Behavioral Ecology

Letter from the Editors
pp. 1-1(1)
Authors: Westneat D.F.; Bourke A.; Elgar M.; Houde A.; Owens I.; Rosenqvist G.; Zuk M.

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Resource defense in a group-foraging context
pp. 2-9(8)
Authors: Dubois F.; Giraldeau L-A.; Grant J.W.A.

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Sex-specific differences in reindeer calf behavior and predation vulnerability
pp. 10-15(6)
Authors: Mathisen J.H.; Landa A.; Andersen R.; Fox J.L.

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Gape coloration reliably reflects immunocompetence of barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) nestlings
pp. 16-22(7)
Authors: Saino N.; Ambrosini R.; Martinelli R.; Ninni P.; Møller A.P.

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Evolutionarily stable kleptoparasitism: consequences of different prey types
pp. 23-33(11)
Authors: Broom M.; Ruxton G.D.

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Extremely female-biased sex ratio and lethal male–male combat in a parasitoid wasp, Melittobia australica (Eulophidae)
pp. 34-39(6)
Authors: Abe J.; Kamimura Y.; Kondo N.; Shimada M.

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Do bacterial infections cause reduced ejaculate quality? A meta-analysis of antibiotic treatment of male infertility
pp. 40-47(8)
Authors: Skau P.A.; Folstad I.

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Experimental analysis of territory size in a population of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta
pp. 48-53(6)
Author: Adams E.S.

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Live and let die: why fighter males of the ant Cardiocondyla kill each other but tolerate their winged rivals
pp. 54-62(9)
Authors: Anderson C.; Cremer S.; Heinze J.

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Tests of the mate-guarding hypothesis for social monogamy: male snapping shrimp prefer to associate with high-value females
pp. 63-67(5)
Author: Mathews L.M.

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Male ornamentation, timing of breeding, and cost of polygyny in the collared flycatcher
pp. 68-73(6)
Authors: Qvarnstro¨m A.; Sheldon B.C.; Pa¨rt T.; Gustafsson L.

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Analysis of multiple aspects of a repeated signal: power and rate of rapping during shell fights in hermit crabs
pp. 74-79(6)
Authors: Briffa M.; Elwood R.W.; Russ J.M.

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Arms races between social parasites and their hosts: geographic patterns of manipulation and resistance
pp. 80-88(9)
Authors: Foitzik S.; Fischer B.; Heinze J.

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Prolonged mate guarding and sperm competition in the weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.)
pp. 89-96(8)
Authors: Harari A.R.; Landolt P.J.; O'Brien C.W.; Brockmann H.J.

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Do energetic demands constrain incubation scheduling in a biparental species?
pp. 97-102(6)
Authors: Cresswell W.; Holt S.; Reid J.M.; Whitfield D.P.; Mellanby R.J.

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Glow-worm larvae bioluminescence (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) operates as an aposematic signal upon toads (Bufo bufo)
pp. 103-108(6)
Authors: De Cock R.; Matthysen E.

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The ideal free distribution when the resource is variable
pp. 109-115(7)
Author: Hakoyama H.

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The benefits of costly signaling: Meriam turtle hunters
pp. 116-126(11)
Authors: Smith E.A.; Bird R.B.; Bird D.W.

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Evolution of fighting behavior under asymmetric competition: an experimental test with juvenile salmonids
pp. 127-134(8)
Author: Young K.A.

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Female preference for male courtship flashes in Photinus ignitus fireflies
pp. 135-140(6)
Authors: Cratsley C.K.; Lewis S.M.

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Consistent mixing of near and distant resources in foraging bouts by the solitary mason bee Osmia lignaria
pp. 141-149(9)
Authors: Williams N.M.; Tepedino V.J.