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Get checked abstract Heather L. Kozak, Lauren A. Cirino, and Margaret B. Ptacek

Female mating preferences for male morphological traits used in species and mate recognition in the Mexican sailfin mollies, Poecilia velifera and Poecilia petenensis
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on January 10, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 463-474; doi:10.1093/beheco/arm139 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kate R. Searle, Chris J. Stokes, and Iain J. Gordon

When foraging and fear meet: using foraging hierarchies to inform assessments of landscapes of fear
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 19, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 475-482; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michele E.R. Pierotti, Mairi E. Knight, Simone Immler, Nicola J. Barson, George F. Turner, and Ole Seehausen

Individual variation in male mating preferences for female coloration in a polymorphic cichlid fish
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 29, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 483-488; doi:10.1093/beheco/arm154 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthew Johnson, Susanne Aref, and Jeffrey R. Walters

Parent–offspring communication in the western sandpiper
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 7, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 489-501; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marty L. Leonard and Andrew G. Horn

Does ambient noise affect growth and begging call structure in nestling birds?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 29, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 502-507; doi:10.1093/beheco/arm161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jordan Karubian, T. Scott Sillett, and Michael S. Webster

The effects of delayed plumage maturation on aggression and survival in male red-backed fairy-wrens
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 7, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 508-516; doi:10.1093/beheco/arm159 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael S. Webster, Claire W. Varian, and Jordan Karubian

Plumage color and reproduction in the red-backed fairy-wren: Why be a dull breeder?
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 24, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 517-524; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summay] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin Stevens, Chloe J. Hardman, and Claire L. Stubbins

Conspicuousness, not eye mimicry, makes "eyespots" effective antipredator signals
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 13, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 525-531; doi:10.1093/beheco/arm162 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Candace Low

Grouping increases visual detection risk by specialist parasitoids
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 13, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 532-538; doi:10.1093/beheco/arm157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Supplementary Material] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jukka T. Forsman, Mårten B. Hjernquist, Jenni Taipale, and Lars Gustafsson

Competitor density cues for habitat quality facilitating habitat selection and investment decisions
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 19, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 539-545; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Line Spinner Hansen, Sofia Fernandez Gonzales, Søren Toft, and Trine Bilde

Thanatosis as an adaptive male mating strategy in the nuptial gift–giving spider Pisaura mirabilis
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 17, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 546-551; doi:10.1093/beheco/arm165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C.A. Binckley and W.J. Resetarits, Jr

Oviposition behavior partitions aquatic landscapes along predation and nutrient gradients
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 7, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 552-557; doi:10.1093/beheco/arm164 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract María L. Pacheco, Paul G. McDonald, Jonathan Wright, Anahita J.N. Kazem, and Michael F. Clarke

Helper contributions to antiparasite behavior in the cooperatively breeding bell miner
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 7, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 558-566; doi:10.1093/beheco/arm163 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Raphaël Jeanson and Jennifer H. Fewell

Influence of the social context on division of labor in ant foundress associations
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 25, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 567-574; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summay] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hubert Herz, Bert Hölldobler, and Flavio Roces

Delayed rejection in a leaf-cutting ant after foraging on plants unsuitable for the symbiotic fungus
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 575-582; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karen L. Cheney

The role of avoidance learning in an aggressive mimicry system
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 583-588; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Troy A. Baird

A growth cost of experimentally induced conspicuous coloration in first-year collared lizard males
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 589-593; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Helen Olofsson and Maria R. Servedio

Sympatry affects the evolution of genetic versus cultural determination of song
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 19, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 596-604; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mor Salomon, David Mayntz, and Yael Lubin

Colony nutrition skews reproduction in a social spider
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 21, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 605-611; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bård G. Stokke, Inge Hafstad, Geir Rudolfsen, Arne Moksnes, Anders Pape Møller, Eivin Røskaft, and Manuel Soler

Predictors of resistance to brood parasitism within and among reed warbler populations
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 24, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 612-620; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexandre M. Roberts and Eric B. Liebgold

The effects of perceived mortality risk on habitat selection in a terrestrial salamander
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 24, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 621-626; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summay] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marc Théry, Sylvain Pincebourde, and François Feer

Dusk light environment optimizes visual perception of conspecifics in a crepuscular horned beetle
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on March 4, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 627-634; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rouven Schmidt, Hansjoerg P. Kunc, Valentin Amrhein, and Marc Naguib

Aggressive responses to broadband trills are related to subsequent pairing success in nightingales
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 635-641; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vikram K. Iyengar and Bianca D. Starks

Sexual selection in harems: male competition plays a larger role than female choice in an amphipod
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 24, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 642-649; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gabriel D. McNett and Reginald B. Cocroft

Host shifts favor vibrational signal divergence in Enchenopa binotata treehoppers
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 24, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 650-656; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael Schaub, Lukas Jenni, and Franz Bairlein

Fuel stores, fuel accumulation, and the decision to depart from a migration stopover site
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 657-666; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Genevieve M. Kozak and Janette Wenrick Boughman

Experience influences shoal member preference in a species pair of sticklebacks
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 25, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 667-676; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summay] [Request Permissions]  

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Get checked abstract Nina E. Fatouros, Marcel Dicke, Roland Mumm, Torsten Meiners, and Monika Hilker

Foraging behavior of egg parasitoids exploiting chemical information
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 677-689; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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Graeme D. Ruxton and Guy Beauchamp

Time for some a priori thinking about post hoc testing
Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published on February 24, 2008
Behav. Ecol. 2008 19: 690-693; doi:10.1093/beheco/arn020 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lay Summary] [Request Permissions]  

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