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Revisiting translocation and reintroduction programmes: the importance of considering stress

Plasticity of worker reproductive strategies in Bombus terrestris: lessons from artificial mixed-species colonies

Plasticity of worker reproductive strategies in Bombus terrestris: lessons from artificial mixed-species colonies

Failure to find aversive marking of toxic foods by Norway rats

Learning, memory and predator avoidance by freshwater snails: effects of experience on predator recognition and defensive strategy

Hiding behaviour in two cricket populations that differ in predation pressure

Infanticide, sexual selection and task specialization in a biparental burying beetle

Infanticide, sexual selection and task specialization in a biparental burying beetle

Increased reliance on socially acquired information while foraging in risky situations?

Social foraging in Bufo americanus tadpoles

Ornament colour selection, visual contrast and the shape of colour preference functions in great bowerbirds, Chlamydera nuchalis

Interpreting short-term behavioural responses to disturbance within a longitudinal perspective

Interpreting short-term behavioural responses to disturbance within a longitudinal perspective

Synchrony, social behaviour and alliance affiliation in Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus

Synchrony, social behaviour and alliance affiliation in Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus

Name that tune: call discrimination and individual recognition in Magellanic penguins

Courtship strategies of male insects: when is learning advantageous?

Cottontop tamarin, Saguinus oedipus, alarm calls contain sufficient information for recognition of individual identity

How noisy information and individual asymmetries can make ‘personality’ an adaptation: a simple model

The role of previous social encounters and body mass in determining social rank: an experiment with white-tailed deer

The role of previous social encounters and body mass in determining social rank: an experiment with white-tailed deer

An inverse relationship between decoration and food colour preferences in satin bowerbirds does not support the sensory drive hypothesis

An inverse relationship between decoration and food colour preferences in satin bowerbirds does not support the sensory drive hypothesis

Detecting oriented movement of animals

Daytime naps in night-migrating birds: behavioural adaptation to seasonal sleep deprivation in the Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus

Daytime naps in night-migrating birds: behavioural adaptation to seasonal sleep deprivation in the Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus

The effect of visual obstructions on the sexual behaviour of guppies: the importance of privacy

Food availability affects diurnal nest predation and adult antipredator behaviour in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia

Intraspecific nest parasitism of cavity-nesting wood ducks: costs and benefits to hosts and parasites

Asymmetry in age suppresses reproduction in female woodland voles, Microtus pinetorum

Sexual selection in wild baboons: from mating opportunities to paternity success

Experimental evidence of homing to site of incubation by mature sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Experimental evidence of homing to site of incubation by mature sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

The nose knows: minnows determine predator proximity and density through detection of predator odours

Resource distribution and social structure in harem-forming Old World fruit bats: variations on a polygynous theme

Mechanisms of maternal investment by communal prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Signalling and phosphorus: correlations between mate signalling effort and body elemental composition in crickets

Spatially and temporally structured avian brood parasitism affects the fitness benefits of hosts' rejection strategies

Spatially and temporally structured avian brood parasitism affects the fitness benefits of hosts' rejection strategies

Extraterritorial forays are related to a male ornamental trait in the common yellowthroat

Female swordtail fish use chemical cues to select well-fed mates

Female swordtail fish use chemical cues to select well-fed mates

Suppression of escape behaviour during mating in the cricket Acheta domesticus

Fighting for harems: assessment strategies during male-male contests in the sexually dimorphic Wellington tree weta

Fighting for harems: assessment strategies during male-male contests in the sexually dimorphic Wellington tree weta

Sexually dimorphic grooming in bison: the influence of body size, activity budget, and androgens

Sexually dimorphic grooming in bison: the influence of body size, activity budget, and androgens

Evaluation of predation risk by a caterpillar using substrate-borne vibrations

Vocal mimicry by a passerine bird attracts other species involved in mixed-species flocks

Vocal mimicry by a passerine bird attracts other species involved in mixed-species flocks

A functional perspective on sexual selection: insights and future prospects

Copulatory dialogue: female spiders sing during copulation

Seasonal variation in selection on male calling song

Effects of heterospecific call overlap on the phonotactic behaviour of grey treefrogs

A complex plumage pattern as an honest social signal

A complex plumage pattern as an honest social signal

Variation in female choice of mates: condition influences selectivity

Inefficient task partitioning among nonhygienic honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) and implications for disease transmission

Inefficient task partitioning among nonhygienic honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) and implications for disease transmission

Aggressive contests in house crickets: size, motivation and the information content of aggressive songs

The emergency life-history stage and immunity in the cricket Gryllus texensis

Repeatability and consistency of female preference behaviors in a northern swordtail, Xiphophorus nigrensis

Physiological benefits as precursors of sociality: why banded geckos band

A method to measure the development of song preferences in female cowbirds, Molothrus ater

Male African elephants (Loxodonta africana) can distinguish oestrous status via urinary signals

Male African elephants (Loxodonta africana) can distinguish oestrous status via urinary signals

Do food-hoarding animals have a cache recovery advantage?: determining recovery of stored food

Do food-hoarding animals have a cache recovery advantage?: determining recovery of stored food

A state-dependent sex difference in spatial memory in pinyon jays (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus): mated females forget as predicted by natural history

On seasonality in food caching behavior in parids: do we know the whole story?

Testing central place foraging in eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus) by altering loading functions

Ecological and social influences on the hunting behaviour of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)

Ecological and social influences on the hunting behaviour of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)

Prey crypticity reduces the proportion of group members searching for food

On the evolution of hidden leks and the implications for reproductive and habitat selection behaviours

Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Know What Others Can and Cannot Hear

Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Know What Others Can and Cannot Hear

Territory owners discriminate between aggressive and non-aggressive neighbours

Female zebra finches prefer unfamiliar males but not when watching non-interactive video

Asymmetric effects of experimental manipulations of social status on individual immune response

Functions of sibling aggression in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

Functions of sibling aggression in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

Tracing the origins of signal diversity in anole lizards: phylogenetic approaches to inferring the evolution of complex behaviour

Kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in zebrafish is based on phenotype matching

Mate Choice Rules in Animals

Female hierarchy instability, male immigration, and infanticide increase glucocorticoid levels in female chacma baboons

Female hierarchy instability, male immigration, and infanticide increase glucocorticoid levels in female chacma baboons

Inheritance of courtship song variation among geographically isolated populations of Drosophila mojavensis

The queen is not a pacemaker in the small colony wasps Polistes instabilis and P. dominulus

No preference for exaggerated courtship signals in a sensory trap

Behavioural mechanisms of invasion and displacement in Pacific island Geckos (Hemidactylus): evidence for interspecific reproductive interference

Mate Recognition in a Simultaneous Hermaphroditic Shrimp, Lysmata wurdemanni (Caridea: Hippolytidae)

Aggressive Experience Alters Place Preference in Green Anole Lizards (Anolis carolinensis)

Movements of male sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, on spawning grounds: the effects of in-stream residency, density, and body size.

Movements of male sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, on spawning grounds: the effects of in-stream residency, density, and body size.

Sheep self-medicate when challenged with illness-inducing foods

Intensity of interference affects the distribution of house sparrows Passer domesticus at food patches

Ontogeny of locomotory behaviour in the American locust, Schistocerca americana: From marathoner to broad jumper.

The Role of Social Context and Individual Experience in Novel Task Acquisition in Cotton-top Tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

The Role of Social Context and Individual Experience in Novel Task Acquisition in Cotton-top Tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Reduced territorial responses in dark-eyed juncos, Junco hyemalis, following population establishment in a climatically mild environment