Reading list

BSCI 360/708B Reading List 2007

The following articles will be discussed each Friday. Click on the authors' name to download the file to your computer to read or print. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to display these files. To download Acrobat Reader click here.

Date

Title

Leader

Aug
31
Wiley, R.H. 2003 Is there an ideal behavioural experiment? Animal Behaviour 66: 585–588

JW, BA

Sept

7

Stromberg CAE 2006 Evolution of hypsodonty in equids: testing a hypothesis of adaptation
Paleobiology 32: 236-258

14

Hunt GJ, Amdam GV, Schlipalius D, et al. 2007 Behavioral genomics of honeybee foraging and nest defense. Naturwissenschaften 94: 247-267

21

Prudic KL, Skemp AK, Papaj DR 2007 Aposematic coloration, luminance contrast, and the benefits of conspicuousness. Behavioral Ecology 18: 41-46

28

Whiten A, Spiteri A, Horner V, et al. 2007 Transmission of multiple traditions within and between chimpanzee groups. Current Biology 17: 1038-1043. (supp material)

Laland KN, Janik VM 2006 The animal cultures debate. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21: 542-547

Oct

5

Biro D, Freeman R, Meade J, et al. 2007 Pigeons combine compass and landmark guidance in familiar route navigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104: 7471-7476.

Alerstam T 2006 Conflicting evidence about long-distance animal navigation. Science 313: 791-794.

12

Heath JP, Gilchrist HG, Ydenberg RC 2007 Can dive cycle models predict patterns of foraging behaviour? Diving by common eiders in an Arctic polynya. Animal Behaviour 73: 877-884.

19

Smith, AR; Wcislo, WT; O'Donnell, S 2007 Survival and productivity benefits to social nesting in the sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:1111-1120.

26

Hibbitts, Toby J; Whiting, Martin J; Stuart-Fox, Devi M 2007 Shouting the odds: vocalization signals status in a lizard. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:1169-1176.

Nov

2

Grim, T 2007 Experimental evidence for chick discrimination without recognition in a brood parasite host. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 274: 373-381.

9

Reid, JM 2007 Secondary sexual ornamentation and non-additive genetic benefits of female mate choice. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 274: 1395-1402.

Hoffman, JI; Forcada, J; Trathan, PN; Amos, W 2007 Female fur seals show active choice for males that are heterozygous and unrelated. Nature 445: 912-914.

16

Huk, T, Winkel, W 2006 Polygyny and its fitness consequences for primary and secondary female pied flycatchers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 273: 1681-1688.

Munshi-South, J 2007 Extra-pair paternity and the evolution of testis size in a behaviorally monogamous tropical mammal, the large treeshrew (Tupaia tana). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (online: DOI 10.1007/s00265-007-0454-7)

Date		Title	Leader
Aug	31	Wiley, R.H. 2003 Is there an ideal behavioural experiment? Animal Behaviour 66: 585–588	JW, BA
Sept	7	Stromberg CAE 2006 Evolution of hypsodonty in equids: testing a hypothesis of adaptation Paleobiology 32: 236-258
	14	Hunt GJ, Amdam GV, Schlipalius D, et al. 2007 Behavioral genomics of honeybee foraging and nest defense. Naturwissenschaften 94: 247-267
	21	Prudic KL, Skemp AK, Papaj DR 2007 Aposematic coloration, luminance contrast, and the benefits of conspicuousness. Behavioral Ecology 18: 41-46
	28	Whiten A, Spiteri A, Horner V, et al. 2007 Transmission of multiple traditions within and between chimpanzee groups. Current Biology 17: 1038-1043. (supp material) Laland KN, Janik VM 2006 The animal cultures debate. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21: 542-547
Oct	5	Biro D, Freeman R, Meade J, et al. 2007 Pigeons combine compass and landmark guidance in familiar route navigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104: 7471-7476. Alerstam T 2006 Conflicting evidence about long-distance animal navigation. Science 313: 791-794.
	12	Heath JP, Gilchrist HG, Ydenberg RC 2007 Can dive cycle models predict patterns of foraging behaviour? Diving by common eiders in an Arctic polynya. Animal Behaviour 73: 877-884.
	19	Smith, AR; Wcislo, WT; O'Donnell, S 2007 Survival and productivity benefits to social nesting in the sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:1111-1120.
	26	Hibbitts, Toby J; Whiting, Martin J; Stuart-Fox, Devi M 2007 Shouting the odds: vocalization signals status in a lizard. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:1169-1176.
Nov	2	Grim, T 2007 Experimental evidence for chick discrimination without recognition in a brood parasite host. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 274: 373-381.
	9	Reid, JM 2007 Secondary sexual ornamentation and non-additive genetic benefits of female mate choice. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 274: 1395-1402. Hoffman, JI; Forcada, J; Trathan, PN; Amos, W 2007 Female fur seals show active choice for males that are heterozygous and unrelated. Nature 445: 912-914.
	16	Huk, T, Winkel, W 2006 Polygyny and its fitness consequences for primary and secondary female pied flycatchers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 273: 1681-1688. Munshi-South, J 2007 Extra-pair paternity and the evolution of testis size in a behaviorally monogamous tropical mammal, the large treeshrew (Tupaia tana). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (online: DOI 10.1007/s00265-007-0454-7)