Biological Reviews

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Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	249
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	237
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	172
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	158
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	144
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	131
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	116
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	113
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	112
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	110
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	104
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	99
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	97
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	95
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	91
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	90
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Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	84
The ecology of sleep in non‐avian reptiles	84
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	82
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	81
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	80

Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	79
Delete and survive: strategies of programmed genetic material elimination in eukaryotes	79
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	78
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	78
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	74
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	73
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	72
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	72
Successional theories	69
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	66
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	65
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	65
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	64
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	61
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Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	59
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	57
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	57
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	57
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	57
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	56
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	54
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	54
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	54
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	53
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	53
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	52
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	50
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	50
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	49
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	48
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	47
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	46
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	46
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	45
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	44
Plant susceptible responses: the underestimated side of plant–pathogen interactions	44
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	43
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	43
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	43
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	42
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	41
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	40
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	39
A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography	39
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	38
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	38
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	38
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Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	38
Role of epigenetics in parturition and preterm birth	37
Uncovering the ‘sphinx’ of sphingosine 1‐phosphate signalling: from cellular events to organ morphogenesis	37
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	37
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	36
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	36
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	35
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	35
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	35
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	34
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	34
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	34
Insecticide‐contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects	33
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Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	31
Corrigendum to ‘A review of predation as a limiting factor for bird populations in mesopredator‐rich landscapes: a case study of the UK’, published in Biological Reviews 93, p	31
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	30
Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	30
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	30
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	30
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	29
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	29
A pan‐metazoan concept for adult stem cells: the wobbling Penrose landscape	29
Sophistication in a seemingly simple creature: a review of wild holothurian nutrition in marine ecosystems	28
Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	28
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	27
The impact of environmental and social factors on learning abilities: a meta‐analysis	27
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	27
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	27
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	26
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Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	26
The ecology of electricity and electroreception	25
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	25
Ecosystem services provided by spiders	25
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	25
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	24
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	24
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	24
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	24
Animal linguistics: a primer	24
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The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	24
The singing question: re‐conceptualizing birdsong	23
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	23
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	23
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	23
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Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes	23
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	23
Assessing flexibility in meaning and context in non‐human communication	22
Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers	22
A reaction norm framework for the evolution of learning: how cumulative experience shapes phenotypic plasticity	21
A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	20
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	20
The evolution of reproduction in Ediacaran–Cambrian metazoans	20
The terrestrial and semi‐aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams	20
The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation	20
Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems	20
Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management	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	19
A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology	19
Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science	19
Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking	19
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Resolving the SLOSS dilemma for biodiversity conservation: a research agenda	19
Can metabolic traits explain animal community assembly and functioning?	19
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Beyond compliance: harmonising research and husbandry practices to improve experimental reproducibility using fish models	18
Scientific history, biogeography, and biological traits predict presence of cryptic or overlooked species	18
From fibre to function: are we accurately representing muscle architecture and performance?	18
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important	18
Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review	18
Continuous tooth replacement: what can teleost fish teach us?	18
Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate the evolution and function of joy in non‐human animals	18
Moderating the neutralist–selectionist debate: exactly which propositions are we debating, and which arguments are valid?	18
A global assessment of large terrestrial carnivore kill rates	18
Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods	18
Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options	18

The DCIDE framework: systematic investigation of evolutionary hypotheses, exemplified with autism	18
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Positive species interactions structure rhodolith bed communities at a global scale	17
The revolutionary developmental biology ofWilhelmHis,Sr.	17
A synthetic review: natural history of amniote reproductive modes in light of comparative evolutionary genomics	17
Invasion of the four kingdoms: the parasite journey across plant and non‐plant hosts	17
Olfactory camouflage and communication in birds	17
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Vertical stratification patterns of tropical forest vertebrates: a meta‐analysis	17
Integrating animal behaviour into research on multiple environmental stressors: a conceptual framework	16
New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs	16
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Treating gaps and biases in biodiversity data as a missing data problem	16
Transitional forestry in New Zealand: re‐evaluating the design and management of forest systems through the lens of forest purpose	16
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Comparative gut microbiome research through the lens of ecology: theoretical considerations and best practices	15
Evaluation of physiological stress in free‐ranging bears: current knowledge and future directions	15
Antipredator defences in motion: animals reduce predation risks by concealing or misleading motion signals	15
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Coral recruitment: patterns and processes determining the dynamics of coral populations	15
Capturing wild animal welfare: a physiological perspective	15
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Diversity of ‘simple’ multicellular eukaryotes: 45 independent cases and six types of multicellularity	15
Practical applications of soil microbiota to improve ecosystem restoration: current knowledge and future directions	14
Close encounters of the friendly kind: pacific between‐group interactions in primates	14
Environmental DNA as a tool for hydropower impact assessments: current status, special considerations, and future integration	14
The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current ‘myths’ in naked mole‐rat biology	14
Unveiling the resistance of native weed communities: insights for managing invasive weed species in disturbed environments	14
Feather function and the evolution of birds	13
The rise of hyperabundant native generalists threatens both humans and nature	13
Past aridity and dust drove biodiversity crises and altered pollination in the ancient gymnosperm Ephedra (Gnetales)	13
Chasing footprints in time – reframing our understanding of human foot function in the context of current evidence and emerging insights	13
Synergy, complexity, and the dirty, dirty cheats of the world	13
Evolutionary formation of melatonin and vitamin D in early life forms: insects take centre stage	13
The biology and evolution of spider venoms	13
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The integrative biology of genetic dominance	13
Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta‐analysis	13
Evolutionary time and species diversity in aquatic ecosystems worldwide	13
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Interspecific interactions disrupted by roads	12
A global synthesis of predation on bivalves	12
Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system	12
Analysis of the genetic loci of pigment pattern evolution in vertebrates	12
Testicular heat stress, a historical perspective and two postulates for why male germ cells are heat sensitive	12
On the function and origin of the avian renal portal shunt and its potential significance throughout evolution	11
The environment to the rescue: can physics help predict predator–prey interactions?	11
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Reversibility of sex changes in the plant kingdom: more important than we thought?	11
The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis	11
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Adaptive evolution of viruses infecting marine microalgae (haptophytes), from acute infections to stable coexistence	11
Microbiome mediation of animal life histories via metabolites and insulin‐like signalling	11
Differences in resource acquisition, not allocation, mediate the relationship between behaviour and fitness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	11
Biological clocks as age estimation markers in animals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	11
Carotenoid ornaments and the spandrels of physiology: a critique of theory to explain condition dependency	11
A review of visualisations of protein fold networks and their relationship with sequence and function	11
A systematic review of invasive non‐native freshwater bivalves	11
Quantitative meta‐analysis reveals no association between mercury contamination and body condition in birds	11
Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a systematic review	11
Aligning spatial ecological theory with the study of clonal organisms: the case of fungal coexistence	11
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Worldwide comparison of carbon stocks and fluxes between native and non‐native forests	10
Cryptic species conservation: a review	10
Origins and evolution of biological novelty	10
Perils of ingesting harmful prey by advanced snakes	10
Freshwater megafauna shape ecosystems and facilitate restoration	10
The expression of empathy in human's closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: current and future directions	10
Plasticity in climate change responses	10
Multi‐host pathogen transmission and the disease–diversity relationship	10
Biologically driven isotopic fractionations in bivalves: from palaeoenvironmental problem to palaeophysiological proxy	10
Genomic investigations of successful invasions: the picture emerging from recent studies	10
Seawater intrusion: an appraisal of taxa at most risk and safe salinity levels	9
Interspecific behavioural interference and range dynamics: current insights and future directions	9
Zooming in the plastisphere: the ecological interface for phytoplankton–plastic interactions in aquatic ecosystems	9
Habitat split as a driver of disease in amphibians	9
Pest suppression by bats and management strategies to favour it: a global review	9
The forgotten adaptive social benefits of social learning in animals	9
Time trees and clock genes: a systematic review and comparative analysis of contemporary avian migration genetics	9
More than energy cost: multiple benefits of the long Achilles tendon in human walking and running	9
Space‐for‐time substitutions in climate change ecology and evolution	9
The Lego hypothesis of tissue morphogenesis: stereotypic organization of parallel orientational cell adhesions for epithelial self‐assembly	9
Darwin's ‘mystery of mysteries’: the role of sexual selection in plant speciation	9
Convergent and divergent evolution of microRNA‐mediated regulation in metazoans	9
Wilding cities for biodiversity and people: a transdisciplinary framework	8
Exercise builds the scaffold of life: muscle extracellular matrix biomarker responses to physical activity, inactivity, and aging	8
Minimal CompositionalityversusBird Implicatures: two theories ofABC‐Dsequences in Japanese tits	8
Paleo‐evo‐devo implications of a revised conceptualization of enameloids and enamels	8
The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy‐beach ecosystems: a global review	8
An integrated, multi‐level analysis of thermal effects on intertidal molluscs for understanding species distribution patterns	8
Lead poisoning of raptors: state of the science and cross‐discipline mitigation options for a global problem	8
Unveiling the complexity and ecological function of aquatic macrophyte–animal networks in coastal ecosystems	8
From curiosity to play: re‐evaluating the evolutionary origins of play	8
Creating wildlife habitat using artificial structures: a review of their efficacy and potential use in solar farms	8
Biocultural heritage of the Caatinga: a systematic review of Myrtaceae and its multiple uses	8