Volume 58, Issue 2

Contents  ( PDF[268 KB] )
 
Genetic variation and population dispersal of Yangtze voles Microtus fortis calamorum in the Dongting Lake region  ( PDF[2603 KB] )
Zongming GUO, Pengfei SONG, Cong GUO, Zhaobin SONG, Yong WANG, Bo LI, Meiwen ZHANG, Jianghong RAN
 
Coat color and its effect on preference for the scent marks of opposite-sex conspecifics in the meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus  ( PDF[185 KB] )
Ashlee A. VAUGHN, Antedra A. FINGER, Porshia E. GIBBS, Michael H. FERKIN
 
Tail loss affects fecundity but not offspring traits in the Chinese skink Eumeces chinensis  ( PDF[219 KB] )
Hongliang LU, Jianfang GAO, Xiaohao MA, Zhihua LIN, Xiang JI
 
Sexual size dimorphism and female reproduction in the white-striped grass lizard Takydromus wolteri  ( PDF[207 KB] )
Laigao LUO, Yilian WU, Zhuyuan ZHANG, Xuefeng XU
 
Parentage assignment and parental contribution analysis in large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea using microsatellite markers  ( PDF[233 KB] )
Xiande LIU, Guangtai ZHAO, Zhiyong WANG, Mingyi CAI, Hua YE, Qiurong WANG
 
Disturbance cues in freshwater prey fishes: Does urea function as an ‘early warning cue’in juvenile convict cichlids and rainbow trout?  ( PDF[413 KB] )
Grant E. BROWN, Christopher D. JACKSON, Patrick H. MALKA,Élisa JACQUES, Marc-Andre COUTURIER
 
Dispersal behavior correlates with personality of a North American fish  ( PDF[861 KB] )
Josh E. RASMUSSEN, Mark C. BELK
 
Special Column: Animal Culture. Guest Editors: Alex BENTLEY, University of Bristol, UK, r.a.bentley@bristol.ac.uk; Michael O'BRIEN, University of Missouri, obrienm@missouri.edu  ( PDF )
 
A functional paradigm for evaluating culture: An example with cetaceans  ( PDF[281 KB] )
Alison Linda GREGGOR
 
Hitchhiker's guide to genetic diversity in socially structured populations  ( PDF[178 KB] )
L. S. PREMO
 
Tipping points among social learners: Tools from varied disciplines  ( PDF[833 KB] )
R. Alexander BENTLEY, Michael J. O’BRIEN
 
Behavioral constraints and the evolution of faithful social learning  ( PDF[876 KB] )
Alberto ACERBI, Pierre O. JACQUET, Claudio TENNIE
 
Special Column: Animal Social Networks. Guest Editor: Daniel W. FRANKS, University of York, UK, daniel.franks@york.ac.uk  ( PDF )
 
Do networks of social interactions reflect patterns of kinship?  ( PDF[605 KB] )
Joah R. MADDEN, Johanna F. NIELSEN, Tim H. CLUTTON-BROCK
 
Social networks improve leaderless group navigation by facilitating long-distance communication  ( PDF[844 KB] )
Nikolai W. F. BODE, A. Jamie WOOD, Daniel W. FRANKS
 
Social cliques in male northern muriquis Brachyteles hypoxanthus  ( PDF[423 KB] )
Marcos TOKUDA, Jean P. BOUBLI, Patrícia IZAR, Karen B. STRIER
 
Opinion: Conflictive management of small mammals considered as pests: A long way to evidence-based policy making  ( PDF[120 KB] )
Catarina FERREIRA, Miguel DELIBES-MATEOS
 
Short Note: Individual variability in life-history traits drives population size stability  ( PDF[142 KB] )
Ned A. DOCHTERMANN, C. M. GIENGER
 
Cover  ( PDF )