito, Juliana Oliveira Fonseca, Felipe Colares, Angelo Pallini, Eraldo R. Lima, and Maurice W. Sabelis

Context-dependent fitness effects of behavioral manipulation by a parasitoid
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 11, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 33-36; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthew J. Fuxjager and Catherine A. Marler

How and why the winner effect forms: influences of contest environment and species differences
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 13, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 37-45; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp148 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tara R. Harris, Colin A. Chapman, and Steven L. Monfort

Small folivorous primate groups exhibit behavioral and physiological effects of food scarcity
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 13, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 46-56; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp150 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexander D.M. Wilson and Jean-Guy J. Godin

Boldness and intermittent locomotion in the bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 16, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 57-62; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cyril C. Grueter and Carel P. van Schaik

Evolutionary determinants of modular societies in colobines
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 17, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 63-71; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp149 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jonathan K. Webb, David A. Pike, and Richard Shine

Olfactory recognition of predators by nocturnal lizards: safety outweighs thermal benefits
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 72-77; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp152 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tim Caro and Theodore Stankowich

The function of contrasting pelage markings in artiodactyls
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 30, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 78-84; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yvonne Teuschl, Constanze Reim, and Wolf U. Blanckenhorn

No size-dependent reproductive costs in male black scavenger flies (Sepsis cynipsea)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 30, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 85-90; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract William E. Cooper, Jr and William G. Frederick

Predator lethality, optimal escape behavior, and autotomy
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 91-96; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gail L. Patricelli and Alan H. Krakauer

Tactical allocation of effort among multiple signals in sage grouse: an experiment with a robotic female
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on December 2, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 97-106; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sébastien Lebreton, Claude Chevrier, and Eric Darrouzet

Sex allocation strategies in response to conspecifics’ offspring sex ratio in solitary parasitoids
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 107-112; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jenni A. Stanley, Craig A. Radford, and Andrew G. Jeffs

Induction of settlement in crab megalopae by ambient underwater reef sound
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 24, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 113-120; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp159 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joseph J. Nocera and Laurene M. Ratcliffe

Migrant and resident birds adjust antipredator behavior in response to social information accuracy
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 121-128; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sarah W. Garnick, Mark A. Elgar, Ian Beveridge, and Graeme Coulson

Foraging efficiency and parasite risk in eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 25, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 129-137; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp162 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Brigitte M. Weiß, Kurt Kotrschal, Erich Möstl, and Katharina Hirschenhauser

Social and life-history correlates of hormonal partner compatibility in greylag geese (Anser anser)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 138-143; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp164 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luis Mendoza-Cuenca and Rogelio Macías-Ordóñez

Female asynchrony may drive disruptive sexual selection on male mating phenotypes in a Heliconius butterfly
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 26, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 144-152; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp163 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shannon M. Murphy, Susannah M. Leahy, Laila S. Williams, and John T. Lill

Stinging spines protect slug caterpillars (Limacodidae) from multiple generalist predators
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 26, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 153-160; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp166 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kimberly A. Rosvall

Do males offset the cost of female aggression? An experimental test in a biparental songbird
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 30, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 161-168; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Zhishu Xiao, Xu Gao, Michael A. Steele, and Zhibin Zhang

Frequency-dependent selection by tree squirrels: adaptive escape of nondormant white oaks
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 26, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 169-175; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marina Dimitrova and Sami Merilaita

Prey concealment: visual background complexity and prey contrast distribution
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on December 4, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 176-181; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Margo Adler

Sexual conflict in waterfowl: why do females resist extrapair copulations?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 24, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 182-192; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Forum

Klaudia Witte and Jean-Guy J. Godin

Mate choice copying and mate quality bias: are they different processes?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 16, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 193-194; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp154 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Irja Ida Ratikainen and Hanna Kokko

Differential allocation and compensation: who deserves the silver spoon?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 23, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 195-200; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp168 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

"Risk taking by singing males"
Behav. Ecol. 2010 21: 201; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp188 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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