''Behavioral Ecology'' is a bimonthly

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published by

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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, including

ethology Ethology is a branch of zoology that studies the behavior, behaviour of non-human animals. It has its scientific roots in the work of Charles Darwin and of American and German ornithology, ornithologists of the late 19th and early 20th cen ...

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evolution Evolution is the change in the heritable Phenotypic trait, characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection and genetic drift act on genetic variation, re ...

, and

ecology Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...

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. 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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