Editor-in-Chief for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(published by Springer, Heidelberg)
retired professor of Animal Ecology, University of Bonn
NEWS
Adaptive variation in opsin expression of sticklebacks
from different photic habitats
Our paper Bakker TCM, Hiermes M, Müller B, Martin S, Rennison DJ, Rick IP: "Adaptive variation in opsin expression of sticklebacks from different photic habitats" has been published online in Hydrobiologia. It is about opsin expression in three-spined stickleback and shows that the visual system of stickleback is adapted to their local light environment.
New cover image for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Exorcising the ghost in the computer: ChatGPT, science publishing,
and GenAI policy for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Starting with the May issue, BES has a new cover image.
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Eggshell coloration is a cue of female condition but is not related to male provisioning effort in the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio.
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See Szala K, Tobolka M, Surmacki A (2025) Eggshell coloration is related to condition of females and offspring but not to male provisioning effort in a cup-nesting passerine. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 79:66.
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Photo credits: Klaudia Szala.
James Traniello and I wrote an editorial on the restricted use of ChatGPT and other GenAI models in preparing manuscripts.