| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Research Articles Spatial turnover in the global avifauna Kevin J Gaston, Richard G Davies, C. David L Orme, Valerie A Olson, Gavin H Thomas, Tzung-Su Ding, Pamela C Rasmussen, Jack J Lennon, Peter M Bennett, Ian P.F Owens, and Tim M Blackburn Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1567–1574. Published online 2007 May 1. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0236.PMCID: PMC2169276 Survival against the odds: ontogenetic changes in selective pressure mediate growth-mortality trade-offs in a marine fish Monica Gagliano, Mark I McCormick, and Mark G Meekan Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1575–1582. Published online 2007 April 17. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0242.PMCID: PMC2169277 Optics of the ultraviolet reflecting scales of a jumping spider Michael F Land, Julia Horwood, Matthew L.M Lim, and Daiqin Li Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1583–1589. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0328.PMCID: PMC2169283 Carotenoids, oxidative stress and female mating preference for longer lived males Thomas W Pike, Jonathan D Blount, Bjørn Bjerkeng, Jan Lindström, and Neil B Metcalfe Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1591–1596. Published online 2007 April 17. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0317.PMCID: PMC2169282 Evidence of ancient DNA reveals the first European lineage in Iron Age Central China C.Z Xie, C.X Li, Y.Q Cui, Q.C Zhang, Y.Q Fu, H Zhu, and H Zhou Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1597–1602. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0219.PMCID: PMC2169275 Subordinate male meerkats prospect for extra-group paternity: alternative reproductive tactics in a cooperative mammal Andrew J Young, Goran Spong, and Tim Clutton-Brock Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1603–1609. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0316.PMCID: PMC2169281 Genetic isolation of a now extinct population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Courtney Nichols, Jerry Herman, Oscar E Gaggiotti, Keith M Dobney, Kim Parsons, and A. Rus Hoelzel Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1611–1616. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0176.PMCID: PMC2169274 Anti-predator defence and the complexity–stability relationship of food webs Michio Kondoh Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1617–1624. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0335.PMCID: PMC2169284 Genetic polymorphism in leaf-cutting ants is phenotypically plastic William O.H Hughes and Jacobus J Boomsma Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1625–1630. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0347.PMCID: PMC2169285 Altered reproductive success in rat pairs after environmental-like exposure to xenoestrogen Leonida Fusani, Daniele Della Seta, Francesco Dessì-Fulgheri, and Francesca Farabollini Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1631–1636. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0064.PMCID: PMC2169273 Evolving the selfish herd: emergence of distinct aggregating strategies in an individual-based model Andrew J Wood and Graeme J Ackland Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1637–1642. Published online 2007 May 1. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0306.PMCID: PMC2169279 Why do men marry and why do they stray? Jeffrey Winking, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven, and Stacey Rucas Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1643–1649. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0437.PMCID: PMC2169272 Predicting unknown species numbers using discovery curves Daniel P Bebber, Francis H.C Marriott, Kevin J Gaston, Stephen A Harris, and Robert W Scotland Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1651–1658. Published online 2007 April 24. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0464.PMCID: PMC2169286 Mating success of resident versus non-resident males in a territorial butterfly Martin Bergman, Karl Gotthard, David Berger, Martin Olofsson, Darrell J Kemp, and Christer Wiklund Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1659–1665. Published online 2007 May 1. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0311.PMCID: PMC1914333 The concept of correlated progression as the basis of a model for the evolutionary origin of major new taxa T.S Kemp Proc Biol Sci. 2007 July 7; 274(1618): 1667–1673. Published online 2007 May 1. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0288.PMCID: PMC2169278 |