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July, 2007
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Extra-pair paternity in birds: review of the genetic benefits.
Erol Akçay & Joan Roughgarden — 2007(5) (erol@stanford.edu)

Keywords: compatible genes, direct benefits, extra-pair paternity, good genes, meta-analysis

Bioclimatic modelling, morphology, and behavior reveal alternative mechanisms regulating the distributions of two parapatric salamander species.
Saad Arif, Dean C. Adams & Jill A. Wicknick — 2007(5) (sarif@life.bio.sunysb.edu)

Keywords: aggression, geometric morphometrics, interspecific competition, Plethodon, species’ distributions

Behavioural plasticity in an ecological generalist: microhabitat use by western fence lizards.
Dee A. Asbury & Stephen C. Adolph — 2007(5) (adolph@hmc.edu)

Keywords: field experiment, geographic variation, habitat shift, microclimate, nature vs. nurture, thermal biology

Heritability of spider ballooning motivation under different wind velocities.
Dries Bonte & Luc Lens — 2007(5) (dries.bonte@ugent.be)

Keywords: dispersal, Pardosa, saltmarsh, selection, threshold model

Adaptive dynamics with vector-valued strategies.
Joel S. Brown, Yosef Cohen & Thomas L. Vincent — 2007(4) — 2007(5) (squirrel@uic.edu)

Keywords: adaptive dynamics, Darwinian dynamics, evolutionarily stable strategy, evolutionary game theory, tragedy of the commons, vector-valued strategy

Protozoan functional responses: effects of species, genotype and antipredator defences.
Shelly Duquette, Res Altwegg & Bradley R. Anholt — 2007(5) (banholt@uvic.ca)

Keywords: Chorella, chlorophyll autofluorescence, Euplotes, model selection, phenotypic plasticity, Stenostomum

Testing theories of sexual selection in decorated crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus).
Tarmo Ketola, Raine Kortet & Janne S. Kotiaho — 2007(5) (tketola@cc.jyu.fi)

Keywords: attraction, direct benefits, genetic compatibility, indirect benefits, pre-mating sexual selection

Body size, colony size, abundance, and ecological impact of exotic ants in Florida’s upland ecosystems.
Joshua R. King & Sanford D. Porter — 2007(5) (jking@bio.fsu.edu)

Keywords: biological invasion, body size, colony size, Formicidae, Solenopsis invicta

When ecological isolation breaks down: sexual isolation is an incomplete barrier to hybridization between Rhagoletis species.
Dietmar Schwarz & Bruce A. McPheron — 2007(5) (dxs332@psu.edu)

Keywords: hybridization, invasives, mating behaviour, reproductive barrier, sexual isolation, speciation

Seasonal resource oscillations maintain diversity in bacterial microcosms.
Christine C. Spencer, Gerda Saxer, Michael Travisano & Michael Doebeli — 2007(5) (cspencer@eeb.utoronto.ca)

Keywords: ecological diversification, environmental variability, frequency dependence, seasonality, seasonal resource availability, trade-off


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