| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. The origins of intensive marine fishing in medieval Europe: the English evidence. James H. Barrett, Alison M. Locker, and Callum M. Roberts Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2417–2421. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2885.PMCID: PMC1691892 Does hippocampal size correlate with the degree of caching specialization? Jeffrey R Lucas, Anders Brodin, Selvino R de Kort, and Nicola S Clayton Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2423–2429. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2912.PMCID: PMC1523289 The impact of cross-immunity, mutation and stochastic extinction on pathogen diversity. Laith J Abu-Raddad and Neil M Ferguson Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2431–2438. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2877.PMCID: PMC1691886 Spatially explicit analyses unveil density dependence. Ruan Veldtman and Melodie A McGeoch Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2439–2444. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2905.PMCID: PMC1691890 Intraspecific sexual selection on a speciation trait, male coloration, in the Lake Victoria cichlid Pundamilia nyererei. Martine E Maan, Ole Seehausen, Linda Söderberg, Lisa Johnson, Erwin A P Ripmeester, Hillary D J Mrosso, Martin I Taylor, Tom J M van Dooren, and Jacques J M van Alphen Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2445–2452. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2911.PMCID: PMC1691879 Female preference for multiple condition-dependent components of a sexually selected signal. Hannes Scheuber, Alain Jacot, and Martin W G Brinkhof Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2453–2457. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2907.PMCID: PMC1691884 Impulsiveness without discounting: the ecological rationality hypothesis. David W. Stephens, Benjamin Kerr, and Esteban Fernández-Juricic Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2459–2465. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2871.PMCID: PMC1691888 The effect of energy reserves on social foraging: hungry sparrows scrounge more. Adám Z Lendvai, Zoltán Barta, András Liker, and Veronika Bókony Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2467–2472. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2887.PMCID: PMC1691877 Balancing food and predator pressure induces chronic stress in songbirds. Michael Clinchy, Liana Zanette, Rudy Boonstra, John C Wingfield, and James N M Smith Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2473–2479. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2913.PMCID: PMC1691882 A selection mosaic in the facultative mutualism between ants and wild cotton. Jennifer A Rudgers and Sharon Y Strauss Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2481–2488. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2900.PMCID: PMC1691887 Predicting shifts in dynamics of cannibalistic field populations using individual-based models. Lennart Persson, André M de Roos, and Andrea Bertolo Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2489–2493. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2854.PMCID: PMC1691891 Do aposematism and Batesian mimicry require bright colours? A test, using European viper markings. Wolfgang Wüster, Christopher S. E. Allum, I. Birta Bjargardóttir, Kimberley L. Bailey, Karen J. Dawson, Jamel Guenioui, John Lewis, Joe McGurk, Alix G. Moore, Martti Niskanen, and Christopher P. Pollard Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2495–2499. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2894.PMCID: PMC1691880 Performance capacity, fighting tactics and the evolution of life-stage male morphs in the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Simon P Lailvaux, Anthony Herrel, Bieke Vanhooydonck, Jay J Meyers, and Duncan J Irschick Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2501–2508. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2891.PMCID: PMC1691885 Empirically inspired simulated electro-mechanical model of the rat mystacial follicle-sinus complex. Ben Mitchinson, Kevin N Gurney, Peter Redgrave, Chris Melhuish, Anthony G Pipe, Martin Pearson, Ian Gilhespy, and Tony J Prescott Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2509–2516. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2882.PMCID: PMC1691889 Age-specific mortality rates of reproducing and non-reproducing males of Drosophila melanogaster. Takahiro Miyo and Brian Charlesworth Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2517–2522. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2879.PMCID: PMC1691878 Fitness cost of extended lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nicole L Jenkins, Gawain McColl, and Gordon J Lithgow Proc Biol Sci. 2004 December 7; 271(1556): 2523–2526. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2897.PMCID: PMC1440519 |