The editorial committee of the Journal of Ethology awards a prize for the best paper published in the journal, the Editor’s Choice Award, every year. In addition, the committee selects several outstanding papers as Editor’s Choice articles. I am very pleased to announce the award winner and the list of the Editor’s Choice articles for 2021.
Editor's Choice Award
Iwanami et al. (2021) Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators (Volume 39, Issue 3, pp 369–377).
The authors investigated whether the spraying of chemical secretions by the larvae of Osmylus hyalinatul, a semiaquatic Neopteran insect, serves to deter predators. They determined that both terrestrial and aquatic predators find it difficult to prey on the osmylid larvae when they are sprayed with chemicals from the latter’s anal opening. The editorial committee praised the study for its focus on interesting phenomena occurring at the interface between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and for its value in connection with natural history. The committee also recognized that the study’s conclusions were supported by solid methodologies.
Editor's Choice Articles
Yukio Yasui and Yuto Yamamoto (2021) An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. (Volume 39, Issue 3, pp 329–342).
Ryo Ishihara and Takahisa Miyatake (2021) Wing-waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica. (Volume 39, Issue 3, pp 267–274).
Austin N. Montero-Quintana et al. (2021) Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish. (Volume 39, Issue 3, pp 399–410).
Beatriz Diaz Pauli and Kai Lindström (2021) Trade-off between mate choice speed and decision accuracy under mating competition in female sand gobies. (Volume 39, Issue 1, pp 55–64).
Ayami Sekizawa et al. (2021) Another usage of autotomized penis. (Volume 39, Issue 3, pp 319–328).
Zhonghua Tang and Shi-Jian Fu (2021) Effects of habitat conditions on the boldness and sociability of wild-caught fish (Zacco platypus) along a river. (Volume 39, Issue 3, pp 379–391).
Open Access
These papers have now been made open access by the support from the Japan Ethological Society funded by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 18HP2005. I hope these papers will be read by many colleagues and will contribute to future studies of animal behavior.
Change history
01 January 2022
The sub heading “Editor's choice Award” has been changed to “Editor's choice Articles” and the volume, issue, page details of the papers “Austin N. Montero-Quintana et al & Beatriz Diaz Pauli and Kai Lindström” have been corrected.
References
Diaz Pauli B, Lindström K (2021) Trade-off between mate choice speed and decision accuracy under mating competition in female sand gobies. J Ethol 39:55–64
Ishihara R, Miyatake T (2021) Wing-waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica. J Ethol 39:267–274
Iwanami T, Yu P, Hayashi F (2021) Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators. J Ethol 39:369–377
Montero-Quintana AN, Ocampo-Valdez CF, Vázquez-Haikin JA, Sosa-Nishizaki O, Osorio-Beristain M (2021) Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish. J Ethol 39:399–410
Sekizawa A, Tsurumi Y, Ito N, Nakashima Y (2021) Another usage of autotomized penis. J Ethol 39:319–328
Tang Z, Fu SJ (2021) Effects of habitat conditions on the boldness and sociability of wild-caught fish (Zacco platypus) along a river. J Ethol 39:379–391
Yasui Y, Yamamoto Y (2021) An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. J Ethol 39:329–342
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Nakata, K. 2021 Editor's Choice Award and Editor's Choice Articles. J Ethol 40, 1–2 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-021-00739-6
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