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Volume 3(6);  December 22, 2007
Research Articles
Interspecific audience effects on the alarm-calling behaviour of a kleptoparasitic bird
Amanda R Ridley, Matthew F Child, and Matthew B.V Bell
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 589–591. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0325.
PMCID: PMC2391208
Complexity and variation in loggerhead sea turtle life history
Catherine M McClellan and Andrew J Read
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 592–594. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0355.
PMCID: PMC2391213
Re-plumbing in a Mediterranean sponge
D Mendola, J.G.M van den Boogaart, J.L van Leeuwen, and R.H Wijffels
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 595–598. Published online 2007 September 4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0357.
PMCID: PMC2391214
Chimpanzees use self-distraction to cope with impulsivity
Theodore A Evans and Michael J Beran
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 599–602. Published online 2007 August 23. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0399.
PMCID: PMC2391227
On the use of cellular telephony for audio interaction with animals
Dale Joachim and Eben Goodale
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 603–606. Published online 2007 August 22. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0386.
PMCID: PMC2391223
Larval rearing environment affects several post-copulatory traits in Drosophila melanogaster
Lisa A McGraw, Anthony C Fiumera, Meera Ramakrishnan, Swetha Madhavarapu, Andrew G Clark, and Mariana F Wolfner
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 607–610. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0334.
PMCID: PMC2391209
Four-legged friend or foe? Dog walking displaces native birds from natural areas
Peter B Banks and Jessica V Bryant
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 611–613. Published online 2007 September 4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0374.
PMCID: PMC2391219
Extrinsic effects, estimating opponents' RHP, and the structure of dominance hierarchies
Lee Alan Dugatkin and Aaron David Dugatkin
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 614–616. Published online 2007 September 4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0423.
PMCID: PMC2391232
Monogamy on the fast track
Elizabeth Adkins-Regan and Michelle Tomaszycki
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 617–619. Published online 2007 September 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0388.
PMCID: PMC2391224
Fear, human shields and the redistribution of prey and predators in protected areas
Joel Berger
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 620–623. Published online 2007 October 9. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0415.
PMCID: PMC2391231
Variable fledging age according to group size: trade-offs in a cooperatively breeding bird
N.J Raihani and A.R Ridley
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 624–627. Published online 2007 September 25. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0435.
PMCID: PMC2391234
Steroid hormones in bluegill, a species with male alternative reproductive tactics including female mimicry
Rosemary Knapp and Bryan D Neff
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 628–632. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0379.
PMCID: PMC2391222
Heterospecific alarm call recognition in a non-vocal reptile
Maren N Vitousek, James S Adelman, Nathan C Gregory, and James J. H. St Clair
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 632–634. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0443.
PMCID: PMC2391237
Receiver bias for exaggerated signals in honeybees and its implications for the evolution of floral displays
Dhruba Naug and H.S Arathi
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 635–637. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0436.
PMCID: PMC2391235
Landscape context not patch size determines bumble-bee density on flower mixtures sown for agri-environment schemes
M.S Heard, C Carvell, N.L Carreck, P Rothery, J.L Osborne, and A.F.G Bourke
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 638–641. Published online 2007 October 9. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0425.
PMCID: PMC2391233
A multiple-site similarity measure independent of richness
Andrés Baselga, Alberto Jiménez-Valverde, and Gilles Niccolini
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 642–645. Published online 2007 October 9. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0449.
PMCID: PMC2391238
Two waves of diversification in mammals and reptiles of Baja California revealed by hierarchical Bayesian analysis
Adam D Leaché, Sarah C Crews, and Michael J Hickerson
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 646–650. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0368.
PMCID: PMC2391217
Function of weaponry in females: the use of horns in intrasexual competition for resources in female Soay sheep
Matthew R Robinson and Loeske E.B Kruuk
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 651–654. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0278.
PMCID: PMC2121329
Effects of metabolic rate on protein evolution
James F Gillooly, Michael W McCoy, and Andrew P Allen
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 655–660. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0403.
PMCID: PMC2391229
Genetic analysis of a wild-caught hybrid between non-sister Heliconius butterfly species
Kanchon K Dasmahapatra, Armando Silva-Vásquez, Jae-Woo Chung, and James Mallet
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 660–663. Published online 2007 September 5. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0401.
PMCID: PMC2391228
Genetic and environmental contributions to prosocial behaviour in 2- to 9-year-old South Korean twins
Yoon-Mi Hur and J. Philippe Rushton
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 664–666. Published online 2007 August 28. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0365.
PMCID: PMC2117382
Strong parasitoid-mediated selection in experimental populations of aphids
Jenny Herzog, Christine B Müller, and Christoph Vorburger
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 667–669. Published online 2007 September 4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0362.
PMCID: PMC2391215
Urban birds have broader environmental tolerance
Frances Bonier, Paul R Martin, and John C Wingfield
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 670–673. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0349.
PMCID: PMC2391212
Age-related shapes of the cost of reproduction in vertebrates
G Proaktor, E.J Milner-Gulland, and T Coulson
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 674–677. Published online 2007 September 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0376.
PMCID: PMC2391220
Are we underestimating the diversity and incidence of insect bacterial symbionts? A case study in ladybird beetles
Lucy A Weinert, Matthew C Tinsley, Matilda Temperley, and Francis M Jiggins
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 678–681. Published online 2007 September 18. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0373.
PMCID: PMC2111056
Voice pitch predicts reproductive success in male hunter-gatherers
C.L Apicella, D.R Feinberg, and F.W Marlowe
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 682–684. Published online 2007 September 25. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0410.
PMCID: PMC2391230
Context-dependent genetic benefits of polyandry in a marine hermaphrodite
Dustin J Marshall and Jonathan P Evans
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 685–688. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0438.
PMCID: PMC2391236
Parental age difference and offspring count in humans
Martin Fieder and Susanne Huber
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 689–691. Published online 2007 August 28. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0324.
PMCID: PMC2391207
Rodent sociality and parasite diversity
Frédéric Bordes, Daniel T Blumstein, and Serge Morand
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 692–694. Published online 2007 October 9. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0393.
PMCID: PMC2391225
Interspecies physiological variation as a tool for cross-species assessments of global warming-induced endangerment: validation of an intrinsic determinant of macroecological and phylogeographic structure
Joseph Bernardo, Ryan J Ossola, James Spotila, and Keith A Crandall
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 695–699. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0259.
PMCID: PMC2121324
Ocean acidification disrupts induced defences in the intertidal gastropod Littorina littorea
Ruth Bibby, Polly Cleall-Harding, Simon Rundle, Steve Widdicombe, and John Spicer
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 699–701. Published online 2007 October 16. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0457.
PMCID: PMC2391239
Elevated substitution rates estimated from ancient DNA sequences
Simon Y.W Ho, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, and Robin G Allaby
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 702–705. Published online 2007 September 4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0377.
PMCID: PMC2391221
Absence of contagious yawning in children with autism spectrum disorder
Atsushi Senju, Makiko Maeda, Yukiko Kikuchi, Toshikazu Hasegawa, Yoshikuni Tojo, and Hiroo Osanai
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 706–708. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0337.
PMCID: PMC2391210
Miocene whale-fall from California demonstrates that cetacean size did not determine the evolution of modern whale-fall communities
Nicholas D Pyenson and David M Haasl
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 709–711. Published online 2007 September 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0342.
PMCID: PMC2391211
The ‘lost years’ of green turtles: using stable isotopes to study cryptic lifestages
Kimberly J Reich, Karen A Bjorndal, and Alan B Bolten
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 712–714. Published online 2007 September 18. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0394.
PMCID: PMC2391226
Comment
Virgin birth, genetic variation and inbreeding
Philip W Hedrick
Biol Lett. 2007 December 22; 3(6): 715–716. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0293.
PMCID: PMC2391206
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