''Journal of Insect Behavior'' is a bimonthly

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covering various aspects of

insect Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...

research. It is published by

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and was established in 1988. The

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are Jeremy Allison (

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) and Ring Cardé (

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). The journal publishes research articles, reviews, and commentaries related to various aspects of the behavior of insects, including

behavioral ecology Behavioral ecology, also spelled behavioural ecology, is the study of the evolutionary basis for ethology, animal behavior due to ecology, ecological pressures. Behavioral ecology emerged from ethology after Niko Tinbergen outlined Tinbergen's f ...

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

s, and

isopod Isopoda is an Order (biology), order of crustaceans. Members of this group are called isopods and include both Aquatic animal, aquatic species and Terrestrial animal, terrestrial species such as woodlice. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons ...

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 1.038.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://www.springer.com/journal/10905 English-language journals Springer Science+Business Media academic journals Academic journals established in 1988 Bimonthly journals Ethology journals Entomology journals and magazines