Behavioral Ecology

Recent Papers

State-Dependent Decision-Making by Predators and Its Consequences for Mimicry

Thomas G. Aubier and Thomas N. Sherratt

Spite and the Geometry of Negative Relatedness

Philip G. Madgwick

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Nov-Madgwick.html

Host Plant Choice Determined by Reproductive Interference between Closely Related Butterflies

Naota Ohsaki, Masaaki Ohata, Yoshibumi Sato, and Mark D. Rausher

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Oct-Ohsaki.html

Relative Brain Size Is Predicted by the Intensity of Intrasexual Competition in Frogs

Chun Lan Mai (麦春兰), Wen Bo Liao (廖文波), Stefan Lüpold, and Alexander Kotrschal

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Aug-Mai.html

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Metabolic Rate Interacts with Resource Availability to Determine Individual Variation in Microhabitat Use in the Wild

Sonya K. Auer, Ronald D. Bassar, Daniel Turek, Graeme J. Anderson, Simon McKelvey, John D. Armstrong, Keith H. Nislow, Helen K. Downie, Thomas A. J. Morgan, Darryl McLennan, and Neil B. Metcalfe

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What Do Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Have in Common? The Organism in the Middle

Ellen D. Ketterson

The Ecology of Individual Differences Empirically Applied to Space-Use and Movement Tactics

Quinn M. R. Webber, Michel P. Laforge, Maegwin Bonar, Alec L. Robitaille, Christopher Hart, Sana Zabihi-Seissan, and Eric Vander Wal

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/July-Webber.html

Maternal Investment, Ecological Lifestyle, and Brain Evolution in Sharks and Rays

Christopher G. Mull, Kara E. Yopak, and Nicholas K. Dulvy

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/June-Mull.html

Age-Related Brood Parasitism and Egg Rejection in Magpie Hosts

Juan Gabriel Martínez, Mercedes Molina-Morales, Marta Precioso, and Jesús Miguel Avilés

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/May-Martinez.html

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Reinforcement Learning Theory Reveals the Cognitive Requirements for Solving the Cleaner Fish Market Task

Andrés E. Quiñones, Olof Leimar, Arnon Lotem, and Redouan Bshary

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Apr-Quinones.html

Safety Cues Can Give Prey More Valuable Information Than Danger Cues

Barney Luttbeg, Maud C. O. Ferrari, Daniel T. Blumstein, and Douglas P. Chivers

Blurb: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Apr-Luttbeg.html

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Early Sibling Conflict May Ultimately Benefit the Family

Alyssa Laney Smith, Daniel Z. Atwater, and Ragan M. Callaway

Blurb: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Oct-Smith.html

Within-Individual Canalization Contributes to Age-Related Increases in Trait Repeatability: A Longitudinal Experiment in Red Knots

Eva M. A. Kok, Joseph B. Burant, Anne Dekinga, Petra Manche, Darren Saintonge, Theunis Piersma, and Kimberley J. Mathot

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Kok.html

Individual Variation in the Social Plasticity of Water Dragons

Kasha Strickland and Céline H. Frère

Assessing Behavioral Associations in a Hybrid Zone through Social Network Analysis: Complex Assortative Behaviors Structure Associations in a Hybrid Quail Population

David M. Zonana, Jennifer M. Gee, Eli S. Bridge, Michael D. Breed, and Daniel F. Doak

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneZonana.html

Space Use and Leadership Modify Dilution Effects on Optimal Vigilance under Food-Safety Trade-Offs

Rémi Patin, Daniel Fortin, Cédric Sueur, and Simon Chamaillé-Jammes

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JanPatin.html