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Volume 5; Issue 2

Biology Letters

Volume 5; Issue 2

1

Potential impacts of climate change on the winter distribution of Afro-Palaearctic migrant passerines

Barbet-Massin, M., Walther, B. A, Thuiller, W., Rahbek, C., Jiguet, F.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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2

Biodiversity research sets sail: showcasing the diversity of marine life

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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3

Tactical reproductive parasitism via larval cannibalism in Peruvian poison frogs

Brown, J. L, Morales, V., Summers, K.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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4

From coprophagy to predation: a dung beetle that kills millipedes

Larsen, T. H, Lopera, A., Forsyth, A., Genier, F.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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5

Sexual segregation of pelagic sharks and the potential threat from fisheries

Mucientes, G. R, Queiroz, N., Sousa, L. L, Tarroso, P., Sims, D. W

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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6

Latent inhibition of predator recognition by embryonic amphibians

Ferrari, M. C.O, Chivers, D. P

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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7

Swamp sparrows modulate vocal performance in an aggressive context

DuBois, A. L, Nowicki, S., Searcy, W. A

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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8

Lactating red squirrels experiencing high heat load occupy less insulated nests

Guillemette, C. U, Fletcher, Q. E, Boutin, S., Hodges, R. M, McAdam, A. G, Humphries, M. M

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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9

Evidence for egg discrimination preceding failed rejection attempts in a small cuckoo host

Antonov, A., Stokke, B. G, Moksnes, A., Roskaft, E.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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10

Calculated reciprocity after all: computation behind token transfers in orang-utans

Dufour, V, Pele, M, Neumann, M, Thierry, B, Call, J

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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11

Indirect cues of nest predation risk and avian reproductive decisions

Monkkonen, M., Forsman, J. T, Kananoja, T., Ylonen, H.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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12

Oestradiol level and opportunistic mating in women

Durante, K. M, Li, N. P

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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13

Production and perception of communicatory signals in a noisy environment

Luther, D. A, Wiley, R. H.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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14

Assessment and decision-making in a Caribbean damselfish: nest-site quality influences prioritization of courtship and brood defence

Leese, J. M, Snekser, J. L, Ganim, A., Itzkowitz, M.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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15

Interactions between background matching and motion during visual detection can explain why cryptic animals keep still

Ioannou, C. C, Krause, J.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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16

Free amino acids as phagostimulants in cricket nuptial gifts: support for the 'Candymaker' hypothesis

Warwick, S., Vahed, K., Raubenheimer, D., Simpson, S. J

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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17

The impact of host aggressiveness on sex allocation by the gregarious parasitoid wasp Cotesia glomerata (L.)

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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18

Suction is kid's play: extremely fast suction in newborn seahorses

Van Wassenbergh, S., Roos, G., Genbrugge, A., Leysen, H., Aerts, P., Adriaens, D., Herrel, A.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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19

Marine mammals' influence on ecosystem processes affecting fisheries in the Barents Sea is trivial

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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20

Tropical deforestation alters hummingbird movement patterns

Hadley, A. S, Betts, M. G

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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21

Selective harvesting with equations: comment on 'Should hunting mortality mimic the patterns of natural mortality?'

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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22

With or without equations: what are the dos and don'ts of hunting?

Bischof, R., Mysterud, A., Swenson, J. E

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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23

Darwin's 'one special difficulty': celebrating Darwin 200

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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24

Moderation of pathogen-induced mortality: the role of density in Bacillus thuringiensis virulence

Raymond, B., Ellis, R. J, Bonsall, M. B

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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25

Convergent evolution of 'creepers' in the Hawaiian honeycreeper radiation

Reding, D. M, Foster, J. T, James, H. F, Pratt, H. D., Fleischer, R. C

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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26

Electrifying love: electric fish use species-specific discharge for mate recognition

Feulner, P. G.D, Plath, M., Engelmann, J., Kirschbaum, F., Tiedemann, R.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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27

Flight behaviour attenuates the trade-off between flight capability and reproduction in a wing polymorphic cricket

Guerra, P. A, Pollack, G. S

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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28

Consistent male-male paternity differences across female genotypes

Sherman, C. D. H, Wapstra, E., Olsson, M.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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29

Deep-sea mystery solved: astonishing larval transformations and extreme sexual dimorphism unite three fish families

Johnson, G. D., Paxton, J. R, Sutton, T. T, Satoh, T. P, Sado, T., Nishida, M., Miya, M.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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30

Asymmetric reproductive isolation during simultaneous reciprocal mating in pulmonates

Wiwegweaw, A., Seki, K., Mori, H., Asami, T.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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31

Sites of evolutionary divergence differ between olfactory and gustatory receptors of Drosophila

Gardiner, A., Butlin, R. K, Jordan, W. C, Ritchie, M. G

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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32

Extreme weather events influence dispersal of naive northern fur seals

Lea, M.-A., Johnson, D., Ream, R., Sterling, J., Melin, S., Gelatt, T.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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33

Marine hybrid hotspot at Indo-Pacific biogeographic border

Hobbs, J.-P. A, Frisch, A. J, Allen, G. R, Van Herwerden, L.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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34

Parental effects on offspring life histories: when are they important?

Donelson, J. M, Munday, P. L, McCormick, M. I

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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35

A rebuttal to the claim natural beaches confer fitness benefits to nesting marine turtles

Fuentes, M.M.P.B, Hamann, M

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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36

Natural beaches produce more hatchling marine turtles than developed beaches, despite regional differences in hatching success

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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37

The movement of motion-defined contours can bias perceived position

Durant, S., Zanker, J. M

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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38

Feeding muscles scale differently from swimming muscles in sunfish (Centrarchidae)

Carroll, A. M, Ambrose, A. M, Anderson, T. A, Coughlin, D. J

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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39

Costs of reproduction in a long-lived bird: large clutch size is associated with low survival in the presence of a highly virulent disease

Descamps, S., Gilchrist, H. G., Bety, J., Buttler, E. I., Forbes, M. R

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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40

Relationships between population size and pollen fates in a moth-pollinated orchid

Johnson, S. D, Torninger, E., Agren, J.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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41

Genetic compatibility and hatching success in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

Rodriguez-Munoz, R., Tregenza, T.

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Biology Letters

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2009

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english

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