Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: 284 (1851)

29 March 2017; volume 284, issue 1851

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Behaviour

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Research article:
The melanocortin system regulates body pigmentation and social behaviour in a colour polymorphic cichlid fish

Peter D. Dijkstra, Sean M. Maguire, Rayna M. Harris, Agosto A. Rodriguez, Ross S. DeAngelis, Stephanie A. Flores, Hans A. Hofmann

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162838; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2838. Published 29 March 2017

Development and physiology

Open Access

Research article:
Linking magnetite in the abdomen of honey bees to a magnetoreceptive function

Veronika Lambinet, Michael E. Hayden, Katharina Reigl, Surath Gomis, Gerhard Gries

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162873; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2873. Published 22 March 2017

Ecology

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Research article:
Warming magnifies predation and reduces prey coexistence in a model litter arthropod system

Madhav P. Thakur, Tom Künne, John N. Griffin, Nico Eisenhauer

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162570; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2570. Published 29 March 2017
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Research article:
Field study suggests that sex determination in sea lamprey is directly influenced by larval growth rate

Nicholas S. Johnson, William D. Swink, Travis O. Brenden

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20170262; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0262. Published 29 March 2017
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Research article:
Seasonal body size reductions with warming covary with major body size gradients in arthropod species

Curtis R. Horne, Andrew G. Hirst, David Atkinson

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20170238; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0238. Published 29 March 2017
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Research article:
Exposure to dairy manure leads to greater antibiotic resistance and increased mass-specific respiration in soil microbial communities

Carl Wepking, Bethany Avera, Brian Badgley, John E. Barrett, Josh Franklin, Katharine F. Knowlton, Partha P. Ray, Crystal Smitherman, Michael S. Strickland

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162233; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2233. Published 29 March 2017
Open Access

Comment:
Comment on: ‘Blood does not buy goodwill: allowing culling increases poaching of a large carnivore’

Kim M. Pepin, Shannon L. Kay, Amy J. Davis

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20161459; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1459. Published 22 March 2017
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Invited reply:
Reply to comment by Pepin et al. 2017

Guillaume Chapron, Adrian Treves

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162571; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2571. Published 22 March 2017
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Research article:
Allometric growth in reef-building corals

Maria Dornelas, Joshua S. Madin, Andrew H. Baird, Sean R. Connolly

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20170053; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0053. Published 22 March 2017
Open Access

Research article:
Immanent conditions determine imminent collapses: nutrient regimes define the resilience of macroalgal communities

Jordi Boada, Rohan Arthur, David Alonso, Jordi F. Pagès, Albert Pessarrodona, Silvia Oliva, Giulia Ceccherelli, Luigi Piazzi, Javier Romero, Teresa Alcoverro

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162814; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2814. Published 22 March 2017
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Research article:
Moving beyond linear food chains: trait-mediated indirect interactions in a rocky intertidal food web

Geoffrey C. Trussell, Catherine M. Matassa, Patrick J. Ewanchuk

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162590; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2590. Published 22 March 2017
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Research article:
Metabolic rate associates with, but does not generate covariation between, behaviours in western stutter-trilling crickets, Gryllus integer

Indrikis A. Krams, Petri T. Niemelä, Giedrius Trakimas, Ronalds Krams, Gordon M. Burghardt, Tatjana Krama, Aare Kuusik, Marika Mänd, Markus J. Rantala, Raivo Mänd, Jukka Kekäläinen, Ilkka Sirkka, Severi Luoto, Raine Kortet

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162481; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2481. Published 22 March 2017
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Research article:
Natal dispersers pay a lifetime cost to increased reproductive effort in a wild bird population

Marion Germain, Tomas Pärt, Lars Gustafsson, Blandine Doligez

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162445; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2445. Published 22 March 2017
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Research article:
Statistical model specification and power: recommendations on the use of test-qualified pooling in analysis of experimental data

Nick Colegrave, Graeme D. Ruxton

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20161850; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1850. Published 22 March 2017

Evolution

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Research article:
First macrobiota biomineralization was environmentally triggered

Rachel Wood, Andrey Yu Ivantsov, Andrey Yu Zhuravlev

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20170059; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0059. Published 29 March 2017
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Research article:
The dynamic association between ovariole loss and sterility in adult honeybee workers

Isobel Ronai, Michael H. Allsopp, Ken Tan, Shihao Dong, Xiwen Liu, Vanina Vergoz, Benjamin P. Oldroyd

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162693; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2693. Published 29 March 2017
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Research article:
Terrestrial reproduction as an adaptation to steep terrain in African toads

H. Christoph Liedtke, Hendrik Müller, Julian Hafner, Johannes Penner, David J. Gower, Tomáš Mazuch, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Simon P. Loader

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162598; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2598. Published 29 March 2017
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Perspective:
Why does drug resistance readily evolve but vaccine resistance does not?

David A. Kennedy, Andrew F. Read

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162562; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2562. Published 29 March 2017
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Research article:
Co-evolution of cooperation and cognition: the impact of imperfect deliberation and context-sensitive intuition

Adam Bear, Ari Kagan, David G. Rand

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162326; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2326. Published 22 March 2017
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Research article:
Evolution of male and female choice in polyandrous systems

Mikael Puurtinen, Lutz Fromhage

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162174; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2174. Published 22 March 2017

Genetics and genomics

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Research article:
Reconciling evidence from ancient and contemporary genomes: a major source for the European Neolithic within Mediterranean Europe

Joana B. Pereira, Marta D. Costa, Daniel Vieira, Maria Pala, Lisa Bamford, Nourdin Harich, Lotfi Cherni, Farida Alshamali, Jiři Hatina, Sergey Rychkov, Gheorghe Stefanescu, Turi King, Antonio Torroni, Pedro Soares, Luísa Pereira, Martin B. Richards

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20161976; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1976. Published 22 March 2017

Neuroscience and cognition

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Research article:
Speed dependency in α-motoneuron activity and locomotor modules in human locomotion: indirect evidence for phylogenetically conserved spinal circuits

Hikaru Yokoyama, Tetsuya Ogawa, Masahiro Shinya, Noritaka Kawashima, Kimitaka Nakazawa

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20170290; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0290. Published 29 March 2017

Palaeobiology

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Research article:
Broad-scale trophic shift in the pelagic North Pacific revealed by an oceanic seabird

Peggy H. Ostrom, Anne E. Wiley, Helen F. James, Sam Rossman, William A. Walker, Elise F. Zipkin, Yoshito Chikaraishi

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162436; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2436. Published 29 March 2017
Open Access

Research article:
A new crustacean from the Herefordshire (Silurian) Lagerstätte, UK, and its significance in malacostracan evolution

David J. Siveter, Derek E. G. Briggs, Derek J. Siveter, Mark D. Sutton, David Legg

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20170279; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0279. Published 22 March 2017
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Research article:
Joint histology in Alligator mississippiensis challenges the identification of synovial joints in fossil archosaurs and inferences of cranial kinesis

Alida M. Bailleul, Casey M. Holliday

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20170038; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0038. Published 22 March 2017
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Research article:
Climate warming and humans played different roles in triggering Late Quaternary extinctions in east and west Eurasia

Xinru Wan, Zhibin Zhang

Proc. R. Soc. B 2017 284 20162438; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2438. Published 22 March 2017

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Table of Contents

Behaviour

The melanocortin system regulates body pigmentation and social behaviour in a colour polymorphic cichlid fish

Development and physiology

Linking magnetite in the abdomen of honey bees to a magnetoreceptive function

Ecology

Warming magnifies predation and reduces prey coexistence in a model litter arthropod system

Field study suggests that sex determination in sea lamprey is directly influenced by larval growth rate

Seasonal body size reductions with warming covary with major body size gradients in arthropod species

Exposure to dairy manure leads to greater antibiotic resistance and increased mass-specific respiration in soil microbial communities

Comment on: ‘Blood does not buy goodwill: allowing culling increases poaching of a large carnivore’

Reply to comment by Pepin et al. 2017

Allometric growth in reef-building corals

Immanent conditions determine imminent collapses: nutrient regimes define the resilience of macroalgal communities

Moving beyond linear food chains: trait-mediated indirect interactions in a rocky intertidal food web

Metabolic rate associates with, but does not generate covariation between, behaviours in western stutter-trilling crickets, Gryllus integer

Natal dispersers pay a lifetime cost to increased reproductive effort in a wild bird population

Statistical model specification and power: recommendations on the use of test-qualified pooling in analysis of experimental data

Evolution

First macrobiota biomineralization was environmentally triggered

The dynamic association between ovariole loss and sterility in adult honeybee workers

Terrestrial reproduction as an adaptation to steep terrain in African toads

Why does drug resistance readily evolve but vaccine resistance does not?

Co-evolution of cooperation and cognition: the impact of imperfect deliberation and context-sensitive intuition

Evolution of male and female choice in polyandrous systems

Genetics and genomics

Reconciling evidence from ancient and contemporary genomes: a major source for the European Neolithic within Mediterranean Europe

Neuroscience and cognition

Speed dependency in α-motoneuron activity and locomotor modules in human locomotion: indirect evidence for phylogenetically conserved spinal circuits

Palaeobiology

Broad-scale trophic shift in the pelagic North Pacific revealed by an oceanic seabird

A new crustacean from the Herefordshire (Silurian) Lagerstätte, UK, and its significance in malacostracan evolution

Joint histology in Alligator mississippiensis challenges the identification of synovial joints in fossil archosaurs and inferences of cranial kinesis

Climate warming and humans played different roles in triggering Late Quaternary extinctions in east and west Eurasia

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