Behavioral Ecology

📢 The new issue of Behavioral Ecology is out! 📢 Volume 37, Issue 5, September/October 2026 Read about all new research here ⬇️ academic.oup.com/beheco/issue... Cover set up by Viktor Storozhuk. Regular monitoring camera trap, FSBI ‘Land of the Leopard’ #Behavior #Ecology #Animal

Lionfish (Pterois miles) blow directed jets of water to manipulate prey behavior #BehavioralEcology #PredatorPrey #Lionfish #FishBehavior #MarineEcology doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Competition reduces web investment without altering silk properties in the common house spider #BehavioralEcology #SpiderBehavior #Arachnology #AnimalBehavior #Competition doi.org/10.1093/behe...

🎉🪰 NEW PAPER ALERT 🪰🎉 The second paper with my former Master student Tim Kaufmann is out now in @behavecol.bsky.social We investigated if male and female Drosophila hydei copy the mate choice of their conspecifics academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

No effect of a widespread pharmaceutical pollutant on behavior, physiology, or morphology in guppies #BehavioralEcology #Ecotoxicology #PharmaceuticalPollution #FishBehavior #AquaticEcology doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Phantom decoys alter perceived missed opportunity costs and increase risky foraging decisions #BehavioralEcology #AnimalCognition #Foraging #DecisionMaking #RiskTaking doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Personality predicts dispersal and settlement in a novel habitat— a mesocosm experiment #BehavioralEcology #AnimalPersonality #Dispersal #AnimalBehavior #EvolutionaryEcology doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Seasonal resource partitioning between neighboring cougars in a multiprey system #BehavioralEcology #PredatorEcology #Cougar #PredatorPrey #WildlifeEcology doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Vasotocin influences mother–offspring associations in a facultatively family-living lizard #BehavioralEcology #AnimalBehavior #ParentalCare #SocialBehavior #ReptileBehavior doi.org/10.1093/behe...

#Behavioral #Ecology Issue 5, Editor's choice ⬇️⬇️

Ravens (Corvus corax) use conspecifics and heterospecifics to navigate risky foraging scenarios #Foraging #Scavenging #Birds doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Seasonal variation in trans-oceanic flight and island use in a migratory falcon #Migration #Birds #GPSTracking doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Maternal status of female leopards drives spatio-temporal interactions between the sexes #Felid #Cat #SocialInteractions doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Differential weighting of lion vocalizations and oxpecker alarm calls in giraffes #Bioacoustics #PredationRisk #Mammal doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Maternal status of female leopards drives spatio-temporal interactions between the sexes  academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

Excited to share that my first chapter of my dissertation has been published in @behavecol.bsky.social ! We found species-specific roles in the initiation and maintenance of snapping shrimp goby mutualisms. academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...

Factors associated with breeding site fidelity in the sex-role reversed red phalarope #SexRoleReversal #Birds doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Predator hunting modes induce varied selection pressures on prey personality #AnimalPersonality #PredatorPreyInteraction #Mammal doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Throwback to #ISBE2026 this summer, where I once again had the chance to present my Master's project on reed warbler behaviour & genomics! Very grateful to @behavecol.bsky.social for supporting my 70 h ferry&train journey from 🇫🇮 to 🇮🇹!

Links between color conspicuousness, territorial behavior, and steroids in a color polymorphic lizard #ColSci #Reptile #Polymorphism doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Group size predicts prenatal investment and offspring growth in a cooperatively breeding bird #GroupLiving #Birds doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Response of leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) towards a multimodal cue simulating a predator #Reptile #MultimodalPerception #PredatorDetection doi.org/10.1093/behe...

A phantom decoy shifts wild forager decisions in a natural environment #Wallaby #BehavioralEconomics #Fitness doi.org/10.1093/behe...

A model of subordinate helping decisions under varying levels of uncertainty #DynamicGameModel #CooperativeBreeding doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Feeding ecology and behavioral adaptations shape injury patterns in central European ants #Injury #Ant doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Approaching humans for food is a behavior transmitted from mothers to offspring in a large herbivore #HumanWildlifeInteraction #Deer doi.org/10.1093/behe...

How do 🐝 evaluate costs & benefits of foraging w/in 🌸mimicry systems? Turns out 🐝 attend more to costs than to benefits, similar to animals in other contexts! For more, read our new pub in @behavecol.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1093/behe... therusselllab.net/wp-content/u... @jentomology.bsky.social

Our new paper out on @behavecol.bsky.social We show that multiple paternity is driven by the social environment females experience, the abundance of roaming and territorial males. Polyandry and male reproductive tactics might be locked in a feedback loop. doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Drivers of disperser immigration into cooperatively breeding carnivore groups #Dispersal #Wolves #Sociality doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Snake markings facilitate diverse anti-predator functions depending on habitat and viewing angle #Camouflage #BackgroundMatching doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Exciting to see our paper on nest building in wild blue tits as the editor's choice in this issue! doi.org/10.1093/behe... 🪺

🎉Excited to have presented my PhD poster at #ISBE2026! I shared a pilot study on non-invasive saliva collection across mammalian species, the first step of my project 🐒🐺 Very grateful to @behavecol.bsky.social for the Travel Grant that made this trip possible🌿

The role of personal reproductive experience on nest building in a wild bird #NestBuilding #Birds doi.org/10.1093/behe...

The protective value of the size and movement components of deimatic behavior #DeimaticBehavior #Bird #RobotMoth doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Our paper on breeding site fidelity in Red Phalaropes now available in early view @behavecol.bsky.social! academic.oup.com/beheco/advan... We colour banded 169 males and 184 females of this polyandrous shorebird on their Arctic breeding grounds, and monitored their return in the next year 1/4

Boldness covaries with growth and reproductive traits in female zebrafish #LifeHistoryTheory #Fish #AnimalPersonality doi.org/10.1093/behe...

My first ISBE Congress was an incredible experience! Presented one of my recent studies, reunited with friends and had a great time in the beautiful city of Torino! Ending my eurosummer with a bang 🤝@isbe2026.bsky.social @behavecol.bsky.social #behavecol #sexualselection

Just one more day of #ISBE2026. Today we're featuring "Data from: Wind alters plant-pollinator community structure, bee foraging rate & movements between plants" 🧪 📊 Data on Dryad: bit.ly/4w4RSk1 📖 Article in @behavecol.bsky.social: bit.ly/4yCOv6c #ecology #opendata #behavioralecology

For anyone that missed my talk at @isbe2026.bsky.social - never you fear! You can watch my talk and read more about the new Replication Studies section at @behavecol.bsky.social right here! laskowskilab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/2026/07/22/r...

Our director, Leigh W. Simmons, delivers the Hamilton Lecture at #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 @isbe2026.bsky.social @behavecol.bsky.social Highlighting contributions to the understanding of female agency in sexual selection over his career, we congratulate Leigh on being distinguished as 2026’s Hamilton Lecture.

Predation risk shapes among- and within-individual variation in behavior in poison frog tadpoles #DevelopmentalPlasticity #PoisonFrog #Predation doi.org/10.1093/behe...

In honor of #ISBE2026 we're featuring community datasets. First is "Data from: Body condition reveals hidden correlations between co-infection and behavior in sunfish" 🧪 📊 Data: bit.ly/4psQ16R 🔍 📖 Article @behavecol.bsky.social: bit.ly/45dh4tm #ecology #opendata #openscience #behavioralecology

For #ISBE2026 day 2, explore "Data from: Navigating danger: How environmental cues and individual traits shape breeding dispersal in the endangered common eider" 🧪 📊 Data on Dryad: bit.ly/4b0PGCj 📖 Article in @behavecol.bsky.social: bit.ly/4yuoGFr #ecology #opendata #behavioralecology

For #ISBE2026 day 3, we're sharing "Data from: A phantom decoy shifts wild Forager decisions in a natural environment" 🧪 📊 Data on Dryad: bit.ly/4yzcval 📖 Article in @behavecol.bsky.social: bit.ly/44MSuzo #ecology #opendata #openresearch #openscience #behavioralecology

📢 New Issue of Behavioral Ecology just dropped! 📢 Volume 37, Issue 4, July/August 2026 Read about all the new research here ⬇️ academic.oup.com/beheco/issue... Cover by Kirstin Gaffney. Clark’s anemonefish sheltering among the tentacles of a bubble-tip anemone.

Fighter–pilot parents: relationships of nest defense with species, nest stage, and brood quality #NestDefense #birds #OffspringTraits doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Our @behavecol.bsky.social ol.bsky.social‬ article was Editor’s choice for this issue!! @gblackburn.bsky.social @mandyridley.bsky.social @camillasoravia.bsky.social

The unusual food provisioning by males beyond mating in the spider Manogea porracea (Araneidae) #PreyOfferings #Spider doi.org/10.1093/behe...

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