Editor's Choice Award 2016
On behalf of the editors of the Journal of Ethology, I would like to congratulate the winners of the Editor's Choice Award 2016 (1 article) and the Editor's Choice 2016 (5 articles). On 12 November 2016, the Award winner accepted his award with certificate at a special ceremony at the 35th annual meeting of the Japan Ethological Society in Niigata, Japan.
The winner of the Editor's Choice Award 2016, Dr. Toshitaka N. Suzuki (left) with the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Yukio Yasui (right), at the award ceremony at Niigata University on 12 November 2016.
The Editor's Choice Award and the Editor's Choice are open to all articles published in the Journal of Ethology. Selected members of the editorial committee decide on the Editor's Choice (6-10 articles) in the volume for the year, and the first place among them receives the special award. All winning articles are given open access through the courtesy of the Japan Ethological Society (valued at Euro 2,200 per article). Unrestricted online access allows high exposure and visibility for the articles.
I hope you will consider submitting your next paper to the Journal of Ethology. I look forward to receiving your valuable work.
Yukio Yasui
Editor-in-Chief
Editor's Choice Award 2016 Article
- Referential calls coordinate multi-species mobbing in a forest bird community. By Toshitaka N. Suzuki (Vol. 34, Issue 1, pp 79-84)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-015-0449-1
Editor's Choice 2016 Article
- Experiments with claw models explain the function of the waving display of Ilyoplax pusilla (Brachyura: Dotillidae). By Daichi Izumi, Yoko Kawano, Yasuhisa Henmi (Vol. 34, Issue 1, pp 9-14)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-015-0438-4 - Correlated responses in death-feigning behavior, activity, and brain biogenic amine expression in red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum strains selected for walking distance. By Kentarou Matsumura, Ken Sasaki, Takahisa Miyatake (Vol. 34, Issue 2, pp 97-105)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-015-0452-6 - Behavioural interactions between the lizard Takydromus tachydromoides and the praying mantis Tenodera aridifolia suggest reciprocal predation between them. By Miyuki Fukudome, Yoshifumi Yamawaki (Vol. 34, Issue 3, pp 231-241)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-016-0468-6 - Do weaponless males of the hermit crab Pagurus minutus give up contests without escalation? Behavior of intruders that lack their major cheliped in male-male contests. By Chiaki I. Yasuda, Tsunenori Koga (Vol. 34, Issue 3, pp 249-254)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-016-0470-z - Interference competition between an invasive parakeet and native bird species at feeding sites. By Le Louarn Marine, Couillens Bertrand, Deschamps-Cottin Magali, Clergeau Philippe (Vol. 34, Issue 3, pp 291-298)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-016-0474-8