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Volume 7(6);  December 23, 2011
Meeting Reports
Synthesizing and databasing fossil calibrations: divergence dating and beyond
Daniel T. Ksepka, Michael J. Benton, Matthew T. Carrano, Maria A. Gandolfo, Jason J. Head, Elizabeth J. Hermsen, Walter G. Joyce, Kristin S. Lamm, José S. L. Patané, Matthew J. Phillips, P. David Polly, Marcel Van Tuinen, Jessica L. Ware, Rachel C. M. Warnock, James F. Parham
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 801–803. Published online 2011 April 27. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0356
PMCID:
PMC3210658
Abstract Full Text PDF–126K
Vertebrate palaeontology of Australasia into the twenty-first century
Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen, Martyna Molak, Karen H. Black, Erich M. G. Fitzgerald, Kenny J. Travouillon, Simon Y. W. Ho
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 804–806. Published online 2011 June 29. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0549
PMCID:
PMC3210687
Abstract Full Text PDF–121K
Animal Behaviour
Chemical kin label in seabirds
Aurélie Célérier, Cécile Bon, Aurore Malapert, Pauline Palmas, Francesco Bonadonna
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 807–810. Published online 2011 April 27. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0340
PMCID:
PMC3210654
Abstract Full Text PDF–269K
To fear or to feed: the effects of turbidity on perception of risk by a marine fish
Susannah M. Leahy, Mark I. McCormick, Matthew D. Mitchell, Maud C. O. Ferrari
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 811–813. Published online 2011 August 17. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0645
PMCID:
PMC3210690
Abstract Full Text PDF–150K
Consistent avoidance of human disturbance over large geographical distances by a migratory bird
Zsolt Végvári, Zoltán Barta, Pekka Mustakallio, Tamás Székely
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 814–817. Published online 2011 May 6. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0295
PMCID:
PMC3210648
Abstract Full Text PDF–223K
The ghost of social environments past: dominance relationships include current interactions and experience carried over from previous groups
Colby J. Tanner, Gul Deniz Salali, Andrew L. Jackson
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 818–821. Published online 2011 May 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0325
PMCID:
PMC3210652
Abstract Full Text PDF–153K
Social environment determines degree of chemical signalling
Sandra Steiger, Wolf Haberer, Josef K. Müller
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 822–824. Published online 2011 June 8. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0457
PMCID:
PMC3210675
Abstract Full Text PDF–142K
Navigating a tool end in a specific direction: stick-tool use in kea (Nestor notabilis)
Alice M. I. Auersperg, Ludwig Huber, Gyula K. Gajdon
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 825–828. Published online 2011 June 2. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0388
PMCID:
PMC3210666
Abstract Full Text PDF–216K
Memory processing in great apes: the effect of time and sleep
Gema Martin-Ordas, Josep Call
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 829–832. Published online 2011 June 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0437
PMCID:
PMC3210672
Abstract Full Text PDF–158K
Great flights by great snipes: long and fast non-stop migration over benign habitats
Raymond H. G. Klaassen, Thomas Alerstam, Peter Carlsson, James W. Fox, Åke Lindström
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 833–835. Published online 2011 May 25. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0343
PMCID:
PMC3210655
Abstract Full Text PDF–378K
Frequency-dependent variation in the two-dimensional beam pattern of an echolocating dolphin
Josefin Starkhammar, Patrick W. Moore, Lois Talmadge, Dorian S. Houser
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 836–839. Published online 2011 May 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0396
PMCID:
PMC3210668
Abstract Full Text PDF–270K
Noisy human neighbours affect where urban monkeys live
Marina H. L. Duarte, Marco A. Vecci, André Hirsch, Robert J. Young
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 840–842. Published online 2011 June 29. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0529
PMCID:
PMC3210685
Abstract Full Text PDF–490K
The cost of a bodyguard
Fanny Maure, Jacques Brodeur, Nicolas Ponlet, Josée Doyon, Annabelle Firlej, Éric Elguero, Frédéric Thomas
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 843–846. Published online 2011 June 22. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0415
PMCID:
PMC3210670
Abstract Full Text PDF–201K
Nutritional geometry: gorillas prioritize non-protein energy while consuming surplus protein
Jessica M. Rothman, David Raubenheimer, Colin A. Chapman
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 847–849. Published online 2011 June 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0321
PMCID:
PMC3210651
Abstract Full Text PDF–230K
Different behavioural responses to anthropogenic noise by two closely related passerine birds
Clinton D. Francis, Catherine P. Ortega, Alexander Cruz
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 850–852. Published online 2011 May 25. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0359
PMCID:
PMC3210660
Abstract Full Text PDF–209K
Age-dependent inbreeding risk and offspring fitness costs in female black grouse
Carl D. Soulsbury, Rauno V. Alatalo, Christophe Lebigre, Kaisa Rokka, Heli Siitari
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 853–855. Published online 2011 June 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0379
PMCID:
PMC3210663
Abstract Full Text PDF–222K
A new navigational mechanism mediated by ant ocelli
Sebastian Schwarz, Antoine Wystrach, Ken Cheng
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 856–858. Published online 2011 July 6. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0489
PMCID:
PMC3210681
Abstract Full Text PDF–165K
Experimental manipulation of fertility reveals potential lactation costs in a free-ranging marsupial
Jemma K. Cripps, Michelle E. Wilson, Mark A. Elgar, Graeme Coulson
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 859–862. Published online 2011 July 6. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0526
PMCID:
PMC3210684
Abstract Full Text PDF–148K
Long-term cleaner fish presence affects growth of a coral reef fish
Gillian E. Clague, Karen L. Cheney, Anne W. Goldizen, Mark I. McCormick, Peter A. Waldie, Alexandra S. Grutter
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 863–865. Published online 2011 July 6. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0458
PMCID:
PMC3210676
Abstract Full Text PDF–159K
Ultraviolet nuptial colour determines fight success in male European green lizards (Lacerta viridis)
Katalin Bajer, Orsolya Molnár, János Török, Gábor Herczeg
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 866–868. Published online 2011 June 29. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0520
PMCID:
PMC3210683
Abstract Full Text PDF–171K
Sibling bullying during infancy does not make wimpy adults
Oscar Sánchez-Macouzet, Hugh Drummond
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 869–871. Published online 2011 June 22. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0461
PMCID:
PMC3210677
Abstract Full Text PDF–153K
Happy orang-utans live longer lives
Alexander Weiss, Mark J. Adams, James E. King
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 872–874. Published online 2011 June 29. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0543
PMCID:
PMC3210686
Abstract Full Text PDF–127K
African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) use inference by exclusion to find hidden food
Sandra Mikolasch, Kurt Kotrschal, Christian Schloegl
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 875–877. Published online 2011 June 22. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0500
PMCID:
PMC3210682
Abstract Full Text PDF–123K
Biomechanics
There is always a trade-off between speed and force in a lever system: comment on McHenry (2010)
Allison S. Arnold, Christopher T. Richards, Ivo G. Ros, Andrew A. Biewener
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 878–879. Published online 2011 August 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0431
PMCID:
PMC3210671
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A force–speed trade-off is not absolute
Matthew McHenry, Adam Summers
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 880–881. Published online 2011 August 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0627
PMCID:
PMC3210689
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How dogs lap: ingestion and intraoral transport in Canis familiaris
A. W. Crompton, Catherine Musinsky
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 882–884. Published online 2011 May 25. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0336
PMCID:
PMC3210653
Abstract Full Text PDF–301K
Serotonin modulates muscle function in the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana
Shannon P. Gerry, David J. Ellerby
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 885–888. Published online 2011 May 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0303
PMCID:
PMC3210649
Abstract Full Text PDF–174K
Evolutionary Biology
Female choice and extra-pair paternity in a traditional human population
Brooke A. Scelza
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 889–891. Published online 2011 July 6. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0478
PMCID:
PMC3210680
Abstract Full Text PDF–139K
Experimental evidence that women's mate preferences are directly influenced by cues of pathogen prevalence and resource scarcity
Anthony J. Lee, Brendan P. Zietsch
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 892–895. Published online 2011 June 22. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0454
PMCID:
PMC3210674
Abstract Full Text PDF–134K
Explaining the heritability of an ecologically significant trait in terms of individual quantitative trait loci
Alison G. Scoville, Young Wha Lee, John H. Willis, John K. Kelly
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 896–898. Published online 2011 June 8. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0409
PMCID:
PMC3210669
Abstract Full Text PDF–128K
Shame and honour drive cooperation
Jennifer Jacquet, Christoph Hauert, Arne Traulsen, Manfred Milinski
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 899–901. Published online 2011 June 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0367
PMCID:
PMC3210662
Abstract Full Text PDF–122K
Bacteriophage selection against a plasmid-encoded sex apparatus leads to the loss of antibiotic-resistance plasmids
Matti Jalasvuori, Ville-Petri Friman, Anne Nieminen, Jaana K. H. Bamford, Angus Buckling
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 902–905. Published online 2011 June 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0384
PMCID:
PMC3210665
Abstract Full Text PDF–191K
Basal superoxide as a sex-specific immune constraint
Michael Tobler, Mo Healey, Mark Wilson, Mats Olsson
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 906–908. Published online 2011 June 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0350
PMCID:
PMC3210656
Abstract Full Text PDF–153K
Speciation in caves: experimental evidence that permanent darkness promotes reproductive isolation
Rüdiger Riesch, Martin Plath, Ingo Schlupp
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 909–912. Published online 2011 May 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0237
PMCID:
PMC3210644
Abstract Full Text PDF–157K
Craniofacial form and function in Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia): modelling phenotypic evolution with maximum-likelihood methods
Mark T. Young, Mark A. Bell, Stephen L. Brusatte
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 913–916. Published online 2011 May 4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0357
PMCID:
PMC3210659
Abstract Full Text PDF–177K
Global Change Biology
Ocean acidification erodes crucial auditory behaviour in a marine fish
Stephen D. Simpson, Philip L. Munday, Matthew L. Wittenrich, Rachel Manassa, Danielle L. Dixson, Monica Gagliano, Hong Y. Yan
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 917–920. Published online 2011 June 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0293
PMCID:
PMC3210647
Abstract Full Text PDF–176K
Marine Biology
Metamorphosing reef fishes avoid predator scent when choosing a home
Alexander L. Vail, Mark I. McCormick
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 921–924. Published online 2011 June 8. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0380
PMCID:
PMC3210664
Abstract Full Text PDF–262K
Palaeontology
Dinosaur extinction: closing the ‘3 m gap’
Tyler R. Lyson, Antoine Bercovici, Stephen G. B. Chester, Eric J. Sargis, Dean Pearson, Walter G. Joyce
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 925–928. Published online 2011 July 13. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0470
PMCID:
PMC3210679
Abstract Full Text PDF–530K
An Early Cambrian stem polychaete with pygidial cirri
Jakob Vinther, Danny Eibye-Jacobsen, David A. T. Harper
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 929–932. Published online 2011 July 6. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0592
PMCID:
PMC3210688
Abstract Full Text PDF–520K
First spinosaurid dinosaur from Australia and the cosmopolitanism of Cretaceous dinosaur faunas
Paul M. Barrett, Roger B. J. Benson, Thomas H. Rich, Patricia Vickers-Rich
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 933–936. Published online 2011 June 21. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0466
PMCID:
PMC3210678
Abstract Full Text PDF–243K
The predatory behaviour of the thylacine: Tasmanian tiger or marsupial wolf?
Borja Figueirido, Christine M. Janis
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 937–940. Published online 2011 May 4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0364
PMCID:
PMC3210661
Abstract Full Text PDF–290K
Physiology
Leeches run cold, then hot
Ann M. Petersen, Wendy Chin, Kara L. Feilich, Grace Jung, Jessica L. Quist, Jasmine Wang, David J. Ellerby
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 941–943. Published online 2011 May 6. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0320
PMCID:
PMC3210650
Abstract Full Text PDF–288K
The stress of parenthood? Increased glucocorticoids in birds with experimentally enlarged broods
Frances Bonier, Ignacio T. Moore, Raleigh J. Robertson
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 944–946. Published online 2011 June 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0391
PMCID:
PMC3210667
Abstract Full Text PDF–176K
Population Ecology
Epidemiological consequences of a newly discovered cryptic subgroup of Anopheles gambiae
Laith Yakob
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 947–949. Published online 2011 June 21. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0453
PMCID:
PMC3210673
Abstract Full Text PDF–190K
Risk factors associated with mortality from white-nose syndrome among hibernating bat colonies
Aryn P. Wilder, Winifred F. Frick, Kate E. Langwig, Thomas H. Kunz
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 950–953. Published online 2011 June 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0355
PMCID:
PMC3210657
Abstract Full Text PDF–227K
Predation of experimental nests is linked to local population dynamics in a fragmented bird population
Matthias Vögeli, Paola Laiolo, David Serrano, José L. Tella
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 954–957. Published online 2011 April 14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0241
PMCID:
PMC3210645
Abstract Full Text PDF–217K
Birds bias offspring sex ratio in response to livestock grazing
Gina L. Prior, Darren M. Evans, Stephen Redpath, Simon J. Thirgood, Pat Monaghan
Biol Lett. 2011 December 23; 7(6): 958–960. Published online 2011 May 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0264
PMCID:
PMC3210646
Abstract Full Text PDF–131K
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