Ethology

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Front Cover	26
Reflections on Konrad Lorenz	22
Flies getting filthy: The precopulatory mating behaviours of three mud‐dwelling species of Australian Lispe (Diptera: Muscidae)	21
Sneaky copulations by subordinate males suggest direct fitness benefits from male–male associations in spotted bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus maculatus)	21
Cheek‐to‐cheek: Communal nesting in an ephemeral pool‐breeding frog	18
Cooperative and Solitary Mobbing to Defend Offspring in Wild Gray Mouse Lemurs, Microcebus murinus	15
Anti‐Snake Behavior and Snake Discrimination in Vervet Monkeys	13
Animal Ethics in Behavioral Studies—Advocating a Differentiated View	13
Multi‐night territorial behavior, chorus attendance, and mating success in red‐eyed treefrogs	13
Grouped and Vibrating: The Influence of Group Size, Triggering Stimuli, and Leg Loss in Bobbing in an Arachnid	12
Males of a Neotropical spider adjust prey‐gift construction but not mate search in response to sperm competition	12
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Using remote seminars to teach animal behavior	11
Third‐Party Affiliation in Domestic Dogs During and After a Human Conflict	10
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How great tits respond to urgency‐based information in allopatric Southern house wren mobbing calls	9
Behaviour in a novel environment provides clues to the success of an invasive species	9
Host size selection and progeny sex determination in Hymenoepimecis bicolor (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)	9
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Do Green Lynx Spiders (Peucetia viridans) Change Color in Response to Their Backgrounds?	9
Cognitive and sensory capacity each contribute to the canine spatial bias	8
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Learning and innovation in urban yellow mongooses (Cynictis penicillata)	8
How important is temperature for strike success of ectotherms? Thermal effects on predator–prey interactions of free‐ranging pit vipers (Gloydius blomhoffii)	8
Abdominal Spines on an Amazonian Spiny Spider (Micrathena schreibersi): A Defense Against Mud‐Dauber Wasps (Sceliphron spp.) Attack?	8
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Policing is more effective against eggs of non‐natal versus natal workers at early colony stages in a bumblebee	7
Testosterone, signal coloration, and signal color perception in male zebra finch contests	7
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Testing a behavioral model for the maintenance of androdioecy as a result of sexual conflict in the clam shrimpEulimnadia dahli	7
A vocalization in male Japanese bush warblers in response to both predators and conspecific females	7
Invasive brown widow spiders disperse aerially under a broad range of environmental conditions	7
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Retaining memory after hibernation: Performance varies independently of activity levels in wild grey mouse lemurs	7
On the importance of defendable resources for social evolution: Applying new techniques to a long‐standing question	6
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An ambiguous function of an alarm pheromone in the collective displays of the Australian meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus	6
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Characterization of social behavior in the spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus	6
Shoaling behaviour in the European cuttlefishSepia officinalis	6
A “feel‐free” format for ETHOLOGY	6
Male mate preference against tail‐elongated females in the barn swallow	6
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Obituary: Professor Wolfgang Wickler (November 18, 1931– January 12, 2024)	5
Sperm Strategies: Partner's Mating Status as a Driver of Last Male Success in Ladybirds	5
Strategic Deployment of Secondary Defences in the Springbok Mantis (Miomantis Caffra)	5
Effects of human disturbance on risk‐taking behavior in painted turtles	5
The effect of phenotypic heterogeneity on behaviours linked to invasive success	5
Evaluation of sensory modalities involved in finding food and foraging behaviour in light/dark conditions in tadpoles of the invasive species Lithobates catesbeianus	5
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Parasite‐mediated sexual selection in a damselfly	5
The perks of being in good conditions: How does female parasitism affect male mate choice in an orb‐web spider?	5
A positive feedback loop between sociality and social competence	5
Structure and dynamics of mixed‐species choruses in a tropical anuran assemblage: insights from network analysis	4
Eight‐legged swimmers: Behavioral responses to floods in two South American spiders	4
Behavioral response to chemical cues from injured conspecifics in the livebearing fish, Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora	4
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Female great tits (Parus major) reproduce earlier when paired with a male they prefer	4
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Changes in Male Behavior in Response to Female Chemical Stimulus in an Understudied Arthropod Model	4
Use of Social Information About Novel Food by Juvenile Solitary Forktongue Goby, Chaenogobius annularis	4
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Pair‐Coordinated Calling: Eurasian Magpies Respond Differently to Simulated Intruder Pairs That Overlap or Alternate Their Calls	4
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Correction to Decision Time Modulates Social Foraging Success in Wild Common Ravens Corvus corax	4
Unreplicable state‐dependent effects on start‐box emergence latency in wild‐origin sticklebacks	4
Defensive Behaviour in Intertidal Crabs	4
Non‐lunge feeding behaviour of humpback whales associated with fishing boats in Norway	4
Just Hang On: Australian Gall Midges Suspend Themselves on Spider Silk Without Becoming Entangled	4

Reciprocity versus pseudo‐reciprocity: A false dichotomy	4
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Sibling cannibalism in the false widow spider is dependent on spiderling density and the reliable availability of fresh prey	3
Among‐individual behavioral responses to predation risk are invariant within two species of freshwater snails	3
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Response to heterospecific calls in non‐passerine species: can two Rallidae species recognise each other based on their vocalisations?	3
Male secondary sexual traits do not predict female preference in Caribbean livebearing fishes (Limia)	3
Thanks to repetition, dustbathing detection can be automated combining accelerometry and wavelet analysis	3
Callosobruchus larval competition and its consequences for male and female adults	3
Constructing composite scores for contemporaneous behaviors: A comparison of four approaches	3
Females Guarded by Sneaker Males Experience Higher Predation in the Two‐Spotted Spider Mite	3
Siblings matter: Family heterogeneity improves associative learning later in life	3
Female choice and male aggression in the polymorphic lizard Sceloporus minor	3
Sublethal effects of kleptoparasitism on experimental social spider colonies	3
Successful predatory‐avoidance behaviour to lion auditory cues during soft‐release from captivity in cheetah	3
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Deciphering choreographies of elaborate courtship displays of golden‐collared manakins using markerless motion capture	3
The strange occurrence of male cannibalism on adult females in snakes	3
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Diving behavior in a Neotropical spider (Trechalea extensa) as a potential antipredator tactic	3
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Reciprocal altruism in Norway rats	3
Stable individual differences in the frequency of chin‐marking behavior across development in the domestic rabbit	3
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Male Barbary macaques choose loyal coalition partners which may increase their coalition network betweenness	3
Contrasting sex roles in two species with stable biparental care	3
Of hormones (well, not really!), behavior, and observer bias	2
Mate finding in a mimetic termitophile amidst its host termites	2
Complexity in Chick‐a‐Dee Calls of Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli): Call Variation Associated With Flock Size and Flight	2
Heterospecific interference modulates the reproductive traits of a ladybird beetle	2
Phenotype predicts interspecific dominance hierarchies in a cloud‐forest hummingbird guild	2
EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Temperature Mediates Shifts in Individual Aggressiveness, Activity Level, and Social Behavior in a Spider	2
Effects of a past contest on the future winning probability in a hyper‐aggressive fruit fly	2
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Landscape features causing the local congregation of honeybee males (Apismellifera L.)	2
Variation in escape response of Himalayan marmots (Marmota himalayana) under different human disturbances	2
Artificial selections for death‐feigning behavior in beetles show correlated responses in amplitude of circadian rhythms, but the period of the rhythm does not	2
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Dynamic table‐visiting behavior of birds at outdoor restaurants and cafés	2
Video evidence of mountings by female‐plumaged birds of paradise (Aves: Paradisaeidae) in the wild: Is there evidence of alternative mating tactics?	2
Do reproductive characteristics of the species explain differences in the investment in weapon size present in males?	2
Non‐Lethally Produced Chemical Risk Cues Elicit Antipredator Responses in a Common Canadian Minnow	2
No Effect of Note Order on the Response of Coal Tits to Conspecific, Heterospecific and Artificial Mobbing Calls	2
Adjustment of egg laying by both hosts and intraspecific brood parasites in a beetle	2
Aggression‐based social learning in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)	2
Tadpole plasticity shapes the potential benefits of egg feeding to poison frog parents	2
Mating preference is mating system and relatedness dependent in the ladybird beetle, Menochilus sexmaculatus	2
Graded‐risk sensitivity in northern European mixed‐species flocks of tit and nuthatch species	2
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Interactive effects of increased nestbox temperature and vitamin E on nestling growth are attenuated by plasticity in female incubation effort	2
Movement in 3D: Novel Opportunities for Understanding Animal Behaviour and Space Use	2
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Visual lateralization in flight: Lateral preferences in parent‐offspring relative positions in geese	2
Norway rats help social partners in need in response to ultrasonic begging signals	1
Nuptial pad (“breeding gland”) morphology is related to non‐random mating in wild male common frogs (Rana temporaria)	1
Nest defense, personality, and fitness of a locally endangered island passerine	1
Behavioural profiles in a wild population of a cooperatively breeding cichlid	1
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Male‐specific nocturnal song functions similarly to day song in a diurnal bird species	1
A level playing field: No competitive advantage of conception risk in speed‐dating	1
Effects of short‐ and long‐term enrichment on brain and behavior in Trinidadian guppies	1
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Through a glass darkly? Divergent reactions of eight Lake Tanganyika cichlid species towards their mirror image in their natural environment	1
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A comparison of low‐cost behavioral observation software applications for handheld computers and recommendations for use	1
Innate and learned predator recognition across populations of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar	1
Hidden black and yellow thigh color acts as an aposematic signal in the Eastern Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)	1
The wolf spider Pardosa milvina varies silk deposition in response to self and same‐sex conspecific silk	1
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Shaped by you: The effect of social partner on cortisol and behavior during adolescence in a female rodent	1
A proposal to enhance data quality and FAIRness	1
Dominant females have brighter ornamentation in a sexually dimorphic lekking species	1
The paradox of learned song in a semi‐solitary mammal	1

The Relevance of Flash Coloration Against Avian Predation in a Morpho Butterfly: A Field Experiment in a Tropical Rainforest	1
Observations of multiple reproductive females in groups of smooth‐coated otters	1
Repeatability of alert and flight initiation distances in king penguins: Effects of colony, approach speed, and weather	1
Keeping up with environmental change: The importance of sociality	1
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Male anti‐predation services in primates as costly signalling? A comparative analysis and review	1
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Group chorusing as an intragroup signal in the greater ani, a communally breeding bird	1
Sex‐specific oviposition site selection in an arboreal treefrog with a resource‐defense mating system	1
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Cooperative intentions and their implications on reciprocal cooperation in Norway rats	1
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Tool use and tooling in ravens (Corvus corax): A review and novel observations	1
Absence of female preference and the origin of a unisexual species, the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa)	1
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Do Rearing Group‐Size and Social Rank Influence the Affective State of a Cooperatively‐Breeding Cichlid Fish?	1
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Grooming reciprocation in Himalayan tahr and the cognitive constraint hypothesis	1
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Responses of a pair‐living, sexually monogamous primate to the simulated presence of solitary individuals: A field playback experiment	1
Conflicting cognitive decisions: Does egg retrieval modify egg rejection in a host of an obligate brood parasite?	1
Herbicide changes the role of body condition in mating interactions of a wolf spider but courtship is primarily affected by female immunity	1
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Adaptive Significance of Long Mating With Repeated Intromissions in Zygogramma bicolorata	1
Dynamic visual noise has limited influence on the habitat selection and behavioural activity of crustaceans and cephalopods	1
Males show their best side revisited – Effects of predation pressure on laterality in wild guppies	1
Sex and Morph Variation in Activity From Early Ontogeny to Maturity in Ruffs (Calidris pugnax)	1
Black‐headed gulls synchronize vigilance with their nearest neighbor irrespective of the neighbor's relative position	1
Stuck on you: Wind‐dispersed seeds attach to the external surfaces of a tree frog	1
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Does the type of task affect prey discrimination learning in avian predators?	1
Testing the effects of kinship, reciprocity and dominance on prosocial food provisioning in azure‐winged magpies (Cyanopica cyana), carrion crows (Corvus corone) and common ravens (C.	1
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Do captive fish need cognitive enrichment? A test with a puzzle feeder in guppies	1
Level of local human disturbance and feeding state determines escape behaviour in Eurasian Oystercatchers	1
Random mating for body size despite fitness benefits of size‐assortative mating in a treefrog	1
EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Precopulatory Sexual Cannibalism Causes Increase Egg Case Production, Hatching Success, and Female Attractiveness to Males	1
Harvesters (Arachnida: Opiliones) mate more at cooler temperatures, but the effect of temperature on mating varies across years	1
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Western black widow spiders (Latrodectus hesperus) remember prey capture location and size, but only alter behavior for prey caught at particular sites	1
Aggressive vocalizations during intergroup interactions in roost defense in the Spix's disk‐winged bat	1
Female Western Australian magpies discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar human voices	1
Walk or swim: The substrate for movement affects female treefrog mate choice behaviors but has little effect on their preferences	1
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Do sheep (Ovis aries) perform third‐party interventions?	0
Revisiting the components of Macroscelidea social systems: Evidence for variable social organization, including pair‐living, but not for a monogamous mating system	0
Predicting breeding systems to guide conservation strategies: A kiwi example	0
Are whole‐organism performance and thermal preference linked to endo‐ and ectoparasites in a short‐lived lizard?	0
RETRACTION: Non‐conceptive sexual behavior in spiders: A form of play associated with body condition, personality type, and male intrasexual selection	0
On Publication Ethics—Journals, Please Get Rid of Wording Restrictions That Include Citations	0
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Body size and predator cues structure variation in defensive displays of Neotropical calico snakes (Oxyrhopus spp.)	0
Fully flexible analysis of behavioural sequences based on parametric survival models with frailties—A tutorial	0
Licking their wounds: Social response to trauma by free‐ranging bison (Bison bison)	0
Close bonds and social rank similarities favor non‐random mating in captive stump‐tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides)	0
Sex and age differences in the preference for materials for the communal nests of sociable weavers Philetairus socius	0
The curious case of great ape curiosity and how it is shaped by sociality	0
Social relationships among captive female Himalayan tahr	0
Wave of mutilation: Scavenging hermit crabs use social information to locate carcasses	0
Nocturnal parental care and the role of parents in hatching their eggs in the clown anemonefish	0
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Communal nesting behaviour of Siberian flying squirrels during the non‐winter season	0
Thermal Plasticity Changes Competitive Ability Across a Woodland Salamander Hybrid System	0
Neighbor Density and Post‐Contact Immobility Duration as Antipredator Behavior: Antlion Larvae Do Not Fit the Selfish Prey Hypothesis	0
Are scientific journals delaying doctoral theses?	0
Behavioral Syndromes Across Time and Space in a Long‐Lived Turtle	0
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Juvenile hormone and temperature effects in the postzygotic parental investment of male waterbug Abedus ovatus (Belostomatidae)	0
Urban fox squirrels exhibit tolerance to humans but respond to stimuli from natural predators	0
Colour biases in learned foraging preferences in Trinidadian guppies	0
Characterization of the agonistic behavior of the weakly electric fish Gymnotus sylvius	0
Intrusion of birds into nest cavities depends on the presence of feathers in the cavity and not on species of nest owner	0
Do pet dogs reciprocate the receipt of food from familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics?	0
The Agoutis: A Future Model for Ecologically Relevant Neuroscience and Physiology In Natura	0
Effects of Nest‐Site Availability on Male–Male Competition and the Foraging Costs of Egg Attendance in an Arachnid With Exclusive Paternal Care	0
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Helga‐Fischer‐Mamblona (1929–2022). Lorenzian ethology and Freudian psychoanalysis	0
Naked mole‐rats (Heterocephalus glaber) do not specialise in cooperative tasks	0
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Parasitism of Neoconocephalus katydids by the parasitoid fly, Ormia lineifrons	0
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Spatial configuration learning in Vespula germanica forager wasps	0
Does the presence of a conspecific increase or decrease fear? Neophobia and habituation in zebra finches	0
Ethology now publishes Registered Reports	0
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Prey Capture Outside of the Web? Observational Evidence of a Novel Form of Prey Capture in a Cave Orb Web Spider	0
House sparrows exhibit individual differences in generalization when confronted with different novel stimuli	0
Seasonally variable and sex‐specific motivation for cooperative resource defence in a duetting songbird—The Chubb's cisticola	0