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Bringing together significant work on all aspects of the subject, Behavioral Ecology is broad-based and covers both empirical and theoretical approaches. Studies on the whole range of behaving organisms, including plants, invertebrates, vertebrates, and humans, are included.

Behavioral Ecology construes the field in its broadest sense to include 1) the use of ecological and evolutionary processes to explain the occurrence and adaptive significance of behavior patterns; 2) the use of behavioral processes to predict ecological patterns, and 3) empirical, comparative analyses relating behavior to the environment in which it occurs.

Behavioral Ecology is the official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All individuals and student subscribers to Behavioral Ecology automatically become members of the Society. For more information see the subscription information.

Behavioral Ecology is published bimonthly.

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING SERVICES

Behavioral Ecology is covered by the following major indexing/ abstracting services:

Animal Behavior Abstracts
Current Contents/Agriculture
Biology & Environmental Sciences
BIOSIS
Ecology Abstracts
Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences
E-Psyche
Geo Abstracts
GEOBASE
Research Alert
SCISEARCH
Wildlife Review
Zoological Record
PsychINFO

IMPACT FACTOR AND RANKING


YearImpact FactorSi: Behavioral SciencesSi: ZoologySi: Ecology
20083.22410 out of 475 out of 12530 out of 124
20073.0189 out of 456 out of 12427 out of 116
20063.06111 out of 434 out of 11423 out of 114

This information is taken from the Journal Citation Reports, published annually as part of the Science Citation Index by ISI.