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

#AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Behaviour
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Banded mongooses discriminate relatedness and MHC diversity in unfamiliar conspecifics
#SocialCommunication #Olfaction #Recognition

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January 30, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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A field cricket's solutions to the cocktail party problem in conspecific choruses
#Bioacoustics #Insect #CocktailPartyProblem

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January 27, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Optimal diving: patch quality, depth, and marginal value
#Foraging #EnvironmentalQuality #Modelling

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January 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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'Cortisol in mother’s milk across lactation reflects maternal life history and predicts infant temperament.'
Katie Hinde, et al., Behavioral Ecology, @behavecol.bsky.social Volume 26, Issue 1, Jan-Feb 2015, Pages 269–281, @academic.oup.com.
💪 Outstanding research!
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Cortisol in mother’s milk across lactation reflects maternal life history and predicts infant temperament
Lay Summary. In monkeys, high cortisol and changes in cortisol levels in mother’s milk are associated with more nervous and less confident infants. Sons ar
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January 21, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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📢 Check out the most recent Issue in Volume 36 of Behavioral Ecology here: academic.oup.com/beheco/issue...

#AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Behaviour
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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Causes and consequences of lifetime fitness variation in male Collared Lizards displaying alternative social ontogenies
#TerritorialLongevity #MaleFitness #Lizard #Reptile

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January 21, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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Defensive coloration is not a reliable indicator of fungal infection in aposematic poison frogs
#ColScie #Pigmentation #Amphibian #Frog

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January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Long-term evaluation of the association between dominance, bib size, sex and age
#DominanceStatus #PasserineBird

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January 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Formatted version out at last! “Defensive colouration is not a reliable indicator of 🍄 infection in aposematic poison 🐸” academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... @klivvvienna.bsky.social @behavecol.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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📢 The deadline for the ISBE Early Career Award has been extended to the 20th of January 2026!!

See all the details here: www.behavecol.com/awards
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January 8, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Collective self-assessment in banded mongoose intergroup contests
#Contest #Competition #Mammal

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January 8, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Breaking bonds: maternal and offspring states relate to constraint-based brood donation in a seaduck
#Alloparenting #Ducks #ParentalCare

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January 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Is aggression related to inhibitory control in a free-living female songbird?
#Bird #Cognition #AnimalPersonality

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January 2, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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Local dominance predicts foraging decisions in a changing environment
#BehavioralPlasticity #ExploratoryBehavior #Cognition

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December 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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The interplay between satiation and temptation drives cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus foraging behavior and service quality toward client reef fish
#Fish #CleaningMutualism

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December 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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High spatial pair cohesion during and after breeding in a socially monogamous territorial passerine
#Bird #SocialMonogamy #MatingSystem

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December 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Honeybees show an increased preference for dietary alcohol when parasitized
#Bee #Insect #BioactiveSubstance

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December 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Stability in foraging associations is linked to stability in communal use of burrows in degus
#Sociality #Rodent #Mammal

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December 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Abstract (and travel award) submission deadline has been extended to the 7th of January 2026. Don’t miss the chance to submit your contribution and be part of the scientific program of ISBE2026!
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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There is still time to submit your abstract and apply for a travel award!

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December 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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In an earlier review, I proposed to define #sexualselection as competition for gametic and non-gametic resources provided by mating partners.

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I’m happy to now share a few additional thoughts on it in @behavecol.bsky.social

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Sexual selection: competition for resources provided by mating partners
Sexual selection theory is a cornerstone of behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology, but 150 years after Darwin’s original conception, researchers are
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December 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Perch choice and substrate matching to the dorsal patterns of Amphibolurus muricatus lizards
#Reptile #Camouflage #JackyDragon

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December 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Plan ahead, or wing it? How storm-petrel parents adjust food delivery to young chicks
#Bird #ParentalCare #Provisioning

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December 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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We are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance.

Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Make sure you don’t miss our key dates for abstract submission and registration!
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM