Biological Reviews

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Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	232
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	172
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	159
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	159
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	154
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	153
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	152
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	148
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	130
Microclimate‐based oviposition site selection in butterflies and moths	124
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	123
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	120
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	118
Trade‐offs in avian parental care: a review of theory and meta‐analysis of brood size manipulations	105
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	100
Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns	95
Molecular bases of insect odorant receptor function: specificity and evolution	94
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change	94
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	88
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Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	80
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	77

Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76
The costs of extra‐pair behaviours in birds	76
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	75
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	68
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	63
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	60
The plastisphere as a nexus for antimicrobial resistance: micro(nano)plastics in pathogen colonization, gene transfer, and global health risks	59
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	58
Successional theories	57
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	57
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	53
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	50
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	49
Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms	48
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	46
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	46
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	45
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	45
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	44
The tandem–random transition of cellular patterning: proposed roles of N‐cadherin‐based orientational cell adhesions in the development, maintenance, and degeneration of the nucleus pulposus	44
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	44
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	44
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	43
Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas	43
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	43
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	43
On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring	42
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	42
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	42
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	42
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	41
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	40
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	40
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	39
Methylation and merriment: an exploration of epigenetic mechanisms underlying play behaviour	39
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	39
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	39
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	38
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	37
Early evolutionary history of the seed	37
The As and Bs of titi monkey linguistics: why emotional communication is not the enemy	37
The evidence base for ranger patrol effectiveness in conservation and how to improve it	37
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	37
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	36
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	36
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	36
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	35
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	35
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	35
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	34

Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	33
Correction to “New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs”	33
Fraternal cooperation of hierarchical cancer parallels metazoan multicellularity and eusociality	33
Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	32
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	32
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	31
The physiological effects of APOE genotype in healthy young/middle‐aged individuals	31
Marine foundation species facilitate biodiversity: systematic and quantitative syntheses identify trait‐based standards to understand seascape functionality	30
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Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	30
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	29
Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade	29
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	29
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	29
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	29
Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview	29
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects	29
Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals	29
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	28
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Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	28
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	28
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Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	28
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	28
The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology	28
Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	27
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	27
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	27
Ancestral‐area algorithms are unreliable	27
Prioritising research on endocrine disruption in the marine environment: a global perspective	27
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	26
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	26
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	26
Bees feeling the burn	25
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	25
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	25
Integration of epigenetics into ecotoxicology: insights and fundamental research needs	25
Ecosystem services provided by spiders	25
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	25
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	25
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	25
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	24
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	24
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	24
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	24
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	24
A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia	23
Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits	23
Animal linguistics: a primer	23
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	23
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	23
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	23
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	22
Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution	22
The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation	22
Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management	22
Assessing flexibility in meaning and context in non‐human communication	22
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	22
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A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	22
A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology	21
Can metabolic traits explain animal community assembly and functioning?	21
A reaction norm framework for the evolution of learning: how cumulative experience shapes phenotypic plasticity	21
Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking	21
The evolution of reproduction in Ediacaran–Cambrian metazoans	20
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Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science	20
Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology	20
Insect–flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives	20
Mammalian odour‐guided navigation behaviour and neural processing in relation to the odour environment	20
Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers	20
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	20
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Larger pollen sizes correspond to longer styles: correlated evolution between male traits and female preference in plants	19
Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate the evolution and function of joy in non‐human animals	19
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important	19
Ecology and evolution of pyrazines in insects	19
Hibernation‐inspired musculoskeletal resilience: comparative mechanisms of adaptation to disuse and unloading	19
Invasion of the four kingdoms: the parasite journey across plant and non‐plant hosts	19

A global assessment of large terrestrial carnivore kill rates	19
Moderating the neutralist–selectionist debate: exactly which propositions are we debating, and which arguments are valid?	19
The DCIDE framework: systematic investigation of evolutionary hypotheses, exemplified with autism	19
Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review	19
Scientific history, biogeography, and biological traits predict presence of cryptic or overlooked species	18
Continuous tooth replacement: what can teleost fish teach us?	18
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Beyond compliance: harmonising research and husbandry practices to improve experimental reproducibility using fish models	18
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Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options	18
Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods	18
Positive species interactions structure rhodolith bed communities at a global scale	18
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Why are so few island bryophytes endemic?	17
Transitional forestry in New Zealand: re‐evaluating the design and management of forest systems through the lens of forest purpose	17
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Molecular regulatory mechanisms of Merkel cell differentiation	17
A complex network perspective on brain disease	17
A synthetic review: natural history of amniote reproductive modes in light of comparative evolutionary genomics	17
Vertical stratification patterns of tropical forest vertebrates: a meta‐analysis	17
Mapping molluscan endocrinology: a systematic and critical appraisal	17
A mosaic of microclimates: biodiversity outcomes and wildlife habitat potential in large‐scale solar facilities	17
New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs	16
Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta‐analysis	16
Treating gaps and biases in biodiversity data as a missing data problem	16
Coral recruitment: patterns and processes determining the dynamics of coral populations	16
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Integrating animal behaviour into research on multiple environmental stressors: a conceptual framework	16
Antipredator defences in motion: animals reduce predation risks by concealing or misleading motion signals	16
Synergy, complexity, and the dirty, dirty cheats of the world	15
Diversity of ‘simple’ multicellular eukaryotes: 45 independent cases and six types of multicellularity	15
Capturing wild animal welfare: a physiological perspective	15
Evolutionary formation of melatonin and vitamin D in early life forms: insects take centre stage	15
Comparative gut microbiome research through the lens of ecology: theoretical considerations and best practices	15
Practical applications of soil microbiota to improve ecosystem restoration: current knowledge and future directions	15
Unveiling the resistance of native weed communities: insights for managing invasive weed species in disturbed environments	15
Past aridity and dust drove biodiversity crises and altered pollination in the ancient gymnosperm Ephedra (Gnetales)	14
Convergent evolution and adaptive diversification of root symbioses	14
Close encounters of the friendly kind: pacific between‐group interactions in primates	14
Feather function and the evolution of birds	14
Environmental DNA as a tool for hydropower impact assessments: current status, special considerations, and future integration	14
The return of metabolism: biochemistry and physiology of glycolysis	14
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Evaluation of physiological stress in free‐ranging bears: current knowledge and future directions	14
The rise of hyperabundant native generalists threatens both humans and nature	14
Evolutionary time and species diversity in aquatic ecosystems worldwide	14
Reversibility of sex changes in the plant kingdom: more important than we thought?	13
Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system	13
A century of theories of balancing selection	13
The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis	13
Reversing global causes of juvenile recruitment loss as a means to recover endangered freshwater turtles	13
Biological clocks as age estimation markers in animals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review	13
A global synthesis of predation on bivalves	13
Chasing footprints in time – reframing our understanding of human foot function in the context of current evidence and emerging insights	13
Analysis of the genetic loci of pigment pattern evolution in vertebrates	13
Interspecific interactions disrupted by roads	13
The impacts of biological invasions	13
Receiver psychology as a driver of communication network structure	13
Multi‐host pathogen transmission and the disease–diversity relationship	12
A review of visualisations of protein fold networks and their relationship with sequence and function	12
Freshwater megafauna shape ecosystems and facilitate restoration	12
Testicular heat stress, a historical perspective and two postulates for why male germ cells are heat sensitive	12
The environment to the rescue: can physics help predict predator–prey interactions?	12
Aligning spatial ecological theory with the study of clonal organisms: the case of fungal coexistence	12
Fear of grazing rivals the toxin‐inducing effects of nutrients in two marine harmful algae – a meta‐analysis	12
Identifying practical pathways from animal culture theory to conservation practice	12
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On the function and origin of the avian renal portal shunt and its potential significance throughout evolution	12
Perils of ingesting harmful prey by advanced snakes	12
A systematic review of invasive non‐native freshwater bivalves	12
Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a systematic review	12
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Origins and evolution of biological novelty	11
Advances in causal discovery methods for ecological time series	11
Worldwide comparison of carbon stocks and fluxes between native and non‐native forests	11
Utterance evolution: the road to generative, combinatorial communicators	11
Plasticity in climate change responses	11
Geological processes shaping freshwater biodiversity: a synthesis of global evidence	11
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Carotenoid ornaments and the spandrels of physiology: a critique of theory to explain condition dependency	11
Cryptic species conservation: a review	11
The expression of empathy in human's closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: current and future directions	11
RNA ‐centric world of retroviruses: unravelling the molecular strategies of genomic RNA packaging	11
Biologically driven isotopic fractionations in bivalves: from palaeoenvironmental problem to palaeophysiological proxy	11
Interspecific behavioural interference and range dynamics: current insights and future directions	11
The forgotten adaptive social benefits of social learning in animals	11
More than energy cost: multiple benefits of the long Achilles tendon in human walking and running	10
The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy‐beach ecosystems: a global review	10
Habitat split as a driver of disease in amphibians	10
Wilding cities for biodiversity and people: a transdisciplinary framework	10
Biological effects of weak magnetic fields: can the radical‐pair mechanism provide a universal explanation?	10
Zooming in the plastisphere: the ecological interface for phytoplankton–plastic interactions in aquatic ecosystems	10
Convergent and divergent evolution of microRNA‐mediated regulation in metazoans	10