Behavioral Ecology

2002 - 2025

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Volume 18, issue 6, 2007

Sex-specific development of avian flight performance under experimentally altered rearing conditions pp. 967-973

Jan J. Verspoor, Oliver P. Love, Eloise Rowland, Eunice H. Chin and Tony D. Williams

Siblicide in the spotted hyena: analysis with ultrasonic examination of wild and captive individuals pp. 974-984

Sofia A. Wahaj, Ned J. Place, Mary L. Weldele, Stephen E. Glickman and Kay E. Holekamp

Extrapair paternity and the opportunity for sexual selection in a socially monogamous passerine pp. 985-993

Amy C. Dolan, Michael T. Murphy, Lucas J. Redmond, Karen Sexton and Debbie Duffield

Variable postfledging care in a cooperative bird: causes and consequences pp. 994-1000

Amanda R. Ridley and Nichola J. Raihani

A comparative study of the function of heterospecific vocal mimicry in European passerines pp. 1001-1009

László Zsolt Garamszegi, Marcel Eens, Denitza Zaprianova Pavlova, Jesus Miguel Avilés and Anders Pape Møller

Experience leads to preference: experienced females prefer brush-legged males in a population of syntopic wolf spiders pp. 1010-1020

Eileen A. Hebets and Cor J. Vink

Environmental heterogeneity and alternative mating tactics in the damselfly Protoneura amatoria pp. 1021-1028

Brenda Larison

Intersexual spatial relationships in a lekking species: blue-crowned manakins and female hot spots pp. 1029-1039

Renata Duraes, Bette A. Loiselle and John G. Blake

Dilution games: use of protective cover can cause a reduction in vigilance for prey in groups pp. 1040-1044

Guy Beauchamp and Graeme D. Ruxton

Maternal corticosteroids influence primary offspring sex ratio in a free-ranging passerine bird pp. 1045-1050

Frances Bonier, Paul R. Martin and John C. Wingfield

Inferring performance in the songs of dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) pp. 1051-1057

Gonçalo C. Cardoso, Jonathan W. Atwell, Ellen D. Ketterson and Trevor D. Price

Territory quality drives intraspecific patterns of extrapair paternity pp. 1058-1064

Dustin R. Rubenstein

Patch density determines movement patterns and foraging efficiency of large herbivores pp. 1065-1072

H.J. de Knegt, G.M. Hengeveld, F. van Langevelde, W.F. de Boer and K.P. Kirkman

Male age predicts extrapair and total fertilization success in the socially monogamous coal tit pp. 1073-1081

Tim Schmoll, Verena Mund, Verena Dietrich-Bischoff, Wolfgang Winkel and Thomas Lubjuhn

Long-lasting mobbing of the pied flycatcher increases the risk of nest predation pp. 1082-1084

Indrikis Krams, Tatjana Krama, Kristine Igaune and Raivo Mänd

Signaling by decorating webs: luring prey or deterring predators? pp. 1085-1091

Ren-Chung Cheng and I-Min Tso

The honeybee queen influences the regulation of colony drone production pp. 1092-1099

Katie E. Wharton, Fred C. Dyer, Zachary Y. Huang and Thomas Getty

Dietary carotenoid availability influences a male's ability to provide parental care pp. 1100-1105

Thomas W. Pike, Jonathan D. Blount, Jan Lindström and Neil B. Metcalfe

Sex ratio schedules in a dynamic game: the effect of competitive asymmetry by male emergence order pp. 1106-1115

Jun Abe, Yoshitaka Kamimura and Masakazu Shimada

A role for female ornamentation in the facultatively polygynous mating system of collared flycatchers pp. 1116-1122

Gergely Hegyi, Balázs Rosivall, Eszter Szöllosi, Rita Hargitai, Marcel Eens and János Török

Iridescent structurally based coloration of eyespots correlates with mating success in the peacock pp. 1123-1131

Adeline Loyau, Doris Gomez, Benoit Moureau, Marc Théry, Nathan S. Hart, Michel Saint Jalme, Andrew T.D. Bennett and Gabriele Sorci

Lifetime philopatry in the blue-footed booby: a longitudinal study pp. 1132-1138

Sin-Yeon Kim, Roxana Torres, César A. Domínguez and Hugh Drummond

Red fish, blue fish: trade-offs between pigmentation and immunity in Betta splendens pp. 1139-1145

Ethan D. Clotfelter, Daniel R. Ardia and Kevin J. McGraw

Behavioral attributes influence annual mating success more than morphological traits in male collared lizards pp. 1146-1154

Troy A. Baird, John M. Hranitz, Dusti K. Timanus and Andrew M. Schwartz

Volume 18, issue 5, 2007

Deactivation of dietary wariness through experience of novel food pp. 803-810

Nicola M. Marples, Micheal Quinlan, Robert J. Thomas and David J. Kelly

Sequential settlement and site dependence in a migratory raptor pp. 811-821

Fabrizio Sergio, Julio Blas, Manuela G. Forero, José Antonio Donázar and Fernando Hiraldo

Male competition and female choice interact to determine mating success in the bluefin killifish pp. 822-830

Katie E. McGhee, Rebecca C. Fuller and Joseph Travis

Assessing the function of house sparrows' bib size using a flexible meta-analysis method pp. 831-840

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

Production of insurance eggs in Nazca boobies: costs, benefits, and variable parental quality pp. 841-848

Howard M. Townsend and David J. Anderson

Song matching, overlapping, and switching in the banded wren: the sender's perspective pp. 849-859

Sandra L. Vehrencamp, Michelle L. Hall, Erin R. Bohman, Catherine D. Depeine and Anastasia H. Dalziell

Male harassment influences female movements and associations in Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi) pp. 860-865

Siva R. Sundaresan, Ilya R. Fischhoff and Rubenstein Di

A spatial model of the evolution of quorum sensing regulating bacteriocin production pp. 866-873

Tamás Czárán and Rolf F. Hoekstra

Parent presence, delayed dispersal, and territory acquisition in the Seychelles warbler pp. 874-879

C Eikenaar, Richardson Ds, L Brouwer and J Komdeur

Kin recognition and incest avoidance in a group-living insect pp. 880-887

Mathieu Lihoreau, Cédric Zimmer and Colette Rivault

Mechanisms and fitness effects of interspecific information use between migrant and resident birds pp. 888-894

Jukka T. Forsman, Robert L. Thomson and Janne-Tuomas Seppänen

Is extrapair mating random? On the probability distribution of extrapair young in avian broods pp. 895-904

Jon E. Brommer, Peter Korsten, Karen M. Bouwman, Mathew L. Berg and Jan Komdeur

Strategic egg allocation in the zebra fish, Danio rerio pp. 905-909

Andrew M. J. Skinner and Penelope J. Watt

Sex and the selfish herd: sexual segregation within nonmating whirligig groups pp. 910-915

William L. Romey and Abigail C. Wallace

Wild Carib grackles play a producer--scrounger game pp. 916-921

Julie Morand-Ferron, Luc-Alain Giraldeau and Louis Lefebvre

An experimental test of preferences for nest contents in an obligate brood parasite, Molothrus ater pp. 922-928

David J. White, Lucy Ho, Guadalupe de los Santos and Irene Godoy

Elevated yolk androgen levels benefit offspring development in a between-clutch context pp. 929-936

Wendt Müller, Kinga Deptuch, Isabel López-Rull and Diego Gil

Predicted fitness consequences of threat-sensitive hiding behavior pp. 937-943

Elizabeth Rhoades and Daniel T. Blumstein

A mutual understanding? Interspecific responses by birds to each other's aerial alarm calls pp. 944-951

Robert D. Magrath, Benjamin J. Pitcher and Janet L. Gardner

Parasites physically block host copulation: a potent mechanism of parasite-mediated sexual selection pp. 952-957

Michal Polak, Lien T. Luong and William T. Starmer

Sexual conflict over copula timing: a mathematical model and a test in the yellow dung fly pp. 958-966

Wolf U. Blanckenhorn, Benjamin I. Arthur, Patricia Meile and Paul I. Ward

Volume 18, issue 4, 2007

Ecological cues, gestation length, and birth timing in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) pp. 635-644

Ryan Sj, Knechtel Cu and Getz Wm

State-dependent decision making: educated predators strategically trade off the costs and benefits of consuming aposematic prey pp. 645-651

Barnett Ca, M Bateson and C Rowe

Mothers adjust egg size to helper number in a cooperatively breeding cichlid pp. 652-657

Barbara Taborsky, Eva Skubic and Rick Bruintjes

Testing the beneficial acclimation hypothesis: temperature effects on mating success in a butterfly pp. 658-664

Thorin L. Geister and Klaus Fischer

Mother--offspring interactions do not affect natal dispersal in a small rodent pp. 665-673

Le Galliard J-F, G Gundersen and H Steen

Differences in parental food allocation rules: evidence for sexual conflict in the blue tit? pp. 674-679

Megan Dickens and Ian R. Hartley

Sexual harassment in live-bearing fishes (Poeciliidae): comparing courting and noncourting species pp. 680-688

Martin Plath, Amber M. Makowicz, Ingo Schlupp and Michael Tobler

Stealing behavior and the maintenance of a visual display in the satin bowerbird pp. 689-695

Janine M. Wojcieszek, James A. Nicholls and Anne W. Goldizen

Mate preference for multiple cues: interplay between male and nest size in the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus pp. 696-700

Topi K. Lehtonen, Simo Rintakoski and Kai Lindström

The role of breeding system on ant ecological dominance: genetic analysis of Ectatomma tuberculatum pp. 701-708

Léa Zinck, Pierre Jaisson, Riviane R. Hora, Damien Denis, Chantal Poteaux and Claudie Doums

Lethal combat and sex ratio evolution in a parasitoid wasp pp. 709-715

Tabitha M. Innocent, Joanna Savage, Stuart A. West and Sarah E. Reece

Activity patterns of urban red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) reduce the risk of traffic-induced mortality pp. 716-724

Philip J. Baker, Claire V. Dowding, Susie E. Molony, Piran C.L. White and Stephen Harris

Habitat use and movements of plains zebra (Equus burchelli) in response to predation danger from lions pp. 725-729

Ilya R. Fischhoff, Siva R. Sundaresan, Justine Cordingley and Rubenstein Di

Extreme gender-based post-fledging brood division in the toc-toc pp. 730-735

Luciana B. Vega, Graham J. Holloway, James E. Millett and David S. Richardson

Vulnerability and reliable signaling in conflicts between hermit crabs pp. 736-741

Mark E. Laidre

Influence of environmental conditions on patch exploitation strategies of parasitoids pp. 742-749

Thierry Spataro and Carlos Bernstein

Avian defensive behavior and blood-feeding success of the West Nile vector mosquito, Culex pipiens pp. 750-757

Jonathan M. Darbro and Laura C. Harrington

Generation-dependent female choice: behavioral polyphenism in a bivoltine butterfly pp. 758-763

Magne Friberg and Christer Wiklund

Sex and social costs of escaping in the striped plateau lizard Sceloporus virgatus pp. 764-768

William E. Cooper and Dawn S. Wilson

Animal camouflage: compromise or specialize in a 2 patch-type environment? pp. 769-775

Alasdair I. Houston, Martin Stevens and Innes C. Cuthill

Sperm competition effects on sperm production and expenditure in sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna pp. 776-780

Andrea S. Aspbury

Intra- and interspecific relationships between nest size and immunity pp. 781-791

Juan José Soler, Manuel Martín-Vivaldi, Claudy Haussy and Anders Pape Møller

Egg puncturing by the brood parasitic Greater Honeyguide and potential host counteradaptations pp. 792-799

Claire N. Spottiswoode and John F.R. Colebrook-Robjent

Volume 18, issue 3, 2007

Comparative evidence for a cost to males of manipulating females in bushcrickets pp. 499-506

Karim Vahed

Distress calls reflect poxvirus infection in lesser short-toed lark Calandrella rufescens pp. 507-512

Paola Laiolo, David Serrano, José L. Tella, Martina Carrete, Guillermo Lopez and Carlos Navarro

Maternal immune factors and the evolution of secondary sexual characters pp. 513-520

Nicola Saino, Roberta Martinelli, Clotilde Biard, Diego Gil, Claire N. Spottiswoode, Diego Rubolini, Peter F. Surai and Anders P. Møller

Risk-taking behavior predicts aggression and mating success in a fiddler crab pp. 521-525

Leeann T. Reaney and Patricia R.Y. Backwell

Mouth coloration of nestlings covaries with offspring quality and influences parental feeding behavior pp. 526-534

Rosa Mary de Ayala, Nicola Saino, Anders Pape Møller and Cecilia Anselmi

No terminal investment in pipefish males: only young males exhibit risk-prone courtship behavior pp. 535-540

Anna M. Billing, Gunilla Rosenqvist and Anders Berglund

Choice processes in multialternative decision making pp. 541-550

Cynthia Schuck-Paim and Alex Kacelnik

The effects of age at mating on female life-history traits in a seed beetle pp. 551-555

Alexei A. Maklakov, Natacha Kremer and Göran Arnqvist

Behavioral syndromes and the evolution of correlated behavior in zebrafish pp. 556-562

Jason A. Moretz, Emília P. Martins and Barrie D. Robison

Breeding rate is associated with pheomelanism in male and with eumelanism in female barn owls pp. 563-570

Alexandre Roulin and Res Altwegg

Sexual selection in a moth: effect of symmetry on male mating success in the wild pp. 571-578

Chiharu Koshio, Makoto Muraji, Haruki Tatsuta and Shin-ichi Kudo

Inbreeding is reduced by female-biased dispersal and mating behavior in Ethiopian wolves pp. 579-589

Deborah A. Randall, John P. Pollinger, Robert K. Wayne, Lucy A. Tallents, Paul J. Johnson and David W. Macdonald

Confusion of predators does not rely on specialist coordinated behavior pp. 590-596

Graeme D. Ruxton, Andrew L. Jackson and Colin R. Tosh

Male age, mating probability, and progeny fitness in the bulb mite pp. 597-601

Zofia Maria Prokop, Michał Stuglik, Izabela Żabińska and Jacek Radwan

Rearing conditions influence quality signals but not individual identity signals in Polistes wasps pp. 602-607

Elizabeth A. Tibbetts and Tracy R. Curtis

Hybrid vocalizations are effective within, but not outside, an avian hybrid zone pp. 608-614

Paula M. den Hartog, Selvino R. de Kort and Carel ten Cate

Resource assessment in hermit crabs: the worth of their own shell pp. 615-620

Elena Tricarico and Francesca Gherardi

Fiery red heads: female dominance among head color morphs in the Gouldian finch pp. 621-627

Sarah R. Pryke

Spermatophore displacement and male fertilization success in the ground beetle Carabus insulicola pp. 628-634

Yasuoki Takami

Volume 18, issue 2, 2007

Coalition formation: a game-theoretic analysis pp. 277-286

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons and Tom N. Sherratt

Kin selection does not explain male aggregation at leks of 4 manakin species pp. 287-291

Bette A. Loiselle, Thomas B. Ryder, Renata Durães, Wendy Tori, John G. Blake and Patricia G. Parker

Effect of color vision phenotype on the foraging of wild white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus pp. 292-297

Erin R. Vogel, Maureen Neitz and Nathaniel J. Dominy

Mating for convenience or genetic diversity? Mating patterns in the polygynous ant Plagiolepis pygmaea pp. 298-303

K Trontti, N Thurin, L Sundström and S Aron

Discrete genetic variation in mate choice and a condition-dependent preference function in the side-blotched lizard: implications for the formation and maintenance of coadapted gene complexes pp. 304-310

Colin Bleay and Barry Sinervo

Different sexual traits show covariation among genotypes: implications for sexual selection pp. 311-317

Alison F. Cooperman, Michal Polak, Christopher S. Evans and Phillip W. Taylor

Territorial male color predicts agonistic behavior of conspecifics in a color polymorphic species pp. 318-323

Wayne J. Korzan and Russell D. Fernald

Facultative response to a kleptoparasite by the cooperatively breeding pied babbler pp. 324-330

Ridley Ar and Raihani Nj

Rank and colony defense against conspecifics in a facultatively eusocial hover wasp pp. 331-336

Adam L. Cronin and Jeremy Field

Mimicry in hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): a field test of the competitive mimicry hypothesis pp. 337-344

Arash Rashed and Thomas N. Sherratt

Do females trade copulations for food? An experimental study on kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) pp. 345-353

Bart Kempenaers, Richard B. Lanctot, Verena A. Gill, Scott A. Hatch and Mihai Valcu

Behavioral interference and facilitation in the foraging cycle shape the functional response pp. 354-357

P. Anders Nilsson, Per Lundberg, Christer Brönmark, Anders Persson and Håkan Turesson

Effects of risk assessment, predator behavior, and habitat on escape behavior in Columbian black-tailed deer pp. 358-367

Theodore Stankowich and Richard G. Coss

Patch use, apprehension, and vigilance behavior of Nubian Ibex under perceived risk of predation pp. 368-374

Valeria Hochman and Burt P. Kotler

Reproductive specialization in multiple-queen colonies of the ant Formica exsecta pp. 375-383

Rolf Kümmerli and Laurent Keller

Searching for a new home--scouting behavior of honeybee swarms pp. 384-392

Stefan Janson, Martin Middendorf and Madeleine Beekman

Human-induced water turbidity alters selection on sexual displays in sticklebacks pp. 393-398

Jonna Engström-Öst and Ulrika Candolin

Fertilization success and UV ornamentation in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus: correlational and experimental evidence pp. 399-409

Kaspar Delhey, Anne Peters, Arild Johnsen and Bart Kempenaers

Parasitic spawning in sand gobies: an experimental assessment of nest-opening size, sneaker male cues, paternity, and filial cannibalism pp. 410-419

Ola Svensson and Charlotta Kvarnemo

Is hatching asynchrony beneficial for the brood? pp. 420-426

Eszter Szöllősi, Balázs Rosivall and János Török

Litter size and fetal sex ratio adjustment in a highly polytocous species: the wild boar pp. 427-432

Sabrina Servanty, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Dominique Allainé, Serge Brandt and Eric Baubet

Exploiting new terrain: an advantage to sociality in the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum pp. 433-437

Jennie J. Kuzdzal-Fick, Kevin R. Foster, David C. Queller and Joan E. Strassmann

Aerial dispersal plasticity under different wind velocities in a salt marsh wolf spider pp. 438-443

Dries Bonte, Beatrijs Bossuyt and Luc Lens

Spatial and temporal variation in pheromone composition of ant foraging trails pp. 444-450

Duncan E. Jackson, Steven J. Martin, Francis L. W. Ratnieks and Mike Holcombe

Interaction rate informs harvester ant task decisions pp. 451-455

Michael J. Greene and Deborah M. Gordon

Memory for food caches: not just for retrieval pp. 456-459

Lucinda H. Male and Tom V. Smulders

How partnerships end in guillemots Uria aalge: chance events, adaptive change, or forced divorce? pp. 460-466

Jonathan M. Jeschke, Sarah Wanless, Michael P. Harris and Hanna Kokko

Clutch-size adjustments and skew models: effects on reproductive partitioning and group stability pp. 467-476

Ian M. Hamilton and Dik Heg

Extrapair paternity and the opportunity for sexual selection in long-distant migratory passerines pp. 477-486

Tomáš Albrecht, Jan Schnitzer, Jakub Kreisinger, Alice Exnerová, Josef Bryja and Pavel Munclinger

Public information for solitary foragers: timber rattlesnakes use conspecific chemical cues to select ambush sites pp. 487-490

Rulon W. Clark

Ejaculate allocation under varying sperm competition risk in the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus pp. 491-495

Steven A. Ramm and Paula Stockley

Yolk androgen deposition as a female tactic to manipulate paternal contribution pp. 496-498

Gregorio Moreno-Rueda

Volume 18, issue 1, 2007

Trapline foraging by bumble bees: IV. Optimization of route geometry in the absence of competition pp. 1-11

Kazuharu Ohashi, James D. Thomson and Daniel D'Souza

The influence of conspecifics and predation risk on the vigilance of elk (Cervus elaphus) in Yellowstone National Park pp. 12-20

Mark A. Lung and Michael J. Childress

Same-sex sexual behavior in birds: expression is related to social mating system and state of development at hatching pp. 21-33

Geoff R. MacFarlane, Simon P. Blomberg, Gisela Kaplan and Lesley J. Rogers

Effects of nestling condition on UV plumage traits in blue tits: an experimental approach pp. 34-40

Alain Jacot and Bart Kempenaers

Aposematic coloration, luminance contrast, and the benefits of conspicuousness pp. 41-46

Kathleen L. Prudic, Ana K. Skemp and Daniel R. Papaj

Phenotypic correlates of spermatozoon quality in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata pp. 47-52

Andrew M.J. Skinner and Penelope J. Watt

Short-term behavioral consequences of territory relocation in a Caribbean damselfish, Stegastes diencaeus pp. 53-61

Peter T. McDougall and Donald L. Kramer

Interval between clutches, fitness, and climate change pp. 62-70

Anders Pape Møller

Should attractive males have more sons? pp. 71-80

Tim W. Fawcett, Bram Kuijper, Ido Pen and Franz J. Weissing

Male chicks are more costly to rear than females in a monogamous seabird, the Common Murre pp. 81-85

Maureen L. Cameron-MacMillan, Carolyn J. Walsh, Sabina I. Wilhelm and Anne E. Storey

The evolution of song in female birds in Europe pp. 86-96

László Zsolt Garamszegi, Denitza Zaprianova Pavlova, Marcel Eens and Anders Pape Møller

Begging in the absence of parents: a "quick on the trigger" strategy to minimize costly misses pp. 97-102

Roi Dor, Hilla Kedar, David W. Winkler and Arnon Lotem

Social information, social feeding, and competition in group-living goats (Capra hircus) pp. 103-107

Adrian M. Shrader, Graham I.H. Kerley, Burt P. Kotler and Joel S. Brown

The mixed-species chorus as public information: túngara frogs eavesdrop on a heterospecific pp. 108-114

Steven M. Phelps, A. Stanley Rand and Michael J. Ryan

Grooming and agonistic support: a meta-analysis of primate reciprocal altruism pp. 115-120

Gabriele Schino

Sex-specific consequences of life in the city pp. 121-129

Frances Bonier, Paul R. Martin, Kimberly S. Sheldon, Jay P. Jensen, Sarah L. Foltz and John C. Wingfield

Extrapair paternity in chestnut-sided warblers is correlated with consistent vocal performance pp. 130-136

Bruce E. Byers

Dietary mineral content influences the expression of melanin-based ornamental coloration pp. 137-142

Kevin J. McGraw

The importance of visual cues for nocturnal species: eagle owls signal by badge brightness pp. 143-147

Vincenzo Penteriani, Maria del Mar Delgado, Carlos Alonso-Alvarez and Fabrizio Sergio

Avoidance of aposematic prey in European tits (Paridae): learned or innate? pp. 148-156

Alice Exnerová, Pavel Štys, Eva Fučíková, Silvie Veselá, Kateřina Svádová, Milena Prokopová, Vojtěch Jarošík, Roman Fuchs and Eva Landová

No evidence for inbreeding avoidance in a great reed warbler population pp. 157-164

Bengt Hansson, Lucy Jack, Julian K. Christians, Josephine M. Pemberton, Mikael Åkesson, Helena Westerdahl, Staffan Bensch and Dennis Hasselquist

Female pheromonal chorusing in an arctiid moth, Utetheisa ornatrix pp. 165-173

Hangkyo Lim and Michael D. Greenfield

Genital damage in the orb-web spider Argiope bruennichi (Araneae: Araneidae) increases paternity success pp. 174-181

Stefan H. Nessler, Gabriele Uhl and Jutta M. Schneider

Function of pair duets in the eastern whipbird: cooperative defense or sexual conflict? pp. 182-188

Amy C. Rogers, Naomi E. Langmore and Raoul A. Mulder

Risky mate search and mate preference in the golden orb-web spider (Nephila plumipes) pp. 189-195

Michael M. Kasumovic, Matthew J. Bruce, Marie E. Herberstein and Maydianne C.B. Andrade

Alternative tactics and individual reproductive success in natural associations of the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides pp. 196-203

Josef K. Müller, Veronika Braunisch, Wenbe Hwang and Anne-Katrin Eggert

Interference competition between coyotes and raccoons: a test of the mesopredator release hypothesis pp. 204-214

Stanley D. Gehrt and Suzanne Prange

Interference from a game theoretical perspective: shore crabs suffer most from equal competitors pp. 215-221

Isabel M. Smallegange and Jaap van der Meer

Nest mate size, but not short-term need, influences begging behavior of a generalist brood parasite pp. 222-230

James W. Rivers

Immune system activation affects male sexual signal and reproductive potential in crickets pp. 231-235

Kenneth M. Fedorka and Timothy A. Mousseau

Consequences of complex signaling: predator detection of multimodal cues pp. 236-240

J. Andrew Roberts, Phillip W. Taylor and George W. Uetz

Capital or income breeding? A theoretical model of female reproductive strategies pp. 241-250

Alasdair I. Houston, Philip A. Stephens, Ian L. Boyd, Karin C. Harding and John M. McNamara

Age-related sperm transfer and sperm competitive ability in the male hide beetle pp. 251-258

Therésa M. Jones, Rebecca Featherston, Damien B.B.P. Paris and Mark A. Elgar

Individual quality and age affect responses to an energetic constraint in a cavity-nesting bird pp. 259-266

Daniel R. Ardia and Ethan D. Clotfelter

A framework for determining the fitness consequences of antipredator behavior pp. 267-270

Beverly C. Ajie, Lauren M. Pintor, Jason Watters, Jacob L. Kerby, John I. Hammond and Andrew Sih

Testes size in birds: quality versus quantity--assumptions, errors, and estimates pp. 271-275

Sara Calhim and Tim R. Birkhead