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New articles are published weekly in the latest journal issue, at the top of their section of the Table of Contents. The latest issue closes at the end of the month.

Meeting report

Meeting report
Host–parasite interactions: resist or tolerate but never stop running
Published:15 July 2009Page(s): 721-722

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0444

Meeting report
Integrating bioclimate with population models to improve forecasts of species extinctions under climate change
Published:22 July 2009Page(s): 723-725

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0480

Meeting report
Ecology, evolution and genetics join together on Canada's east coast
Published:15 July 2009Page(s): 726-728

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0489

Animal behaviour

Animal behaviour
Kleptothermy: an additional category of thermoregulation, and a possible example in sea kraits (Laticauda laticaudata, Serpentes)
Published:05 August 2009Page(s): 729-731

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0550

Animal behaviour
Sex-specific visual performance: female lizards outperform males in motion detection
Published:05 August 2009Page(s): 732-734

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0348

Animal behaviour
Nutrient balance affects foraging behaviour of a trap-building predator
Published:29 July 2009Page(s): 735-738

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0431

Animal behaviour
Solar activity affects avian timing of reproduction
Published:02 July 2009Page(s): 739-742

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0429

Animal behaviour
Monkey and humans exhibit similar motion-processing mechanisms
Published:22 July 2009Page(s): 743-745

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0407

Animal behaviour
Stress, song and survival in sparrows
Published:15 July 2009Page(s): 746-748

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0382

Animal behaviour
Evidence of an evolutionary precursor to human language affixation in a non-human primate
Published:08 July 2009Page(s): 749-751

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0445

Animal behaviour
Altruists are trusted based on non-verbal cues
Published:01 July 2009Page(s): 752-754

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0332

Animal behaviour
Aggressive use of Batesian mimicry by an ant-like jumping spider
Published:01 July 2009Page(s): 755-757

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0355

Animal behaviour
Testosterone is associated with harem maintenance ability in free-ranging grey-headed flying-foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus
Published:18 August 2009Page(s): 758-761

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0563

Animal behaviour
Probing aggressive motivation in a cichlid fish
Published:12 August 2009Page(s): 762-764

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0526

Animal behaviour
Sex-ratio biasing towards daughters among lower-ranking co-wives in Rwanda
Published:08 July 2009Page(s): 765-768

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0394

Animal behaviour
Predictive motor activation during action observation in human infants
Published:12 August 2009Page(s): 769-772

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0474

Community ecology

Community ecology
Herbivore release through cascading risk effects
Published:08 July 2009Page(s): 773-776

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0436

Evolutionary biology

Evolutionary biology
Rapid induction of immune density-dependent prophylaxis in adult social insects
Published:05 August 2009Page(s): 781-783

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0505

Evolutionary biology
Mhc polymorphisms fail to explain the heritability of phytohaemagglutinin-induced skin swelling in a wild passerine
Published:11 August 2009Page(s): 784-787

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0435

Evolutionary biology
Should I stay or should I go? The Ectodysplasin locus is associated with behavioural differences in threespine stickleback
Published:05 August 2009Page(s): 788-791

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0416

Evolutionary biology
Female presence influences sperm velocity in the guppy
Published:05 August 2009Page(s): 792-794

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0413

Evolutionary biology
Sexual selection against deleterious mutations via variable male search success
Published:22 July 2009Page(s): 795-797

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0475

Evolutionary biology
A distinct infection cost associated with trans-generational priming of antibacterial immunity in bumble-bees
Published:15 July 2009Page(s): 798-801

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0458

Evolutionary biology
The evolution of growth rates on an expanding range edge
Published:15 July 2009Page(s): 802-804

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0367

Evolutionary biology
Environmentally induced responses co-opted for reproductive altruism
Published:03 July 2009Page(s): 805-808

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0334

Evolutionary biology
Bitter taste perception in Neanderthals through the analysis of the TAS2R38 gene
Published:12 August 2009Page(s): 809-811

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0532

Evolutionary biology
Divergence time of the two regional medaka populations in Japan as a new time scale for comparative genomics of vertebrates
Published:08 July 2009Page(s): 812-816

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0419

Evolutionary developmental biology

Evolutionary developmental biology
Life history, sexual dimorphism and ‘ornamental’ feathers in the mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus
Published:23 September 2009Page(s): 817-820

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0574

Global change biology

Global change biology
‘Tales of Symphonia’: extinction dynamics in response to past climate change in Madagascan rainforests
Published:15 July 2009Page(s): 821-825

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0428

Global change biology
Climate change: is the dark Soay sheep endangered?
Published:22 July 2009Page(s): 826-829

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0424

Marine biology

Marine biology
Whisker isotopic signature depicts migration patterns and multi-year intra- and inter-individual foraging strategies in fur seals
Published:30 September 2009Page(s): 830-832

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0552

Palaeontology

Palaeontology
Miocene skinks and geckos reveal long-term conservatism of New Zealand's lizard fauna
Published:05 August 2009Page(s): 833-837

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0440

Palaeontology
Arthropod remains in the oral cavities of fossil reptiles support inference of early insectivory
Published:01 July 2009Page(s): 838-840

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0326

Palaeontology
High-fidelity X-ray micro-tomography reconstruction of siderite-hosted Carboniferous arachnids
Published:05 August 2009Page(s): 841-844

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0464

Pathogen biology

Pathogen biology
Crowded locusts produce hatchlings vulnerable to fungal attack
Published:12 August 2009Page(s): 845-848

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0495

Phylogeny

Phylogeny
Fordisc and the determination of ancestry from cranial measurements
Published:08 July 2009Page(s): 849-852

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0462

Physiology

Physiology
Strategic (adaptive) hypothermia in bull dromedary camels during rut; could it increase reproductive success?
Published:15 July 2009Page(s): 853-856

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0450

Physiology
Long-lived sperm in the geothermal bryophyte Pohlia nutans
Published:29 July 2009Page(s): 857-860

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0380

Population genetics

Population genetics
Adaptation as organism design
Published:30 September 2009Page(s): 861-864

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0674