| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Age- and density-dependent reproductive effort in male red deer. Nigel G Yoccoz, Atle Mysterud, Rolf Langvatn, and Nils Chr Stenseth Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1523–1528. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2047.PMCID: PMC1691067 How an orchid harms its pollinator. Bob B M Wong and Florian P Schiestl Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1529–1532. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2052.PMCID: PMC1691071 Estimating the prevalence of inbreeding from incomplete pedigrees. T C Marshall, D W Coltman, J M Pemberton, J Slate, J A Spalton, F E Guinness, J A Smith, J G Pilkington, and T H Clutton-Brock Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1533–1539. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2035.PMCID: PMC1691061 Identifying the transition between single and multiple mating of queens in fungus-growing ants. Palle Villesen, Takahiro Murakami, Ted R Schultz, and Jacobus J Boomsma Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1541–1548. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2044.PMCID: PMC1691065 Adjustments of ejaculation rates in response to risk of sperm competition in a fish, the bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Ulrika Candolin and John D Reynolds Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1549–1553. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2055.PMCID: PMC1691068 Going nuclear: gene family evolution and vertebrate phylogeny reconciled. James A Cotton and Roderic D M Page Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1555–1561. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2074.PMCID: PMC1691073 A molecular phylogeny of ichthyophiid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae): out of India or out of South East Asia? David J Gower, Alex Kupfer, Oommen V Oommen, Werner Himstedt, Ronald A Nussbaum, Simon P Loader, Bronwen Presswell, Hendrik Müller, Sharath B Krishna, Renaud Boistel, and Mark Wilkinson Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1563–1569. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2050.PMCID: PMC1691064 The timing of sequences of saccades in visual search. E M Van Loon, I Th C Hooge, and A V Van den Berg Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1571–1579. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2062.PMCID: PMC1691069 Severe inbreeding depression in collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis). Loeske E B Kruuk, Ben C Sheldon, and Juha Merilä Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1581–1589. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2049.PMCID: PMC1691074 Rapid recovery of genetic diversity of stomatopod populations on Krakatau: temporal and spatial scales of marine larval dispersal. P H Barber, M K Moosa, and S R Palumbi Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1591–1597. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2026.PMCID: PMC1691063 Host-pathogen interactions in a varying environment: temperature, behavioural fever and fitness. Sam L Elliot, Simon Blanford, and Matthew B Thomas Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1599–1607. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2067.PMCID: PMC1691072 Analysing noisy time-series: describing regional variation in the cyclic dynamics of red grouse. Daniel T Haydon, Darren J Shaw, Isabella M Cattadori, Peter J Hudson, and Simon J Thirgood Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1609–1617. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2053.PMCID: PMC1691062 Positive fitness consequences of interspecific interaction with a potential competitor. J T Forsman, J -T Seppänen, and M Mönkkönen Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1619–1623. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2065.PMCID: PMC1691066 The role of parasites in the dynamics of a reindeer population. S D Albon, A Stien, R J Irvine, R Langvatn, E Ropstad, and O Halvorsen Proc Biol Sci. 2002 August 7; 269(1500): 1625–1632. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2064.PMCID: PMC1691070 |