📢 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/issu… Cover set up by Viktor Storozhuk. Regular monitoring camera trap, FSBI ‘Land of the Leopard’ #Behavior #Ecology #Animal

Phantom decoys alter perceived missed opportunity costs and increase risky foraging decisions #BehavioralEcology #AnimalCognition #BehavioralEconomics doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Personality predicts dispersal and settlement in a novel habitat—a mesocosm experiment #BehavioralEcology #AnimalPersonality doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Seasonal resource partitioning between neighboring cougars in a multiprey system #BehavioralEcology #PredatorEcology doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Vasotocin influences mother–offspring associations in a facultatively family-living lizard #BehavioralEcology #AnimalBehavior doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

#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/beheco/arag0…

Seasonal variation in trans-oceanic flight and island use in a migratory falcon #Migration #Birds #GPSTracking doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Maternal status of female leopards drives spatio-temporal interactions between the sexes #Felid #Cat #SocialInteractions doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Differential weighting of lion vocalizations and oxpecker alarm calls in giraffes #Bioacoustics #PredationRisk #Mammal doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Factors associated with breeding site fidelity in the sex-role reversed red phalarope #SexRoleReversal #Birds doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Predator hunting modes induce varied selection pressures on prey personality #AnimalPersonality #PredatorPreyInteraction #Mammal doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Links between color conspicuousness, territorial behavior, and steroids in a color polymorphic lizard #ColSci #Reptile #Polymorphism doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag1…

Group size predicts prenatal investment and offspring growth in a cooperatively breeding bird #GroupLiving #Birds doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Egg incubation temperature affects habitat use of adult lizards in a heterogeneous environment #Reptile #Development #HabitatChoice doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Response of leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) towards a multimodal cue simulating a predator #Reptile #MultimodalPerception #PredatorDetection doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

A phantom decoy shifts wild forager decisions in a natural environment #Wallaby #BehavioralEconomics #Fitness doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

A model of subordinate helping decisions under varying levels of uncertainty #DynamicGameModel #CooperativeBreeding doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Feeding ecology and behavioral adaptations shape injury patterns in central European ants #Injury #Ant doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…

Approaching humans for food is a behavior transmitted from mothers to offspring in a large herbivore #HumanWildlifeInteraction #Deer doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag0…