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Get checked abstract Alexander T. Baugh and Michael J. Ryan

Female túngara frogs vary in commitment to mate choice
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 11, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1153-1159; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tanya Latty and Madeleine Beekman

Food quality affects search strategy in the acellular slime mould, Physarum polycephalum
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1160-1167; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp111 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alex Sansom, Johan Lind, and Will Cresswell

Individual behavior and survival: the roles of predator avoidance, foraging success, and vigilance
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1168-1174; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anne S. Leonard and Ann V. Hedrick

Male and female crickets use different decision rules in response to mating signals
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1175-1184; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christina Muck, Bart Kempenaers, Sylvia Kuhn, Mihai Valcu, and Wolfgang Goymann

Paternity in the classical polyandrous black coucal (Centropus grillii)—a cuckoo accepting cuckoldry?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1185-1193; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp118 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chen-Pan Liao, Kai-Jung Chi, and I-Min Tso

The effects of wind on trap structural and material properties of a sit-and-wait predator
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 18, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1194-1203; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Darren J. Coker, Morgan S. Pratchett, and Philip L. Munday

Coral bleaching and habitat degradation increase susceptibility to predation for coral-dwelling fishes
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1204-1210; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp113 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carson M. Murray, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Lynn E. Eberly, and Anne E. Pusey

Reproductive energetics in free-living female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1211-1216; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp114 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Guillaume Rieucau and Luc-Alain Giraldeau

Persuasive companions can be wrong: the use of misleading social information in nutmeg mannikins
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1217-1222; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp121 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jan Heuschele, Miia Mannerla, Phillip Gienapp, and Ulrika Candolin

Environment-dependent use of mate choice cues in sticklebacks
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 19, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1223-1227; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard Bischof and Andreas Zedrosser

The educated prey: consequences for exploitation and control
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 24, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1228-1235; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp124 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anita Aisenberg and William G. Eberhard

Female cooperation in plug formation in a spider: effects of male copulatory courtship
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on August 25, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1236-1241; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul S. Shamble, Dustin J. Wilgers, Katharine A. Swoboda, and Eileen A. Hebets

Courtship effort is a better predictor of mating success than ornamentation for male wolf spiders
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1242-1251; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ana Claudia Nunes, Maria da Luz Mathias, and Guila Ganem

Odor preference in house mice: influences of habitat heterogeneity and chromosomal incompatibility
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1252-1261; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michal Segoli, Tamar Keasar, Ally R. Harari, and Amos Bouskila

Limited kin discrimination abilities mediate tolerance toward relatives in polyembryonic parasitoid wasps
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on September 23, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1262-1267; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yang Hu and Gonçalo C. Cardoso

Are bird species that vocalize at higher frequencies preadapted to inhabit noisy urban areas?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 7, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1268-1273; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp131 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard J.S. Ward, Sheena C. Cotter, and Rebecca M. Kilner

Current brood size and residual reproductive value predict offspring desertion in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 7, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1274-1281; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Genevieve M. Kozak and Janette W. Boughman

Learned conspecific mate preference in a species pair of sticklebacks
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 7, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1282-1288; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp134 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gergely Hegyi, Anders Pape Møller, Marcel Eens, and László Zsolt Garamszegi

Prevalence of avian influenza and sexual selection in ducks
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 12, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1289-1294; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maud C.O. Ferrari and Douglas P. Chivers

Sophisticated early life lessons: threat-sensitive generalization of predator recognition by embryonic amphibians
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 12, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1295-1298; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp135 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Patrick A. Leighton, Julia A. Horrocks, and Donald L. Kramer

How depth alters detection and capture of buried prey: exploitation of sea turtle eggs by mongooses
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 21, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1299-1306; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp139 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Darren Rebar, Nathan W. Bailey, and Marlene Zuk

Courtship song's role during female mate choice in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 21, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1307-1314; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp143 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jennifer S. Hunter

Familiarity breeds contempt: effects of striped skunk color, shape, and abundance on wild carnivore behavior
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 21, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1315-1322; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp144 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jessica L. Ward and Deborah A. McLennan

Mate choice based on complex visual signals in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 21, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1323-1333; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rita Chan, Devi Stuart-Fox, and Tim S. Jessop

Why are females ornamented? A test of the courtship stimulation and courtship rejection hypotheses
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 22, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1334-1342; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marta C. Soares, Redouan Bshary, and Isabelle M. Côté

Cleaning in pairs enhances honesty in male cleaning gobies
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 22, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1343-1347; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp138 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Troy G. Murphy, Malcolm F. Rosenthal, Robert Montgomerie, and Keith A. Tarvin

Female American goldfinches use carotenoid-based bill coloration to signal status
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 2, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1348-1355; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp140 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marianne Aronsson and Gabriella Gamberale-Stille

Importance of internal pattern contrast and contrast against the background in aposematic signals
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 2, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1356-1362; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp141 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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Get checked abstract László Zsolt Garamszegi, Sara Calhim, Ned Dochtermann, Gergely Hegyi, Peter L. Hurd, Christian Jørgensen, Nobuyuki Kutsukake, Marc J. Lajeunesse, Kimberly A. Pollard, Holger Schielzeth, Matthew R.E. Symonds, and Shinichi Nakagawa

Changing philosophies and tools for statistical inferences in behavioral ecology
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on November 2, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1363-1375; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp137 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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Rafael Lucas Rodríguez

Trait duplication by means of sensory bias
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on October 4, 2009
Behav. Ecol. 2009 20: 1376-1381; doi:10.1093/beheco/arp130 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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