| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Research Articles Scratching an ancient itch: an Eocene bird louse fossil. Torsten Wappler, Vincent S Smith, and Robert C Dalgleish Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S255–S258. PMCID: PMC1810061 Evidence for reproductive isolate selection in Mediterranean orchids: karyotype differences compensate for the lack of pollinator specificity. Salvatore Cozzolino, Saverio D'Emerico, and Alex Widmer Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S259–S262. PMCID: PMC1810064 Germline transformation of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. Jeffrey M Marcus, Diane M Ramos, and Antónia Monteiro Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S263–S265. PMCID: PMC1810067 Correlations between adult mimicry and larval host plants in ithomiine butterflies. Keith R Willmott and James Mallet Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S266–S269. PMCID: PMC1810062 Female facial attractiveness increases during the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle. S Craig Roberts, Jan Havlicek, Jaroslav Flegr, Martina Hruskova, Anthony C Little, Benedict C Jones, David I Perrett, and Marion Petrie Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S270–S272. PMCID: PMC1810066 Four kingdoms on glacier ice: convergent energetic processes boost energy levels as temperatures fall. Michael J Napolitano and Daniel H Shain Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S273–S276. PMCID: PMC1810069 Direct evidence for predation on trilobites in the Cambrian. M Y Zhu, J Vannier, H Van Iten, and Y L Zhao Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S277–S280. PMCID: PMC1810081 Penguin-mounted cameras glimpse underwater group behaviour. A Takahashi, K Sato, Y Naito, M J Dunn, P N Trathan, and J P Croxall Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S281–S282. PMCID: PMC1810073 Female intrasexual competition decreases female facial attractiveness. Maryanne L Fisher Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S283–S285. PMCID: PMC1810076 Diet quality and resource allocation in the zebra finch. A N Rutstein, P J B Slater, and J A Graves Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S286–S289. PMCID: PMC1810080 Do female great reed warblers seek extra-pair fertilizations to avoid inbreeding? Bengt Hansson, Dennis Hasselquist, and Staffan Bensch Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S290–S292. PMCID: PMC1810048 Turtle and mammal penis designs are anatomically convergent. D A Kelly Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S293–S295. PMCID: PMC1810052 How well does second-to-fourth-digit ratio in hands correlate with other indications of masculinity in males? Nicole Koehler, Leigh W Simmons, and Gillian Rhodes Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S296–S298. PMCID: PMC1810055 Possible role of female discrimination against 'redundant' males in the evolution of colour pattern polymorphism in guppies. Angela L Eakley and Anne E Houde Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S299–S301. PMCID: PMC1810072 Whooping cough metapopulation dynamics in tropical conditions: disease persistence and impact of vaccination. Hélène Broutin, François Simondon, and Jean-François Guégan Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S302–S305. PMCID: PMC1810075 Sexy sons: a dead end for cytoplasmic genes. Jeanne A Zeh Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S306–S309. PMCID: PMC1810078 Tragedy of the commons in Melipona bees. Tom Wenseleers and Francis L W Ratnieks Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S310–S312. PMCID: PMC1810046 A theory of modern cultural shifts and meltdowns. Michael E Hochberg Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S313–S316. PMCID: PMC1810050 Patterns and coevolutionary consequences of repeated brood parasitism. Mark E Hauber, Pamela J Yeh, and John O L Roberts Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S317–S320. PMCID: PMC1810053 Molecular sexing of prey remains permits a test of sex-biased predation in a wintering population of western sandpipers. Silke Nebel, Alison Cloutier, and Graham J Thompson Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S321–S323. PMCID: PMC1810056 Forelimb proportions and the evolutionary radiation of Neornithes. R L Nudds, G J Dyke, and J M V Rayner Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S324–S327. PMCID: PMC1810057 Assessment and assortment: how fishes use local and global cues to choose which school to go to. Ashley J W Ward, Paul J B Hart, and Jens Krause Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S328–S330. PMCID: PMC1810059 Do positive interactions increase with abiotic stress? A test from a semi-arid steppe. Fernando T Maestre and Jordi Cortina Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S331–S333. PMCID: PMC1810063 Using the functional response to determine the nature of unequal interference among foragers. P Anders Nilsson, Felicity A Huntingford, and John D Armstrong Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S334–S337. PMCID: PMC1810058 Predation risk and longevity influence variation in fitness of female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.). Petter Kjellander, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Mark Hewison, and Olof Liberg Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S338–S340. PMCID: PMC1810060 Inclusive fitness benefits of scent-marking predators. Edward B Mondor and Bernard D Roitberg Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S341–S343. PMCID: PMC1810065 Lateralization of tool use in New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides). Alex A S Weir, Ben Kenward, Jackie Chappell, and Alex Kacelnik Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S344–S346. PMCID: PMC1810068 Nutritional bias as a new mode of adjusting sex allocation. Michael J L Magrath, Emile van Lieshout, G Henk Visser, and Jan Komdeur Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S347–S349. PMCID: PMC1810070 Growth hormone transgenic salmon pay for growth potential with increased predation mortality. L Fredrik Sundström, Mare Lõhmus, Jörgen I Johnsson, and Robert H Devlin Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S350–S352. PMCID: PMC1810071 Random drift and large shifts in popularity of dog breeds. Harold A Herzog, R Alexander Bentley, and Matthew W Hahn Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S353–S356. PMCID: PMC1810074 Exploring the consequences of postmating-prezygotic interactions between the sexes. L Lacey Knowles, B Brodie Hernandez, and Therese A Markow Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S357–S359. PMCID: PMC1810077 Birds sacrifice oxidative protection for reproduction. Popko Wiersma, Colin Selman, John R Speakman, and Simon Verhulst Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S360–S363. PMCID: PMC1810045 Polynomial epidemics and clustering in contact networks. Balázs Szendroi and Gábor Csányi Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S364–S366. PMCID: PMC1810049 Falling palm fronds structure amazonian rainforest sapling communities. Halton A Peters, Anton Pauw, Miles R Silman, and John W Terborgh Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S367–S369. PMCID: PMC1810079 Detectability and content as opposing signal characteristics in fruits. Hinrich Martin Schaefer and Veronika Schmidt Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S370–S373. PMCID: PMC1810047 Nitrogen versus carbon use in prokaryotic genomes and proteomes. Jason G Bragg and Charles L Hyder Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S374–S377. PMCID: PMC1810051 Novel phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic brevicipitine and scaphiophrynine toads as revealed by sequences from the nuclear Rag-1 gene. Arie van der Meijden, Miguel Vences, and Axel Meyer Proc Biol Sci. 2004 August 7; 271(Suppl 5): S378–S381. PMCID: PMC1810054 |