Journal of Animal Ecology

© British Ecological Society

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July 2012

Volume 81, Issue 4

Pages 735–936

  1. In Focus

    1. Top of page
    2. In Focus
    3. Spatial ecology
    4. Population ecology
    5. Life histories
    6. Evolutionary ecology
    7. Community ecology
    8. Climate ecology
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      The lengths birds will go to avoid incest (pages 735–737)

      Robert Heinsohn

      Article first published online: 18 JUN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02008.x

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  2. Spatial ecology

    1. Top of page
    2. In Focus
    3. Spatial ecology
    4. Population ecology
    5. Life histories
    6. Evolutionary ecology
    7. Community ecology
    8. Climate ecology
    1. A dynamic Brownian bridge movement model to estimate utilization distributions for heterogeneous animal movement (pages 738–746)

      Bart Kranstauber, Roland Kays, Scott D. LaPoint, Martin Wikelski and Kamran Safi

      Article first published online: 20 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01955.x

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    2. Spatio-temporal patterns of habitat use in voles and shrews modified by density, season and predators (pages 747–755)

      Janne Sundell, Christina Church and Otso Ovaskainen

      Article first published online: 10 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01956.x

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    3. Estimating Brownian motion dispersal rate, longevity and population density from spatially explicit mark–recapture data on tropical butterflies (pages 756–769)

      Jarle Tufto, Russell Lande, Thor-Harald Ringsby, Steinar Engen, Bernt-Erik Sæther, Thomas R. Walla and Philip J. DeVries

      Article first published online: 9 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01963.x

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  3. Population ecology

    1. Top of page
    2. In Focus
    3. Spatial ecology
    4. Population ecology
    5. Life histories
    6. Evolutionary ecology
    7. Community ecology
    8. Climate ecology
    1. Nonlinear effects of consumer density on multiple ecosystem processes (pages 770–780)

      Amanda J. Klemmer, Scott A. Wissinger, Hamish S. Greig and Milton L. Ostrofsky

      Article first published online: 17 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01966.x

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    2. Species distribution models as a tool to estimate reproductive parameters: a case study with a passerine bird species (pages 781–787)

      Mattia Brambilla and Gentile F. Ficetola

      Article first published online: 28 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01970.x

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  4. Life histories

    1. Top of page
    2. In Focus
    3. Spatial ecology
    4. Population ecology
    5. Life histories
    6. Evolutionary ecology
    7. Community ecology
    8. Climate ecology
    1. Are there trade-offs between pre- and post-fledging survival in black brent geese? (pages 788–797)

      Christopher A. Nicolai and James S. Sedinger

      Article first published online: 3 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01952.x

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    2. Trade-offs between offspring fitness and future reproduction of adult female black brent (pages 798–805)

      Christopher A. Nicolai and James S. Sedinger

      Article first published online: 3 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01953.x

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    3. Spatial variation in egg size and egg number reflects trade-offs and bet-hedging in a freshwater fish (pages 806–817)

      John R. Morrongiello, Nicholas R. Bond, David A. Crook and Bob B. M. Wong

      Article first published online: 6 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01961.x

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      Life histories have a history: effects of past and present conditions on adult somatic growth rates in wild Trinidadian guppies (pages 818–826)

      Sonya K. Auer, Andrés Lopez-Sepulcre, Thomas Heatherly II, Tyler J. Kohler, Ronald D. Bassar, Steven A. Thomas and David N. Reznick

      Article first published online: 9 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01964.x

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    5. Social environment affects juvenile dispersal in great tits (Parus major) (pages 827–837)

      Marion Nicolaus, Stephanie P. M. Michler, Kirsten M. Jalvingh, Richard Ubels, Marco van der Velde, Jan Komdeur, Christiaan Both and Joost M. Tinbergen

      Article first published online: 6 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01959.x

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  5. Evolutionary ecology

    1. Top of page
    2. In Focus
    3. Spatial ecology
    4. Population ecology
    5. Life histories
    6. Evolutionary ecology
    7. Community ecology
    8. Climate ecology
    1. Prey-race drives differentiation of biotypes in ant-eating spiders (pages 838–848)

      S. Pekár, J. Šmerda, M. Hrušková, O. Šedo, C. Muster, P. Cardoso, Z. Zdráhal, S. Korenko, P. Bureš, E. Líznarová and L. Sentenská

      Article first published online: 7 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01957.x

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    2. Intraspecific trait cospecialization of constitutive and inducible morphological defences in a marine snail from habitats with different predation risk (pages 849–858)

      Paul E. Bourdeau

      Article first published online: 9 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01965.x

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    3. Ontogenetic and evolutionary effects of predation and competition on nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) body size (pages 859–867)

      Kaisa Välimäki and Gábor Herczeg

      Article first published online: 27 MAR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01971.x

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    4. The performance advantage of a high resting metabolic rate in juvenile salmon is habitat dependent (pages 868–875)

      Donald Reid, John D. Armstrong and Neil B. Metcalfe

      Article first published online: 23 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01969.x

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    5. Inbreeding avoidance mechanisms: dispersal dynamics in cooperatively breeding southern pied babblers (pages 876–883)

      Martha J. Nelson-Flower, Philip A. R. Hockey, Colleen O’Ryan and Amanda R. Ridley

      Article first published online: 3 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01983.x

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  6. Community ecology

    1. Top of page
    2. In Focus
    3. Spatial ecology
    4. Population ecology
    5. Life histories
    6. Evolutionary ecology
    7. Community ecology
    8. Climate ecology
    1. Imported fire ants near the edge of their range: disturbance and moisture determine prevalence and impact of an invasive social insect (pages 884–895)

      Edward G. LeBrun, Robert M. Plowes and Lawrence E. Gilbert

      Article first published online: 31 JAN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01954.x

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    2. Topological plasticity increases robustness of mutualistic networks (pages 896–904)

      Rodrigo Ramos-Jiliberto, Fernanda S. Valdovinos, Pablo Moisset de Espanés and José D. Flores

      Article first published online: 7 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01960.x

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    3. Patterns of interactions of a large fish–parasite network in a tropical floodplain (pages 905–913)

      Dilermando P. Lima Jr, Henrique C. Giacomini, Ricardo M. Takemoto, Angelo A. Agostinho and Luis M. Bini

      Article first published online: 17 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01967.x

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  7. Climate ecology

    1. Top of page
    2. In Focus
    3. Spatial ecology
    4. Population ecology
    5. Life histories
    6. Evolutionary ecology
    7. Community ecology
    8. Climate ecology
    1. Tracking of climatic niche boundaries under recent climate change (pages 914–925)

      Frank A. La Sorte and Walter Jetz

      Article first published online: 28 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01958.x

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    2. Climate change, breeding date and nestling diet: how temperature differentially affects seasonal changes in pied flycatcher diet depending on habitat variation (pages 926–936)

      Claudia Burger, Eugen Belskii, Tapio Eeva, Toni Laaksonen, Marko Mägi, Raivo Mänd, Anna Qvarnström, Tore Slagsvold, Thor Veen, Marcel E. Visser, Karen L. Wiebe, Chris Wiley, Jonathan Wright and Christiaan Both

      Article first published online: 22 FEB 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01968.x

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