| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveResearch 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 |