Behavioral Ecology
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Behavioral Ecology is the official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE). Run by @birgitszabo.bsky.social #behavecol
📢 New Issue of Behavioral Ecology just dropped! 📢 Volume 37, Issue 4, July/August 2026 Read about all the new research here ⬇️ academic.oup.com/beheco/issue... Cover by Kirstin Gaffney. Clark’s anemonefish sheltering among the tentacles of a bubble-tip anemone.
Fighter–pilot parents: relationships of nest defense with species, nest stage, and brood quality #NestDefense #birds #OffspringTraits doi.org/10.1093/behe...
The unusual food provisioning by males beyond mating in the spider Manogea porracea (Araneidae) #PreyOfferings #Spider doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Courtship choreography is stabilized among genetically isolated populations #SexualSelection #CourtshipDisplay #Insect doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Biologically inspired warning patterns deter a passerine, Parus major, from digital turbine blades #Aposematism #Birds #TurbineCollisions doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Experimental evidence for flexibility in provisioning behavior in a cooperatively breeding bird #Sociality #ParentalCare #FlexibleInvestment doi.org/10.1093/behe...
High temperatures inhibit quantity discrimination of conspecifics in a wild bird #Cognition #AntiPredatorBehavior #Bird doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Wild crickets can adjust escaping speed under varying predation cues #PredatorPreyDynamics #BehavioralPlasticity #Insect doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Seasonal transition in metabolic regulation of behavior in a hibernating marsupial #Marsupial #Physiology #Behaviour doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Macronutrient composition and glyphosate-based herbicide interact to influence resource allocation #ResourceAcquisition #ResourceAllocation #Insect doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Age-related changes and selective disappearance shape variation in bold-shy continuum in guppies #AnimalPersonality #Fish #PersonalityDevelopment doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Individual differences in behavior: a multi-trait study comparing different ant species #Ant #Invertebrate #AnimalPersonality doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Visual cues elicit differential aggression towards female and female mimics in the corkwing wrasse #Fish #VisualMimicry #AlternativeReproductiveTactics doi.org/10.1093/behe...
📢 Check out the new issue of Behavioral Ecology: Volume 37, issue 3 (May/June 2026) ➡️ academic.oup.com/beheco/issue... #AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Behaviour
Sexual dimorphism in pollen foraging and sensory traits in Heliconius butterflies #Invertebrate #ForagingBehavior doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Cognitive individual differences are key in the network of trait covariance #AnimalCognition #Covariation #Fish doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Reproductive senescence in a polymorphic raptor: phenotypic, sex, and environmental effects #EarlyLife #Bird #Polymorphisms doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Inbreeding strategies under social and sexual complexity: insights from female and male guppies #Fish #InbreedingAvoidance doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Intraspecific variation in animal mating signals: a test of Mayr's conjecture #MatingSignals #Invertebrate #Selection doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Ocean deoxygenation and warming disrupt cooperation in coral reef fish mutualisms #Fish #Cooperation #ClimateChange doi.org/10.1093/behe...
To flee or wait and see? Response of incubating white-browed scrubwrens to information about danger #Predation #TradeOff #Birds doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Maternal age and density shape offspring foraging strategies in a predatory mite #Invertebrate #PhenotypicPlasticity doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Temporal scale and conspecific density drive moonlight preferences of a nocturnal granivore #Foraging #Mouse #Moonlight doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Ecological and behavioral determinants of sex-biased predation of katydid prey by a bat predator #MateFinding #Insect #PredationRisk doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Navigating danger: how environmental cues and individual traits shape breeding dispersal in the endangered common eider #Dispersal #Duck #Danger doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Body condition and acoustic noise modify female responses to uni and multimodal signals emitted by a male-mimicking robot frog #MateChoice #Frog doi.org/10.1093/behe...
📢New issue alert📢 Volume 37, Issue 2, March/April 2026 -> academic.oup.com/beheco/issue... #AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Behaviour
Earwig mothers employ a suite of hygienic behaviors to defend their nest against microbial threats #Insect #Hygiene #MaternalCare doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Diel effects on antipredator behavior: nuanced temporal effects in a dynamic landscape of fear #PredationRisk #PreyBehavior doi.org/10.1093/behe...