Behavioral Ecology

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Volume 32, issue 6, 2021

Exploring the effects of extreme polyandry on estimates of sexual selection and reproductive success pp. 1055-1063

E V(Ginny) Greenway, Jennifer A Hamel and Christine W Miller

A Bayesian optimal escape model reveals bird species differ in their capacity to habituate to humans pp. 1064-1074

Nicholas M Sutton, Michael A Weston, Patrick J Guay, Jenna Tregoweth and James P O’Dwyer

Sex-specific contributions to nest building in birds pp. 1075-1085

Mark C Mainwaring, Jenő Nagy and Mark E Hauber

Body mass dynamics of migratory nightjars are explained by individual turnover and fueling pp. 1086-1093

Paula Hidalgo-Rodríguez, Pedro Sáez-Gómez, Julio Blas, Anders Hedenström and Carlos Camacho

Acoustic and visual stimuli combined promote stronger responses to aerial predation in fish pp. 1094-1102

Juliane Lukas, Pawel Romanczuk, Haider Klenz, Pascal Klamser, Lenin Arias Rodriguez, Jens Krause and David Bierbach

Does brain size affect mate choice? An experimental examination in pygmy halfbeaks pp. 1103-1113

Rebecca M McNeil, Alessandro Devigili, Niclas Kolm and John L Fitzpatrick

Life-history trade-offs, density, lay date—not personality—explain multibroodedness in great tits pp. 1114-1126

Sarah Senécal, Alexia Mouchet and Niels J Dingemanse

Males perceive honest information from female released sex pheromone in a moth pp. 1127-1137

Adrea Gonzalez-Karlsson, Yftach Golov, Hadass Steinitz, Aviad Moncaz, Eyal Halon, Rami Horowitz, Inna Goldenberg, Roi Gurka, Alexander Liberzon, Victoria Soroker, Russell Jurenka and Ally R Harari

One but not two grandmothers increased child survival in poorer families in west Bohemian population, 1708–1834 pp. 1138-1150

Jan Havlíček, Petr Tureček and Alice Velková

Fast food in the city? Nomadic flying-foxes commute less and hang around for longer in urban areas pp. 1151-1162

Jessica Meade, John M Martin and Justin A Welbergen

Male reproductive adjustments to an introduced nest predator pp. 1163-1170

Isaac Gravolin, Topi K Lehtonen, Nicholas D S Deal, Ulrika Candolin and Bob B M Wong

Mutual mate preferences and assortative mating in relation to a carotenoid-based color trait in blue tits pp. 1171-1182

Samuel P Caro, Léo Pierre, Matthieu Bergès, Raldi Bakker, Claire Doutrelant and Francesco Bonadonna

Female mate preferences do not predict male sexual signals across populations (Hybridization and speciation) pp. 1183-1191

Gina M Calabrese and Karin S Pfennig

The effect of baculum shape and mating behavior on mating-induced prolactin release in female house mice pp. 1192-1201

Gonçalo I André, Renée C Firman and Leigh W Simmons

Resource preferences and the emergence of individual niche specialization within populations pp. 1202-1211

Daniel Sol, Oriol Lapiedra, Cesar González-Lagos and Miquel de Cáceres

Direct and indirect effects of high temperatures on fledging in a cooperatively breeding bird pp. 1212-1223

Amanda R Bourne, Amanda R Ridley, Claire N Spottiswoode and Susan J Cunningham

Why signal if you are not attractive? Courtship synchrony in a fiddler crab pp. 1224-1229

Lauren M Harrison, Gabriela C Melo, Daniela M Perez and Patricia R Y Backwell

Discoid decorations function to shield juvenile Argiope spiders from avian predator attacks pp. 1230-1239

Bingjun Wang, Long Yu, Nina Ma, Zengtao Zhang, Qian Liu, Wenrui Fan, Yu Rong, Shichang Zhang and Daiqin Li

Damage from intraspecific combat is costly pp. 1240-1245

Zachary Emberts, Ummat Somjee and John J Wiens

The interaction between ambush predators, search patterns of herbivores, and aggregations of plants pp. 1246-1255

Inon Scharf

Negotiations over parental care: a test of alternative hypotheses in the clown anemonefish pp. 1256-1265

Tina A Barbasch, Rebecca Branconi, Robin Francis, Madison Pacaro, Maya Srinivasan, Geoffrey P Jones and Peter M Buston

One for all and all for one: phenotype assortment and reproductive success in masculinized females pp. 1266-1275

Loreto A Correa, Cecilia León, Juan Ramírez-Estrada, Álvaro Ly-Prieto, Sebastián Abades, Loren D Hayes, Mauricio Soto-Gamboa and Luis A Ebensperger

Improved nutritional status may promote an “asset protection” reproductive strategy in male rock lizards pp. 1276-1284

Gonzalo Rodríguez-Ruiz, Jesús Ortega, Pilar López, Alfredo Salvador and José Martín

Choice of nest attributes as a frontline defense against brood parasitism pp. 1285-1295

Angela Moreras, Jere Tolvanen, Chiara Morosinotto, Elsa Bussiere, Jukka Forsman and Robert L Thomson

Predation risk shapes the use of conflicting personal risk and social safety information in guppies pp. 1296-1305

Laurence E A Feyten, Adam L Crane, Indar W Ramnarine and Grant E Brown

Elucidating mutual mate choice: effects of trial design on preferences of male zebra finches pp. 1306-1320

John O MartinIII and Nancy Tyler Burley

Predation shapes behavioral lateralization: insights from an adaptive radiation of livebearing fish pp. 1321-1329

Kaj Hulthén, Justa L Heinen-Kay, Danielle A Schmidt and R Brian Langerhans

The influence of maternal glucocorticoids on offspring phenotype in high- and low-risk environments pp. 1330-1338

Kirsty J MacLeod, Tracy Langkilde, Cameron P Venable, David C Ensminger and Michael J Sheriff

Geographic variation in dispersal of western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) populations across North America pp. 1339-1351

Alberto Macías-Duarte and Courtney J Conway

Visual recognition and coevolutionary history drive responses of amphibians to an invasive predator pp. 1352-1362

Andrea Melotto, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Elisa Alari, Samuele Romagnoli and Raoul Manenti

Population differences in the effect of context on personality in an invasive lizard pp. 1363-1371

Jack A Brand, Annalise C Naimo, Marcus Michelangeli, Jake M Martin, Andrew Sih, Bob B M Wong and David G Chapple

Condition-dependent sexual reproduction is driven by benefits, not costs of sex pp. 1372-1379

Jessica Lever, Sally Drapes, Matthew D Hall and Isobel Booksmythe

Perceived risk structures the space use of competing carnivores pp. 1380-1390

Mauriel Rodriguez Curras, Emiliano Donadío, Arthur D Middleton and Jonathan N Pauli

Social and physical environment independently affect oviposition decisions in Drosophila pp. 1391-1399

Emily R Churchill, Calvin Dytham, Jon R Bridle and Michael D F Thom

Volume 32, issue 5, 2021

The definition of sexual selection pp. 781-794

David M Shuker, Charlotta Kvarnemo and Leigh Simmons

The tired copepod and the definition of sexual selection: a comment on Shuker and Kvarnemo pp. 795-796

Hanna Kokko and Leigh Simmons

The costs and benefits of re-defining sexual selection: a comment on Shuker and Kvarnemo pp. 796-797

Tim Clutton-Brock and Leigh Simmons

Amending Darwin on “sexual selection”: a comment on Shuker and Kvarnemo pp. 797-797

Malte Andersson and Leigh Simmons

A grander view of life that includes gametic processes: a comment on Shuker and Kvarnemo pp. 798-798

Stephen M Shuster, Michael J Wade and Leigh Simmons

The devil is in the details: a comment on Shuker and Kvarnemo pp. 798-799

Leigh W Simmons, Geoff A Parker and Jenny Jekyll

Embracing complexity might help us find clarity: a comment on Shuker and Kvarnemo pp. 800-800

Suzanne H Alonzo, Maria R Servedio and Leigh Simmons

Sex differences, sexual selection, and gamete size: a comment on Shuker and Kvarnemo pp. 800-801

Marlene Zuk and Leigh Simmons

The definition of sexual selection: a response to comments on Shuker and Kvarnemo pp. 801-802

David M Shuker, Charlotta Kvarnemo and Leigh Simmons

Smart mating: the cognitive ability of females influences their preference for male cognitive ability pp. 803-813

Náyade Álvarez-Quintero, Alberto Velando, Sin-Yeon Kim and Ulrika Candolin

Habitat disturbance alters color contrast and the detectability of cryptic and aposematic frogs pp. 814-825

James B Barnett, Brandon J Varela, Ben J Jennings, David Lesbarrères, Jonathan N Pruitt, David M Green and Michael D Jennions

Social and spatial conflict drive resident aggression toward outsiders in a group-living fish pp. 826-834

Jakob Gübel, Aneesh P H Bose, Alex Jordan and Amanda Ridley

Antipredator responses toward cat fur in wild brown rats tested in a semi-natural environment pp. 835-844

Miguel A Bedoya-Pérez, Anna Le, Iain S McGregor, Mathew S Crowther and Marie Herberstein

The conspecific avoidance strategies of adult female-calf humpback whales pp. 845-855

Katherine L Indeck, Michael J Noad, Rebecca A Dunlop and Amanda Ridley

Social network position predicts male mating success in a small passerine pp. 856-864

Kristina B Beck, Damien R Farine, Bart Kempenaers and Amanda Ridley

Are you my baby? Testing whether paternity affects behavior of cobreeder male acorn woodpeckers pp. 865-874

Walter D Koenig, Anna C B Prinz, Joseph Haydock, Hannah L Dugdale, Eric L Walters and Per Smiseth

Strong sexual selection fails to protect against inbreeding-driven extinction in a moth pp. 875-882

Jonathan M Parrett, Veronica Ghobert, Fenn S Cullen, Robert J Knell and Michael D Jennions

Song type and song type matching are important for joint territorial defense in a duetting songbird pp. 883-894

Amie Wheeldon, Paweł Szymański, Adrian Surmacki, Tomasz S Osiejuk and Marc Naguib

Red foxes avoid apex predation without increasing fear pp. 895-902

Eamonn I F Wooster, Daniel Ramp, Erick J Lundgren, Adam J O’Neill, Arian D Wallach and Emilie Snell-Rood

A quantitative genetics approach to validate lab- versus field-based behavior in novel environments pp. 903-911

Alexia Mouchet, Niels J Dingemanse and Noa Pinter-Wollman

Males benefit personally from family life: evidence from a wild burying beetle population pp. 912-918

Eva M Keppner, Sandra Steiger and Per Smiseth

A meta-analysis of the group-size effect on vigilance in mammals pp. 919-925

Guy Beauchamp, Zhongqiu Li, Cong Yu, Peter A Bednekoff, Daniel T Blumstein and Amanda Ridley

Reproductive aging and pace-of-life syndromes: more active females age faster pp. 926-931

Chang S Han, Gawon Yang and Mark Briffa

Artificial light at night alters activity, body mass, and corticosterone level in a tropical anuran pp. 932-940

Jean Secondi, Nathalie Mondy, Jérôme Marcel Walter Gippet, Morgane Touzot, Vanessa Gardette, Ludovic Guillard, Thierry Lengagne and Ulrika Candolin

Visual obstruction, but not moderate traffic noise, increases reliance on heterospecific alarm calls pp. 941-951

Chaminda P Ratnayake, You Zhou, Francesca S E Dawson Pell, Dominique A Potvin, Andrew N Radford, Robert D Magrath and Amanda Ridley

Memory extinction and spontaneous recovery shaping parasitoid foraging behavior pp. 952-960

Jessica A C de Bruijn, Louise E M Vet, Hans M Smid, Jetske G de Boer and Emilie Snell-Rood

Past agricultural land use affects multiple facets of ungulate antipredator behavior pp. 961-969

Savannah L Bartel, John L Orrock and Ulrika Candolin

Context-dependent group size: effects of population density, habitat, and season pp. 970-981

Quinn M R Webber, Eric Vander Wal and Noa Pinter-Wollman

Olfactory cues of large carnivores modify red deer behavior and browsing intensity pp. 982-992

Suzanne T S van Beeck Calkoen, Rebekka Kreikenbohm, Dries P J Kuijper, Marco Heurich and Emilie Snell-Rood

Natural noise affects conspecific signal detection and territorial defense behaviors in songbirds pp. 993-1003

Veronica A Reed, Cory A Toth, Ryan N Wardle, Dylan G E Gomes, Jesse R Barber, Clinton D Francis and Ulrika Candolin

Social insect colonies are more likely to accept unrelated queens when they come with workers pp. 1004-1011

Ornela De Gasperin, Pierre Blacher, Michel Chapuisat and Emilie Snell-Rood

Experimental shelter-switching shows shelter type alters predation on caterpillars (Hesperiidae) pp. 1012-1021

Christina S Baer, Robert J Marquis and Per Smiseth

Discovery-defense strategy as a mechanism of social foraging of ants in tropical rainforest canopies pp. 1022-1031

Reuber Antoniazzi, Flávio Camarota, Maurice Leponce, Wesley Dáttilo and Noa Pinter-Wollman

Interspecific aggression in sympatry between congeneric tropical birds pp. 1032-1041

Jacob R Drucker, Nathan R Senner, Juan Pablo Gomez and Jan Komdeur

Multiple constraints on urban bird communication: both abiotic and biotic noise shape songs in cities pp. 1042-1053

Ann W Y To, Caroline Dingle, Sarah A Collins and Ulrika Candolin

Volume 32, issue 4, 2021

The evolution of primate coloration revisited pp. 555-567

Tim Caro, Kasey Brockelsby, Annie Ferrari, Manisha Koneru, Konatsu Ono, Edward Touche, Theodore Stankowich and Leigh Simmons

Social signaling via coloration in large groups: a comment on Caro et al pp. 568-569

Cyril C Grueter

Complex adaptations in a multivariate trait: a comment on Caro et al pp. 569-570

Peter M Kappeler and Leigh Simmons

Promise and prospects in primate pelage research: a comment on Caro et al pp. 570-570

Amanda D Melin and Leigh Simmons

Studying the colors of monkeys: a comment on Caro et al pp. 570-571

James P Higham and Leigh Simmons

What is primate color vision for? a comment on Caro et al pp. 571-572

Daniel Osorio and Leigh Simmons

A roadmap for comparative primate coloration research: a response to comments on Caro et al pp. 572-573

Tim Caro, Theodore Stankowich and Leigh Simmons

Increased male mating success in the presence of prey and rivals in a sexually cannibalistic mantis pp. 574-579

Nathan W Burke, Gregory I Holwell and Per Smiseth

Consistency in supplemental food availability affects the space use of wintering birds pp. 580-589

Rachael P Mady, Wesley M Hochachka, David N Bonter and Colette St Mary

Female-biased sex ratios in urban centers create a “fertility trap” in post-war Finland pp. 590-598

Jenni E Pettay, Virpi Lummaa, Robert Lynch, John Loehr and Amanda Ridley

Testing the niche differentiation hypothesis in wild capuchin monkeys with polymorphic color vision pp. 599-608

Allegra N DePasquale, Shasta E Webb, Rachel E Williamson, Linda M Fedigan, Amanda D Melin and Marie Herberstein

Sexual selection maintains a female-specific character in a species with dynamic sex roles pp. 609-616

Robin M Hare, Leigh W Simmons and Marie Herberstein

Web wars: males of the golden orb-web spider invest more in fights for mated females pp. 617-624

Amanda Vieira da Silva, Reisla Oliveira, Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto and Marie Herberstein

Fine-scale habitat selection limits trade-offs between foraging and temperature in a grassland bird pp. 625-637

David W Londe, R Dwayne Elmore, Craig A Davis, Samuel D Fuhlendorf, Torre J Hovick, Barney Luttbeg, Jimmy Rutledge and Jan Komdeur

No sex differences in learning in wild bumblebees pp. 638-645

Felicity Muth, Amber D Tripodi, Rene Bonilla, James P Strange, Anne S Leonard and Emilie Snell-Rood

Genetic inference of the mating system of free-ranging domestic dogs pp. 646-656

Eugenia Natoli, Roberto Bonanni, Simona Cafazzo, Daniel S Mills, Dominique Pontier, Małgorzata Pilot and John Quinn

Evidence of female preference for odor of distant over local males in a bat with female dispersal pp. 657-661

Karin Schneeberger, Michael Schulze, Ingo Scheffler, Barbara A Caspers and Michael D Jennions

Fire-driven behavioral response to smoke in a Mediterranean lizard pp. 662-667

Lola Álvarez-Ruiz, Josabel Belliure, Juli G Pausas and Michael D Jennions

Habituation or sensitization? Long-term responses of yellow-bellied marmots to human disturbance pp. 668-678

Kenta Uchida, Daniel T Blumstein and Ulrika Candolin

Territoriality in Drosophila: indirect effects and covariance with body mass and metabolic rate pp. 679-685

Matteo Tremblay, Howard D Rundle, Mathieu Videlier, Vincent Careau and Marie Herberstein

Spontaneous quantity discrimination in a family-living lizard pp. 686-694

Birgit Szabo, Daniel W A Noble, Kaitlin J McCloghry, Marco E S Monteiro, Martin J Whiting and Amanda Ridley

Sexual selection on jumping spider color pattern: investigation with a new quantitative approach pp. 695-706

Wei Zhou, Long Yu, Bernetta Z W Kwek, Ge Jin, Hua Zeng, Daiqin Li and Marie Herberstein

Density-dependent individual variation in male attractiveness in a wild field cricket pp. 707-716

Petri T Niemelä, Stefano Tiso, Niels J Dingemanse and Emilie Snell-Rood

Reproductive state influences the degree of risk tolerance for a seasonally breeding mesopredator pp. 717-727

Courtney J Marneweck, O Louis van Schalkwyk, David G Marneweck, Grant Beverley, Harriet T Davies-Mostert, Daniel M Parker and Amanda Ridley

Early life experience influences dispersal in coyotes (Canis latrans) pp. 728-737

Emily Zepeda, Eric Payne, Ashley Wurth, Andrew Sih, Stanley Gehrt and Ulrika Candolin

Carry on caring: infected females maintain their parental care despite high mortality pp. 738-746

Tom Ratz, Katy M Monteith, Pedro F Vale, Per T Smiseth and Colette St Mary

Anthropogenic noise alters parental behavior and nestling developmental patterns, but not fledging condition pp. 747-755

Meelyn Mayank Pandit, James Eapen, Gabriela Pineda-Sabillon, Margaret E Caulfield, Alexander Moreno, Jay Wilhelm, Jessica E Ruyle, Eli S Bridge, Darren S Proppe and Ulrika Candolin

How biases in sperm storage relate to sperm use during oviposition in female yellow dung flies pp. 756-768

Marco Demont, Paul I Ward, Wolf U Blanckenhorn, Stefan Lüpold, Oliver Y Martin, Luc F Bussière and Michael D Jennions

Contextual variations in calls of two nonoscine birds: the blue petrel Halobaena caerulea and the Antarctic prion Pachyptila desolata pp. 769-779

Charlène Gémard, Víctor Planas-Bielsa, Francesco Bonadonna, Thierry Aubin and Marc Naguib

Corrigendum to: “Task syndromes: linking personality and task allocation in social animal groups” by J. C. Loftus, A. Perez, and A. Sih. 32:1–17 pp. 780-780

J C Loftus, A Perez and A Sih

Volume 32, issue 3, 2021

How can the MHC mediate social odor via the microbiota community? A deep dive into mechanisms pp. 359-373

Nadine Schubert, Hazel J Nichols, Jamie C Winternitz and Leigh Simmons

MHC mediates social odor via microbiota—it cannot work: a comment on Schubert et al pp. 374-375

Manfred Milinski and Leigh Simmons

A deep dive into MHC-related odors: a comment on Schubert et al pp. 375-376

Sarah Leclaire and Leigh Simmons

Considering birds to understand the interplay of MHC, microbiota, and odor: a comment on Schubert et al pp. 376-377

Öncü Maraci, Barbara A Caspers and Leigh Simmons

Understanding relationships among MHC, microbes, and odor: a comment on Schubert et al pp. 377-378

Danielle J Whittaker and Leigh Simmons

Let’s keep alternative hypotheses on the table: a response to comments on Schubert et al pp. 378-379

Jamie C Winternitz, Nadine Schubert, Hazel J Nichols and Leigh Simmons

Complex effects of helper relatedness on female extrapair reproduction in a cooperative breeder pp. 386-394

Gabriela K Hajduk, Andrew Cockburn, Helen L Osmond, Loeske E B Kruuk and Amanda Ridley

Social partners and temperature jointly affect morning foraging activity of small birds in winter pp. 407-415

Anastasia E Madsen, Laura N Vander Meiden, Daizaburo Shizuka and Noa Pinter-Wollman

Offspring desertion with care? Chick mortality and plastic female desertion in Snowy Plovers pp. 428-439

Krisztina Kupán, Tamás Székely, Medardo Cruz-López, Keeley Seymour, Clemens Küpper and Per Smiseth

Migration dynamics of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in western Hudson Bay pp. 440-451

Alyssa M Bohart, Nicholas J Lunn, Andrew E Derocher, David McGeachy and John Quinn

Aerial attack strategies of hawks hunting bats, and the adaptive benefits of swarming pp. 464-476

Caroline H Brighton, Lillias Zusi, Kathryn A McGowan, Morgan Kinniry, Laura N Kloepper, Graham K Taylor and John Quinn

Separating differential allocation by females from direct effects of male condition in a beetle pp. 477-487

Jon Richardson, Per T Smiseth and Emilie Snell-Rood

The functional role of sibling aggression and “best of a bad job” strategies in cichlid juveniles pp. 488-499

Shun Satoh, Yuusuke Nishida, Taiga Saeki, Kento Kawasaka, Masanori Kohda, Satoshi Awata and Per Smiseth

Fitness consequences of seasonally different life histories? A match–mismatch experiment pp. 500-507

Anja Guenther, Lucienne Eweleit, Fritz Trillmich and Colette St Mary

Dyadic leader–follower dynamics change across situations in captive house sparrows pp. 508-517

Beniamino Tuliozi, Ettore Camerlenghi, Matteo Griggio and Noa Pinter-Wollman

Maternal and personal information mediates the use of social cues about predation risk pp. 518-528

Laurane Winandy, Lucie Di Gesu, Marion Lemoine, Staffan Jacob, José Martin, Christine Ducamp, Michèle Huet, Delphine Legrand, Julien Cote and Michael D Jennions

Limits to host colonization and speciation in a radiation of parasitic finches pp. 529-538

Gabriel A Jamie, Silky Hamama, Collins Moya, Rebecca M Kilner, Claire N Spottiswoode and Jan Komdeur

Nocturnal foraging lifts time constraints in winter for migratory geese but hardly speeds up fueling pp. 539-552

Thomas K Lameris, Adriaan M Dokter, Henk P van der Jeugd, Willem Bouten, Jasper Koster, Stefan H H Sand, Coen Westerduin, Bart A Nolet and John Quinn

Corrigendum to: Male–male behavioral interactions drive social-dominance mediated differences in ejaculate traits pp. 553-553

Charel Reuland, Brett M Culbert, Erika Fernlund Isaksson, Ariel F Kahrl, Alessandro Devigili and John L Fitzpatrick

Volume 32, issue 2, 2021

Anthropogenic noise disrupts mate choice behaviors in female Gryllus bimaculatus (Aggressiveness, territoriality, and sexual behavior in field crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)) pp. 201-210

Adam M Bent, Thomas C Ings, Sophie L Mowles and Ulrika Candolin

Kinship does not predict the structure of a shark social network (The ties that bind: genetic relatedness predicts the fission and fusion of social groups in wild African elephants) pp. 211-222

Johann Mourier, Serge Planes and Amanda Ridley

Daily protein prioritization and long-term nutrient balancing in a dietary generalist, the blue monkey (The origin of bark-stripping by blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis): implications for management) pp. 223-235

Maressa Q Takahashi, Jessica M Rothman, David Raubenheimer, Marina Cords and Emilie Snell-Rood

Female ornaments: is red skin color attractive to males and related to condition in rhesus macaques? (Paternal care and the evolution of exaggerated sexual swellings in primates) pp. 236-247

James P Higham, Clare M Kimock, Tara M Mandalaywala, Michael Heistermann, Julie Cascio, Megan Petersdorf, Sandra Winters, William L Allen, Constance Dubuc and Louise Barrett

Host-dependent dispersal demonstrates both-sex host specificity in cuckoos (A quasi-equilibrium theory of the distribution of rare alleles in a subdivided population) pp. 248-256

Jin-Won Lee, Hye-Kyoung Moon, Hee-Jin Noh, Myun-Sik Kim, Jeong-Chil Yoo and Jan Komdeur

Foraging aggressiveness determines trophic niche in a generalist biological control species (Weed species, not mulching, affect web-building spiders and their prey in organic fruit orchards in South Africa) pp. 257-264

Radek Michalko, Alastair T Gibbons, Sara L Goodacre, Stano Pekár and Noa Pinter-Wollman

Spatial allocation without spatial recruitment in bumblebees (Bumblebees avoid flowers containing evidence of past predation events) pp. 265-276

Darren C Incorvaia, Arend Hintze, Fred C Dyer and Emilie Snell-Rood

Behavioral variation in natural contests: integrating plasticity and personality (Agonistic interactions among wild eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus)) pp. 277-285

Charline Couchoux, Dany Garant, Maxime Aubert, Jeanne Clermont, Denis Réale and John Quinn

Flexible habitat choice by aphids exposed to multiple cues reflecting present and future benefits (Long-term survival probability, not current habitat quality, predicts dispersal distance in a stream salamander) pp. 286-296

Wandong Yin, Qi Xue, Baoliang Tian, Shujian Yang, Zhengying Li, Zhaozhao Chen, Michael J Ryan, Ary A Hoffmann and Per Smiseth

Determinants of offspring sex in kangaroos: a test of multiple hypotheses (Sexual dimorphism in body size: a model and a test) pp. 297-305

Pauline Toni, David M Forsyth, Marco Festa-Bianchet and MIchael D Jennions

Selective disappearance does not underlie age-related changes in trait repeatability in red squirrels (Natural selection, plasticity and the emergence of a behavioral syndrome in the wild) pp. 306-315

April Robin Martinig, Kimberley J Mathot, Jeffrey E Lane, Ben Dantzer, Stan Boutin and John Quinn

Drivers of alloparental provisioning of fledglings in a colonially breeding bird (An automated barcode tracking system for behavioural studies in birds) pp. 316-326

Mina Ogino, Adriana A Maldonado-Chaparro, Damien R Farine and Marc Naguib

Physiological costs and age constraints of a sexual ornament: an experimental study in a wild bird (Seasonality and the dynamics of infectious diseases) pp. 327-338

Alexandra McQueen, Kaspar Delhey, Beatrice Szecsenyi, Ondi L Crino, Michael J Roast, Anne Peters and Amanda Ridley

Wolves choose ambushing locations to counter and capitalize on the sensory abilities of their prey (Beaver) pp. 339-348

Thomas D Gable, Austin T Homkes, Sean M Johnson-Bice, Steve K Windels, Joseph K Bump and John Quinn

Heterogenous effects of father and mother age on offspring development (Is advanced paternal age a health risk for the offspring?) pp. 349-358

José Carlos Noguera and MIchael D Jennions

Volume 32, issue 1, 2021

Task syndromes: linking personality and task allocation in social animal groups pp. 1-17

J C Loftus, A A Perez, A Sih and Leigh Simmons

The flexible young and the specialized adult: a comment on Loftus et al pp. 18-19

Giovanni Polverino

Task specialization and social selection: a comment on Loftus et al pp. 19-20

Niels J Dingemanse and Leigh Simmons

Developmental sequences, social feedbacks, and tasks: a comment on Loftus et al pp. 20-21

David F Westneat and Leigh Simmons

Variation and change in behavior: a comment on Loftus et al pp. 21-22

Deborah M Gordon and Leigh Simmons

Proximate and ultimate processes may explain “task syndromes”: a comment on Loftus et al pp. 22-23

Noa Pinter-Wollman and Leigh Simmons

Personality, plasticity, tasks, and task syndromes: a response to comments on Loftus et al. 2020 pp. 23-24

J Carter Loftus, Adrian A Perez, Andrew Sih and Leigh Simmons

Context-dependent trait covariances: how plasticity shapes behavioral syndromes pp. 25-29

David J Mitchell, Thomas M Houslay and Leigh Simmons

The role of boundary length and adjacent patch contrast in guppy mate choice pp. 30-40

Adélaïde Sibeaux, Thomas Camduras, John A Endler and Ulrika Candolin

Predation risk increases intraspecific heterogeneity in white-tailed deer diel activity patterns pp. 41-48

Daniel A Crawford, L Mike Conner, Gail Morris, Michael J Cherry and John Quinn

Silence is sexy: soundscape complexity alters mate choice in túngara frogs pp. 49-59

Derek A Coss, Kimberly L Hunter, Ryan C Taylor and Marc Naguib

Sociality and signaling activity modulate information flow in river otter communication networks pp. 60-68

Adi Barocas, Howard N Golden, Megan Dudenhoeffer, Merav Ben-David and Noa Pinter-Wollman

Vegetation structure drives mixed-species flock interaction strength and nuclear species roles pp. 69-81

Harrison H Jones, Scott K Robinson and Noa Pinter-Wollman

Sequential organization of birdsong: relationships with individual quality and fitness pp. 82-93

Sándor Zsebők, Gábor Herczeg, Miklós Laczi, Gergely Nagy, Éva Vaskuti, Rita Hargitai, Gergely Hegyi, Márton Herényi, Gábor Markó, Balázs Rosivall, Eszter Szász, Eszter Szöllősi, János Török, László Zsolt Garamszegi and Amanda Ridley

Extra-group paternity varies with proxies of relatedness in a social mammal with high inbreeding risk pp. 94-104

David A Wells, Michael A Cant, Faye J Thompson, Harry H Marshall, Emma I K Vitikainen, Joseph I Hoffman, Hazel J Nichols and Michael D Jennions

Environmental complexity during early life shapes average behavior in adulthood pp. 105-113

Wenjiu Xu, Qi Yao, Wenwen Zhang, Feng Zhang, Haifeng Li, Renxin Xu, Chunlin Li, Baowei Zhang and Niels Dingemanse

Pathways linking female personality with reproductive success are trait- and year-specific pp. 114-123

Bert Thys, Marcel Eens, Rianne Pinxten, Arne Iserbyt and Marc Naguib

Habitat features and colony characteristics influencing ant personality and its fitness consequences pp. 124-137

István Maák, Gema Trigos-Peral, Piotr Ślipiński, Irena M Grześ, Gergely Horváth, Magdalena Witek and Niels Dingemanse

Ecological and social drivers of neighbor recognition and the dear enemy effect in a poison frog pp. 138-150

James P Tumulty, Mark A Bee and Amanda Ridley

Male–male contest limits the expression of assortative mate preferences in a polymorphic poison frog pp. 151-158

Yusan Yang, Corinne L Richards-Zawacki and Ulrika Candolin

Personality does not predict individual niche variation in a freshwater fish pp. 159-167

Nicky R Kerr, Travis Ingram and Niels Dingemanse

Male–male behavioral interactions drive social-dominance-mediated differences in ejaculate traits pp. 168-177

Charel Reuland, Brett M Culbert, Erika Fernlund Isaksson, Ariel F Kahrl, Alessandro Devigili, John L Fitzpatrick and Michael D Jennions

Male fairy-wrens produce and maintain vibrant breeding colors irrespective of individual quality pp. 178-187

Alexandra McQueen, Kaspar Delhey, Flavia R Barzan, Annalise C Naimo, Anne Peters and Marie Herberstein

Gregariousness, foraging effort, and affiliative interactions in lactating bonobos and chimpanzees pp. 188-198

Sean M Lee, Gottfried Hohmann, Elizabeth V Lonsdorf, Barbara Fruth, Carson M Murray and Noa Pinter-Wollman

Corrigendum to: “Do zombie ant fungi turn their hosts into light seekers?” pp. 199-199

Fernando Sarti Andriolli, Noemia Kazue Ishikawa, Ruby Vargas-Isla, Tiara Sousa Cabral, Charissa de Bekker and Fabricio Beggiato Baccaro