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Volume 270(Suppl 2);  November 7, 2003
Research Articles
Current transport of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the ocean.
P Luschi, A Sale, R Mencacci, G R Hughes, J R E Lutjeharms, and F Papi
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S129–S132. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0036.
PMCID: PMC1809945
The paradox of the parasites: implications for biological invasion.
John M Drake
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S133–S135. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0056.
PMCID: PMC1809948
Sex as a response to oxidative stress: the effect of antioxidants on sexual induction in a facultatively sexual lineage.
Aurora M Nedelcu and Richard E Michod
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S136–S139. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0062.
PMCID: PMC1809951
Representing occluded objects in the human infant brain.
Jordy Kaufman, Gergely Csibra, and Mark H Johnson
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S140–S143. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0067.
PMCID: PMC1809955
Evidence from rhesus macaques suggests that male coloration plays a role in female primate mate choice.
Corri Waitt, Anthony C Little, Sarah Wolfensohn, Paul Honess, Anthony P Brown, Hannah M Buchanan-Smith, and David I Perrett
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S144–S146. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0065.
PMCID: PMC1809959
Evolutionary trade-offs between reproduction and dispersal in populations at expanding range boundaries.
Clare L Hughes, Jane K Hill, and Calvin Dytham
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S147–S150. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0049.
PMCID: PMC1809962
The cause of 50 million-year-old colour.
Andrew R Parker and David R McKenzie
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S151–S153. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0055.
PMCID: PMC1809965
Selection for parasitoid resistance alters mating success in Drosophila.
Jens Rolff and Alex R Kraaijeveld
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S154–S155. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0024.
PMCID: PMC1809967
Plant species descriptions show signs of disease.
Michael E Hood and Janis Antonovics
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S156–S158. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0063.
PMCID: PMC1809931
Novel, posterior sensory organ in the trochophore larva of Phyllodoce maculata (Polychaeta).
L P Nezlin and E E Voronezhskaya
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S159–S162. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0072.
PMCID: PMC1809934
The evolution of cursorial carnivores in the Tertiary: implications of elbow-joint morphology.
Ki Andersson and Lars Werdelin
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S163–S165. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0070.
PMCID: PMC1809930
Reduced oxygen at high altitude limits maximum size.
L S Peck and G Chapelle
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S166–S167. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0054.
PMCID: PMC1809933
Evidence for Golgi bodies in proposed 'Golgi-lacking' lineages.
Joel B Dacks, Lesley A M Davis, Asa M Sjögren, Jan O Andersson, Andrew J Roger, and W Ford Doolittle
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S168–S171. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0058.
PMCID: PMC1809936
Infection increases the value of nuptial gifts, and hence male reproductive success, in the Hymenolepis diminuta-Tenebrio molitor association.
Hilary Hurd and Richard Ardin
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S172–S174. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0033.
PMCID: PMC1809939
Growth trades off with habitat specialization.
M Julian Caley and Philip L Munday
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S175–S177. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0040.
PMCID: PMC1809942
Range limits and parasite prevalence in a freshwater snail.
Robert A Briers
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S178–S180. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0046.
PMCID: PMC1809944
How might individual honeybees measure massive volumes?
Nigel R Franks and Anna Dornhaus
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S181–S182. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0047.
PMCID: PMC1809947
Spontaneous male death during copulation in an orb-weaving spider.
Matthias W Foellmer and Daphne J Fairbairn
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S183–S185. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0042.
PMCID: PMC1809950
The emergent properties of a dolphin social network.
David Lusseau
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S186–S188. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0057.
PMCID: PMC1809954
Extremely short lifespan in the annual fish Nothobranchius furzeri.
Stefano Valdesalici and Alessandro Cellerino
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S189–S191. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0048.
PMCID: PMC1809958
Is a decline in offspring quality a necessary consequence of maternal age?
Patricia J Moore and W Edwin Harris
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S192–S194. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0051.
PMCID: PMC1809953
Sensory integration in the hydrodynamic world of rainbow trout.
J C Montgomery, F McDonald, C F Baker, A G Carton, and N Ling
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S195–S197. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0052.
PMCID: PMC1809957
Removing the confounding effect of habitat specialization reveals the stabilizing contribution of diversity to species variability.
Jurek Kolasa and Bai-Lian Li
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S198–S201. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0059.
PMCID: PMC1809961
Characterization of methanogenic and methanotrophic assemblages in landfill samples.
Ilker Uz, M E Rasche, T Townsend, A V Ogram, and A S Lindner
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S202–S205. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0061.
PMCID: PMC1809964
Unusual gut contents in a Cretaceous ichthyosaur.
Benjamin P Kear, Walter E Boles, and Elizabeth T Smith
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S206–S208. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0050.
PMCID: PMC1809966
Facultative symbionts are associated with host plant specialization in pea aphid populations.
Teresa E Leonardo and Gladys T Muiru
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S209–S212. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0064.
PMCID: PMC1809968
Parasite removal and its impact on litter size and body condition in Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus).
Peter Neuhaus
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S213–S215. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0073.
PMCID: PMC1809932
Subtle manipulation of egg sex ratio in birds.
Kathryn E Arnold, Richard Griffiths, David J Stevens, Kate J Orr, Aileen Adam, and David C Houston
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S216–S219. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0068.
PMCID: PMC1809935
Immune response is energetically costly in white cabbage butterfly pupae.
Dalial Freitak, Indrek Ots, Alo Vanatoa, and Peeter Hõrak
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S220–S222. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0069.
PMCID: PMC1809938
Efficient utilization of very dilute aquatic sperm: sperm competition may be more likely than sperm limitation when eggs are retained.
Andrew J Pemberton, Roger N Hughes, Patricio H Manríquez, and John D D Bishop
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S223–S226. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0076.
PMCID: PMC1809941
Effects of sperm on female longevity in the bumble-bee Bombus terrestris L.
P Korner and P Schmid-Hempel
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S227–S229. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0039.
PMCID: PMC1809937
Marine protected areas in 'nonlinear' ecosystems.
John H Steele and Andrew R Beet
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S230–S233. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0074.
PMCID: PMC1809940
Arizonasaurus and its implications for archosaur divergence.
Sterling J Nesbitt
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S234–S237. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0066.
PMCID: PMC1809943
Sapayoa aenigma: a New World representative of 'Old World suboscines'.
Jon Fjeldså, Dario Zuccon, Martin Irestedt, Ulf S Johansson, and Per G P Ericson
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S238–S241. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0075.
PMCID: PMC1809946
Cleaner wrasse prefer client mucus: support for partner control mechanisms in cleaning interactions.
Alexandra S Grutter and Redouan Bshary
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S242–S244. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0077.
PMCID: PMC1809949
Geographical variation and sexual dimorphism of phenoloxidase levels in Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica).
Thomas M Tucker and Lori Stevens
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S245–S247. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0080.
PMCID: PMC1809952
Sexual selection and individual genetic diversity in a songbird.
Rupert C Marshall, Katherine L Buchanan, and Clive K Catchpole
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S248–S250. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0081.
PMCID: PMC1809956
Does female mortality drive male semelparity in dasyurid marsupials?
Ken Kraaijeveld, Femmie J L Kraaijeveld-Smit, and Greg J Adcock
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S251–S253. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0082.
PMCID: PMC1809960
Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards.
Mats Olsson, Thomas Madsen, Jessica Nordby, Erik Wapstra, Beata Ujvari, and Håkan Wittsell
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 November 7; 270(Suppl 2): S254–S256. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0079.
PMCID: PMC1809963
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