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Editor's Choice
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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
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Taka Hayashi
- Kina Hayashi
- Fumio Hayashi
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2022
- Pages: 59 - 72
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Locomotion and flow speed preferences in natural habitats by large water striders, Ptilomera tigrina, with micro-morphological adaptations for rowing
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Woojoo Kim
- Thai Hong Pham
- Sang-im Lee
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 April 2022
- Pages: 211 - 221
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Lack of discrimination of sex and maturity of conspecifics in the copulation attempts of the male stalk-eyed fly, Sphyracephala detrahens (Diptera: Diopsidae)
Authors
- Ayumi Kudo
- Takeshi Fujii
- Yukio Ishikawa
- Content type: Video Article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 January 2022
- Pages: 123 - 131
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Encounter with heavier females changes courtship and fighting efforts of male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
Authors
- Takashi Kuriwada
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 January 2022
- Pages: 145 - 151
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Reddish male swallows have short sperm
Authors
- Masaru Hasegawa
- Emi Arai
- Masahiko Nakamura
- Content type: Short Communication
- Open Access
- Published: 15 October 2021
- Pages: 85 - 89
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Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Hiroshi Tanaka
- Yukihiro Fukuda
- Wataru Kojima
- Content type: Video Article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 August 2021
- Pages: 3 - 11
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Effects of habitat conditions on the boldness and sociability of wild-caught fish (Zacco platypus) along a river
Authors
- Zhonghua Tang
- Shi-Jian Fu
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 July 2021
- Pages: 379 - 391
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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Austin N. Montero-Quintana
- Carlos F. Ocampo-Valdez
- Marcela Osorio-Beristain
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 July 2021
- Pages: 399 - 410
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Wing-waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica
Authors
- Ryo Ishihara
- Takahisa Miyatake
- Content type: Video Article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 June 2021
- Pages: 267 - 274
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An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
Authors
- Yukio Yasui
- Yuto Yamamoto
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 May 2021
- Pages: 329 - 342
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Another usage of autotomized penis
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ayami Sekizawa
- Yurika Tsurumi
- Yasuhiro Nakashima
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 May 2021
- Pages: 319 - 328
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Trade-off between mate choice speed and decision accuracy under mating competition in female sand gobies
Authors
- Beatriz Diaz Pauli
- Kai Lindström
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 September 2020
- Pages: 55 - 64
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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
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Vladislav Marcuk
- Cromwell Purchase
- Katrin Scholtyssek
- Content type: Video Article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 June 2020
- Pages: 253 - 270
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Fiddler crabs and their above-ground sedimentary structures: a review
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Juan C. F. Pardo
- Gabriel Stefanelli-Silva
- Tânia M. Costa
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 13 April 2020
- Pages: 137 - 154
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Widespread army ant aversion among East African jumping spiders (Salticidae)
Authors
- Ximena J. Nelson
- Samuel Aguilar-Arguello
- Robert R. Jackson
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 February 2020
- Pages: 185 - 194
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Experimental tail shortening affects feeding rate depending on original tail length in female barn swallows Hirundo rustica gutturalis
Authors
- Masaru Hasegawa
- Emi Arai
- Masahiko Nakamura
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 January 2020
- Pages: 179 - 184
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Route reassessment by transporter ants improves speed and directional accuracy of cooperative transport in Formica japonica
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Shumpei Hisamoto
- Natsumi Hosaka
- Hideo Iwasaki
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2019
- Pages: 107 - 116
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Herding mechanisms to maintain the cohesion of a harem group: two interaction phases during herding
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Monamie Ringhofer
- Clark Kendrick Go
- Shinya Yamamoto
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 November 2019
- Pages: 71 - 77
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Context-dependent aggression toward non-nestmates in the ant Diacamma sp. from Japan
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Jumpei Uematsu
- Masayuki Hayashi
- Kazuki Tsuji
- Content type: Video Article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 July 2019
- Pages: 259 - 264
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Nurture is above nature: nursery experience determines habitat preference of red sea bream Pagrus major juveniles
Authors
- Kohji Takahashi
- Reiji Masuda
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 May 2019
- Pages: 317 - 323
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Kin selection and reproductive value in social mammals
Authors
- Masaru Hasegawa
- Nobuyuki Kutsukake
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 15 February 2019
- Pages: 139 - 150
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Alarm call modification by prairie dogs in the presence of juveniles
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Grete E. Wilson-Henjum
- Jacob R. Job
- George Wittemyer
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 January 2019
- Pages: 167 - 174
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A nudibranch removes rival sperm with a disposable spiny penis
Authors
- Ayami Sekizawa
- Shin G. Goto
- Yasuhiro Nakashima
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 October 2018
- Pages: 21 - 29
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Comparison of personality between juveniles and adults in clonal gecko species
Authors
- Osamu Sakai
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 June 2018
- Pages: 221 - 228
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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
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Oscar Páez-Rondón
- Elis Aldana
- Fernando Otálora-Luna
- Content type: Video Article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 April 2018
- Pages: 107 - 116
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Responses to relaxed and reverse selection in strains artificially selected for duration of death-feigning behavior in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum
Authors
- Kentarou Matsumura
- Takahisa Miyatake
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 April 2018
- Pages: 161 - 168
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Pre-ovipositional maternal care alleviates food stress of offspring in the flower beetle Dicronocephalus wallichii
Authors
- Wataru Kojima
- Chung-Ping Lin
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 March 2018
- Pages: 135 - 141
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Influence of aging on brain and web characteristics of an orb web spider
Authors
- Alain Pasquet
- Camille Toscani
- Mylène Anotaux
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2017
- Pages: 85 - 91
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Effect of social condition on behavioral development during early adult phase in Drosophila prolongata
Authors
- Takashi Matsuo
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 September 2017
- Pages: 15 - 22
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Mating and aggressive behaviour of Brachyrhaphis olomina (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)
Authors
- Carlos A. Garita-Alvarado
- Beatriz Naranjo-Elizondo
- Gilbert Barrantes
- Content type: Video Article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 August 2017
- Pages: 1 - 13
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Unique arm-flapping behavior of the pharaoh cuttlefish, Sepia pharaonis: putative mimicry of a hermit crab
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Kohei Okamoto
- Haruhiko Yasumuro
- Yuzuru Ikeda
- Content type: Short Communication
- Open Access
- Published: 22 May 2017
- Pages: 307 - 311
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Setting an evolutionary trap: could the hider strategy be maladaptive for white-tailed deer?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- M. Colter Chitwood
- Marcus A. Lashley
- Christopher S. DePerno
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 April 2017
- Pages: 251 - 257
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Sometimes noise is beneficial: stream noise informs vocal communication in the little torrent frog Amolops torrentis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Longhui Zhao
- Bicheng Zhu
- Jianguo Cui
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 April 2017
- Pages: 259 - 267
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Behavioral assay and chemical characters of female sex pheromones in the hermit crab Pagurus filholi
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Saori Okamura
- Takuma Kawaminami
- Seiji Goshima
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 31 January 2017
- Pages: 169 - 176
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Agonistic display or courtship behavior? A review of contests over mating opportunity in butterflies
Authors
- Tsuyoshi Takeuchi
- Content type: Invited Review
- Open Access
- Published: 05 September 2016
- Pages: 3 - 12
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Interference competition between an invasive parakeet and native bird species at feeding sites
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Marine Le Louarn
- Bertrand Couillens
- Philippe Clergeau
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 June 2016
- Pages: 291 - 298
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Do weaponless males of the hermit crab Pagurus minutus give up contests without escalation? Behavior of intruders that lack their major cheliped in male–male contests
Authors
- Chiaki I. Yasuda
- Tsunenori Koga
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 May 2016
- Pages: 249 - 254
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Behavioural interactions between the lizard Takydromus tachydromoides and the praying mantis Tenodera aridifolia suggest reciprocal predation between them
Authors
- Miyuki Fukudome
- Yoshifumi Yamawaki
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 April 2016
- Pages: 231 - 241
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Correlated responses in death-feigning behavior, activity, and brain biogenic amine expression in red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum strains selected for walking distance
Authors
- Kentarou Matsumura
- Ken Sasaki
- Takahisa Miyatake
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 December 2015
- Pages: 97 - 105
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Experiments with claw models explain the function of the waving display of Ilyoplax pusilla (Brachyura: Dotillidae)
Authors
- Daichi Izumi
- Yoko Kawano
- Yasuhisa Henmi
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 August 2015
- Pages: 9 - 14
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Object play in thick-toed geckos during a space experiment
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Valerij Barabanov
- Victoria Gulimova
- Sergey Saveliev
- Content type: Video Article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 March 2015
- Pages: 109 - 115
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Conditional discrimination in Octopus vulgaris
Authors
- Koji Tokuda
- Reiji Masuda
- Yoh Yamashita
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 November 2014
- Pages: 35 - 40
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Paternal care behaviors of Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus in natural populations
Authors
- Sumio Okada
- Yukihiro Fukuda
- Mizuki K. Takahashi
- Content type: Video Article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2014
- Pages: 1 - 7
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Rapid development of tool use as a strategy to predate invasive land snails
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Márcio A. Efe
- Fábio Nunes de Paiva
- Richard J. Ladle
- Content type: Short Communication
- Open Access
- Published: 14 October 2014
- Pages: 55 - 57
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Guarding males of the hermit crab climb up algae to avoid male–male competition
Authors
- Takuma Kawaminami
- Seiji Goshima
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 September 2014
- Pages: 25 - 33
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Juvenile social play and yearling behavior and reproductive success in female Belding’s ground squirrels
Authors
- Scott Nunes
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 April 2014
- Pages: 145 - 153
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Variation in female guppy preference for male olfactory and visual traits
Authors
- Aya Sato
- Naoko Ozawa
- Kenji Karino
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 April 2014
- Pages: 137 - 143
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Sexual dimorphism and courtship behavior in Drosophila prolongata
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Shiori Setoguchi
- Hisaki Takamori
- Takashi Matsuo
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 March 2014
- Pages: 91 - 102
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Cannibalistic siblicide in praying mantis nymphs (Miomantis caffra)
Authors
- Murray P. Fea
- Margaret C. Stanley
- Gregory I. Holwell
- Content type: Article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 November 2013
- Pages: 43 - 51