Editor's Choice Award 2014
Kazuya KobayashiOn behalf of the editors of the Journal of Ethology, I would like to congratulate the winners of the Editor's Choice Award 2014 (1 article) and the Editor's Choice 2014 (5 articles). On 2 November 2014, the winners (two of the three coauthors) accepted their awards with certificates at a special ceremony at the 33rd annual meeting of the Japan Ethological Society in Nagasaki, Japan.
The winners of the Editor's Choice Award 2014, Mr. Daisuke Hyodo (left) and Dr. Chihiro Himuro (right) with the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Yukio Yasui (center), at the award ceremony at Nagasaki University on 2 November 2014. The 3rd winner, Dr. Kenji Fujisaki, was unable to attend the ceremony.
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 2014 Article
- Prey size affects the costs and benefits of group predation in nymphs of the predatory stink bug Andrallus spinidens (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). By Daisuke Hyodo, Chihiro Himuro, Kenji Fujisaki (Vol. 32, Issue 3, pp 173-178)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-014-0406-4
Editor's Choice 2014 Articles
- Hidden burrow plugs and their function in the tiger beetle, Cosmodela batesi (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae). By Shou-Wang Lin, Toshinori Okuyama (Vol. 32, Issue 1, pp 23-27)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-013-0389-6 - Cannibalistic siblicide in praying mantis nymphs (Miomantis caffra). By Murray P. Fea, Margaret C. Stanley, I. Holwell (Vol. 32, Issue 1, pp 43-51)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-013-0391-z - Sexual dimorphism and courtship behavior in Drosophila prolongata. By Shiori Setoguchi, Hisaki Takamori, Tadashi Aotsuka, Jun Sese, Yukio Ishikawa, Takashi Matsuo (Vol. 32, Issue 2, pp 91-102)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-014-0399-z - Variation in female guppy preference for male olfactory and visual traits. By Aya Sato, Naoko Ozawa, Kenji Karino (Vol. 32, Issue 3, pp 137-143)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-014-0402-8 - Juvenile social play and yearling behavior and reproductive success in female Belding's ground squirrels. By Scott Nunes (Vol. 32, Issue 3, pp 145-153)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-014-0403-7
