Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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OCBIL theory examined: reassessing evolution, ecology and conservation in the world’s ancient, climatically buffered and infertile landscapes	35
Were Notosuchia (Pseudosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) warm-blooded? A palaeohistological analysis suggests ectothermy	27
An escape-to-radiate model for explaining the high plant diversity and endemism in campos rupestres	26
Bone histology yields insights into the biology of the extinct elephant birds (Aepyornithidae) from Madagascar	24
Infertile landscapes on an old oceanic island: the biodiversity hotspot of New Caledonia	23
Interactions between the introduced European honey bee and native bees in urban areas varies by year, habitat type and native bee guild	23
Endless forms most beautiful 2.0: teleonomy and the bioengineering of chimaeric and synthetic organisms	22
Mesoamerica is a cradle and the Atlantic Forest is a museum of Neotropical butterfly diversity: insights from the evolution and biogeography of Brassolini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)	22
A brief history of research incampo rupestre: identifying research priorities and revisiting the geographical distribution of an ancient, widespread Neotropical biome	21
Plants will cross the lines: climate and available land mass are the major determinants of phytogeographical patterns in the Sunda–Sahul Convergence Zone	21
Species diversity and biogeography of an ancient frog clade from the Guiana Shield (Anura: Microhylidae:Adelastes,Otophryne,Synapturanus) exhibiting spectacular phenotypic diversi	20
Convergent patterns of adaptive radiation between island and mainlandAnolislizards	20
Recolonizing wolves and opportunistic foxes: interference or facilitation?	20
Comparative morphology of the humerus in forward-burrowing frogs	20
Avoiding rather than resisting herbivore attacks is often the first line of plant defence	19
Ecomorphological divergence and trophic resource partitioning in 15 syntopic Indo-Pacific parrotfishes (Labridae: Scarini)	18
The 150th anniversary ofThe Descent of Man: Darwin and the impact of sex-role reversal on sexual selection research	17
Cellular and evolutionary perspectives on organismal cognition: from unicellular to multicellular organisms	17
Extensive cytonuclear discordance in a crested newt from the Balkan Peninsula glacial refugium	17
The influence of domestication, insularity and sociality on the tempo and mode of brain size evolution in mammals	16
Towards a new understanding of the division of labour in heterantherous flowers: the case ofPterolepis glomerata(Melastomataceae)	16
Trade-offs between burrowing and biting force in fossorial scincid lizards?	14
Defining an intrasexual male weapon polymorphism in a New Zealand harvestman (Opiliones: Neopilionidae) using traditional and geometric morphometrics	14
The role of selection in the evolution of blindness in cave fish	14
Genomic identification of intergeneric hybrids in New World wood-warblers (Aves: Parulidae)	14

Sister species, different histories: comparative phylogeography of two bird species associated with Amazonian open vegetation	14
Confronting taxonomic vandalism in biology: conscientious community self-organization can preserve nomenclatural stability	14
Stability in fig tree–fig wasp mutualisms: how to be a cooperative fig wasp	13
River capture or ancestral polymorphism: an empirical genetic test in a freshwater fish using approximate Bayesian computation	13
Rapid divergence of parasite infectivity and host resistance during a biological invasion	13
A review of transition zones in biogeographical classification	13
Spatial and temporal variation in morphology in Australian whistlers and shrike-thrushes: is climate change causing larger appendages?	13
Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts	13
Examining the effect of feralization on craniomandibular morphology in pigs,Sus scrofa(Artiodactyla: Suidae)	13
Evolution of gigantism in right and bowhead whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti: Balaenidae)	13
The truth is in the detail: predators attack aposematic prey with less aggression than other prey types	13
Cranial integration in the fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra (Caudata: Salamandridae)	13
Natural and sexual selection shape the evolution of colour and conspicuousness in North American wood-warblers (Parulidae)	12
The role of the south-western Alps as a unidirectional corridor for Mediterranean brown trout (Salmo truttacomplex) lineages	12
Egg-laying site, fecundity and degree of sexual size dimorphism in frogs	12
Eco-geographical determinants of the evolution of ornamentation in vipers	12
Molecular phylogeny for the Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygoninae) reveals limitations of traditional taxonomy	12
Altitudinal, latitudinal and longitudinal responses of cloud forest species to Quaternary glaciations in the northern Neotropics	12
To be small and dark is advantageous for gaining heat in mezquite lizards, Sceloporus grammicus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)	12
Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation	12
Genetic diversity and structure of the hedgehogsErinaceus europaeusandErinaceus roumanicus: evidence for ongoing hybridization in Eastern Europe	11
Climatic control of mat vegetation communities on inselberg archipelagos in south-eastern Brazil	11
Classification below the species level: when are infraspecific groups biologically meaningful?	11
Population history of the golden eagle inferred from whole-genome sequencing of three of its subspecies	11
Island colonization by a ‘rheophilic’ fish: the phylogeography ofGarra ceylonensis(Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka	11
The finer points of urban adaptation: intraspecific variation in lizard claw morphology	11
Molecular phylogeny and biogeography ofTriplophysastone loaches in the Central Chinese Mountains	11
Ontogenetic and static allometry in the skull and cranial units of nine-banded armadillos (Cingulata: Dasypodidae:Dasypus novemcinctus)	11
The meaning and origin of goal-directedness: a dynamical systems perspective	10
An effect size statistical framework for investigating sexual dimorphism in non-avian dinosaurs and other extinct taxa	10
What is consciousness? Artificial intelligence, real intelligence, quantum mind and qualia	10
Rapid speciation and ecological divergence into North American alpine habitats: the Nippononebria (Coleoptera: Carabidae) species complex	10
Weather stochasticity and alternative reproductive tactics in Northern chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra	10
Proximate and ultimate drivers of variation in bite force in the insular lizardsPodarcis melisellensisandPodarcis sicula	10
Habitat generalists drive nestedness in a tropical mountaintop insect metacommunity	10
Plotting for change: an analytical framework to aid decisions on which lineages are candidate species in phylogenomic species discovery	10
Sex-biased parasitism and expression of a sexual signal	10
Influence of niche breadth and position on the historical biogeography of seafaring scincid lizards	10
Clutch quality is related to embryonic development duration, hatchling body size and telomere length in the spined toad (Bufo spinosus)	10
DNA-based species delimitation reveals cryptic and incipient species in synchronous flashing fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of Southeast Asia	10
Geographical and environmental contributions to genomic divergence in mangrove forests	10
Terrestrialization in gastropods: lineages, ecological constraints and comparisons with other animals	10
Inherency and agency in the origin and evolution of biological functions	10
Male ultraviolet reflectance and female mating history influence female mate choice and male mating success in a polyandrous lizard	9
Brain size evolution in whales and dolphins: new data from fossil mysticetes	9
Extensive chromosomal fissions and repetitive DNA accumulation shaped the atypical karyotypes of two Ramphastidae (Aves: Piciformes) species	9
Insights into the importance of areas of climatic stability in the evolution and maintenance of avian diversity in the Mesoamerican dry forests	9
Convergence and divergence in anti-predator displays: a novel approach to quantitative behavioural comparison in snakes	9
From the butterfly’s point of view: learned colour association determines differential pollination of two co-occurring mock verbains by Agraulis vanillae (Nymphalidae)	9
An experimental investigation of how intraspecific competition and phenotypic plasticity can promote the evolution of novel, complex phenotypes	9

Brighter is darker: the Hamilton–Zuk hypothesis revisited in lizards	9
Post-hurricane shifts in the morphology of island lizards	9
Latitudinal variation in sexual dimorphism in a freshwater fish group	9
Sympatric occurrence of deeply diverged mitochondrial DNA lineages in Siberian geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): cryptic speciation, mitochondrial introgression, secondary admixture or effec	9
Pollination in thecampo rupestre: a test of hypothesis for an ancient tropical mountain vegetation	9
Unveiling the mystery: assessing the evolutionary trajectory of the Apaporis caiman population (Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis, Medem 1955) via mitochondrial molecular makers	9
Out of the OCBILs: new hypotheses for the evolution, ecology and conservation of the eucalypts	9
Comparative scale morphology in the adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika	9
Macroevolution and shifts in the feeding biology of the New World scarab beetle tribe Phanaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)	9
Morphology, locomotor performance and habitat use in southern African agamids	9
Carryover effects and the evolution of polyphenism	8
A generalized approach to characterize optical properties of natural objects	8
The scales of coevolution: comparative phylogeography and genetic demography of a locally adapted venomous predator and its prey	8
Functional consequences of flower curvature, orientation and perch position for nectar feeding by sunbirds	8
Octopodoidea as predators near the end of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution	8
Predicting the structure of turtle assemblages along a megatransect in West Africa	8
Karyotype evolution and flexible (conventional versus inverted) meiosis in insects with holocentric chromosomes: a case study based onPolyommatusbutterflies	8
Heat-distribution in the body and wings of the morpho dragonflyZenithoptera lanei(Anisoptera: Libellulidae) and a possible mechanism of thermoregulation	8
Incipient hybrid inferiority between recently introduced, diverging dung beetle populations	8
Random or handedness? Use of laterally paired penises inNalaearwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera: Labiduridae)	8
How often do they do it? An in-depth analysis of the hybrid zone of two grass snake species (Natrix astreptophoraandNatrix helvetica)	8
The Noongar of south-western Australia: a case study of long-term biodiversity conservation in a matrix of old and young landscapes	8
Integrative systematics untangles the evolutionary history ofStenochrus(Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), a neglected junkyard genus of North American short-tailed whipscorpions	8
The hidden cost of group living for aggregating juveniles in a sexually dimorphic species	8
OCBIL theory: a new science for old ecosystems	8
Species diversification and ecomorphological evolution in the radiation of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae)	8
Demographic responses of forest-utilizing bats to past climate change in South Africa	8
Exploring the relationship between soil and plant evolutionary diversity in the Roraima table mountain OCBIL, Guayana Highlands	8
Molecular biogeography of the MediterraneanButhusspecies complex (Scorpiones: Buthidae) at its southern Palaearctic margin	8
Habitat and developmental constraints drove 330 million years of horseshoe crab evolution	8
Distance to coastline modulates morphology and population structure in a coastal amphibian	8
Integrating intraspecific variation in species distribution models by quantifying niche differentiation	8
Connection, isolation and reconnection: Quaternary climatic oscillations and the Andes shaped the phylogeographical patterns of the Patagonian beeCentris cineraria(Apidae)	8
Inbreeding and competition, but not abiotic stresses, increase fluctuating asymmetry ofMimulus guttatusflowers	8
Evolutionary dynamics of rDNA clusters on chromosomes of buthid scorpions (Chelicerata: Arachnida)	8
Do colour morphs of wall lizards express different personalities?	8
Thin-skinned invaders: geographic variation in the structure of the skin among populations of cane toads (Rhinella marina)	8
Platysace (Apiaceae) of south-western Australia: silent story tellers of an ancient human landscape	7
Effects of size, phylogeny and locomotor habits on the pelvic and femoral morphology of South American spiny rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae)	7
Size-dependent male mating tactics and their morphological correlates in Poecilia gillii	7
Agency, teleonomy and signal transduction in plant systems	7
Population differentiation and phylogeography inLycianthes moziniana(Solanaceae: Capsiceae), a perennial herb endemic to the Mexican Transition Zone	7
Severe fires alter the outcome of the mutualism between ants and a Neotropical savanna tree	7
Cryptic genetic diversity and cytonuclear discordance characterize contact among Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis) morphotypes in western North America	7
Phenotypic response to a major hurricane in Anolis lizards in urban and forest habitats	7
Three-dimensional kinematics of euchelicerate limbs uncover functional specialization in eurypterid appendages	7
Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice	7
Overcoming the limits of natural computation in biological evolution toward the maximization of system efficiency	7
Fighting does not influence the morphological integration of crustacean claws (Decapoda: Aeglidae)	7
Increasing body size and fecundity in a salamander over four decades, possibly due to global warming	7
Evolutionary and biogeographical support for species-specific proteins in lizard chemical signals	7
Phylogeography and genetic structure of an iconic tree of the Sonoran Desert, the Cirio (Fouquieria columnaris), based on chloroplast DNA	7
Photoperiod is an important seasonal selection factor in Chironomus riparius (Diptera: Chironomidae)	7
Mitochondrial DNA barcodes provide insight into the phylogeography and subspecies controversy in the widespread Neotropical white peacock butterfly,Anartia jatrophae(Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae)	7
What can physiological capacity and behavioural choice tell us about thermal adaptation?	7
Being hunted high and low: do differences in nocturnal sleeping and diurnal resting sites of howler monkeys (Alouatta nigerrima and Alouatta discolor) reflect safety from attack by different types of	7
Physiology restores purpose to evolutionary biology	7
Host interaction mechanisms in herbivorous insects – life cycles, host specialization and speciation	7
Genetic diversity of North American vertebrates in protected areas	7
Variations in genetic structure and male genitalia suggest recent lineage diversification in the Neotropical dung beetle complexCanthon cyanellus(Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)	7
Diversification of tiny toads (Bufonidae:Amazophrynella) sheds light on ancient landscape dynamism in Amazonia	7
Spiders in Galapagos – diversity, biogeography and origin	7
Role of environmental filtering and functional traits for species coexistence in a harsh tropical montane ecosystem	7
Comparison of the mitochondrial phylogeographical structure of a generalist and two specialist frog species reveals contrasting patterns in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces of South Africa	7
Phylogeography of the widespread white-eared hummingbird (Hylocharis leucotis): pre-glacial expansion and genetic differentiation of populations separated by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec	7
Morphological evolution in relationship to sidewinding, arboreality and precipitation in snakes of the family Viperidae	6
Drivers and patterns of bite force evolution in liolaemid lizards	6
Divergence promoted by the northern Andes in the giant fishing spider Ancylometes bogotensis (Araneae: Ctenidae)	6
The eyes have it: dim-light activity is associated with the morphology of eyes but not antennae across insect orders	6
Greater basking opportunity and warmer nights during late pregnancy advance modal birth season in a live-bearing gecko, lowering the risk of reduced embryonic condition	6
Does the spatial sorting of dispersal traits affect the phenotype of the non-dispersing stages of the invasive frogXenopus laevisthrough coupling?	6
Genetic variation in the Giant African SnailLissachatina fulica(Bowdich, 1822) in its invasive ranges of Asia and West Africa	6
Phylogeography of the ‘cosmopolitan’ orb-weaverArgiope trifasciata(Araneae: Araneidae)	6
Only males care about their environment: sex-biased dispersal in the asp viper (Vipera aspis)	6
Eco-evolutionary adaptations of ochotonids (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) to islands: new insights into Late Miocene pikas from the Gargano palaeo-archipelago (Italy)	6
The Quaternary range dynamics ofNoccaea iberidea(Brassicaceae), a typical representative of subalpine/alpine steppe communities of Anatolian mountains	6
Ontogenetic changes in activity, locomotion and behavioural complexity in tadpoles	6
Hammer it out: shifts in habitat are associated with changes in fin and body shape in the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)	6
The functional diversity of marsupial limbs is influenced by both ecology and developmental constraint	6
A review of sperm storage methods and post-copulatory sexual selection in the Cephalopoda	6

Umbrella of protection: spatial and temporal dynamics in a temperate butterfly Batesian mimicry system	6
Possible dispersal of the coastal and subterranean carabid beetle Thalassoduvalius masidai (Coleoptera) by ocean currents	6
Maternal and genetic correlations between morphology and physical performance traits in a small captive primate,Microcebus murinus	6
Connecting the dots: avian eggshell pigmentation, female condition and paternal provisioning effort	6
Inferring longevity from advanced rib remodelling in insular dwarf deer	6
Hybridization fluctuates with rainfall in Darwin’s tree finches	6
Revisiting the thermoregulation hypothesis of osteoderms: a study of the crocodilian Paleosuchus palpebrosus (Crocodilia: Alligatoridae)	6
Testing repeatability, measurement error and species differentiation when using geometric morphometrics on complex shapes: a case study of Patagonian lizards of the genus Liolaemus (Squamata: Liolaemi	6
Evaluating the island effect on phenotypic evolution in the Italian wall lizard,Podarcis siculus(Reptilia: Lacertidae)	6
Neurotoxic alkaloid in pollen and nectar excludes generalist bees from foraging at death-camas,Toxicoscordion paniculatum(Melanthiaceae)	6
Engines of innovation: biological origins of genome evolution	6
The costs of being a good dad: egg-carrying and clutch size impair locomotor performance in male midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans)	6
Imprints of tropical niche conservatism and historical dispersal in the radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves: Passeriformes)	6
Intraspecific variation and structuring of phenotype in a lake-dwelling species are driven by lake size and elevation	6
Resolving teleology’s false dilemma	6
A case for mutualistic deceptive mimicry	6
Phylogeny and evolution of unique skull morphologies in dietary specialist African shovel-snouted snakes (Lamprophiidae: Prosymna)	6
When the end modifies its means: the origins of novelty and the evolution of innovation	6
Current and future potential global distribution of the invading species Drosophila nasuta (Diptera: Drosophilidae)	6
Evolution of European carnivorous mammal assemblages through the Palaeogene	5
Comparative phylogeography and palaeomodelling reveal idiosyncratic responses to climate changes in Neotropical paper wasps	5
Mode of maternal provisioning in the fish genus Phalloceros: a variation on the theme of matrotrophy	5
Reduction, reorganization and stasis in the evolution of turtle shell elements	5
Is the age of plant communities predicted by the age, stability and soil composition of the underlying landscapes? An investigation of OCBILs	5
Surface sculpturing in the skull of gecko lizards (Squamata: Gekkota)	5
Estimating vertebrate biodiversity using the tempo of taxonomy – a view from Hubbert’s peak	5
Allometric scaling in two bushcricket species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) suggests sexual selection on song-generating structures	5
Diel cycle in a farmland bird is shaped by contrasting predation and human pressures	5
Hand-Wing Index as a surrogate for dispersal ability: the case of the Emberizoidea (Aves: Passeriformes) radiation	5
Origins of Galápagos’ land-locked vertebrates: what, whence, when, how?	5
Turning biology to life: some reflections	5
A hotspot atop: rivers of the Guyana Highlands hold high diversity of endemic pencil catfish (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)	5
Diversity and evolution of the extraordinary vocal sacs of casque-headed treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae)	5
Phylogenomics of peacock spiders and their kin (Salticidae:Maratus), with implications for the evolution of male courtship displays	5
The ontogeny of sea turtle hatchling swimming performance	5
Supratidal existence drives phenotypic divergence, but not speciation, in tropical rocky-shore snails	5
High temperatures limit developmental resilience to high-elevation hypoxia in the snakeNatrix maura(Squamata: Colubridae)	5
Cranial integration in the ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae)	5
Hitchhiking consequences for genetic and morphological patterns: the influence of kelp-rafting on a brooding chiton	5
Fine-scale population genetic structure and barriers to gene flow in a widespread seabird (Ardenna pacifica)	5
Genital coupling and copulatory wounding in the Drosophila auraria species complex (Diptera: Drosophilidae)	5
From the river to the ocean: mitochondrial DNA analyses provide evidence of spectacled caimans (Caiman crocodilus Linnaeus 1758) mainland–insular dispersal	5
Contrasting patterns of population divergence on young and old landscapes inBanksia seminuda(Proteaceae), with evidence for recognition of subspecies	5
Phenotypic divergence, convergence and evolution of Caucasian rock lizards (Darevskia)	5
Genetic structure of the long-snouted seahorse,Hippocampus guttulatus, in the Central–Western Mediterranean Sea	5
Convergent developmental patterns underlie the repeated evolution of adhesive toe pads among lizards	5
Phylogeography of ancient and modern brown bears from eastern Eurasia	5
The role of social costs as a mechanism enforcing the honesty of ultraviolet-reflecting signals in a lizard	5
Florivory defence: are phenolic compounds distributed non-randomly within perianths?	5
Concepts and contentions of coral snake resemblance: Batesian mimicry and its alternatives	5
Refugia within refugium ofGeranium yesoense(Geraniaceae) in Japan were driven by recolonization into the southern interglacial refugium	5
Molecular ecology of the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa (H. Milne Edwards, 1852): genetic divergence along a major biogeographical barrier, Wallace’s Line	5
Unexpected low genetic differentiation between Japan and Bering Sea populations of a deep-sea benthic crustacean lacking a planktonic larval stage (Peracarida: Tanaidacea)	5
Micro-photoautotroph predation as a driver for trophic niche specialization in 12 syntopic Indo-Pacific parrotfish species	5
Limited seed dispersability in a megadiverse OCBIL grassland	5
Extraordinary diversification of the “bristle flies” (Diptera: Tachinidae) and its underlying causes	5
Connecting social polymorphism to single nucleotide polymorphism: population genomics of the small carpenter bee,Ceratina australensis	5
Evolution of litter size in bats and its influence on longevity and roosting ecology	5