''Behavioral Ecology'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed

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published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the

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. The journal was established in 1990.

Scope

''Behavioral Ecology'' publishes empirical and theoretical papers on a broad range of topics related to

behavioural ecology Behavioral ecology, also spelled behavioural ecology, is the study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressures. Behavioral ecology emerged from ethology after Niko Tinbergen outlined four questions to address wh ...

, including

ethology Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait. Behaviourism as a term also describes the scientific and object ...

, sociobiology, evolution, and ecology of

behaviour Behavior (American English) or behaviour (British English) is the range of actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems or artificial entities in some environment. These systems can include other systems or organisms as wel ...

. The journal includes research at the levels of the individual, population, and community on various organisms such as vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.671, ranking it 22nd out of 175 journals in the category "Zoology".

Article categories

The journal publishes following types of articles: * original articles * reviews * commentaries

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org
International Society for Behavioral Ecology

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