International in scope, Ethology publishes original research on behaviour including physiological mechanisms, function, and evolution. The Journal addresses behaviour in all species, from slime moulds to humans. Experimental research is preferred, both from the field and the lab, that is grounded in a theoretical framework. The section 'Perspectives and Current Debates' provides overviews of an aspect of the field as well as theoretical investigations and essays on controversial topics. ‘Ethological Methods’ includes reports of novel methods, and comparative assessments of methods, spanning all levels of analyses that are relevant to understanding behavior (e.g. physiology, genetics, statistics, behavioural assays). ‘Behavioural Notes’ is intended to allow reporting of novel behaviour that fundamentally alters our understanding of the behaviour of a species and/or redirects or inspires novel research. The ‘Species-in-the-Spotlight’ section explores a species or taxon in relation to its relevance for key concepts in behaviour.

Ethology welcomes replicates of earlier experiments that are relevant to our readers if the replication is part of larger study, or if the importance of the replication is well-justified.  Publication of negative results is also encouraged, as long as the methods and analyses are sufficient to offer clear evidence that the negative results are valid.

Editor-in-Chief
Wolfgang Goymann
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Eberhard-Gwinner-Straße
82319 Starnberg
Germany
goymann@orn.mpg.de

Editors
Sue Bertram
Department of Biology
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
suebertram@cunet.carleton.ca
Luis A. Ebensperger
Departamento de Ecología
P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Alameda 340
Santiago
Chile
lebensperger@bio.puc.cl
Leonida Fusani
Konrad Lonrenz Institute for Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine,
and
Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
leonida.fusani@univie.ac.at
Marie Herberstein
Department of Biological Sciences
Macquarie University
NSW 2109
Australia
m.herberstein@bio.mq.edu.au
Walter D. Koenig
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Ithaca, NY
USA
wdk4@cornell.edu
Christian Rutz
School of Biology
St Andrews
UK
cr68@st-andrews.ac.uk
Tom Tregenza
Centre for Ecology & Conservation
School of Biosciences
University of Exeter
Cornwall Campus
Penryn TR10 9EZ
UK
T.Tregenza@Exeter.ac.uk
Jonathan Wright
Institute of Biology
NTNU
N-7491 Trondheim
Norway
jonathan.wright@bio.ntnu.no 

Perspectives and Reviews Editor
Redouan Bshary
University of Neuchâtel
Institute of Biology
Emile-Argand 11
2000 Neuchâtel
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 32 718 30 05
Fax: +41 32 718 30 01
redouan.bshary@unine.ch

Editorial Office
Tom Hunter
ethology@wiley.com

Advisory Editorial Board
Enrico Alleva, Rome
Madeleine Beekman, Sydney, Australia
Dan Blumstein, Los Angeles, USA
Gillian Brown, Fife, UK
Gordon M. Burghardt, Knoxville, USA
Carel ten Cate, Leiden, Netherlands
Eberhard Curio, Bochum, Germany
Marian Dawkins, Oxford, UK
Niels Dingemanse, Munich, Germany
Hugh Drummond, Mexico City, Mexico
Jean-Guy Godin, Ottawa, Canada
Sue Healy, Fife, UK
Heribert Hofer, Berlin, Germany
Peter Kappeler, Göttingen, Germany
Takahisa Miyatake, Okayama, Japan
Roger Mundry, Leipzig, Germany
Shinichi Nakagawa, Sydney, Australia
David Raubenheimer, Sydney, Australia
Scott Sakaluk, Normal, USA
Jutta Schneider, Hamburg, Germany
David Stephens, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Michael Taborsky, Bern, Switzerland