Animal Behaviour 2006 - Abstracts

Animal Behaviour 2006
TitleSubjectAuthors
A case of quick problem solving in birds: string pulling in keas, Nestor notabilis.(Keas)Zoology and wildlife conservationLudwig Huber, Dagmar Werdenich
A complex plumage pattern as an honest social signal.Zoology and wildlife conservationGary R. Bortolotti, Juan J. Negro, Julio Blas, Jose L. Tella
Adaptive effects of natal experience on habitat selection by dispersers.Zoology and wildlife conservationJudy A. Stamps, Jeremy M. Davis
A dynamic method to study the transmission of social foraging information in flocks using robots.Zoology and wildlife conservationEsteban Fernandez-Juricic, Nima Gilak, J. Chase Mcdonald, Pritesh Pithia, Anna Valcarcel
A functional perspective on sexual selection: insights and future prospects.Zoology and wildlife conservationSimon P. Lailvaux, Duncan J. Irschicka
Aggression and anxiety in pregnant mice are modulated by offspring characteristics.Zoology and wildlife conservationF.R. D'Amato, R. Rizzi, A. Moles
Aggressive contests in house crickets: size, motivation and the information content of aggressive songs.Zoology and wildlife conservationWilliam D. Brown, Adam T. Smith, Brian Moskalik, Josh Gabriel
Aggressive experience alters place preference in green anole lizards, Anolis carolinensis.Zoology and wildlife conservationWalter Wilczynski, William J. Farrell
Aggressive responses of male and female rufous-and-white wrens to stereo duet playback.Zoology and wildlife conservationDaniel J. Mennill
A learned response to sperm competition in the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus (de Geer).Zoology and wildlife conservationC.J. Barnard, Caroline Lyons
Alloparental feeding in the king penguin.(Aptenodytes patagonicus)Zoology and wildlife conservationYvon Le Maho, Jean-Paul Gendner, Yves Handrich, Nicolas Lecomte, Gregoire Kuntz, Nicolas Lambert, Charles-Andre Bost
A method to measure the development of song preferences in female cowbirds, Molothrus ater.Zoology and wildlife conservationDavid J. White, Andrew P. King, Meredith J. West, Julie Gros-Louis
Animals can vary signal amplitude with receiver distance: evidence from zebra finch song.Zoology and wildlife conservationHenrik Brumm, Peter J.B. Slatera
An inverse relationship between decoration and food colour preferences in satin bowerbirds does not support the sensory drive hypothesis.Zoology and wildlife conservationGerald Borgia, Jason Keagy
A note on the effects of calf stimuli on the response of Zebu cows to Synchro-mate-B.Zoology and wildlife conservationF. Garcia, R. Molina, A. Orihuela, C. S. Galina, Y. Quesada, S. Estrada, M. Cubero
Are two heads better than one? Responses of the duetting kokako to one- and two-speaker playback.Zoology and wildlife conservationJoseph R. Waas, Laura E. Molles
Assessing cow comfort: effects of two floor types and two tie stall designs on the behaviour of lactating dairy cows.Zoology and wildlife conservationD. B. Haley, A. M. De Passille, J. Rushen
Assessing the reliability of dominance scores for assigning individual ranks in a hierarchy.Zoology and wildlife conservationHerve Fritz, Stephanie Jenouvrier, Maud Poisbleau
Asymmetrical incest avoidance in the choice of social and genetic mates.(savannah sparrows)Zoology and wildlife conservationNathaniel T. Wheelwright, Corey R. Freeman-Gallant, Robert A. Mauck
Asymmetric effects of experimental manipulations of social status on individual immune response.Zoology and wildlife conservationDana M. Hawley
Asymmetry in age suppresses reproduction in female woodland voles, Microtus pinetorum.Zoology and wildlife conservationNancy G. Solomon, Lynsey R. Steward, Kelly L. Ulrich
A tale of two theories: parent-offspring conflict and reproductive skew.Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael A. Cant
Begging and provisioning of thin-billed prions, Pachyptila belcheri, are related to testosterone and corticosterone.Zoology and wildlife conservationKatherine L. Buchanan, Petra Quillfeldt, Juan F. Masello, Ian J. Strange
Behavioural mechanisms of invasion and displacement in Pacific island geckos (Hemidactylus).Zoology and wildlife conservationKenneth Petren, Elizabeth A. Dame
Behavioural responses of red foxes to an increase in the presence of golden jackals: a field experiment.Zoology and wildlife conservationYoram Yom-Tov, Eli Geffen, Uzi Motro, Shani Scheinin
Behavioural uniformity as a response to cues of predation risk.Zoology and wildlife conservationStanley I. Dodson, Marta Szulkin, Piotr Dawidowicz
Behaviour of Zebu and crossbed cows in restricted suckling groups.Zoology and wildlife conservationI. Redbo, H. Wiktorssona, S. M. Das
Blind imitation in pigeons, Columba livia.Zoology and wildlife conservationJohn Pearce, Anthony McGregor, Anna Saggerson, Cecilia Heyes
Can one unrestricted meal buffer the effects of previous pre-meal intervals on the feeding behaviour of sheep?Zoology and wildlife conservationDavid A. Elston, Hans W. Erhard, Grant C. Davidsona
Capture and mass change: perceived predation risk or interrupted foraging?Zoology and wildlife conservationRoss Macleod, Andrew G. Gosler
Cattle vocalizations are associated with handling and equipment problems at beef slaughter plants.Zoology and wildlife conservationTemple Grandin
Changing territories, changing tunes: male loons, Gavia immer, change their vocalizations when they change territories.(yodels)Zoology and wildlife conservationCharles Walcott, John N. Mager, Walter Piper
Cognitive abilities-the result of selective pressures on food acquisition?Zoology and wildlife conservationAndrew N. McLean
Collective foraging in a stingless bee: dependence on food profitability and sequence of discovery.Zoology and wildlife conservationVeronika M. Schmidt, Dirk Louis P. Schorkopf, Michael Hrncir, Ronaldo Zucchi, Friedrich G. Barth
Comparative demography of treecreepers: evaluating hypotheses for the evolution and maintenance of cooperative breeding.Zoology and wildlife conservationVeronica A.J. Doerr, Erik D. Doerr
Competing for position in the communal roosts of long-tailed tits.Zoology and wildlife conservationBen J. Hatchwell, Stuart P. Sharp, Andrew McGowan, Michelle Simeoni
Condition and androgen levels: are condition-dependent and testosterone-mediated traits two sides of the same coin?Zoology and wildlife conservationGary R. Bortolotti, Javier Vinuela, Julio Blas, Lorenzo Perez-Rodriguez, Tracy A. Marchant
Consequences of biparental care for begging and growth in zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata.Zoology and wildlife conservationGeoff A. Parker, Nick J. Royle, Ian R. Hartley
Consequences of different suckling systems for reproductive activity and productivity of cattle in tropical conditions.Zoology and wildlife conservationC. S. Galinaa, I. Rubiob, H. Basurtob, A. Orihuela
Consistent feeding positions of great tit parents.Zoology and wildlife conservationC(Kate). M. Lessells, Erik H. Poelman, A. Christa Mateman, Phillip Cassey
Contact call diversity in wild orange - fronted parakeet pairs, Aratinga canicularis.Zoology and wildlife conservationJack W. Bradbury, Kathryn A. Cortopassi
Contributions to care vary with age, sex, breeding status and group size in the cooperatively breeding apostlebird.Zoology and wildlife conservationRaoul A. Mulder, Iain A. Woxvold, Michael J.L. Magrath
Cooperation experiments: coordination through communication versus acting apart together.Zoology and wildlife conservationRonald Noe
Copulatory dialogue: female spiders sing during copulation to influence male genitalic movements.Zoology and wildlife conservationWilliam G. Eberhard, Alfredo Peretti, R. Daniel Briceno
Costs of learning: the dynamics of mixed-prey exploitation by silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838).Zoology and wildlife conservationKevin Warburton, Christina Thomson
Cottontop tamarin, Saguinus oedipus, alarm calls contain sufficient information for recognition of individual identity.Zoology and wildlife conservationMarc D. Hauser, Alberto Palleroni, Catherine Sproul
Courtship behavior of Drosophila melanogaster revisited.Zoology and wildlife conservationJean-Francois Ferveur, Christelle Lasbleiz, Claude Everaerts
Courtship strategies of male insects: when is learning advantageous?Zoology and wildlife conservationReuven Dukas, Colin W. Clark, Kevin Abbott
Cow behaviour on a new grooved floor in comparison with a slatted floor, taking claw health and floor properties into account.Zoology and wildlife conservationJ. Stefanowska, D. Swierstraa, C. R. Braamb, M. M. W. B. Hendriksa
Cryptic male dimorphism and fighting in a fig wasp.Zoology and wildlife conservationCook J.M., Bean D.
Cue association and antipredator behavior in a pulmonate snail, Lymnaea stagnalis.Zoology and wildlife conservationSimon D. Rundle, Sarah Dalesman, Ross A. Coleman, Pete A. Cotton
Daily routines of body mass gain in birds: 1. an exponential model.Zoology and wildlife conservationVicente Polo, Luis Miguel Bautista
Daily routines of body mass gain in birds: 2. an experiment with reduced food availability.Zoology and wildlife conservationVicente Polo, Luis Miguel Bautistaa
Dawn singing reflects past territorial challenges in the winter wren.Zoology and wildlife conservationValentin Amrhein, Nathaline Erne
Daytime naps in night-migrating birds: behavioural adaptation to seasonal sleep deprivation in the Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus.Zoology and wildlife conservationT. Fuchs, A. Haney, T.J. Jechura, F.R. Moore, V.P. Bingman
Decision making by small and large house-hunting ant colonies: one size fits all.(Temnothorax albipennis)Zoology and wildlife conservationNigel R. Franks, Anna Dornhaus, Charlotte S. Best, Elizabeth L. Jones
Delayed plumage maturation in socially isolated juvenile zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata.Zoology and wildlife conservationFernando Nottebohm, Noam Leader
Demographic correlates of bite wounding in Eurasian badgers, Meles meles L., in stable and perturbed populations.Zoology and wildlife conservationC. Newman, D.W. Macdonald, C.L. Cheeseman, R.J. Delahay, N.J. Walker, G.J. Forrester, B. Harmsen, P. Riordan
Detection of a looming stimulus by the Jacky dragon: selective sensitivity to characteristics of an aerial predator.(Amphibolurus muricatus)Zoology and wildlife conservationChristopher S. Evans, Paul A. Carlile, Richard A. Peters
Developing an evolutionary ecology of fear: how life history and natural history traits affect disturbance tolerance in birds.Zoology and wildlife conservationDaniel T. Blumstein
Development of red-eyed treefrog eggs affects efficiency and choices of egg-foraging wasps.Zoology and wildlife conservationKaren M. Warkentin, Christine R. Buckley, Kelly A. Metcalf
Development of tool use in New Caledonian crows: inherited action patterns and social influences.Zoology and wildlife conservationAlex Kacelnik, Ben Kenward, Christian Rutza, Alex A.S. Weira
Development-related effects of an acanthocephalan parasite on pairing success of its intermediate host.Zoology and wildlife conservationTimothy C. Sparkes, Katherine A. Weil, David T. Renwick, Jennifer A. Talkington
Differences in memory dynamics between two closely related parasitoid wasp species.Zoology and wildlife conservationM.A.K. Bleeker, H.M. Smid, J.L.M. Steidle, H.M. Kruidhof, J.J.A. Van Loon, L.E.M. Vet
Direct effects of polyandry on female fitness in Callosobruchus chinensis.(adzuki bean beetles)Zoology and wildlife conservationTomohiro Harano, Yukio Yasui, Takahisa Miyatake
Divergent selection on feather pecking behaviour in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus).Zoology and wildlife conservationJ. B. Kjaer1, P. Sorensenb, G. Su
Does brain asymmetry allow efficient performance of simultaneous tasks?Zoology and wildlife conservationAngelo Bisazza, Marco Dadda
Do food-hoarding animals have a cache recovery advantage? Determining recovery of stored food.Zoology and wildlife conservationMaurie J. Beck, Stephen H. Jenkins, Stephen B. Vander Wall, Jennifer S. Briggs, Kellie M. Kuhn, Theodore C. Thayer
Do migratory flight paths of raptors follow constant geographical or geomagnetic courses?Zoology and wildlife conservationThomas Alerstam, Kasper Thorup, Mark Fuller, Mikael Hake, Nils Kjellen, Roine Strandberg
Dominance rank relationships among wild female African elephants, Loxodonta africana.Zoology and wildlife conservationThomas A. Morrison, Susan C. Alberts, Cynthia J. Moss, Elizabeth A. Archie, Charles A.H. Foley
Duet duels: sex differences in song matching in duetting eastern whipbirds.Zoology and wildlife conservationRaoul A. Mulder, Naomi E. Langmore, Amy C. Rogers
Early birds are sexy: male age, dawn song and extrapair paternity in blue tits, Cyanistes (formerly Parus) caeruleus.Zoology and wildlife conservationArild Johnsen, Katharina Foerster, Bart Kempenaers, Hansjoerg P. Kunc
Early familiarization overrides innate prey preference in newly hatched Sepia officinalis cuttlefish.Zoology and wildlife conservationAnne-Sophie Darmaillacq, Ludovic Dickel, Raymond Chichery, Nadav Shashar
Ecological and social influences on the hunting behaviour of wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii.Zoology and wildlife conservationAnne E. Pusey, Ian C. Gilby, Lynn E. Eberly, Lilian Pintea
Effect of milkflow rate and presence of a floating nipple on abnormal sucking between dairy calves.Zoology and wildlife conservationLena Lidfors, Jenny Loberg
Effect of thermal acclimation on female resistance to forced matings in the eastern mosquitofish.Zoology and wildlife conservationCatriona H.L. Condon, Robbie S. Wilson
Effects of amount of milk, milk flow and access to a rubber teat on cross-sucking and non-nutritive sucking in dairy calves.(Bos taurus)Zoology and wildlife conservationLena Lidfors, Jens Jung
Effects of carotenoid supply on escape flight responses in zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata.Zoology and wildlife conservationJonathan D. Blount, Stephanie M. Matheson
Effects of density on perching behavior of broiler chickens.Zoology and wildlife conservationRosemary Pettit-Riley, Inma Estevez
Effects of different suckling systems on milk production, udder health, reproduction, calf growth and some behavioural aspects in high producing dairy cows - a review.Zoology and wildlife conservationC. C. Krohn
Effects of heterospecific call overlap on the phonotactic behaviour of grey treefrogs.Zoology and wildlife conservationH. Carl Gerhardt, Vincent T. Marshall, Joshua J. Schwartz
Effects of hunting group size, snow depth and age on the success of wolves hunting moose.Zoology and wildlife conservationOlof Liberg, Camilla Wikenros, Petter Wabakken, Hakan Sand
Effects of manipulated aggressive 'interactions' on bystanding male fighting fish, Betta splendens.Zoology and wildlife conservationT.M. Peake, R.J. Matos, P.K. Mcgregor
Effects of natal experience on habitat selection when individuals make choices in groups: a multilevel analysis.Zoology and wildlife conservationJudy A. Stamps, Shelley A. Blozis
Effects of prenatal exposure to corticosterone on filial imprinting in the domestic chick, Gallus gallus domesticus.Zoology and wildlife conservationJanicke Nordgreen, Andrew M. Janczak, Morten Bakken
Effects of social rearing conditions on song structure and repertoire size: experimental evidence from the field.Zoology and wildlife conservationTore Slagsvold, Lars Erik Johannessen, Bo Terning Hansen
Effects of wing area reduction on winter body mass and foraging behaviour in coal tits: field and aviary experiments.(Periparus ater)Zoology and wildlife conservationVicente Polo, Luis M. Carrascal
Endocrine control of wing morph-related differences in mating success and accessory gland size in male firebugs.Zoology and wildlife conservationRadomir Socha
Engineering cooperation in chimpanzees: tolerance constraints on cooperation.Zoology and wildlife conservationBrian Hare, Michael Tomasello, Alicia P. Melis
Evaluation of predation risk by a caterpillar using substrate-borne vibrations.Zoology and wildlife conservationIgnacio Castellanos, Pedro Barbosa
Evidence for a spatial memory of fruiting states of rainforest trees in wild mangabeys.Zoology and wildlife conservationKlaus Zuberbuhler, Richard W. Byrne, Karline R.L. Janmaat
Experience influences oviposition behaviour in two pyralid moths, Ephestia cautella and Plodia interpunctella.Zoology and wildlife conservationChrister Lofstedt, P.O. Christian Olsson, Olle Anderbranta
Experimental evidence for adjustment of parental investment in relation to brood sex ratio in the blue tit.Zoology and wildlife conservationIan R. Hartley, David I. Leech, Louise V. Rowe
Experimental evidence for a magnetic sense in Neotropical migrating butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).Zoology and wildlife conservationRobert B. Srygley, Robert Dudley, Evandro G. Oliveira, Andre J. Riveros
Experimental evidence of homing to site of incubation by mature sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka.Zoology and wildlife conservationThomas P. Quinn, Ian J. Stewart, Christopher P. Boatright
Extraterritorial forays are related to a male ornamental trait in the common yellowthroat.Zoology and wildlife conservationPeter O. Dunn, Marc C. Pedersena, Linda A. Whittinghama
Factors affecting the solution of a parental dilemma in albatrosses: at what age should chicks be left unattended?Zoology and wildlife conservationJohn P. Croxall, Paulo Catry, Richard A. Phillips, Jaume Forcada
Facultative use of the repellent scent mark in foraging bumblebees: complex versus simple flowers.Zoology and wildlife conservationLars Chittka, James D. Thomson, Nehal Saleh, Kazuharu Ohashi
Faecal androgen concentrations in adult male spotted hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta, reflect interactions with socially dominant females.Zoology and wildlife conservationKay E. Holekamp, Jeffrey A. French, Stephanie M. Dloniak
Failure to find aversive marking of toxic foods by Norway rats.Zoology and wildlife conservationBennett G. Galef, Shannon Prettya, Elaine E. Whiskina
Female-biased predation risk and its differential effect on the male and female courtship behaviour of jumping spiders.Zoology and wildlife conservationDaiqin Li, Kathy F.Y. Su
Female fitness declines with increasing female density but not male harassment in the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis.Zoology and wildlife conservationChad C. Smith, R. Craig Sargent
Female hierarchy instability, male immigration and infanticide increase glucocorticoid levels in female chacma baboons.Zoology and wildlife conservationAnne L. Engh, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Jacinta C. Beehner, Rebekah R. Hoffmeier, Thore J. Bergman, Whitten Patricia L.
Female preference for male courtship song and its role as a signal of immune function and condition.Zoology and wildlife conservationMarlene Zuk, Leigh W. Simmons, Tom Tregenza, Nina Wedell
Female swordtail fish use chemical cues to select well-fed mates.(Xiphophorus birchmanni)Zoology and wildlife conservationGil G. Rosenthal, Heidi S. Fisher
Female zebra finches prefer unfamiliar males but not when watching noninteractive video.Zoology and wildlife conservationJohn P. Swaddle, Lara McBride, Sabina Malhotra
Fighting for harems: assessment strategies during male-male contests in the sexually dimorphic Wellington tree weta.Zoology and wildlife conservationClint D. Kelly
Flexible mate choice: a male snake's preference for larger females is modified by the sizes of females encountered.Zoology and wildlife conservationRobert T. Mason, Richard Shine, Jonathan K. Webb, Amanda Lane
Food-associated calls in chimpanzees: responses to food types or food preferences?Zoology and wildlife conservationKlaus Zuberbuhler, Katie E. Slocombe
Food availability affects diurnal nest predation and adult antipredator behaviour in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia.Zoology and wildlife conservationAnne Duncan Rastogi, Liana Zanette, Michael Clinchy
Food preferences of grey partridge chicks, Perdix perdix, in relation to size, colour and movement of insect prey.Zoology and wildlife conservationS.J. Moreby, N.J. Aebischer, S. Southway
Food sharing in jackdaws, Corvus monedula: what, why and with whom?Zoology and wildlife conservationNathan J. Emery, Nicola S. Clayton, Selvino R. de Kort
Forager activation and food availability in harvester ants.Zoology and wildlife conservationDeborah M. Gordon, Robert J. Schafer, Susan Holmes
Forced to crowd or choosing to cluster? Spatial distribution indicates social attraction in broiler chickens.Zoology and wildlife conservationMarian Stamp Dawkins, Christl A. Donnelly, Tracey A. Jones, Kian Febrer
Functions of sibling aggression in the spotted hyaena, Crocuta crocuta.Zoology and wildlife conservationKay E. Holekamp, Sofia A. Wahaj
Gender effects on aggression, dominance rank, and affiliative behaviors in a flock of captive adult cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus).Zoology and wildlife conservationSharon L. Crowell-Davis, Lynne M. Seibert
Geographical variation in Argentine ant aggression behaviour mediated by environmentally derived nestmate recognition cues.Zoology and wildlife conservationGrzegorz Buczkowski, Jules Silverman
Geographical variation in wolf spider dispersal behaviour is related to landscape structure.Zoology and wildlife conservationDries Bonte, Jean-Pierre Maelfait, Luc Lens, Jeroen Vanden Borre
Geophagia in horses: a short note on 13 cases.(soil eating)Zoology and wildlife conservationP. D. McGreevy, L. A. Hawsona, T. C. Habermanna, S. R. Cattleb
Glucocorticoid hormone levels increase with group size and parasite load in cliff swallows.Zoology and wildlife conservationJohn C. Wingfield, Charles R. Brown, Mary Bomberger Brown, Samrrah A. Raouf, Linda C. Smith
Grasp-ejection in two small ejecters of cowbird eggs: a test of bill-size constraints and the evolutionary equilibrium hypothesis.Zoology and wildlife conservationSpencer G. Sealy, Todd J. Underwood
Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioural research and teaching.Zoology and wildlife conservation 
Habitat use mediates the conflict of interest between the sexes.Zoology and wildlife conservationAnne E. Magurran, Kit Magellan
Hiding behaviour in two cricket populations that differ in predation pressure.Zoology and wildlife conservationAnn V. Hedrick, Raine Kortet
High-tide habitat choice: insights from modelling roost selection by shorebirds around a tropical bay.Zoology and wildlife conservationTheunis Piersma, Danny I. Rogers, Phil F. Battley, Jan A. Van Gils, Ken G. Rogers
Honest and dishonest displays, motivational state and subsequent decisions in hermit crab shell fights.Zoology and wildlife conservationM. Briffa, R.W. Elwood, R.M.E. Pothanikat
How does an informed minority of scouts guide a honeybee swarm as it flies to its new home?Zoology and wildlife conservationMadeleine Beekman, Robert L. Fathke, Thomas D. Seeley
How do herbivores trade-off the positive and negative consequences of diet selection decisions?Zoology and wildlife conservationA.J. Duncan, C. Ginane, D.A. Elston, A. Kunaver, I.J. Gordon
How energy and coavailable foods affect forage selection by the western grey kangaroo.Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael H. Parsons, Byron B. Lamont, Stephen J.J.F. Davies, Benjamin R. Kovacs
How noisy information and individual asymmetries can make 'personality' an adaptation: a simple model.Zoology and wildlife conservationRichard McElreath, Pontus Strimling
In a songbird, the black redstart, parents use acoustic cues to discriminate between their different fledglings.(Phoenicurus ochruros)Zoology and wildlife conservationTudor I. Draganoiu, Laurent Nagle, Raphael Musseau, Michel Kreutzer
Increased reliance on socially acquired information while foraging in risky situations?Zoology and wildlife conservationBennett G. Galef, Elaine E. Whiskina
Individual olfactory learning in Camponotus ants.Zoology and wildlife conservationFabienne Dupuy, Jean-Christophe Sandoz, Martin Giurfa, Roxana Josens
Inefficient task partitioning among nonhygienic honeybees, Apis mellifera L., and implications for disease transmission.Zoology and wildlife conservationH.S. Arathi, M. Spivak
Infanticide, sexual selection and task specialization in a biparental burying beetle.Zoology and wildlife conservationStephen T. Trumbo
Influence of vertical panels on use of space by domestic fowl.(space utilization in birdhouses)Zoology and wildlife conservationInma Estevez, TeriLynn Cornetto
Information about an opponent can decrease aggression in male common gobies competing for nest sites.Zoology and wildlife conservationCarin Magnhagen
Inheritance of courtship song variation among geographically isolated populations of Drosophila mojavensis.Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael G. Ritchie, William J. Etges, Ken F. Over, Cassia Cardoso De Oliveira
Intensity of interference affects the distribution of house sparrows, Passer domesticus, at food patches.Zoology and wildlife conservationLuc-Alain Giraldeau, James W.A. Grant, Cheryl A. Johnson
Interpreting short-term behavioural responses to disturbance within a longitudinal perspective.Zoology and wildlife conservationHal Whitehead, Lars Bejder, Amy Samuels, Nick Gales
Interspecific territoriality in Calopteryx damselflies: the role of secondary sexual characters.Zoology and wildlife conservationJanne S. Kotiaho, Katja Tynkkynen, Mari Luojumaki
Intraspecific nest parasitism of cavity-nesting wood ducks: costs and benefits to hosts and parasites.Zoology and wildlife conservationPatricia G. Parker, Charlotte Roy Nielsen, Robert J. Gates
Is fearfulness a trait that can be measured with behavioural tests? A validation of four fear tests for Japanese quail.Zoology and wildlife conservationJoseph P. Garner, Katherine A. Miller, Joy A. Mench
Is tail wagging in white wagtails, Motacilla alba, an honest signal of vigilance? .Zoology and wildlife conservationChristoph Randler
Jumping spiders in space: movement patterns, nest site fidelity and the use of beacons.Zoology and wildlife conservationElizabeth M. Jakob, Chad D. Hoefler
Kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in zebrafish, Danio rerio, is based on phenotype matching.Zoology and wildlife conservationGabriele Gerlach, Nadine Lysiak
Lateralized visual and motor responses in the green tree frog, Litoria caerulea.Zoology and wildlife conservationAndrew Robins, Lesley J. Rogers
Leaf-cutter ant species (Hymenoptera: Atta) differ in the types of cues used to differentiate between self and others.Zoology and wildlife conservationJose V. Hernandez, W. Goitia, A. Osio, A. Cabrera, H. Lopez, C. Sainz, K. Jaffe
Learning, memory and predator avoidance by freshwater snails: effects of experience on predator recognition and defensive strategy.Zoology and wildlife conservationAndrew M. Turner, Sarah E. Turnerc, Heidi M. Lappia
Learning threat-sensitive predator avoidance: how do fathead minnows incorporate conflicting information?Zoology and wildlife conservationMaud C.O. Ferrari, Douglas P. Chivers
Light perception in 'blind' subterranean Zambian mole-rats .Zoology and wildlife conservationRegina E. Wegner, Sabine Begall, Hynek Burda
Limited mating opportunities and male monogamy: a field study of white widow spiders, Latrodectus pallidus (Theridiidae).Zoology and wildlife conservationYael Lubin, Michal Segoli, Ally R. Harari
Line-following preferences of male crab spiders, Misumena vatia.Zoology and wildlife conservationDouglass H. Morse, Anne S. Leonard
Location, location, location: stripe position effects on female sword preference.Zoology and wildlife conservationBrian C. Trainor, Alexandra L. Basolo
Longevity and detection of persistent foraging trails in Pharaoh's ants, Monomorium pharaonis (L.).Zoology and wildlife conservationStephen J. Martin, Francis L.W. Ratnieks, Duncan E. Jackson, Mike Holcombe
Long-term effect of isolation rearing conditions on songs of an 'open-ended' song learner species, the canary.Zoology and wildlife conservationKatia Lehongre, Philippe Lenouvel, Tudor Draganoiu, Catherine Del Negro
Long-term mating tactics in an aquatic-mating pinniped, the bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus.Zoology and wildlife conservationSofie M. Van Parijs, Christopher W. Clark
Male African elephants, Loxodonta africana, can distinguish oestrous status via urinary signals.Zoology and wildlife conservationBruce A. Schulte, L.E.L. Rasmussen, Kathryn R. Bagley, Thomas E. Goodwin
Male and female mound-building mice, Mus spicilegus, discriminate dietary and individual odours of conspecifics.Zoology and wildlife conservationDiane Colombelli-Negrel, Patrick Gouat
Male behavioural maturation rate responds to selection on pollen hoarding in honeybees.Zoology and wildlife conservationRobert E. Page Jr., M. Kim Fondrk, Olav Rueppell
Male perception of female mating status: its effect on copulation duration, sperm defence and female fitness.Zoology and wildlife conservationUrban Friberg
Male satin bowerbirds, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, adjust their display intensity in response to female startling: an experiment with robotic females.Zoology and wildlife conservationGerald Borgia, Seth W. Coleman, Gail L. Patricelli
Males of the social wasp Ropalidia marginata can feed larvae, given an opportunity.Zoology and wildlife conservationRuchira Sen, Raghavendra Gadagkar
Male spacing behavior and acoustic interactions in a field cricket: implications for female mate choice.Zoology and wildlife conservationRohini Balakrishnan, Natasha Mhatre
Maleumale competition and the sword in male swordtails, Xiphophorus helleri.Zoology and wildlife conservationAlexandra L. Basolo, Kari E. Benson
Mate choice for indirect benefits displayed by a large ornament: simulations using a neural network.Zoology and wildlife conservationMats Bjorklund
Mate choice rules in animals.Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael J. Ryan, Mark Kirkpatrick, A. Stanley Rand
Mate-guarding strategies and male competitive ability in an orb-weaving spider: results from a field study.Zoology and wildlife conservationM.C. Bel-Venner, S. Venner
Mate recognition in a simultaneous hermaphroditic shrimp, Lysmata wurdemanni (Caridea: Hippolytidae).Zoology and wildlife conservationDong Zhang, Junda Lin
Maternal testosterone affects the primary sex ratio and offspring survival in zebra finches.Zoology and wildlife conservationJoanna Rutkowska, Mariusz Cicho?
Mating behaviour of male rock shrimp, Rhynchocinetes typus (Decapoda: Caridea): effect of recent mating history and predation risk.Zoology and wildlife conservationMartin Thiel, Thijs Christiaan van Son
Mating craters of Cyathopharynx furcifer (Cichlidae) are individually specific, extended phenotypes.Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael Taborsky, Franziska C. Schaedelin
Mating enhances parasite resistance in the cricket Gryllus texensis.Zoology and wildlife conservationShelley A. Adamo, Kelly L. Shoemaker, Nicole M. Parsons
Measuring and testing the steepness of dominance hierarchies.Zoology and wildlife conservationHan de Vries, Jeroen M.G. Stevens, Hilde Vervaecke
Meat sharing among the Gombe chimpanzees: harassment and reciprocal exchange.Zoology and wildlife conservationIan C. Gilby
Mechanisms of maternal investment by communal prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster.Zoology and wildlife conservationNancy G. Solomon, Loren D. Hayes
Melanin - versus carotenoid-based sexual signals: is the difference really so black and red?Zoology and wildlife conservationSimon C. Griffith, Timothy H. Parker, Valerie A. Olson
Mind the gap: means-end discrimination by pigeons.(testing animal intelligence)Zoology and wildlife conservationGregory F. Schmidt, Robert G. Cook
Montezuma oropendolas modify a component of song constrained by body size during vocal contests.Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael S. Webster, Jordan Price, Sarah M. Earnshaw
Mother - young relationships in Belgian Blue cattle after a Caesarean section: characterisation and effects of parity.Zoology and wildlife conservationM. Vandenheede, B. Nicks, A. Desiron, B. Canart
Movements of male sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, on spawning grounds: effects of in-stream residency, density and body size.Zoology and wildlife conservationThomas P. Quinn, Stephanie M. Carlson, Harry B. Jr. Rich, Brandon E. Chasco, Kimberly C. Briggs
Multiple breeding strategies in the swift fox, Vulpes velox.Zoology and wildlife conservationEric M. Gese, Lisette P. Waits, Ann M. Kitchen, Seija M. Karki, Edward R. Schauster
Multiple functions to duet singing: hidden conflicts and apparent cooperation .Zoology and wildlife conservationP.J.B. Slater, L. Marshall-Ball, N. Mann
Multiple signals in chameleon contests: designing and analysing animal contests as a tournament.Zoology and wildlife conservationDevi M. Stuart-Fox, Adnan Moussalli, Martin J. Whiting, David Firth
Naloxone cannot abolish the lack of oxytocin release during unexperienced suckling of dairy cows.Zoology and wildlife conservationVladimir Tancina, Wolf-Dieter Kraetzl, Dieter Schamsa, Rupert M. Bruckmaier
Name that tune: call discrimination and individual recognition in Magellanic penguins.Zoology and wildlife conservationJ. Alan Clark, P. Dee Boersmaa, Dawn M. Olmsteda
Nectar availability and flower choice by eastern spinebills foraging on mountain correa.Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael F. Clarke, Jolene Scoblea
Neighbourustranger discrimination in the little owl, Athene noctua.Zoology and wildlife conservationVincent Bretagnolle, Loic A. Hardouin, Pierre Tabel
No evidence of paternal genetic contribution to nestling cell-mediated immunity in the North American barn swallow.Zoology and wildlife conservationJan T. Lifjeld, Raleigh J. Robertson, Oddmund Kleven, Frode Jacobsen, Rasa Izadnegahdar
No experimental evidence that sibling competition induces young to switch nests in the colonial Alpine swift, Apus melba.Zoology and wildlife conservationPierre Bize, Alexandre Roulin
Nonrandom patterns of vigilance in flocks of the greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber ruber.Zoology and wildlife conservationGuy Beauchamp
No preference for exaggerated courtship signals in a sensory trap.Zoology and wildlife conservationPatricia R.Y. Backwell, John H. Christy
Number of mates and timing of mating affect offspring growth in the small marsupial Antechinus agilis.Zoology and wildlife conservationD.O. Fisher, M.C. Double, B.D. Moore
Nursing one litter of Mongolian gerbils while pregnant with another: effects on daughters' mate attachment and fecundity.Zoology and wildlife conservationMertice M. Clark, Bennett G. Galef Jr., Kelly Stiver, Tanya Teall
Nutritional imbalance in an extreme generalist omnivore: tolerance and recovery through complementary food selection.Zoology and wildlife conservationD. Raubenheimer, S.A. Jones
Object manipulation to obtain a food reward in hoolock gibbons, Bunopithecus hoolock.Zoology and wildlife conservationJames R. Anderson, Clare L. Cunningham, Alan R. Mootnick
Ontogeny of alarm call responses in meerkats, Suricata suricatta: the roles of age, sex and nearby conspecifics.Zoology and wildlife conservationLinda I. Hollen, Marta B. Mansera
Ontogeny of locomotory behaviour in the American locust, Schistocerca americana: from marathoner to broad jumper.Zoology and wildlife conservationJon F. Harrison, Scott D. Kirkton
Optimality in avian migratory fuelling behaviour: a study of a trans-Saharan migrant.Zoology and wildlife conservationNicholas J. Bayly
Ornament colour selection, visual contrast and the shape of colour preference functions in great bowerbirds, Chlamydera nuchalis.Zoology and wildlife conservationJohn A. Endler, Lainy B. Day
Oxytocin facilitates behavioural, metabolic and physiological adaptations during lactation.Zoology and wildlife conservationKerstin Uvnas-Moberga, Birgitta Johanssonb, Berit Lupolib, Kerstin Svennersten-Sjaunja
Parental care in the long-tailed skink, Mabuya longicaudata, on a tropical Asian island.Zoology and wildlife conservationWen-san Huang
Parents increase their parental effort when aided by helpers in a cooperatively breeding bird.Zoology and wildlife conservationJuan Carranza, Juliana Valencia, Concha Mateos, Carlos De La Cruz
Paternal den attendance is the best predictor of offspring survival in the socially monogamous bat-eared fox.(Otocyon megalotis)Zoology and wildlife conservationHarry William Yorkstone Wright
Paternity assurance responses to first-year and adult male territorial intrusions in a courtship-feeding raptor.Zoology and wildlife conservationBeatriz E. Arroyo, Vincent Bretagnolle, Francois Mougeot
Pheromonal regulation of reproductive success in female zebrafish: female suppression and male enhancement.Zoology and wildlife conservationGabriele Gerlach
Physiological benefits as precursors of sociality: why banded geckos band.Zoology and wildlife conservationPaul Wilson, Jennifer R. Lancaster, Robert E. Espinoza
Plasticity of worker reproductive strategies in Bombus terrestris: lessons from artificial mixed-species colonies.Zoology and wildlife conservationAbraham Hefetz, Pierre Jaisson, Cedric Alaux
Polybia wasp biting interactions recruit foragers following experimental worker removals.Zoology and wildlife conservationSean O'Donnell
Potential lifetime reproductive success of male bushcrickets parasitized by a phonotactic fly.Zoology and wildlife conservationGerlind U.C. Lehmann, Arne W. Lehmann
Predator avoidance learning of prey with secreted or stored defences and the evolution of insect defences.Zoology and wildlife conservationJohn Skelhorn, Candy Rowe
Predator foraging strategy influences prey population dynamics: arthropods predating a gregarious leaf beetle.Zoology and wildlife conservationOskar Kindvall, Peter Dalin, Christer Bjorkman
Predator learning, experimental psychology and novel predictions for mimicry dynamics.Zoology and wildlife conservationCatherine R. Darst
Prenatal olfactory learning in the domestic dog.(Canis familiaris)Zoology and wildlife conservationPeter G. Hepper, Deborah L. Wells
Prey choice affects the trade-off balance between predation and starvation in an avian herbivore.Zoology and wildlife conservationJames A. Robinson, Stuart Bearhop, Richard Inger, Graeme Ruxton
Prey crypticity reduces the proportion of group members searching for food.(Lonchura punctulata, nutmeg mannikins)Zoology and wildlife conservationLuc-Alain Giraldeau, Maryse Barrette
Prey palatability influences predator learning and memory.Zoology and wildlife conservationJohn Skelhorn, Candy Rowe
Reduced territorial responses in dark-eyed juncos following population establishment in a climatically mild environment.Zoology and wildlife conservationTrevor D. Price, Melissa M. Newman, Pamela J. Yeh
Reduction in cross-sucking in calves by the use of a modified automatic teat feeder.Zoology and wildlife conservationRoland Webera, Beat Wechsler
Regulation of space use in a solitary felid: population density or prey availability?(bobcat, Lynx rufus)Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael J. Chamberlain, Bruce D. Leopold, John F. Benson
Relatedness and site fidelity at the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, breeding colony in the Falkland Islands.Zoology and wildlife conservationA. Rus Hoelzel, Anna Fabiani, Filippo Galimberti, Simona Sanvito
Relative importance of taste and visual appearance for predator education in Mullerian mimicry.Zoology and wildlife conservationJ. Mappes, L. Lindstrom, A. Lyytinen, K. Ojala
Repeatability and consistency of female preference behaviours in a northern swordtail, Xiphophorus nigrensis.Zoology and wildlife conservationMolly Cummings, Diane Mollaghan
Reproductive conflicts and mutilation in queenless Diacamma ants.Zoology and wildlife conservationMatthew Cobb, Christian Peeters, Sebastien Baratte
Reproductive skew and communal breeding in the subsocial beetle Parastizopus armaticeps.Zoology and wildlife conservationDik Heg, Stephanie Heyl, O. Anne E. Rasa, Klaus Peschke
Reproductive skew in the Australian allodapine bee Exoneura robusta.Zoology and wildlife conservationLaurent Keller, Michael P. Schwarz, Katja Hogendoorn, Philipp Langer
Resource distribution and social structure in harem-forming Old World fruit bats: variations on a polygynous theme.(Cynopterus spp)Zoology and wildlife conservationPolly Campbell, Zubaid Akbar, Adura M. Adnan, Thomas H. Kunz
Responses to interactive playback predict future pairing success in nightingales.Zoology and wildlife conservationMarc Naguib, Hansjoerg P. Kunc, Valentin Amrhein, Rouven Schmidt
Retention of individual recognition in chicks and the effects of social experience.(Gallus gallus domesticus)Zoology and wildlife conservationRichard H. Porter, Cecile Arnould, Leslie Simac, Sophie Hild
Rhesus monkeys, Macaca mulatta, know what others can and cannot hear.Zoology and wildlife conservationLaurie R. Santos, Aaron G. Nissen, Jonathan A. Ferrugia
Risk assessment by grasshopper mice (Onychomys spp.) feeding on neurotoxic prey (Centruroides spp.).Zoology and wildlife conservationAshlee H. Rowe, Matthew P. Rowe
Route recognition in the homing pigeon, Columba livia.Zoology and wildlife conservationTim Guilford, Jessica Meade, Dora Biro
Route selection by a jumping spider (Portia labiata) during the locomotory phase of a detour.Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael Tarsitano
Seasonal change in female choice for male size in the two-spotted goby.Zoology and wildlife conservationTrond Amundsen, Elisabet Forsgren, Asa A. Borg
Seasonal variation in selection on male calling song in the field cricket, Gryllus rubens.Zoology and wildlife conservationH. Jane Brockmann, Manuel J. Veleza
Self-assessment by males during energetically costly contests over precopula females in amphipods.Zoology and wildlife conservationRobert W. Elwood, John Prenter, Phillip W. Tay
Self-control: why should sea lions, Zalophus californianus, perform better than primates?Zoology and wildlife conservationEmilie Genty, Jean-Jacques Roeder
Sequential size assessment and multicomponent decision rules mediate aerial wasp contests.(Hemipepsis ustulata)Zoology and wildlife conservationDarrell J. Kemp, Geoff R. Allen, John Alcock
Sex differences in rates of territory joining and inheritance in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish.Zoology and wildlife conservationK.A. Stiver, J. Fitzpatrick, J.K. Desjardins, S. Balshine
Sex role preferences, gender conflict and sperm trading in simultaneous hermaphrodites: a new framework.Zoology and wildlife conservationNico K. Michiels, Nils Anthes, Annika Putz
Sexual cannibalism and mate choice.Zoology and wildlife conservationRobert W. Elwood, John Prenter, Calum MacNeil
Sexual coercion and the opportunity for sexual selection in guppies.(Poecilia reticulata)Zoology and wildlife conservationRobert Brooks, Megan L. Head
Sexual conflict and life histories.Zoology and wildlife conservationTom Tregenza, Nina Wedell, Charlotta Kvarnemo, C(Kate). M. Lessells
Sexual conflict over copulation duration in a cannibalistic spider.Zoology and wildlife conservationJutta M. Schneider, Simone Gilberg, Lutz Fromhage, Gabriele Uhl
Sexually dimorphic grooming in bison: the influence of body size, activity budget and androgens.Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael S. Mooring, Dominic D. Reisig, Marilyn L. Patton, Eric R. Osborne, Adam L. Kanallakan, Sara M. Aub
Sexual segregation among feral goats: testing between alternative hypotheses.Zoology and wildlife conservationR.I.M. Dunbar, Sara Calhim, Jianbin Shi
Sexual selection and horn allometry in the dung beetle Euoniticellus intermedius.Zoology and wildlife conservationJoanne C. Pomfret, Robert J. Knell
Sexual selection and social rank in bighorn rams.(Ovis canadensis)Zoology and wildlife conservationMarco Festa-Bianchet, Fanie Pelletier
Sexual selection in wild baboons: from mating opportunities to paternity success.Zoology and wildlife conservationJason C. Buchan, Susan C. Alberts, Jeanne Altmann
Sheep self - medicate when challenged with illness - inducing foods.Zoology and wildlife conservationJuan J. Villalba, Frederick D. Provenza, Ryan Shaw
Sibling competition and the risk of falling out of the nest.(Apus melba)Zoology and wildlife conservationPierre Bize, Alexandre Roulin
Signalling and phosphorus: correlations between mate signalling effort and body elemental composition in crickets.Zoology and wildlife conservationSusan M. Bertram, John D. Schade, James J. Elser
Simultaneous classification by rank and kinship in Japanese macaques.Zoology and wildlife conservationGabriele Schino, Barbara Tiddi, Eugenia Polizzi Di Sorrentino
Site-dependent aggression and mating behaviour in three species of Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).Zoology and wildlife conservationJason E. Leonard, Christine R.B. Boake
Sociable schedules: interplay between avian seasonal and social behaviour.Zoology and wildlife conservationTheunis Piersma, Barbara Helm, Henk van der Jeugd
Social cognition in the domestic dog: behaviour of spectators towards participants in interspecific games.Zoology and wildlife conservationNicola J. Rooney, John W.S. Bradshawa
Social contact influences the response of infant marmosets towards novel food.Zoology and wildlife conservationBernhard Voelkl, Cornelia Schrauf
Social dominance correlates and family status in wintering dark-bellied brent geese, Branta bernicla bernicla.Zoology and wildlife conservationHerve Fritz, Maud Poisbleau, Marion Valeix, Pierre-Yves Perroi, Sebastien Dalloyau, Marcel M. Lambrechts
Social foraging in Bufo americanus tadpoles.Zoology and wildlife conservationCharles Sontag, David Sloan Wilsona, R. Stimson Wilcoxa
Social functions of allogrooming in cooperatively breeding meerkats.Zoology and wildlife conservationTim H. Clutton-Brock, Nobuyuki Kutsukake
Social information, antipredatory vigilance and flight in bird flocks.Zoology and wildlife conservationEtienne Sirot
Socially acquired information from chemical cues in the common lizard, Lacerta vivipara.Zoology and wildlife conservationJean Clobert, Pedro Aragon, Manuel Massot, Julien Gasparini
Social modulation of androgens in male vertebrates: meta-analyses of the challenge hypothesis.Zoology and wildlife conservationRui F. Oliveira, Katharina Hirschenhauser
Some effects of repeated handling and the use of a mask on stress responses in zebu cattle during restraint.Zoology and wildlife conservationA. Orihuela, O. Andradea, J. Solanoa, C. S. Galina
Song repertoire size is correlated with body measures and arrival date in common nightingales, Luscinia megarhynchos.Zoology and wildlife conservationHenrike Hultsch, Dietmar Todt, Silke Kipper, Roger Mundry, Christina Sommer
Sounds and size: identification of acoustic variables that reflect body size in hamadryas baboons, Papio hamadryas.Zoology and wildlife conservationJulia Fischer, Dana Pfefferle
Spatially and temporally structured avian brood parasitism affects the fitness benefits of hosts' rejection strategies.Zoology and wildlife conservationKen Yasukawa, Jeffrey P. Hoover, Mark E. Hauber
Speciation by perception.(crows)Zoology and wildlife conservationAnders Brodin, Fredrik Haas
Spider's attack versus cricket's escape: velocity modes determine success.Zoology and wildlife conservationJ. Casas, O. Dangles, N. Ory, T. Steinmann, J.P. Christides
Spines and behaviour as defences against fish predators in an invasive freshwater amphipod.(Gammarus roeseli, amphipod)(Salmo trutta fario, brown trout)Zoology and wildlife conservationThierry Rigaud, LoIc Bollache, Nicolas Kaldonski, Jean-Philippe Troussard, Clement Lagrue
Stability and group specificity of stereotyped whistles in resident killer whales, Orcinus orca, off British Columbia.Zoology and wildlife conservationJohn K.B. Ford, Rudiger Riesch, Frank Thomsen
Substratum - mediated heart rate responses of an invertebrate to predation threat.Zoology and wildlife conservationNicholas A. Kamenos, Piero Calosi, P. Geoffrey Moore
Sucking motivation and related problems in calves.Zoology and wildlife conservationAnne Marie de Passille
Suppression of escape behaviour during mating in the cricket Acheta domesticus.Zoology and wildlife conservationK.A. Killian, L.C. Snell1, R. Ammarell, T.O. Crista
Survival skills required for predator evasion by fish larvae and their relation to laboratory measures of performance.Zoology and wildlife conservationKenneth A. Rose, Lee A. Fuiman, James H. Cowan, Eric P. Smith
Synchrony, social behaviour and alliance affiliation in Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus.Zoology and wildlife conservationLars Bejder, Richard C. Connor, Rachel Smolker
Taming of the skew: transactional models fail to predict reproductive partitioning in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus.Zoology and wildlife conservationAviva E. Liebert, Philip T. Starks
Temporal and spatial patterns of repeated migratory journeys by ospreys.Zoology and wildlife conservationThomas Alerstam, Mikael Hake, Nils Kjellen
Territory owners discriminate between aggressive and nonaggressive neighbours.Zoology and wildlife conservationMelissa Hughes, Jeremy Hyman
Territory revisits reduce intrusion during spawning trips by female yellowtail damselfish, Microspathodon chrysurus.Zoology and wildlife conservationPaul C. Sikkel, Donald L. Kramer
Testing central place foraging in eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus, by altering loading functions.Zoology and wildlife conservationLuc-Alain Giraldeau, Kim McAleer
The alarm-calling system of adult male putty-nosed monkeys, Cercopithecus nictitans martini.Zoology and wildlife conservationKlaus Zuberbuhler, Kate Arnold
The behaviour and evolution of cache protection and pilferage.Zoology and wildlife conservationJoanna M. Dally, Nathan J. Emery, Nicola S. Clayton
The capacity for additional matings does not affect male mating competition in the sand goby.(Pomatoschistus minutus)Zoology and wildlife conservationAndreas Nyman, Charlotta Kvarnemo, Ola Svensson
The costs of mating and egg production in Callosobruchus seed beetles.Zoology and wildlife conservationGoran Arnqvist, Mari Katvala, Johanna Ronn
The effect of captive breeding on aggressive behaviour of European grayling, Thymallus thymallus, in different contexts.Zoology and wildlife conservationNina Peuhkuri, Annamari Salonen
The effect of flicker from fluorescent lights on mate choice in captive birds.Zoology and wildlife conservationInnes C. Cuthill, Andrew T.D. Bennett, Jennifer E. Evans
The effect of handling time on temporal discounting in two New World primates.Zoology and wildlife conservationMarc D. Hauser, Alexandra G. Rosati, Jeffrey R. Stevens
The effect of laying and hatching order on the timing and asynchrony of hatching.(Larus fuscus)Zoology and wildlife conservationRuedi G. Nager, Christina Muck
The effect of parity and environmental restriction on behavioural and physiological responses of pre-parturient pigs.Zoology and wildlife conservationSusan Jarvis, Bea J. van der Vegtb, Alistair B. Lawrencea, Kirsty A. McLeana, Lesley A. Deansa, Joan Chirnsidea, Sheena K. Calverta
The effect of visual obstructions on the sexual behaviour of guppies: the importance of privacy.Zoology and wildlife conservationAnne E. Houde, Tamara L. Hibler
The effects of autumn testosterone on survival and productivity in red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus.Zoology and wildlife conservationS.M. Redpath, F.M. Leckie, F. Mougeot, S.A. Evans
The effects of conditioning to suckling, milking and of calf presence on the release of oxytocin in dairy cows.Zoology and wildlife conservationVladimir Tancina, Wolf-Dieter Kraetzla, Dieter Schams, Rupert M. Bruckmaiera
The effects of energy reserves and dominance on the use of social-foraging strategies in the house sparrow.Zoology and wildlife conservationAndras Liker, Adam Z. Lendvai, Zoltan Barta
The importance of mate behavioural compatibility in parenting and reproductive success by cockatiels, Nymphicus hollandicus.Zoology and wildlife conservationDonald H. Owings, Tracey R. Spoon, James R. Millam
The importance of valuing resources: host weight and contender age as determinants of parasitoid wasp contest outcomes.Zoology and wildlife conservationIan C.W. Hardy, Emily L. Humphries, Alison J. Hebblethwaite, Tim P. Batchelor
The influence of male and female eyespan on fertility in the stalk-eyed fly, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni.Zoology and wildlife conservationKevin Fowler, David W. Rogersa, Claire A. Granta, Tracey Chapmana, Andrew Pomiankowskia
The influence of sexual selection and male agility on sexual size dimorphism in bustards (Otididae).Zoology and wildlife conservationTamas Szekely, Christian Pitra, Gina Raihani, M. Alejandro Serrano-Meneses, Paul Goriup
The innate basis of food-hoarding decisions in grey squirrels: evidence for behavioural adaptations to the oaks.Zoology and wildlife conservationMichael A. Steele, Steve Manierre, Theresa Genna, Thomas A. Contreras, Peter D. Smallwood, Michael E. Pereira
The nature and representation of individual recognition odours in Belding's ground squirrels.Zoology and wildlife conservationJill M. Mateo
The nose knows: minnows determine predator proximity and density through detection of predator odours.Zoology and wildlife conservationFrancois Messier, Maud C.O. Ferrari, Douglas P. Chivers
The queen is not a pacemaker in the small - colony wasps Polistes instabilis and P. dominulus.Zoology and wildlife conservationJoan E. Strassmann, David C. Queller, Rita Cervo, Jes S. Pedersen, Thomas G. Platt, Shalene Jha, Rowan G. Casey-Ford
The relation between social rank, neophobia and individual learning in starlings.Zoology and wildlife conservationSimon M. Reader, Kevin N. Laland, Neeltje J. Boogert
The response of native Australian rodents to predator odours varies seasonally: a by-product of life history variation?Zoology and wildlife conservationJ.C. Wilson, R.A. Hayes, H.F. Nahrung
The role of previous social encounters and body mass in determining social rank: an experiment with white-tailed deer.Zoology and wildlife conservationSteeve D. Cote, Joelle Taillon
The role of social context and individual experience in novel task acquisition in cottontop tamarins, Saguinus oedipus.Zoology and wildlife conservationCharles T. Snowdon, Liza R. Moscovice
The role of testosterone in male downy woodpeckers in winter home range use, mate interactions and female foraging behaviour.Zoology and wildlife conservationJohn C. Wingfield, Jeffrey R. Lucas, James S. Kellam
Tracing the origins of signal diversity in anole lizards: phylogenetic approaches to inferring the evolution of complex behaviour.Zoology and wildlife conservationEmilia P. Martins, Terry J. Ord
Ultraviolet signals ultra-aggression in a lizard.Zoology and wildlife conservationSimon P. Blomberg, David O'Connor, Devi M. Stuart-Fox, Martin J. Whiting, Nigel C. Bennett, David Firth
Urban bioacoustics: it's not just noise.Zoology and wildlife conservationPaige S. Warren, Madhusudan Katti, Michael Ermann, Anthony Bra
Using regression trees to predict patterns of male provisioning in the stitchbird (hihi).Zoology and wildlife conservationMatthew Low, Michael K. Joy, Troy Makan
UV wavelengths affect female mate choice in three-spined sticklebacks.(ultraviolet)Zoology and wildlife conservationTheo C.M. Bakker, Ingolf P. Rick, Ricarda Modarressie
Variation in body temperature and isolation calls of juvenile big brown bats, Eptesicus fuscus.Zoology and wildlife conservationAbbey E. Camaclang, Lydia Hollis, Robert M.R. Barclay
Variation in female choice of mates: condition influences selectivity.(zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata castanotis)Zoology and wildlife conservationNancy Tyler Burley, Valerie S. Foster
Variation in the cost to females of the sexual conflict over mating in the seed bug, Lygaeus equestris.Zoology and wildlife conservationDavid M. Shuker, Nina Wedell, Gavin A. Ballantyne, University of Exeter
Viewing attractive or unattractive same-sex individuals changes self-rated attractiveness and face preferences in women.Zoology and wildlife conservationAnthony C. Little, Helena Mannion
Vocal interactions in nightingales, Luscinia megarhynchos: more aggressive males have higher pairing success.Zoology and wildlife conservationMarc Naguib, Hansjoerg P. Kunc, Valentin Amrhein
Vocal mimicry by a passerine bird attracts other species involved in mixed-species flocks.Zoology and wildlife conservationEben Goodale, Sarath W. Kotagama
Waiting for the mate? Spatial behaviour of common terns, Sterna hirundo, during courtship.Zoology and wildlife conservationPeter H. Becker, Sonja C. Ludwig
Wax combs mediate nestmate recognition by guard honeybees.Zoology and wildlife conservationFrancis L.W. Ratnieks, Tom Boswell, Patrizia D'ettorre, Tom Wenseleers, Jenny Dawson, Stuart Hutchinson
What makes information valuable: signal reliability and environmental uncertainty.Zoology and wildlife conservationDavid W. Stephens, Colleen M. McLinn
White plumage reflects individual quality in female eiders.Zoology and wildlife conservationSveinn Are Hanssen, Ivar Folstad, Kjell Einar Erikstad
Who, me? Can baboons infer the target of vocalizations?(Papio hamadryas ursinus)Zoology and wildlife conservationAnne L. Engh, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Rebekah R. Hoffmeier
Why does diurnal mass change not appear to affect the flight performance of alarmed birds?Zoology and wildlife conservationRoss Macleod
Within-song complexity in a songbird is meaningful to both male and female receivers.Zoology and wildlife conservationKatharina Riebel, Albertine Leitao, Carel ten Cate
Wounding, mortality and mane morphology in African lions, Panthera leo.Zoology and wildlife conservationKaryl Whitman, Craig Packer, Peyton M. West, Holly MacCormick, Grant Hopcraft, Marna Ericson, Maria Hordinsky
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