''Behavioral Ecology'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by

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on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. 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 when ...

, 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 objecti ...

sociobiology Sociobiology is a field of biology that aims to examine and explain social behavior in terms of evolution. It draws from disciplines including psychology, ethology, anthropology, evolution, zoology, archaeology, and population genetics. Within ...

evolution Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...

, and

ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...

of behaviour. 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 ''

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'', 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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