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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 />A male carpenter bee (<i>Xylocopa sonorina</i>) rests on a flower prior to departing on a mating flight. Photo credit: Sebastian Scofield. See the article, “Social consequences of energetically costly nest construction in a facultatively social bee” by Ostwald et al., published in <i>Proc. R. Soc. B</i> (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0033">https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0033</a>).</p>

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

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Mercury exposure in an endangered seabird: long-term changes and relationships with trophic ecology and breeding success

Mercury (Hg) is an environmental contaminant which, at high concentrations, can negatively influence avian physiology and demography. Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) have higher Hg burdens than all other avian families. Here, we measure total Hg (THg) ...Read more
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Parasitic wasps avoid ant-protected hemipteran hosts via the detection of ant cuticular hydrocarbons

One of the most studied and best-known mutualistic relationships between insects is that between ants and phloem-feeding insects. Ants feed on honeydew excreted by phloem-feeding insects and, in exchange, attack the phloem feeders' natural enemies, ...Read more
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Hearing sensitivity and amplitude coding in bats are differentially shaped by echolocation calls and social calls

Differences in auditory perception between species are influenced by phylogenetic origin and the perceptual challenges imposed by the natural environment, such as detecting prey- or predator-generated sounds and communication signals. Bats are well suited ...Read more
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Determinate growth is predominant and likely ancestral in squamate reptiles

Body growth is typically thought to be indeterminate in ectothermic vertebrates. Indeed, until recently, this growth pattern was considered to be ubiquitous in ectotherms. Our recent observations of a complete growth plate cartilage (GPC) resorption, a ...Read more

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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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