PMCCPMCCPMCC

Search tips
Search criteria 

Advanced
Logo of biolettershomepageaboutsubmitalertseditorial board
 
Volume 3(5);  October 22, 2007
Research Articles
Raising the level: orangutans use water as a tool
Natacha Mendes, Daniel Hanus, Josep Call
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 453–455. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0198
PMCID:
PMC2391177
Abstract Full Text PDF–123K
Functionally independent components of prey capture are architecturally constrained in spider orb webs
Todd A Blackledge, Chad M Eliason
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 456–458. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0218
PMCID:
PMC2391179
Abstract Full Text PDF–98K
Long-term memory of individual identity in ant queens
Stephanie Dreier, Jelle S van Zweden, Patrizia D'Ettorre
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 459–462. Published online 2007 June 26. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0224
PMCID:
PMC2391181
Abstract Full Text PDF–199K
Female preferences drive the evolution of mimetic accuracy in male sexual displays
Seth William Coleman, Gail Lisa Patricelli, Brian Coyle, Jennifer Siani, Gerald Borgia
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 463–466. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0234
PMCID:
PMC2391182
Abstract Full Text PDF–160K
‘Megapclicks’: acoustic click trains and buzzes produced during night-time foraging of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Alison K Stimpert, David N Wiley, Whitlow W.L Au, Mark P Johnson, Roland Arsenault
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 467–470. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0281
PMCID:
PMC2391189
Abstract Full Text PDF–195K
Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters
Frank Seebacher, Robbie S Wilson
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 471–474. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0289
PMCID:
PMC2391191
Abstract Full Text PDF–128K
Smaller beetles are better scramble competitors at cooler temperatures
Jordi Moya-Laraño, Maysaa El Tigani El-Sayyid, Charles W Fox
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 475–478. Published online 2007 July 17. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0300
PMCID:
PMC2391194
Abstract Full Text PDF–118K Supplementary Material
Promotion of ecosystem carbon sequestration by invasive predators
David A Wardle, Peter J Bellingham, Tadashi Fukami, Christa P.H Mulder
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 479–482. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0163
PMCID:
PMC2394538
Abstract Full Text PDF–401K Supplementary Material
Species richness and abundance of forest birds in relation to radiation at Chernobyl
A.P Møller, T.A Mousseau
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 483–486. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0226
PMCID:
PMC2394539
Abstract Full Text PDF–340K
Heterotrophic microbial communities use ancient carbon following glacial retreat
Richard D Bardgett, Andreas Richter, Roland Bol, Mark H Garnett, Rupert Bäumler, Xingliang Xu, Elisa Lopez-Capel, David A.C Manning, Phil J Hobbs, Ian R Hartley, Wolfgang Wanek
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 487–490. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0242
PMCID:
PMC2391183
Abstract Full Text PDF–111K
Sons are made from old stores: sperm storage effects on sex ratio in a lizard
Mats Olsson, Tonia Schwartz, Tobias Uller, Mo Healey
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 491–493. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0196
PMCID:
PMC2391176
Abstract Full Text PDF–85K
Frequency-dependent physiological trade-offs between competing colour morphs
Sarah R Pryke, Lee B Astheimer, William A Buttemer, Simon C Griffith
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 494–497. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0213
PMCID:
PMC2391178
Abstract Full Text PDF–125K
Effects of age and gender on success and death of mountaineers on Mount Everest
Raymond B Huey, Richard Salisbury, Jane-Ling Wang, Meng Mao
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 498–500. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0317
PMCID:
PMC2391200
Abstract Full Text PDF–100K
Symbiotic complexity: discovery of a fifth symbiont in the attine ant–microbe symbiosis
Ainslie E.F Little, Cameron R Currie
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 501–504. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0253
PMCID:
PMC2396185
Abstract Full Text PDF–194K Supplementary Material
Relative time scales reveal multiple origins of parallel disjunct distributions of African caecilian amphibians
Simon P Loader, Davide Pisani, James A Cotton, David J Gower, Julia J Day, Mark Wilkinson
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 505–508. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0266
PMCID:
PMC2396187
Abstract Full Text PDF–181K Supplementary Material
Things fall apart: biological species form unconnected parsimony networks
Michael W Hart, Jennifer Sunday
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 509–512. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0307
PMCID:
PMC2391196
Abstract Full Text PDF–119K Supplementary Material
Worker caste determination in the army ant Eciton burchellii
Rodolfo Jaffé, Daniel J.C Kronauer, F Bernhard Kraus, Jacobus J Boomsma, Robin F.A Moritz
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 513–516. Published online 2007 July 17. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0257
PMCID:
PMC2391184
Abstract Full Text PDF–148K
Adaptive modulation of sperm production rate in Drosophila bifurca, a species with giant sperm
Adam Bjork, Romano Dallai, Scott Pitnick
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 517–519. Published online 2007 June 26. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0219
PMCID:
PMC2391180
Abstract Full Text PDF–149K
Male crickets adjust ejaculate quality with both risk and intensity of sperm competition
Leigh W Simmons, Amy Denholm, Chantelle Jackson, Esther Levy, Ewa Madon
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 520–522. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0328
PMCID:
PMC2391201
Abstract Full Text PDF–96K
Secondary chemicals protect mould from fungivory
Marko Rohlfs, Martin Albert, Nancy P Keller, Frank Kempken
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 523–525. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0338
PMCID:
PMC2391202
Abstract Full Text PDF–121K
Genetic dissimilarity predicts paternity in the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)
Robert Jehle, Marc Sztatecsny, Jochen B.W Wolf, April Whitlock, Walter Hödl, Terry Burke
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 526–528. Published online 2007 July 17. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0311
PMCID:
PMC2391198
Abstract Full Text PDF–99K
Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters
Russell B Wynn, Simon A Josey, Adrian P Martin, David G Johns, Pierre Yésou
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 529–532. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162
PMCID:
PMC2391175
Abstract Full Text PDF–161K
Comment
Climate change causing starvation in harbour porpoises?
Paul Thompson, Simon Ingram, Mike Lonergan, Simon Northridge, Ailsa Hall, Ben Wilson
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 533–535. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0076
PMCID:
PMC2391173
Full Text PDF–55K
Invited Reply
Starvation and sandeel consumption in harbour porpoises in the Scottish North Sea
Colin D MacLeod, Graham J Pierce, M Begoña Santos
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 535–536. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0298
PMCID:
PMC2391193
Full Text PDF–52K
Research Articles
First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species?
Samuel T Turvey, Robert L Pitman, Barbara L Taylor, Jay Barlow, Tomonari Akamatsu, Leigh A Barrett, Xiujiang Zhao, Randall R Reeves, Brent S Stewart, Kexiong Wang, Zhuo Wei, Xianfeng Zhang, L.T Pusser, Michael Richlen, John R Brandon, Ding Wang
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 537–540. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0292
PMCID:
PMC2391192
Abstract Full Text PDF–183K Supplementary Material
Genetic bottlenecks and successful biological invasions: the case of a recent Lessepsian migrant
Daniel Golani, Ernesto Azzurro, Maria Corsini-Foka, Manuela Falautano, Franco Andaloro, Giacomo Bernardi
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 541–545. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0308
PMCID:
PMC2391197
Abstract Full Text PDF–245K
Evolution of Pinnipedia lactation strategies: a potential role for α-lactalbumin?
Coralie M Reich, John P.Y Arnould
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 546–549. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0265
PMCID:
PMC2391186
Abstract Full Text PDF–759K
Ancient human mtDNA genotypes from England reveal lost variation over the last millennium
A.L Töpf, M.T.P Gilbert, R.C Fleischer, A.R Hoelzel
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 550–553. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0269
PMCID:
PMC2391188
Abstract Full Text PDF–200K
Rare and fleeting: an example of interspecific recombination in animal mitochondrial DNA
Kate L Ciborowski, Sofía Consuegra, Carlos García de Leániz, Mark A Beaumont, Jinliang Wang, William C Jordan
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 554–557. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0290
PMCID:
PMC2396188
Abstract Full Text PDF–508K
Growth patterns in brooding dinosaurs reveals the timing of sexual maturity in non-avian dinosaurs and genesis of the avian condition
Gregory M Erickson, Kristina Curry Rogers, David J Varricchio, Mark A Norell, Xing Xu
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 558–561. Published online 2007 July 17. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0254
PMCID:
PMC2396186
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.3M
Comment
Save Isoptera: A comment on Inward et al.
Nathan Lo, Michael S Engel, Stephen Cameron, Christine A Nalepa, Gaku Tokuda, David Grimaldi, Osamu Kitade, Kumar Krishna, Klaus-Dieter Klass, Kiyoto Maekawa, Toru Miura, Graham J Thompson
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 562–563. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0264
PMCID:
PMC2391185
Full Text PDF–52K
Invited Reply
Response to Lo et al.
Paul Eggleton, George Beccaloni, Daegan Inward
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 564–565. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0367
PMCID:
PMC2391203
Full Text PDF–56K
Research Articles
Steady diversification of derived liverworts under Tertiary climatic fluctuations
Rosemary Wilson, Jochen Heinrichs, Jörn Hentschel, S.Robbert Gradstein, Harald Schneider
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 566–569. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0287
PMCID:
PMC2391190
Abstract Full Text PDF–122K
Annulonemertes (phylum Nemertea): when segments do not count
Per Sundberg, Malin Strand
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 570–573. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0306
PMCID:
PMC1975765
Abstract Full Text PDF–112K
When cormorants go fishing: the differing costs of hunting for sedentary and motile prey
Lewis G Halsey, Craig R White, Manfred R Enstipp, David R Jones, Graham R Martin, Patrick J Butler
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 574–576. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0121
PMCID:
PMC2391174
Abstract Full Text PDF–116K
Increasing abundance of bowhead whales in West Greenland
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Kristin Laidre, David Borchers, Filipa Samarra, Harry Stern
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 577–580. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0310
PMCID:
PMC2396189
Abstract Full Text PDF–228K
Short-term climate change and the extinction of the snail Rhachistia aldabrae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)
Justin Gerlach
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 581–585. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0316
PMCID:
PMC2391199
Abstract Full Text PDF–125K
Increase of heterozygosity in a growing population of lesser kestrels
Joaquín Ortego, José Miguel Aparicio, Gustau Calabuig, Pedro J Cordero
Biol Lett. 2007 October 22; 3(5): 585–588. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0268
PMCID:
PMC2391187
Abstract Full Text PDF–121K
Articles from Biology Letters are provided here courtesy of
The Royal Society