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Volume 272(1574);  September 7, 2005
Review
Photoreceptor sectral sensitivities in terrestrial animals: adaptations for luminance and colour vision
D Osorio and M Vorobyev
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1745–1752. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3156.
PMCID: PMC1559864
Research Articles
Spiders that decorate their webs at higher frequency intercept more prey and grow faster
Daiqin Li
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1753–1757. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3160.
PMCID: PMC1559872
An analytical model assessing the potential threat to natural habitats from insect resistance transgenes
Colleen K Kelly, Michael G Bowler, Felix Breden, Michael Fenner, and Guy M Poppy
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1759–1767. Published online 2005 July 25. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3131.
PMCID: PMC1559875
Terror birds on the run: a mechanical model to estimate its maximum running speed
R. Ernesto Blanco and Washington W Jones
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1769–1773. Published online 2005 July 26. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3133.
PMCID: PMC1559870
Maternal influences on brood sex ratios: an experimental study in tree swallows
Linda A Whittingham, Peter O Dunn, and Jacqueline K Nooker
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1775–1780. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3167.
PMCID: PMC1559874
Do female Drosophila melanogaster adaptively bias offspring sex ratios in relation to the age of their mate?
Tristan A.F Long and Alison Pischedda
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1781–1787. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3165.
PMCID: PMC1559865
Experimental manipulation of queen number affects colony sex ratio investment in the highly polygynous ant Formica exsecta
Rolf Kümmerli, Ken R Helms, and Laurent Keller
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1789–1794. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3163.
PMCID: PMC1559871
Sex inheritance in gynodioecious species: a polygenic view
Bodil K Ehlers, Sandrine Maurice, and Thomas Bataillon
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1795–1802. Published online 2005 July 26. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3168.
PMCID: PMC1559863
Resistance is costly: trade-offs between immunity, fecundity and survival in the pea aphid
D.M Gwynn, A Callaghan, J Gorham, K.F.A Walters, and M.D.E Fellowes
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1803–1808. Published online 2005 July 25. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3089.
PMCID: PMC1559873
An empirical test of Lanchester's square law: mortality during battles of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta
Nicola J.R Plowes and Eldridge S Adams
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1809–1814. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3162.
PMCID: PMC1559866
Metapopulations in multifractal landscapes: on the role of spatial aggregation
Javier G.P Gamarra
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1815–1822. Published online 2005 July 26. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3135.
PMCID: PMC1559862
Population effects of increased climate variation
John M Drake
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1823–1827. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3148.
PMCID: PMC1559868
Trans-oceanic and endemic origins of the small minnow mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) of Madagascar
Michael T Monaghan, Jean-Luc Gattolliat, Michel Sartori, Jean-Marc Elouard, Helen James, Pascale Derleth, Olivier Glaizot, Ferdy de Moor, and Alfried P Vogler
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1829–1836. Published online 2005 July 26. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3139.
PMCID: PMC1559867
Microsatellite diversity suggests different histories for Mediterranean and Northern European cattle populations
Teresa Cymbron, Abigail R Freeman, M Isabel Malheiro, Jean-Denis Vigne, and Daniel G Bradley
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1837–1843. Published online 2005 July 26. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3138.
PMCID: PMC1559860
Leptin regulates energetic tradeoffs between body fat and humoural immunity
Gregory E Demas and Sangeeta Sakaria
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1845–1850. Published online 2005 July 26. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3126.
PMCID: PMC1559861
The role of mutation accumulation in HIV progression
Alison P Galvani
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1851–1858. Published online 2005 July 27. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3083.
PMCID: PMC1559876
Language and imagery: effects of language modality
Gabriella Vigliocco, David P Vinson, Tyron Woolfe, Matthew W.G Dye, and Bencie Woll
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 September 7; 272(1574): 1859–1863. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3169.
PMCID: PMC1559869
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