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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

The Royal Society's flagship biological research journal, dedicated to the fast publication and worldwide dissemination of high-quality research
 <p><b>Cover image</b><br />3D ecological reconstruction of a winged stick insect (<i>Meniscophasma erythrosticta</i>) from the mid-Cretaceous. Credit: Dr. Chen Wang. See the paper “Cretaceous winged stick insects clarify the early evolution of Phasmatodea” by Yang <i>et al</i>. published in <i>Proceedings B</i> (<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1085">http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1085</a>)</p>

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ISSN (Online):1471-2954
ISSN (Print):0962-8452

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A syndrome of mutualism reinforces the lifestyle of a sloth

Arboreal herbivory is rare among mammals. The few species with this lifestyle possess unique adaptions to overcome size-related constraints on nutritional energetics. Sloths are folivores that spend most of their time resting or eating in the forest ...Read more
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Bee pathogen transmission dynamics: deposition, persistence and acquisition on flowers

Infectious diseases are a primary driver of bee decline worldwide, but limited understanding of how pathogens are transmitted hampers effective management. Flowers have been implicated as hubs of bee disease transmission, but we know little about how ...Read more
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Individual recognition through olfactory–auditory matching in lemurs

Individual recognition can be facilitated by creating representations of familiar individuals, whereby information from signals in multiple sensory modalities become linked. Many vertebrate species use auditory–visual matching to recognize familiar ...Read more
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Rapidly increasing methyl mercury in endangered ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) feathers over a 130 year record

Mercury (Hg) is increasing in marine food webs, especially at high latitudes. The bioaccumulation and biomagnification of methyl mercury (MeHg) has serious effects on wildlife, and is most evident in apex predators. The MeHg body burden in birds is the ...Read more

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Proceedings B

Proceedings B is the Royal Society’s flagship biological research journal, accepting original articles and reviews of outstanding scientific importance and broad general interest. The main criteria for acceptance are that a study is novel, and has general significance to biologists. Articles published cover a wide range of areas within the biological sciences, many have relevance.

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