Volume 20(3); 2024 Mar
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Animal Behaviour
Giovanni Polverino, Topi K. Lehtonen, Andrew Geschke, Tara Callahan, Jessica Urbancic, Bob B. M. Wong
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20230285. Published online March 13, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0285
Eduardo Gómez-Llanos, Iraida Redondo, Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez, Diego Gil
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20230376. Published online March 6, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0376
Evolutionary Biology
Evidence for hybridization-driven heteroplasmy maintained across generations in a ricefish endemic to a Wallacean ancient lake
Handung Nuryadi, Ixchel F. Mandagi, Kawilarang W. A. Masengi, Junko Kusumi, Nobuyuki Inomata, Kazunori Yamahira
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20230385. Published online March 20, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0385
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PubMedPhysiology
Effects of leaf silicon on drought performance of tropical tree seedlings
Marius Klotz, Jörg Schaller, Alicia Madleen Knauft, Blexein Contreras, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20230451. Published online March 6, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0451
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PubMedGlobal Change Biology
The tolerance of a keystone ecosystem engineer to extreme heat stress is hampered by microplastic leachates
Marine Uguen, Sylvie M. Gaudron, Katy R. Nicastro, Gerardo I. Zardi, Nicolas Spilmont, Solène Henry, Laurent Seuront
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20230457. Published online March 27, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0457
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Evolutionary Biology
Evert Van de Schoot, Thomas Merckx, Dieter Ebert, Renate A. Wesselingh, Florian Altermatt, Hans Van Dyck
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20230486. Published online March 13, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0486
Physiology
Modulation of cell-mediated immunity during pregnancy in wild bonobos
Verena Behringer, Caroline Deimel, Julia Ostner, Barbara Fruth, Ruth Sonnweber
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20230548. Published online March 13, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0548
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PubMedEvolutionary Biology
Choice of molecular marker influences spatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity
Federico Luebert, Rosa A. Scherson
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20230581. Published online March 20, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0581
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PubMedNare Ngoepe, Alenya Merz, Leighton King, Giulia Wienhues, Mary A. Kishe, Salome Mwaiko, Pavani Misra, Martin Grosjean, Blake Matthews, Colin Courtney Mustaphi, Oliver Heiri, Andrew Cohen, Willy Tinner, Moritz Muschick, Ole Seehausen
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20230604. Published online March 20, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0604
Palaeontology
G. S. Ferreira, E. R. Nascimento, E. A. Cadena, M. A. Cozzuol, B. M. Farina, M. L. A. F. Pacheco, M. A. Rizzutto, M. C. Langer
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20240010. Published online March 13, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0010
Evolutionary Biology
Davis Laundon, Bram G. Sengers, James Thompson, Shelley E. Harris, Olivia Beasley, Philip J. Basford, Orestis L. Katsamenis, Patricia Goggin, Emilie Derisoud, Diana Fanelli, Carlotta Bocci, Francesco Camillo, Justine Shotton, Georgina Constable-Dakeyne, Neil J. Gostling, Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, Rohan M. Lewis
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20240016. Published online March 27, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0016
Palaeontology
Post-Cambrian survival of the tubicolous scalidophoran Selkirkia
Karma Nanglu, Javier Ortega-Hernández
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20240042. Published online March 27, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0042
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Evolutionary Biology
D. Rex Mitchell, Sally Potter, Mark D. B. Eldridge, Meg Martin, Vera Weisbecker
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20240045. Published online March 27, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0045
Editorial
David Beerling
Biol Lett. 2024 Mar; 20(3): 20240070. Published online March 27, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0070
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