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Behavioral Ecology is the official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE). Run by @birgitszabo.bsky.social #behavecol
📢 JUST OUT: Volume 36, Issue 5 of 2025 of Behavioral Ecology 📢

Check out all the great research that was published in September/ October:
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#AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Behaviour
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Long-term fitness effects of the early-life environment in a wild bird population
#Development #Bird #Fitness

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October 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Maternal care shapes an aposematic display and provides lifelong protection against predators
#ParentalCare #PredatorPreyInteractions #Beetle #Insect

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October 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Site-level variation in field of view is associated with altered anti-predator responses in farming damselfish
#Fish #PredatorPrey #Habitat

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October 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
📢 Find out more about the exciting research we published in our July/ August issue here:
academic.oup.com/beheco/issue...

#Behaviour #Behavior #Ecology
September 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Interannual variation in foraging decisions in chick-rearing black-legged kittiwakes
#Bird #DecisionMaking #TradeOff #Tracking

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September 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Heterogeneous responsiveness to environmental stimuli
#EvolutionarilyStableStrategy #modelling

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September 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Volume 36 📢 EDITORS CHOICE 📢

Sensory exploitation of insect face cues by courting male peacock spiders: a test using computer vision
#Cortship #Spider #PredatorMimic

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August 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Cognitive processes are robust to early environmental conditions in two lizard species
#Reptile #Learning #DevelopmentalPlasticity

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August 14, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Passive debris cloaking in beetles provides non-visual camouflage against predatory ants
#Insect #PredatorDefense

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August 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Elevated temperatures have sex-specific effects on nuptial gift behavior
#Reproduction #Fruitfly #HeatStress #Fertility

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July 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Multigenerational fitness outcomes of double-brooding: a 30-year study of a migratory songbird
#bird #LongTermStudy #ReproductiveSuccess

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July 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Decoding the chaffinch “rain” call: a female-directed alarm call?
#bird #bioacoustics #AntiPredator

doi.org/10.1093/behe...
July 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
📢📢Our May/June issue is now complete! Have a look at all the exciting research here:
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#AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour #Ecology
June 18, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Not all who wander are lost: prospecting and settlement of male floaters in the spotless starling
#Bird #Dispersal #AnimalMovement

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June 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Declining food availability alters vocal behavior of a nomadic finch
#BirdSong #Foraging #Bird

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June 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
How animals discriminate between stimulus magnitudes: a meta-analysis
#NumericalCognition #WebersLaw

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June 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Check out the 📢 Editor's Choice 📢 article for our May/June issue here: doi.org/10.1093/behe...

John Endler asks:
What should we be doing as behavioural ecologists?
June 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Ecological contexts shape sexual selection on male color morphs in wood tiger moths
#ColSci #Insect #Moth

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June 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Life expectancy in ants explains variation in helpfulness regardless of phylogenetic relatedness
#Invertebrate #HelpingBehavior #Longevity

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May 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Synchronising anti-predator behavior in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum
#Insect #BehavioralSynchonisation #DeathFeigning

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April 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Human-induced pheromone pollution leads to changes in alternative mating tactics of moths
#Pollution #Insect #Reproduction

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April 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Prey or protection? Access to food alters individual responses to competition in black widow spiders
#Arachnid #Invertebrate #CompetitiveInteractions

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April 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Dynamic color change in the grouper Variola louti during interspecific interactions and swimming
#Fish #ColSci #SocialBehaviour

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April 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Previous reproductive success informs nest-building decisions
#Bird #Experience #BuildThatNest

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April 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM