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Editor's Choice
The Editor’s Choice are open to all articles published in the Journal of Ethology. Selected members of the editorial committee decide on the Editor’s Choice (6–10 articles) in the volume for the year. All winning articles are given open access through the courtesy of the Japan Ethological Society. Unrestricted online access allows high exposure and visibility for the articles.
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Articles (59 in this collection)
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Optimal pit site selection in antlion larvae: the relationship between prey availability and pit maintenance costs
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Locomotion and flow speed preferences in natural habitats by large water striders, Ptilomera tigrina, with micro-morphological adaptations for rowing
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Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers
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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish
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Wing-waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica
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An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
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Qualitative description of the submission and agonistic behavior of the Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii, Spix 1824), with special reference to the displacement displays
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Fiddler crabs and their above-ground sedimentary structures: a review
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Route reassessment by transporter ants improves speed and directional accuracy of cooperative transport in Formica japonica
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Herding mechanisms to maintain the cohesion of a harem group: two interaction phases during herding
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Context-dependent aggression toward non-nestmates in the ant Diacamma sp. from Japan
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Alarm call modification by prairie dogs in the presence of juveniles
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Ethological description of a fixed action pattern in a kissing bug (Triatominae): vision, gustation, proboscis extension and drinking of water and guava
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Unique arm-flapping behavior of the pharaoh cuttlefish, Sepia pharaonis: putative mimicry of a hermit crab
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Setting an evolutionary trap: could the hider strategy be maladaptive for white-tailed deer?
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Sometimes noise is beneficial: stream noise informs vocal communication in the little torrent frog Amolops torrentis
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Behavioral assay and chemical characters of female sex pheromones in the hermit crab Pagurus filholi
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Agonistic display or courtship behavior? A review of contests over mating opportunity in butterflies
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Interference competition between an invasive parakeet and native bird species at feeding sites
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Paternal care behaviors of Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus in natural populations
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Rapid development of tool use as a strategy to predate invasive land snails
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Sexual dimorphism and courtship behavior in Drosophila prolongata
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