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    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: Volume 117, Issue 3

    403-654
    March 2016
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  • Pages: 403-405
  • First Published: 10 February 2016

Review Article

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Neotropical bird evolution and 100 years of the enduring ideas of Frank M. Chapman

Gustavo H. Kattan,  Sofía A. Tello,  Manuel Giraldo,  C. D. Cadena, 
  • Pages: 407-413
  • First Published: 18 January 2016

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Plasma carotenoid concentrations of incubating American kestrels (Falco sparverius) show annual, seasonal, and individual variation and explain reproductive outcome

Elizabeth C. Sassani,  Christeena Sevy,  Erin H. Strasser,  Alexandra M. Anderson,  Julie A. Heath, 
  • Pages: 414-421
  • First Published: 18 September 2015

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Do common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) possess an optimal laying behaviour to match their own egg phenotype to that of their Oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) hosts?

Canchao Yang,  Longwu Wang,  Wei Liang,  Anders P. Møller, 
  • Pages: 422-427
  • First Published: 26 September 2015
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Ecology, environment and evolutionary history influence genetic structure in five mammal species from the Italian Alps

Cristiano Vernesi,  Sean M. Hoban,  Elena Pecchioli,  Barbara Crestanello,  Giorgio Bertorelle,  Roberto Rosà,  Heidi C. Hauffe, 
  • Pages: 428-446
  • First Published: 19 September 2015
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Functional implications of craniomandibular morphology in African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)

Andrew F. McIntosh,  Philip G. Cox, 
  • Pages: 447-462
  • First Published: 02 October 2015
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Ecomorphological diversification following continental colonization in muroid rodents (Rodentia: Muroidea)

Bader H. Alhajeri,  John J. Schenk,  Scott J. Steppan, 
  • Pages: 463-481
  • First Published: 07 October 2015
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Patterns in the diversity and endemism of extant Eocene age lineages across southern Africa

Ashlyn L. Padayachee,  Şerban Procheş, 
  • Pages: 482-491
  • First Published: 12 October 2015
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Does a polymorphic species have a ‘polymorphic’ diet? A case study from a lacertid lizard

Stefano Scali,  Roberto Sacchi,  Marco Mangiacotti,  Fabio Pupin,  Augusto Gentilli,  Carlo Zucchi,  Marco Sannolo,  Maurizio Pavesi,  Marco A. L. Zuffi, 
  • Pages: 492-502
  • First Published: 28 September 2015
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Proximate mechanisms of colour variation in the frillneck lizard: geographical differences in pigment contents of an ornament

Thomas Merkling,  David G. Hamilton,  Borbala Cser,  Nina Svedin,  Sarah R. Pryke, 
  • Pages: 503-515
  • First Published: 12 September 2015
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Both sexes suffer increased parasitism and reduced energy storage as costs of reproduction in the brown anole, Anolis sagrei

Aaron M. Reedy,  Christian L. Cox,  Albert K. Chung,  William J. Evans,  Robert M. Cox, 
  • Pages: 516-527
  • First Published: 02 October 2015
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High levels of genetic structure and striking phenotypic variability in a sexually dimorphic suckermouth catfish from the African Highveld

Jake Morris,  Antonia G. P. Ford,  Jarome R. Ali,  Claire R. Peart,  Roger Bills,  Julia J. Day, 
  • Pages: 528-546
  • First Published: 12 September 2015
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Morphological and genetic analysis of sympatric dace within the Rhinichthys cataractae species complex: a case of isolation lost

Jennifer A. Ruskey,  Eric B. Taylor, 
  • Pages: 547-563
  • First Published: 21 September 2015
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Sound production in the Ponto-Caspian goby Neogobius fluviatilis and acoustic affinities within the Gobius lineage: implications for phylogeny

Sven Horvatić,  Francesco Cavraro,  Davor Zanella,  Stefano Malavasi, 
  • Pages: 564-573
  • First Published: 06 October 2015
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Bioinvasion threatens the genetic integrity of native diversity and a natural hybrid zone: smooth-shelled blue mussels (Mytilus spp.) in the Strait of Magellan

Pablo A. Oyarzún,  Jorge E. Toro,  Juan I. Cañete,  Jonathan P.A. Gardner, 
  • Pages: 574-585
  • First Published: 07 October 2015
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Towards a mechanistic understanding of insect life history evolution: oxygen-dependent induction of moulting explains moulting sizes

Sami M. Kivelä,  Magne Friberg,  Christer Wiklund,  Olof Leimar,  Karl Gotthard, 
  • Pages: 586-600
  • First Published: 09 October 2015

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Young giant water bug nymphs prefer larger prey: changes in foraging behaviour with nymphal growth in Kirkaldyia deyrolli

Shin-Ya Ohba,  Haruki Tatsuta, 
  • Pages: 601-606
  • First Published: 06 October 2015

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The setae of parasitic Liphyra brassolis butterfly larvae form a flexible armour for resisting attack by their ant hosts (Lycaenidae: Lepidoptera)

Steen T. Dupont,  Dany S. Zemeitat,  David J. Lohman,  Naomi E. Pierce, 
  • Pages: 607-619
  • First Published: 12 October 2015
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Size-induced phenotypic reaction norms in a parasitoid wasp: an examination of life-history and behavioural traits

Paul K. Abram,  Jean-Philippe Parent,  Jacques Brodeur,  Guy Boivin, 
  • Pages: 620-632
  • First Published: 11 September 2015
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Recent and rapid diversification of the small carpenter bees in eastern North America

Wyatt A. Shell,  Sandra M. Rehan, 
  • Pages: 633-645
  • First Published: 16 October 2015
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Eye morphology and visual acuity in the pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor) studied with a new method of measuring interommatidial angles

Martin Bergman,  Ronald L. Rutowski, 
  • Pages: 646-654
  • First Published: 05 October 2015