Behavioral Ecology

📢New issue alert📢 Volume 37, Issue 2, March/April 2026 -> academic.oup.com/beheco/issue/3… #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/beheco…

Diel effects on antipredator behavior: nuanced temporal effects in a dynamic landscape of fear #PredationRisk #PreyBehavior doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Frequency masking drives species-specific temporal avoidance strategies in boreal songbirds #AcousticSignal #AcousticCommunityInterference doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Social and ecological factors associated with innovation in urban sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) #SmartBird #ProblemSolving #UrbanEnvironments doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

🐝🐝🐝 I am excited to share more research from my lab @MarquetteU! This work, lead by PhD student Casey Lambert, identifies how #honeybees use physical interactions to coordinate collective behavior, published in @BehavEcol. Let me tell you about it... academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...

A cross-taxonomic explanatory framework for mobbing behavior #Framework #AntiPredatorBehaviour doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Landscapes of fearlessness revealed through hormonal responses to putatively risky places #RiskRewardTradeoff #Mammal #HabitatUse doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Need something new to read?📢 Here is the first issue of Behavioral Ecology in 2026: academic.oup.com/beheco/issue/3… #AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Behaviour

Effects of seed mass on seed foraging behaviors of two sympatric rodent species #SeedPredation #AcornMass #Rodents doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

#NewPaperOut #WeDontStop Here we share our new paper publish in @BehavEcol : Impact of increased nest temperature on incubation behaviour and female health in Eurasian Blue Tit doi.org/10.1093/beheco… #ClimateChange #TradeOffs

The oviposition of unfertilized eggs depends on the presence of potential mates in a kissing bug #Invertebrate #Reproduction doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Reactions of captive adult great tits toward aposematic prey: effects of personality #IndividualVariation #AnimalPersonality #Birds doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Chemical cues facilitate foraging across the water-land interface in a resident predatory fish #TransitionalEcosystems #SensoryProcessing #MorayEel doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Personality variation in a marine snail and heterogeneous selection in natural populations #AnimalPersonality #Invertebrate #NaturalSelection doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

📢 Check out the most recent Issue in Volume 36 of Behavioral Ecology here: academic.oup.com/beheco/issue/3… #AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Behaviour

Territoriality, sociality and male weaponry shape horn investment in female bovids #Competition #Mammal doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Duration of nest-building in passerine birds: the roles of latitude, nest size, and nest type #AvianBreeding #Birds #Evolution doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Far-reaching consequences of trait preferences for animal social network structure and function #Sociality #BiologicalModelling doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Banded mongooses discriminate relatedness and MHC diversity in unfamiliar conspecifics #SocialCommunication #Olfaction #Recognition doi.org/10.1093/beheco…