Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a single genotype to produce more than one alternative
form of morphology, physiological state, and/or behavior in response to environmental …

Recent studies in the field of behavioural ecology have revealed intriguing variation in
behaviour within single populations. Increasing evidence suggests that individual animals …

What role does playful behaviour and playful thought take in animal and human
development? How does play relate to creativity and, in turn, to innovation? Unravelling the …

ABSTRACT A behavioral syndrome is a suite of correlated behaviors expressed either
within a given behavioral context (eg, correlations between foraging behaviors in different …

This is the first book to collate and synthesize the recent burgeoning primary research
literature on dog behaviour, evolution, and cognition. The author presents a new ecological …

Ninety‐three papers on home‐range analysis using radio‐tracking data were reviewed;
these papers were found in a literature search of 18 of the major journals likely to include …

It has often been assumed by those studying animal behaviour that the social system
adopted by a species is a fixed product of natural selection. There is now an interesting body …

(Invited Article) Abstract Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is widespread and variable among
animals. According to the differential equilibrium model, SSD in a given species is expected …

Organisms compete for various resources in the course of sexual reproduction. First, there is
intrasexual competition for obtaining mates. Then, there is the need to exclude reproductive …

Among vertebrates, fish show by far the greatest variability of alternative reproductive tactics
(ARTs). Usually, males attempting to monopolize access to females or fertilizations are …