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Volume 274(1608);  February 7, 2007
Review
Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops
Alexandra-Maria Klein, Bernard E Vaissière, James H Cane, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Saul A Cunningham, Claire Kremen, and Teja Tscharntke
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 303–313. Published online 2006 October 27. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3721.
PMCID: PMC1702377
Research Articles
Plants use macronutrients accumulated in leaf-cutting ant nests
Leonel da S.L Sternberg, Maria Camila Pinzon, Marcelo Z Moreira, Paulo Moutinho, Enith I Rojas, and Edward Allen Herre
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 315–321. Published online 2006 November 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3746.
PMCID: PMC1702380
Foetal age determination and development in elephants
Thomas Hildebrandt, Barbara Drews, Ann P Gaeth, Frank Goeritz, Robert Hermes, Dennis Schmitt, Charlie Gray, Peter Rich, Wolf Juergen Streich, Roger V Short, and Marilyn B Renfree
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 323–331. Published online 2006 October 31. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3738.
PMCID: PMC1702383
Plasticity in animal personality traits: does prior experience alter the degree of boldness?
Ashley J Frost, Alexandria Winrow-Giffen, Paul J Ashley, and Lynne U Sneddon
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 333–339. Published online 2006 November 21. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3751.
PMCID: PMC1702388
Rarity of a top predator triggers continent-wide collapse of mammal prey: dingoes and marsupials in Australia
Christopher N Johnson, Joanne L Isaac, and Diana O Fisher
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 341–346. Published online 2006 October 31. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3711.
PMCID: PMC1702374
Multimodal pattern formation in phenotype distributions of sexual populations
Michael Doebeli, Hendrik J Blok, Olof Leimar, and Ulf Dieckmann
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 347–357. Published online 2006 November 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3725.
PMCID: PMC1702389
Pterin pigment granules are responsible for both broadband light scattering and wavelength selective absorption in the wing scales of pierid butterflies
Nathan I Morehouse, Peter Vukusic, and Ron Rutowski
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 359–366. Published online 2006 November 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3730.
PMCID: PMC1702378
Spread of arbitrary conventions among chimpanzees: a controlled experiment
Kristin E Bonnie, Victoria Horner, Andrew Whiten, and Frans B.M de Waal
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 367–372. Published online 2006 October 31. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3733.
PMCID: PMC1702386
Experimental evidence for chick discrimination without recognition in a brood parasite host
Tomáš Grim
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 373–381. Published online 2006 November 21. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3731.
PMCID: PMC1702381
Social personalities influence natal dispersal in a lizard
J Cote and J Clobert
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 383–390. Published online 2006 November 7. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3734.
PMCID: PMC1702372
Reproduction and modulation of the stress response: an experimental test in the house sparrow
Ádám Zoltán Lendvai, Mathieu Giraudeau, and Olivier Chastel
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 391–397. Published online 2006 November 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3735.
PMCID: PMC1702373
Sexual selection drives speciation in an Amazonian frog
Kathryn E Boul, W Chris Funk, Catherine R Darst, David C Cannatella, and Michael J Ryan
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 399–406. Published online 2006 October 25. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3736.
PMCID: PMC1702375
Temporal and spatial variation in age-specific survival rates of a long-lived mammal, the Hawaiian monk seal
Jason D Baker and Paul M Thompson
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 407–415. Published online 2006 November 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3737.
PMCID: PMC1702379
Selection against males in Caenorhabditis elegans under two mutational treatments
Diogo Manoel, Sara Carvalho, Patrick C Phillips, and Henrique Teotónio
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 417–424. Published online 2006 November 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3739.
PMCID: PMC1702385
Condition dependence of reproductive strategy and the benefits of polyandry in a viviparous lizard
Christophe Eizaguirre, David Laloi, Manuel Massot, Murielle Richard, Pierre Federici, and Jean Clobert
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 425–430. Published online 2006 November 21. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3740.
PMCID: PMC1702382
Little left in the tank: metabolic scaling in marine teleosts and its implications for aerobic scope
Shaun S Killen, Isabel Costa, Joseph A Brown, and A. Kurt Gamperl
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 431–438. Published online 2006 November 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3741.
PMCID: PMC1702384
The effects of taxonomic standardization on sampling-standardized estimates of historical diversity
Peter J Wagner, Martin Aberhan, Austin Hendy, and Wolfgang Kiessling
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 439–444. Published online 2006 November 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3742.
PMCID: PMC1702387
Costs of egg-laying and offspring provisioning: multifaceted parental investment in a digger wasp
Jeremy Field, Ed Turner, Tom Fayle, and William A Foster
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 7; 274(1608): 445–451. Published online 2006 November 21. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3745.
PMCID: PMC1702376
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