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Volume 274(1609);  February 22, 2007
Review
A critique of comparative studies of brain size
Susan D Healy and Candy Rowe
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 453–464. Published online 2006 December 12. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3748.
PMCID: PMC1766390
Research Articles
Brood care in a Silurian ostracod
David J Siveter, Derek J Siveter, Mark D Sutton, and Derek E.G Briggs
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 465–469. Published online 2006 November 21. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3756.
PMCID: PMC1766388
Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans
Katsufumi Sato, Yutaka Watanuki, Akinori Takahashi, Patrick J.O Miller, Hideji Tanaka, Ryo Kawabe, Paul J Ponganis, Yves Handrich, Tomonari Akamatsu, Yuuki Watanabe, Yoko Mitani, Daniel P Costa, Charles-André Bost, Kagari Aoki, Masao Amano, Phil Trathan, Ari Shapiro, and Yasuhiko Naito
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 471–477. Published online 2006 December 5. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0005.
PMCID: PMC1766382
Significance of temporal and spectral acoustic cues for sexual recognition in Xenopus laevis
Clémentine Vignal and Darcy Kelley
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 479–488. Published online 2006 November 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3744.
PMCID: PMC1766379
A new time-scale for ray-finned fish evolution
Imogen A Hurley, Rachel Lockridge Mueller, Katherine A Dunn, Eric J Schmidt, Matt Friedman, Robert K Ho, Victoria E Prince, Ziheng Yang, Mark G Thomas, and Michael I Coates
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 489–498. Published online 2006 November 21. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3749.
PMCID: PMC1766393
A pyritized polychaete from the Devonian of Ontario
Úna C Farrell and Derek E.G Briggs
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 499–504. Published online 2006 November 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0063.
PMCID: PMC1766378
Building epidemiological models from R0: an implicit treatment of transmission in networks
Juan Pablo Aparicio and Mercedes Pascual
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 505–512. Published online 2006 December 12. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0057.
PMCID: PMC1766386
Helpers increase the reproductive potential of offspring in cooperative meerkats
A.F Russell, A.J Young, G Spong, N.R Jordan, and T.H Clutton-Brock
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 513–520. Published online 2006 November 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3698.
PMCID: PMC1766384
Sexually selected females in the monogamous Western Australian seahorse
Charlotta Kvarnemo, Glenn I Moore, and Adam G Jones
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 521–525. Published online 2006 November 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3753.
PMCID: PMC1766380
Unexpected heterozygosity in an island mouflon population founded by a single pair of individuals
Renaud Kaeuffer, David W Coltman, Jean-Louis Chapuis, Dominique Pontier, and Denis Réale
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 527–533. Published online 2006 November 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3743.
PMCID: PMC1766376
The Cape element in the Afrotemperate flora: from Cape to Cairo?
Chloé Galley, Benny Bytebier, Dirk U Bellstedt, and H Peter Linder
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 535–543. Published online 2006 November 29. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0046.
PMCID: PMC1766381
Microsatellite typing of ancient maize: insights into the history of agriculture in southern South America
Verónica V Lia, Viviana A Confalonieri, Norma Ratto, Julián A. Cámara Hernández, Ana M. Miante Alzogaray, Lidia Poggio, and Terence A Brown
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 545–554. Published online 2006 November 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3747.
PMCID: PMC1766387
Drop or fly? Negative genetic correlation between death-feigning intensity and flying ability as alternative anti-predator strategies
Tatsunori Ohno and Takahisa Miyatake
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 555–560. Published online 2006 November 21. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3750.
PMCID: PMC1766389
Sperm competition and sperm midpiece size: no consistent pattern in passerine birds
Simone Immler and Tim R Birkhead
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 561–568. Published online 2006 November 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3752.
PMCID: PMC1766377
Effects of age and feeding history on structure-based UV ornaments of a jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae)
Matthew L.M Lim and Daiqin Li
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 569–575. Published online 2006 November 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0020.
PMCID: PMC1766392
Tameness and stress physiology in a predator-naive island species confronted with novel predation threat
Thomas Rödl, Silke Berger, L Michael Romero, and Martin Wikelski
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 577–582. Published online 2006 November 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3755.
PMCID: PMC1766385
Experimental evidence that female ornamentation increases the acquisition of sperm and signals fecundity
Charlie K Cornwallis and Tim R Birkhead
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 583–590. Published online 2006 November 21. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3757.
PMCID: PMC1766391
Finding NEMO: nestedness engendered by mutualistic organization in anemonefish and their hosts
Jeff Ollerton, Duncan McCollin, Daphne G Fautin, and Gerald R Allen
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 591–598. Published online 2006 November 29. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3758.
PMCID: PMC1766375
How generation intervals shape the relationship between growth rates and reproductive numbers
J Wallinga and M Lipsitch
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 February 22; 274(1609): 599–604. Published online 2006 November 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3754.
PMCID: PMC1766383
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