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    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: Volume 117, Issue 2

    161-402
    February 2016
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  • Pages: 161-163
  • First Published: 14 January 2016

Review Article

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Lineages, splits and divergence challenge whether the terms anagenesis and cladogenesis are necessary

Felix Vaux,  Steven A. Trewick,  Mary Morgan-Richards, 
  • Pages: 165-176
  • First Published: 11 September 2015

Research Articles

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Multilocus genetic analyses provide insight into speciation and hybridization in aquatic grasses, genus Ruppia

Jose Martínez-Garrido,  Ester A. Serrão,  Aschwin H. Engelen,  Cymon J. Cox,  Pablo García-Murillo,  Mercedes González-Wangüemert, 
  • Pages: 177-191
  • First Published: 21 September 2015
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Species divergence in field crickets: genetics, song, ecomorphology, and pre- and postzygotic isolation

David A. Gray,  Nicholas J. Gutierrez,  Tom L. Chen,  Christopher Gonzalez,  David B. Weissman,  Jeffrey A. Cole, 
  • Pages: 192-205
  • First Published: 11 September 2015
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Function of male genital titillators in mating and spermatophore transfer in the tettigoniid bushcricket Metrioptera roeselii

Nadja C. Wulff,  Gerlind U. C. Lehmann, 
  • Pages: 206-216
  • First Published: 07 September 2015
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Cryptic diversity, reproductive isolation and cytoplasmic incompatibility in a classic biological control success story

Marco Gebiola,  Jennifer A. White,  Bodil N. Cass,  Amaranta Kozuch,  Leanne R. Harris,  Suzanne E. Kelly,  Javad Karimi,  Massimo Giorgini,  Steve J. Perlman,  Martha S. Hunter, 
  • Pages: 217-230
  • First Published: 06 September 2015
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Evolution of life-history traits and mating strategy in males: a case study on two populations of a Drosophila parasitoid

Joan van Baaren,  Claire M.-S. Dufour,  Jean-Sébastien Pierre,  Véronique Martel,  Philippe Louâpre, 
  • Pages: 231-240
  • First Published: 08 September 2015
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Investigating thermal acclimation effects before and after a cold shock in Drosophila melanogaster using behavioural assays

Simon Bahrndorff,  Søren Gertsen,  Cino Pertoldi,  Torsten Nygaard Kristensen, 
  • Pages: 241-251
  • First Published: 18 September 2015
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High-resolution genetic analysis reveals extensive gene flow within the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Scyphozoa) in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

Fergal Glynn,  Jonathan D. R. Houghton,  Thomas Bastian,  Thomas K. Doyle,  Verónica Fuentes,  Martin K. S. Lilley,  Jim Provan, 
  • Pages: 252-263
  • First Published: 18 September 2015
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Biogeography of ‘Cyprinella lutrensis’: intensive genetic sampling from the Pecos River ‘melting pot’ reveals a dynamic history and phylogenetic complexity

Megan J. Osborne,  Tracy A. Diver,  Christopher W. Hoagstrom,  Thomas F. Turner, 
  • Pages: 264-284
  • First Published: 26 September 2015
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Teasing apart crypsis and aposematism – evidence that disruptive coloration reduces predation on a noxious toad

Matthew T. McElroy, 
  • Pages: 285-294
  • First Published: 12 September 2015
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Relationships of maternal body size and morphology with egg and clutch size in the diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin (Testudines: Emydidae)

Maximilian M. Kern,  Jacquelyn C. Guzy,  Jeffrey E. Lovich,  J. Whitfield Gibbons,  Michael E. Dorcas, 
  • Pages: 295-304
  • First Published: 08 September 2015
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Comparative phylogeographies of six species of hinged terrapins (Pelusios spp.) reveal discordant patterns and unexpected differentiation in the P. castaneus/P. chapini complex and P. rhodesianus

Carolin Kindler,  Maggie Moosig,  William R. Branch,  James Harvey,  Christian Kehlmaier,  Zoltán T. Nagy,  Hynek Prokop,  Pavel Široký,  Uwe Fritz, 
  • Pages: 305-321
  • First Published: 25 September 2015
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Vocal negotiation over parental care? Acoustic communication at the nest predicts partners' incubation share

Ingrid C. A. Boucaud,  Mylene M. Mariette,  Avelyne S. Villain,  Clémentine Vignal, 
  • Pages: 322-336
  • First Published: 13 November 2015
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Sperm size evolution in African greenbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae)

Taiwo C. Omotoriogun,  Tomas Albrecht,  David Hořák,  Terje Laskemoen,  Ulf Ottosson,  Melissah Rowe,  Ondřej Sedláček,  Jan T. Lifjeld, 
  • Pages: 337-349
  • First Published: 11 September 2015
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Biomechanical evolution of solid bones in large animals: a microanatomical investigation

Alexandra Houssaye,  Katja Waskow,  Shoji Hayashi,  Raphaël Cornette,  Andrew H. Lee,  John R. Hutchinson, 
  • Pages: 350-371
  • First Published: 08 September 2015
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Comparative biogeography of Southeast Asia and the West Pacific region

Visotheary Ung,  René Zaragueta-Bagils,  David M. Williams, 
  • Pages: 372-385
  • First Published: 12 September 2015

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Known knowns and unknowns in biology

Hugh D. Loxdale,  Belinda J. Davis,  Robert A. Davis, 
  • Pages: 386-398
  • First Published: 29 September 2015

Book Reviews

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A History of Life in 100 Fossils

Pat Morris, 
  • Page: 399
  • First Published: 14 January 2016
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Parasitism: The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites

John W. Lewis, 
  • Pages: 399-400
  • First Published: 14 January 2016
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How to Do Ecology: A Concise Handbook

Barry Giles, 
  • Pages: 400-401
  • First Published: 14 January 2016
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Nature's Conscience - The Life and Legacy of Derek Ratcliffe

Pat Morris, 
  • Pages: 401-402
  • First Published: 14 January 2016
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The Curious Mr Catesby

Mary Morris, 
  • Page: 402
  • First Published: 14 January 2016