Behavioral Ecology

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Volume 22, issue 6, 2011

Intrasexual competition in females: evidence for sexual selection? pp. 1131-1140

Kimberly A. Rosvall

Comment on "Intrasexual competition among females: evidence for sexual selection" by Kimberly Rosvall pp. 1141-1141

Geoffrey M. While

Female sexual selection in light of the Darwin--Bateman paradigm pp. 1142-1143

Malin Ah-King

Comment on Rosvall: "Intrasexual competition among females: evidence for sexual selection?" pp. 1142-1142

Elisabet Forsgren

Understanding intrasexual competition and sexual selection requires an evolutionary ecology framework pp. 1143-1144

Matthew R. Robinson

By any name, female--female competition yields differential mating success pp. 1144-1146

Kimberly A. Rosvall

What is sexual selection and the short herstory of female trait variation pp. 1146-1147

Patricia Adair Gowaty

Quality, need, or hunger; begging the question pp. 1147-1148

Camilla A. Hinde and H. Charles J. Godfray

A case of mental time travel in ant-following birds? pp. 1149-1153

Corina J. Logan, Sean O'Donnell and Nicola S. Clayton

Pleiotropy, "sexy" traits, and speciation pp. 1154-1155

Kerry L. Shaw, Christopher K. Ellison, Kevin P. Oh and Chris Wiley

Behavioral and physiological responses to male handicap in chick-rearing black-legged kittiwakes pp. 1156-1165

Sarah Leclaire, Vincent Bourret, Richard H. Wagner, Scott A. Hatch, Fabrice Helfenstein, Olivier Chastel and Étienne Danchin

Condition dependence and the origins of elevated fluctuating asymmetry in quality signals pp. 1166-1172

Michael J. Sheehan and Elizabeth A. Tibbetts

Birds flee en mass from New Year's Eve fireworks pp. 1173-1177

Judy Shamoun-Baranes, Adriaan M. Dokter, Hans van Gasteren, E. Emiel van Loon, Hidde Leijnse and Willem Bouten

Heterozygosity and fitness benefits of extrapair mate choice in White-rumped Swallows (Tachycineta leucorrhoa) pp. 1178-1186

Valentina Ferretti, Viviana Massoni, Florencia Bulit, David W. Winkler and Irby J. Lovette

Cuticular hydrocarbons as potential kin recognition cues in a subsocial spider pp. 1187-1194

Lena Grinsted, Trine Bilde and Patrizia d'Ettorre

Macroparasitism influences reproductive success in red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) pp. 1195-1200

Krista Gooderham and Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde

The evolution of lateralized foot use in parrots: a phylogenetic approach pp. 1201-1208

Culum Brown and Maria Magat

Species identity cues: possibilities for errors during vibrational communication on plant stems pp. 1209-1217

Maarten de Groot, Andrej Čokl and Meta Virant-Doberlet

Reproductive effort transiently reduces antioxidant capacity in a wild bird pp. 1218-1226

Sylvain Losdat, Fabrice Helfenstein, Benoit Gaude and Heinz Richner

Behavioral type and growth rate in a cichlid fish pp. 1227-1233

Dik Heg, Roger Schürch and Susan Rothenberger

Encounter rates with conspecific males influence female mate choice in a naturally hybridizing fish pp. 1234-1240

Pamela M. Willis, Michael J. Ryan and Gil G. Rosenthal

Who are the innovators? A field experiment with 2 passerine species pp. 1241-1248

Julie Morand-Ferron, Ella F. Cole, James E.C. Rawles and John L. Quinn

Multimodal begging signals reflect independent indices of nestling condition in European starlings pp. 1249-1255

Staffan Jacob, Guillaume Rieucau and Philipp Heeb

Intraspecific preen oil odor preferences in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) pp. 1256-1263

Danielle J. Whittaker, Kaitlin M. Richmond, Allison K. Miller, Ryan Kiley, Christine Bergeon Burns, Jonathan W. Atwell and Ellen D. Ketterson

The evolutionary significance of butterfly eyespots pp. 1264-1271

Ullasa Kodandaramaiah

Root herbivory affects oviposition and feeding behavior of a foliar herbivore pp. 1272-1277

P. Anderson, M.M. Sadek and F.L. Wäckers

The logical polyp: assessments and decisions during contests in the beadlet anemone Actinia equina pp. 1278-1285

Fabian S. Rudin and Mark Briffa

Are innovative species ecological generalists? A test in North American birds pp. 1286-1293

Sarah E. Overington, Andrea S. Griffin, Daniel Sol and Louis Lefebvre

Predation and kin-structured populations: an empirical perspective on the evolution of cooperation pp. 1294-1303

Andrew P. Beckerman, Stuart P. Sharp and Ben J. Hatchwell

Where does a flock end from an information perspective? A comparative experiment with live and robotic birds pp. 1304-1311

Esteban Fernández-Juricic and Victor Kowalski

Throat patch size and darkness covaries with testosterone in females of a sex-role reversed species pp. 1312-1319

Christina Muck and Wolfgang Goymann

Integrating fundamental and formant frequencies in women's preferences for men's voices pp. 1320-1325

D. R. Feinberg, B. C. Jones, L. M. DeBruine, J. J. M. O'Connor, C. C. Tigue and D. J. Borak

Number of eyespots and their intimidating effect on naïve predators in the peacock butterfly pp. 1326-1331

Sami Merilaita, Adrian Vallin, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah, Marina Dimitrova, Suvi Ruuskanen and Toni Laaksonen

Copulation duration in the soldier fly: the roles of cryptic male choice and sperm competition risk pp. 1332-1336

Flavia Barbosa

Reluctant challengers: why do subordinate female meerkats rarely displace their dominant mothers? pp. 1337-1343

Stuart P. Sharp and Tim H. Clutton-Brock

The sexual signals of the East-Mediterranean barn swallow: a different swallow tale pp. 1344-1352

Yoni Vortman, Arnon Lotem, Roi Dor, Irby J. Lovette and Rebecca J. Safran

Costs of behavioral synchrony as a potential driver behind size-assorted grouping pp. 1353-1363

Angela N. Aivaz and Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl

Spatial variation in food availability predicts extrapair paternity in the arctic fox pp. 1364-1373

Cassandra Cameron, Dominique Berteaux and France Dufresne

Volume 22, issue 5, 2011

Honest begging: expanding from Signal of Need pp. 909-917

Douglas W. Mock, Matthew B. Dugas and Stephanie A. Strickler

New labels for old whines pp. 918-919

Rufus A. Johnstone and Rebecca M. Kilner

On the meaning of hunger and behavioral control in the evolution of honest begging pp. 919-920

Mathias Kölliker

Honest begging: signals of need, quality, and/or hunger? pp. 920-921

Jonathan Wright

Begging for a better future: how far can behavioral ecologists go without specifying mechanisms? pp. 921-922

Uri Grodzinski, Roi Dor and Arnon Lotem

Fine whines improve with age pp. 922-922

Douglas W. Mock, Matthew B. Dugas and Stephanie A. Strickler

Lethal combat over limited resources: testing the importance of competitors and kin pp. 923-931

Tabitha M. Innocent, Stuart A. West, Jennifer L. Sanderson, Nita Hyrkkanen and Sarah E. Reece

Females call the shots: breeding dispersal and divorce in blue tits pp. 932-939

Vicente García-Navas and Juan José Sanz

Predation risk and jumping behavior in Pseudopaludicola aff. falcipes tadpoles pp. 940-946

Verônica Thiemi Tsutae de Sousa, Fabrício Barreto Teresa and Denise de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres

Know thine enemy's neighbor: neighbor size affects floaters' choice of whom to fight pp. 947-950

Richard N.C. Milner, Michael D. Jennions and Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Aggressive calls improve leading callers' attractiveness in the treefrog Dendropsophus ebraccatus pp. 951-959

Michael S. Reichert

Division of labor increases with colony size in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus pp. 960-966

C. Tate Holbrook, Phillip M. Barden and Jennifer H. Fewell

Species- and sex-specific adjustments of movement behavior to landscape heterogeneity in butterflies pp. 967-975

Camille Turlure, Michel Baguette, Virginie M. Stevens and Dirk Maes

How does a diurnal hawkmoth find nectar? Differences in sensory control with a nocturnal relative pp. 976-984

Joaquín Goyret and Almut Kelber

An empirical and experimental test of risk and costs of kleptoparasitism for African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) inside and outside a protected area pp. 985-992

Ester van der Meer, Mkhalalwa Moyo, Gregory S.A. Rasmussen and Hervé Fritz

Attack-based indices, not movement patterns, reveal intraspecific variation in foraging behavior pp. 993-1002

Steven C. Williams and Lance D. McBrayer

Female--female aggression around mating: an extra cost of sociality in a multimale primate society pp. 1003-1011

Elise Huchard and Guy Cowlishaw

Rethinking visual supernormal stimuli in cuckoos: visual modeling of host and parasite signals pp. 1012-1019

Keita D. Tanaka, Gen Morimoto, Martin Stevens and Keisuke Ueda

Contact with caterpillar hairs triggers predator-specific defensive responses pp. 1020-1025

Ignacio Castellanos, Pedro Barbosa, Iriana Zuria, Toomas Tammaru and Mary C. Christman

Productivity increases with variation in aggression among group members in Temnothorax ants pp. 1026-1032

Andreas P. Modlmeier and Susanne Foitzik

Female mouthbrooders in control of pre- and postmating sexual selection pp. 1033-1041

Marcel P. Haesler, Charlotte M. Lindeyer, Oliver Otti, Danielle Bonfils, Dik Heg and Michael Taborsky

How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut pp. 1042-1052

Mary Caswell Stoddard and Richard O. Prum

Geological variation in particle surface-roughness preference in the case-bearing caddisflies pp. 1053-1063

Jun-ichi Okano, Eisuke Kikuchi, Osamu Sasaki and Shugo Ohi

Information gleaned and former patch quality determine foraging behavior of parasitic wasps pp. 1064-1069

P. Louâpre, J. van Baaren, J.S. Pierre and J.J.M. van Alphen

Neatness depends on season, age, and sex in Iberian ibex Capra pyrenaica pp. 1070-1078

Mathieu Sarasa, Jesús M. Pérez, Samer Alasaad, Emmanuel Serrano, Ramón C. Soriguer, José-Enrique Granados, Paulino Fandos, Jean Joachim and Georges Gonzalez

Dominance status and carcass availability affect the outcome of sperm competition in burying beetles pp. 1079-1087

Adam M. Pettinger, Sandra Steiger, Josef K. Müller, Scott K. Sakaluk and Anne-Katrin Eggert

Mate-feeding has evolved as a compensatory energetic strategy that affects breeding success in birds pp. 1088-1095

Ismael Galván and Juan José Sanz

Determinants of local and migratory movements of Great Lakes double-crested cormorants pp. 1096-1103

Alban Guillaumet, Brian Dorr, Guiming Wang, Jimmy D. Taylor, Richard B. Chipman, Heidi Scherr, Jeff Bowman, Kenneth F. Abraham, Terry J. Doyle and Elizabeth Cranker

The cost of mating and mutual mate choice in 2 role--reversed honey locust beetles pp. 1104-1113

Yassaman Salehialavi, Karoline Fritzsche and Göran Arnqvist

Agonistic interactions and their implications for parasitoid species coexistence pp. 1114-1122

Rihab Mohamad, Jean-Paul Monge and Marlène Goubault

Long-term consequences of early development on personality traits: a study in European rabbits pp. 1123-1130

Heiko G. Rödel and Raquel Monclús

Volume 22, issue 4, 2011

Parental-care parasitism: how do unrelated offspring attain acceptance by foster parents? pp. 679-691

María Roldán and Manuel Soler

Sperm dynamics in spiders pp. 692-695

M.E. Herberstein, J.M. Schneider, G. Uhl and P. Michalik

Egg size matching by an intraspecific brood parasite pp. 696-700

Patrick R. Lemons and James S. Sedinger

Mating asymmetry resulting from sexual conflict in the brachypterous grasshopper Podisma sapporensis pp. 701-709

Yoshikazu C. Sugano and Shin-ichi Akimoto

Genetic diversity, colony chemical phenotype, and nest mate recognition in the ant Formica fusca pp. 710-716

Heikki Helanterä, Yasmin R. Lee, Falko P. Drijfhout and Stephen J. Martin

Maternal stress to partner quality is linked to adaptive offspring sex ratio adjustment pp. 717-722

Sarah R. Pryke, Lee A. Rollins, William A. Buttemer and Simon C. Griffith

Costly interactions between the sexes: combined effects of male sexual harassment and female choice? pp. 723-729

Michael Tobler, Ingo Schlupp and Martin Plath

Resource quality or competition: why increase resource acceptance in the presence of conspecifics? pp. 730-737

Jeremy M. Davis, César R. Nufio and Daniel R. Papaj

The expression of dietary conservatism in solitary and shoaling 3-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus pp. 738-744

E. Loys Richards, Robert J. Thomas, Nicola M. Marples, Donna L. Snellgrove and Joanne Cable

Progressive parenting behavior in wild golden lion tamarins pp. 745-754

Lisa G. Rapaport

Zebra finch females prefer males with redder bills independent of song rate--a meta-analysis pp. 755-762

Mirre J.P. Simons and Simon Verhulst

Failure to launch? The influence of limb autotomy on the escape behavior of a semiaquatic grasshopper Paroxya atlantica (Acrididae) pp. 763-768

Philip W. Bateman and Patricia A. Fleming

The effect of competitor presence and relative competitive ability on male mate choice pp. 769-775

Brian S. Mautz and Michael D. Jennions

Sex-specific effects of size and condition on timing of natal dispersal in kangaroo rats pp. 776-783

Andrew J. Edelman

Duty cycle, not signal structure, explains conspecific and heterospecific responses to the calls of Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) pp. 784-790

David R. Wilson and Daniel J. Mennill

Attractiveness of grasshopper songs correlates with their robustness against noise pp. 791-799

Anne Einhäupl, Nicole Stange, R. Matthias Hennig and Bernhard Ronacher

Sexual signals, risk of predation and escape behavior pp. 800-807

Anders Pape Møller, Simon S. Christiansen and Timothy A. Mousseau

The red deer rut revisited: female excursions but no evidence females move to mate with preferred males pp. 808-818

Katie V. Stopher, Daniel H. Nussey, Tim H. Clutton-Brock, Fiona Guinness, Alison Morris and Josephine M. Pemberton

Regulation of task partitioning by a "common stomach": a model of nest construction in social wasps pp. 819-830

I. Karsai and T. Schmickl

Prey jitters; protean behaviour in grouped prey pp. 831-836

Katherine A. Jones, Andrew L. Jackson and Graeme D. Ruxton

Everybody needs somebody: unequal parental effort in little penguins pp. 837-845

Claire Saraux, André Chiaradia, Yvon Le Maho and Yan Ropert-Coudert

Female túngara frogs elicit more complex mating signals from males pp. 846-853

Karin L. Akre and Michael J. Ryan

Impacts of wind on individual migration schedules of New Zealand bar-tailed godwits pp. 854-861

Jesse R. Conklin and Phil F. Battley

Human preference for masculinity differs according to context in faces, bodies, voices, and smell pp. 862-868

Anthony C. Little, Julieanne Connely, David R. Feinberg, Benedict C. Jones and S. Craig Roberts

Do sex-specific densities affect local survival of free-ranging great tits? pp. 869-879

Stephanie P.M. Michler, Marion Nicolaus, Richard Ubels, Marco van der Velde, Christiaan Both, Joost M. Tinbergen and Jan Komdeur

Optimal foraging theory predicts diving and feeding strategies of the largest marine predator pp. 880-888

Thomas Doniol-Valcroze, Véronique Lesage, Janie Giard and Robert Michaud

Costly help of audiovisual bimodality for female mate choice in a nocturnal anuran (Hyla arborea) pp. 889-898

Doris Gomez, Marc Théry, Anne-Laure Gauthier and Thierry Lengagne

Postfledging family space use in great tits in relation to environmental and parental characteristics pp. 899-907

Thijs van Overveld, Frank Adriaensen and Erik Matthysen

Volume 22, issue 3, 2011

Mate choice for cognitive traits: a review of the evidence in nonhuman vertebrates pp. 447-459

Neeltje J. Boogert, Tim W. Fawcett and Louis Lefebvre

Comment on Boogert et al.: mate choice for cognitive traits or cognitive traits for mate choice? pp. 460-461

Katharina Riebel

Commentary on review by Boogert et al.: some problems facing females pp. 461-462

J.R. Madden, J. Isden and C. Dingle

Female assessment: cheap tricks or costly calculations? pp. 462-463

Tim W. Fawcett, Neeltje J. Boogert and Louis Lefebvre

Genetic monogamy across variable demographic landscapes in cooperatively breeding Florida scrub-jays pp. 464-470

Andrea K. Townsend, Reed Bowman, John W. Fitzpatrick, Michelle Dent and Irby J. Lovette

Hummingbirds choose not to rely on good taste: information use during foraging pp. 471-477

Ida Bacon, T. Andrew Hurly and Susan D. Healy

Female nuptial coloration and its adaptive significance in a mutual mate choice system pp. 478-485

Sebastian A. Baldauf, Theo C.M. Bakker, Harald Kullmann and Timo Thünken

Inbreeding and measures of immune function in the cricket Teleogryllus commodus pp. 486-492

Jean M. Drayton and Michael D. Jennions

Location and group size influence decisions in simulated intergroup encounters in banded mongooses pp. 493-500

Roman D. Furrer, Solomon Kyabulima, Erik P. Willems, Michael A. Cant and Marta B. Manser

Walking the line: search behavior and foraging success in ant species pp. 501-509

Jessica M.C. Pearce-Duvet, Coen P.H. Elemans and Donald H. Feener

Behavioral and physiological consequences of nest predation pressure for larval fish pp. 510-519

Marie-Ange Gravel, Cory D. Suski and Steven J. Cooke

Linking amphibian call structure to the environment: the interplay between phenotypic flexibility and individual attributes pp. 520-526

Lucía Ziegler, Matías Arim and Peter M. Narins

Multiple routes to reduced interspecific territorial fighting in Hetaerina damselflies pp. 527-534

Christopher N. Anderson and Gregory F. Grether

Experience-dependent flexibility in collective decision making by house-hunting ants pp. 535-542

Nathalie Stroeymeyt, Elva J.H. Robinson, Patrick M. Hogan, James A.R. Marshall, Martin Giurfa and Nigel R. Franks

Excess offspring as a maternal strategy: constraints in the shared nursery of a giant damselfly pp. 543-551

Ola M. Fincke

No risk, no gain: effects of crop raiding and genetic diversity on body size in male elephants pp. 552-558

Patrick I. Chiyo, Phyllis C. Lee, Cynthia J. Moss, Elizabeth A. Archie, Julie A. Hollister-Smith and Susan C. Alberts

Monogamous dominant pairs monopolize reproduction in the cooperatively breeding pied babbler pp. 559-565

Martha J. Nelson-Flower, Phil A.R. Hockey, Colleen O'Ryan, Nichola J. Raihani, Morné A. du Plessis and Amanda R. Ridley

Developmental stressors that impair song learning in males do not appear to affect female preferences for song complexity in the zebra finch pp. 566-573

Joseph L. Woodgate, Stefan Leitner, Clive K. Catchpole, Mathew L. Berg, Andrew T.D. Bennett and Katherine L. Buchanan

A parasite in wolf's clothing: hawk mimicry reduces mobbing of cuckoos by hosts pp. 574-579

Justin A. Welbergen and Nicholas B. Davies

Direction and strength of selection by predators for the color of the aposematic wood tiger moth pp. 580-587

C. Lindstedt, H. Eager, E. Ihalainen, A. Kahilainen, M. Stevens and J. Mappes

What's love got to do with it? Ontogenetic changes in drivers of dispersal in a marine ectoparasite pp. 588-593

B.M. Connors, Cory Lagasse and L.M. Dill

Responses to intruder scents in the cooperatively breeding meerkat: sex and social status differences and temporal variation pp. 594-600

Rafael Mares, Andrew J. Young, Danielle L. Levesque, Nicola Harrison and Tim H. Clutton-Brock

Endogenous testosterone is not associated with the trade-off between paternal and mating effort pp. 601-608

Cas Eikenaar, Megan Whitham, Jan Komdeur, Marco van der Velde and Ignacio T. Moore

Parental care in nesting hawks: breeding experience and food availability influence the outcome pp. 609-615

Patrik Byholm, Heta Rousi and Inkeri Sole

A longitudinal study of dominance and aggression in greylag geese (Anser anser) pp. 616-624

Brigitte M. Weiß, Kurt Kotrschal and Katharina Foerster

Multiply mated males show higher embryo survival in a paternally caring fish pp. 625-629

Gry Sagebakken, Ingrid Ahnesjö, Ines Braga Goncalves and Charlotta Kvarnemo

Sociality and resource use: insights from a community of social spiders in Brazil pp. 630-638

Jennifer Guevara, Marcelo O. Gonzaga, João Vasconcellos-Neto and Leticia Avilés

Diet selection in birds: trade-off between energetic content and digestibility of seeds pp. 639-647

Mary Ngozi Molokwu, Jan-Åke Nilsson and Ola Olsson

Measuring marginal predation in animal groups pp. 648-656

Ben T. Hirsch and Lesley J. Morrell

Nonpasserine bird produces soft calls and pays retaliation cost pp. 657-662

Paweł Ręk and Tomasz S. Osiejuk

Grooming for tolerance? Two mechanisms of exchange in wild tufted capuchin monkeys pp. 663-669

Barbara Tiddi, Filippo Aureli, Eugenia Polizzi di Sorrentino, Charles H. Janson and Gabriele Schino

Spatiotemporal reproductive strategies in the fire salamander: a model and empirical test pp. 670-678

Ori Segev, Marc Mangel, Nick Wolf, Asaf Sadeh, Arik Kershenbaum and Leon Blaustein

Volume 22, issue 2, 2011

The fusion of behavioral ecology and ecology pp. 225-230

Deborah M. Gordon

Density bias in behavioral ecology pp. 231-232

Judy A. Stamps

The many ecologies of behavior pp. 232-233

Andrés López-Sepulcre

Cause and context in the biological sciences pp. 233-234

Kevin N. Laland

Behavioral ecology: 40 years of fusion with ecology pp. 234-235

David F. Westneat

Response pp. 235-235

D.M. Gordon

Integrating animal behavior and conservation biology: a conceptual framework pp. 236-239

Oded Berger-Tal, Tal Polak, Aya Oron, Yael Lubin, Burt P. Kotler and David Saltz

Nest ornamentation in blue tits: is feather carrying ability a male status signal? pp. 240-247

Juan José Sanz and Vicente García-Navas

Absence of kin structure in a population of the group-living rodent Octodon degus pp. 248-254

Verónica Quirici, Sylvain Faugeron, Loren D. Hayes and Luis A. Ebensperger

Increased host aggression as an induced defense against slave-making ants pp. 255-260

Tobias Pamminger, Inon Scharf, Pleuni S. Pennings and Susanne Foitzik

Male fiddler crabs defend multiple burrows to attract additional females pp. 261-267

Brian Mautz, Tanya Detto, Bob B.M. Wong, Hanna Kokko, Michael D. Jennions and Patricia R.Y. Backwell

The degree of response to increased predation risk corresponds to male secondary sexual traits pp. 268-275

Kasey D. Fowler-Finn and Eileen A. Hebets

Emergence of group rationality from irrational individuals pp. 276-281

Takao Sasaki and Stephen C. Pratt

The composition, stability, and kinship of reproductive coalitions in a lekking bird pp. 282-290

Thomas B. Ryder, John G. Blake, Patricia G. Parker and Bette A. Loiselle

Reproductive tradeoffs of learning in a butterfly pp. 291-302

Emilie C. Snell-Rood, Goggy Davidowitz and Daniel R. Papaj

Mating experience in field crickets modifies pre- and postcopulatory female choice in parallel pp. 303-309

Darren Rebar, Marlene Zuk and Nathan W. Bailey

Song amplitude affects territorial aggression of male receivers in chaffinches pp. 310-316

Harold Brumm and M. Ritschard

The use of numerical information by bees in foraging tasks pp. 317-325

Noam Bar-Shai, Tamar Keasar and Avi Shmida

Divergence in timing of parental care and migration in barnacle geese pp. 326-331

Rudy M. Jonker, Marije W. Kuiper, Lysanne Snijders, Sipke E. Van Wieren, Ron C. Ydenberg and Herbert H.T. Prins

Serins respond to anthropogenic noise by increasing vocal activity pp. 332-336

Mario Díaz, Antonio Parra and Clemente Gallardo

Reproductive skew is highly variable and correlated with genetic relatedness in a social apoid wasp pp. 337-344

Eric R. Lucas, Rogério P. Martins and Jeremy Field

Male attractiveness is negatively genetically associated with investment in copulations pp. 345-349

Leif Engqvist

Mortality risk affects mating decisions in the spider Nephila clavipes pp. 350-357

Clare C. Rittschof

Size-related inbreeding preference and competitiveness in male Pelvicachromis taeniatus (Cichlidae) pp. 358-362

Timo Thünken, Sebastian A. Baldauf, Harald Kullmann, Julia Schuld, Saskia Hesse and Theo C.M. Bakker

Rethinking birdsong evolution: meta-analysis of the relationship between song complexity and reproductive success pp. 363-371

Masayo Soma and László Zsolt Garamszegi

Koala bellows and their association with the spatial dynamics of free-ranging koalas pp. 372-377

W. Ellis, F. Bercovitch, S. FitzGibbon, P. Roe, J. Wimmer, A. Melzer and R. Wilson

Synchronized vigilance while feeding in common eider brood-rearing coalitions pp. 378-384

Markus Öst and Tekla Tierala

Effects of simultaneous polyandry on offspring fitness in an African tree frog pp. 385-391

Phillip G. Byrne and Martin J. Whiting

Water-seeking behavior in worm-infected crickets and reversibility of parasitic manipulation pp. 392-400

Fleur Ponton, Fernando Otálora-Luna, Thierry Lefèvre, Patrick M. Guerin, Camille Lebarbenchon, David Duneau, David G. Biron and Frédéric Thomas

Sound familiar? Acoustic similarity provokes responses to unfamiliar heterospecific alarm calls pp. 401-410

Pamela M. Fallow, Janet L. Gardner and Robert D. Magrath

Yolk carotenoids have sex-dependent effects on redox status and influence the resolution of growth trade-offs in yellow-legged gull chicks pp. 411-421

Nicola Saino, Maria Romano, Manuela Caprioli, Diego Rubolini and Roberto Ambrosini

Use of social over personal information enhances nest defense against avian brood parasitism pp. 422-428

Daniela Campobello and Spencer G. Sealy

Colony variation in the collective regulation of foraging by harvester ants pp. 429-435

Deborah M. Gordon, Adam Guetz, Michael J. Greene and Susan Holmes

Load lightening and negotiation over offspring care in cooperative breeders pp. 436-444

Rufus A. Johnstone

Corrections for "Assessing the function of house sparrows' bib size using a flexible meta-analysis method [Behav Ecol 18 pp. 445-446

Shinichi Nakagawa, Nancy Ockendon, Duncan O.S. Gillespie, Ben J. Hatchwell and Terry Burke

Volume 22, issue 1, 2011

Indicators of development as sexually selected traits: the developmental stress hypothesis in context pp. 1-9

Karen A. Spencer and Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton

Are better singers smarter? pp. 10-11

Stephen Nowicki and William A. Searcy

Stressing out about singing pp. 10-10

Michael M. Kasumovic

Stressed singers and symmetric lovers pp. 11-12

Charlotta Kvarnemo

The developmental stress hypothesis: a special case of the evolution of condition-dependent sexual traits pp. 12-13

Katherine L. Buchanan

Assessing the developmental stress hypothesis in the context of a reaction norm pp. 13-14

John P. Swaddle

Singing to impress: the importance of developmental stress pp. 14-15

K.A. Spencer and S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton

Spatial positioning in the selfish herd pp. 16-22

Lesley J. Morrell, Graeme D. Ruxton and Richard James

Predator-induced stress changes parental feeding behavior in pied flycatchers pp. 23-28

Vallo Tilgar, Kadri Moks and Pauli Saag

Yolk androstenedione, but not testosterone, predicts offspring fate and reflects parental quality pp. 29-38

Gergely Hegyi, Márton Herényi, Eszter Szöllősi, Balázs Rosivall, János Török and Ton G.G. Groothuis

The relative importance of RHP and resource quality in contests with ownership asymmetries pp. 39-45

Michael M. Kasumovic, Andrew C. Mason, Maydianne C.B. Andrade and Damian O. Elias

Closer clutch inspection--quicker egg ejection: timing of host responses toward parasitic eggs pp. 46-51

Milica Požgayová, Petr Procházka, Lenka Polačiková and Marcel Honza

Wing wear affects wing use and choice of floral density in foraging bumble bees pp. 52-59

Danusha J. Foster and Ralph V. Cartar

Mimicking multiple models: polyphenetic masqueraders gain additional benefits from crypsis pp. 60-65

John Skelhorn and Graeme D. Ruxton

Plumage color and food availability affect male reproductive success in a socially monogamous bird pp. 66-72

Erin L. O'Brien and Russell D. Dawson

Extrapair paternity, song, and genetic quality in song sparrows pp. 73-81

Christopher E. Hill, Çağlar Akçay, S. Elizabeth Campbell and Michael D. Beecher

Habitat saturation, benefits of philopatry, relatedness, and the extent of co-operative breeding in a cichlid pp. 82-92

Dik Heg, Susan Rothenberger and Roger Schürch

Making the most of alarm signals: the adaptive value of individual discrimination in an alarm context pp. 93-100

Kimberly A. Pollard

First in, last out: asymmetric competition influences patch exploitation of a parasitoid pp. 101-107

C. Le Lann, Y. Outreman, J.J.M. van Alphen and J. van Baaren

Clonal ant societies exhibit fertility-dependent shifts in caste ratios pp. 108-113

Emmanuel Lecoutey, Nicolas Châline and Pierre Jaisson

Male mate choice in hermit crabs: prudence by inferior males and simple preference by superior males pp. 114-119

Satoshi Wada, Yuusei Arashiro, Fumio Takeshita and Yasutoki Shibata

Mate change in a socially monogamous mammal: evidences support the "forced divorce" hypothesis pp. 120-125

Sophie Lardy, Aurélie Cohas, Irene Figueroa and Dominique Allainé

Quantitative genetics and fitness consequences of neophilia in zebra finches pp. 126-134

Holger Schielzeth, Elisabeth Bolund, Bart Kempenaers and Wolfgang Forstmeier

Shy trout grow faster: exploring links between personality and fitness-related traits in the wild pp. 135-143

Bart Adriaenssens and Jörgen I. Johnsson

Strategy selection under conspecific brood parasitism: an integrative modeling approach pp. 144-155

Kim Jaatinen, Jussi Lehtonen and Hanna Kokko

Individual state and survival prospects: age, sex, and telomere length in a long-lived seabird pp. 156-161

Christopher G. Foote, Francis Daunt, Jacob González-Solís, Lubna Nasir, Richard A. Phillips and Pat Monaghan

Interactions between lay date, clutch size, and postlaying energetic needs in a capital breeder pp. 162-168

Édith Sénéchal, Joël Bêty and H. Grant Gilchrist

Habitat-specific constraints on induced hatching in a treefrog with reproductive mode plasticity pp. 169-175

Justin C. Touchon, Jenny Urbina and Karen M. Warkentin

Natal dispersal correlates with behavioral traits that are not consistent across early life stages pp. 176-183

Katrine S. Hoset, Anne-Laure Ferchaud, Florence Dufour, Danielle Mersch, Julien Cote and Jean-François Le Galliard

Male Drosophila melanogaster adjust ejaculate size based on female mating status, fecundity, and age pp. 184-191

Stefan Lüpold, Mollie K. Manier, Outi Ala-Honkola, John M. Belote and Scott Pitnick

Male reproductive senescence as a potential source of sexual conflict in a beetle pp. 192-198

Pau Carazo, Pau Molina-Vila and Enrique Font

Direct fitness benefits of delayed dispersal in the cooperatively breeding red wolf (Canis rufus) pp. 199-205

Amanda M. Sparkman, Jennifer R. Adams, Todd D. Steury, Lisette P. Waits and Dennis L. Murray

Alloparental care increases mating success pp. 206-211

Kelly A. Stiver and Suzanne H. Alonzo

When climate change affects where birds sing pp. 212-217

Anders Pape Møller

Uncertainty about future predation risk modulates monitoring behavior from refuges in lizards pp. 218-223

Vicente Polo, Pilar López and José Martín