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Volume 274(1621);  August 22, 2007
Research Articles
Grazing protozoa and the evolution of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 Shiga toxin-encoding prophage
Karyn Meltz Steinberg and Bruce R Levin
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 1921–1929. Published online 2007 May 29. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0245.
PMCID: PMC2211389
Evidence for the existence of a robust pattern of prey selection in food webs
Daniel B Stouffer, Juan Camacho, Wenxin Jiang, and Luís A Nunes Amaral
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 1931–1940. Published online 2007 June 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0571.
PMCID: PMC2275185
Colour preferences and colour vision in poultry chicks
A.D Ham and D Osorio
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 1941–1948. Published online 2007 June 5. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0538.
PMCID: PMC2275181
The key mimetic features of hoverflies through avian eyes
Roderick S Bain, Arash Rashed, Verity J Cowper, Francis S Gilbert, and Thomas N Sherratt
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 1949–1954. Published online 2007 June 5. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0458.
PMCID: PMC2275351
Mimicry on the edge: why do mimics vary in resemblance to their model in different parts of their geographical range?
George R Harper, Jr and David W Pfennig
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 1955–1961. Published online 2007 June 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0558.
PMCID: PMC2275182
Climatically driven synchrony of gerbil populations allows large-scale plague outbreaks
Kyrre Linné Kausrud, Hildegunn Viljugrein, Arnoldo Frigessi, Mike Begon, Stephen Davis, Herwig Leirs, Vladimir Dubyanskiy, and Nils Chr Stenseth
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 1963–1969. Published online 2007 June 5. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0568.
PMCID: PMC2275183
Low host–pathogen specificity in the leaf-cutting ant–microbe symbiosis
Stephen J Taerum, Matías J Cafaro, Ainslie E.F Little, Ted R Schultz, and Cameron R Currie
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 1971–1978. Published online 2007 June 5. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0431.
PMCID: PMC2275177
Obligate symbiont involved in pest status of host insect
Takahiro Hosokawa, Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Masakazu Shimada, and Takema Fukatsu
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 1979–1984. Published online 2007 June 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0620.
PMCID: PMC2275188
Springs and wire plants: anachronistic defences against Madagascar's extinct elephant birds
William J Bond and John A Silander
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 1985–1992. Published online 2007 May 29. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0414.
PMCID: PMC2275176
Genetic analysis reveals promiscuity among female cheetahs
Dada Gottelli, Jinliang Wang, Sultana Bashir, and Sarah M Durant
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 1993–2001. Published online 2007 May 29. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0502.
PMCID: PMC2275179
Prevalence of avian influenza and host ecology
László Zsolt Garamszegi and Anders Pape Møller
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 2003–2012. Published online 2007 May 30. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0124.
PMCID: PMC2275171
Wood ants use resin to protect themselves against pathogens
Michel Chapuisat, Anne Oppliger, Pasqualina Magliano, and Philippe Christe
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 2013–2017. Published online 2007 May 29. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0531.
PMCID: PMC2275180
An experimental test of frequency-dependent selection on male mating strategy in the field
C Bleay, T Comendant, and B Sinervo
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 2019–2025. Published online 2007 June 5. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0361.
PMCID: PMC2275174
The age and evolution of an antiviral resistance mutation in Drosophila melanogaster
Jenny Bangham, Darren J Obbard, Kang-Wook Kim, Penelope R Haddrill, and Francis M Jiggins
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 2027–2034. Published online 2007 June 5. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0611.
PMCID: PMC1914336
Song repertoire size varies with HVC volume and is indicative of male quality in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)
Jeremy A Pfaff, Liana Zanette, Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton, and Elizabeth A MacDougall-Shackleton
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 2035–2040. Published online 2007 June 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0170.
PMCID: PMC2275172
A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution and diversification of Ornithischia
Richard J Butler, Roger M.H Smith, and David B Norman
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 2041–2046. Published online 2007 June 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0367.
PMCID: PMC2275175
Serial monogamy and sex ratio bias in Nazca boobies
Terri J Maness and David J Anderson
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 2047–2054. Published online 2007 June 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0578.
PMCID: PMC2275186
The evolutionary stability of automimicry
Thomas Owens Svennungsen and Øistein Haugsten Holen
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 2055–2063. Published online 2007 June 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0456.
PMCID: PMC2275178
Natal habitat-biased dispersal in the Siberian flying squirrel
Vesa Selonen, Ilpo K Hanski, and André Desrochers
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 August 22; 274(1621): 2063–2068. Published online 2007 June 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0570.
PMCID: PMC2275184
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