Biological Reviews

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The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	283
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	270
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	194
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	186
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	165
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	141
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	133
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	128
Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	120
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	119
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	115
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	107
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	103
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	103
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	102
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	101
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	99
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	97
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Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	94
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	94
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	88

Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	85
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	83
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	83
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	81
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	78
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	75
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	73
Successional theories	71
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	69
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Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	66
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	64
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	62
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	60
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	58
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	57
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	57
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	56
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	54
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	51
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	49
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	49
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	48
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	47
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	47
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	47
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	46
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	46
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	45
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	44
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	44
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	44
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	43
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	41
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	41
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	40
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	39
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	39
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	38
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	37
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	37
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	37
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	36
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	36
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	36
Fraternal cooperation of hierarchical cancer parallels metazoan multicellularity and eusociality	36
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	36
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	35
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	35

An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	35
Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	34
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EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	32
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	32
Role of epigenetics in parturition and preterm birth	32
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	32
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	32
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	31
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects	31
Insecticide‐contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects	31
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	31
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	31
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	31
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Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	30
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	30
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	30
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	30
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	30
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	30
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	30
Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	28
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	28
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	28
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	28
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	28
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	28
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Ecosystem services provided by spiders	27
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	27
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	27
Bees feeling the burn	27
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	26
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	26
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	26
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	25
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Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	25
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	24
Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes	24
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	24
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	24
Animal linguistics: a primer	24
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	24
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	24
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	24
Insect–flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives	23
A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	23
Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology	23
A reaction norm framework for the evolution of learning: how cumulative experience shapes phenotypic plasticity	22
Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers	22
The terrestrial and semi‐aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams	22
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	22
Assessing flexibility in meaning and context in non‐human communication	21
Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems	21
Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science	21
Can metabolic traits explain animal community assembly and functioning?	21
Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking	20
The evolution of reproduction in Ediacaran–Cambrian metazoans	20
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From fibre to function: are we accurately representing muscle architecture and performance?	20
Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management	20
The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation	20
Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review	20
Moderating the neutralist–selectionist debate: exactly which propositions are we debating, and which arguments are valid?	20
A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology	20
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Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods	20
Larger pollen sizes correspond to longer styles: correlated evolution between male traits and female preference in plants	19
Invasion of the four kingdoms: the parasite journey across plant and non‐plant hosts	19
Scientific history, biogeography, and biological traits predict presence of cryptic or overlooked species	19
Positive species interactions structure rhodolith bed communities at a global scale	19
A global assessment of large terrestrial carnivore kill rates	19
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important	18
The DCIDE framework: systematic investigation of evolutionary hypotheses, exemplified with autism	18
Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options	18
Beyond compliance: harmonising research and husbandry practices to improve experimental reproducibility using fish models	18
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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
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Transitional forestry in New Zealand: re‐evaluating the design and management of forest systems through the lens of forest purpose	17
A complex network perspective on brain disease	17
Coral recruitment: patterns and processes determining the dynamics of coral populations	16
Treating gaps and biases in biodiversity data as a missing data problem	16
A synthetic review: natural history of amniote reproductive modes in light of comparative evolutionary genomics	16
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Vertical stratification patterns of tropical forest vertebrates: a meta‐analysis	16
New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs	16
Molecular regulatory mechanisms of Merkel cell differentiation	16
The revolutionary developmental biology ofWilhelmHis,Sr.	16
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Environmental DNA as a tool for hydropower impact assessments: current status, special considerations, and future integration	15
Past aridity and dust drove biodiversity crises and altered pollination in the ancient gymnosperm Ephedra (Gnetales)	15
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Comparative gut microbiome research through the lens of ecology: theoretical considerations and best practices	15
Convergent evolution and adaptive diversification of root symbioses	15
Olfactory camouflage and communication in birds	15
Antipredator defences in motion: animals reduce predation risks by concealing or misleading motion signals	15
Integrating animal behaviour into research on multiple environmental stressors: a conceptual framework	15
Synergy, complexity, and the dirty, dirty cheats of the world	14
Evaluation of physiological stress in free‐ranging bears: current knowledge and future directions	14
Capturing wild animal welfare: a physiological perspective	14
Evolutionary formation of melatonin and vitamin D in early life forms: insects take centre stage	13
Close encounters of the friendly kind: pacific between‐group interactions in primates	13
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Diversity of ‘simple’ multicellular eukaryotes: 45 independent cases and six types of multicellularity	13
Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta‐analysis	13
Practical applications of soil microbiota to improve ecosystem restoration: current knowledge and future directions	13
Analysis of the genetic loci of pigment pattern evolution in vertebrates	13
Unveiling the resistance of native weed communities: insights for managing invasive weed species in disturbed environments	13
Feather function and the evolution of birds	13
The rise of hyperabundant native generalists threatens both humans and nature	13
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Chasing footprints in time – reframing our understanding of human foot function in the context of current evidence and emerging insights	12
Differences in resource acquisition, not allocation, mediate the relationship between behaviour and fitness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	12
Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system	12
Interspecific interactions disrupted by roads	12
Aligning spatial ecological theory with the study of clonal organisms: the case of fungal coexistence	12
Biological clocks as age estimation markers in animals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	12
Quantitative meta‐analysis reveals no association between mercury contamination and body condition in birds	12
Evolutionary time and species diversity in aquatic ecosystems worldwide	12
Reversibility of sex changes in the plant kingdom: more important than we thought?	12
A global synthesis of predation on bivalves	12
Testicular heat stress, a historical perspective and two postulates for why male germ cells are heat sensitive	12
The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis	12
A systematic review of invasive non‐native freshwater bivalves	11
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Microbiome mediation of animal life histories via metabolites and insulin‐like signalling	11
A review of visualisations of protein fold networks and their relationship with sequence and function	11
Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a systematic review	11
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The environment to the rescue: can physics help predict predator–prey interactions?	11
Multi‐host pathogen transmission and the disease–diversity relationship	11
Perils of ingesting harmful prey by advanced snakes	11
On the function and origin of the avian renal portal shunt and its potential significance throughout evolution	11
Freshwater megafauna shape ecosystems and facilitate restoration	10
Genomic investigations of successful invasions: the picture emerging from recent studies	10
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Cryptic species conservation: a review	10
Pest suppression by bats and management strategies to favour it: a global review	10
Carotenoid ornaments and the spandrels of physiology: a critique of theory to explain condition dependency	10
Worldwide comparison of carbon stocks and fluxes between native and non‐native forests	10
Biologically driven isotopic fractionations in bivalves: from palaeoenvironmental problem to palaeophysiological proxy	10
Interspecific behavioural interference and range dynamics: current insights and future directions	10
Plasticity in climate change responses	10
The forgotten adaptive social benefits of social learning in animals	10
The expression of empathy in human's closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: current and future directions	10
Origins and evolution of biological novelty	10
Time trees and clock genes: a systematic review and comparative analysis of contemporary avian migration genetics	9
Neuroplasticity and brain health: insights from natural torpor	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
From curiosity to play: re‐evaluating the evolutionary origins of play	9
More than energy cost: multiple benefits of the long Achilles tendon in human walking and running	9
Habitat split as a driver of disease in amphibians	9
Zooming in the plastisphere: the ecological interface for phytoplankton–plastic interactions in aquatic ecosystems	9
The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy‐beach ecosystems: a global review	9
Convergent and divergent evolution of microRNA‐mediated regulation in metazoans	9
Unveiling the complexity and ecological function of aquatic macrophyte–animal networks in coastal ecosystems	9
Exercise builds the scaffold of life: muscle extracellular matrix biomarker responses to physical activity, inactivity, and aging	9
Wilding cities for biodiversity and people: a transdisciplinary framework	9
The PERKs of mitochondria protection during stress: insights for PERK modulation in neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases	9
Space‐for‐time substitutions in climate change ecology and evolution	9
Paleo‐evo‐devo implications of a revised conceptualization of enameloids and enamels	8
The role of host plants in driving pathogen susceptibility in insects through chemicals, immune responses and microbiota	8
The early diversification of ray‐finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects	8
Ecological inferences about marine mammals from passive acoustic data	8
Loss of the ability to regenerate body appendages in vertebrates: from side effects of evolutionary innovations to gene loss	8
Lead poisoning of raptors: state of the science and cross‐discipline mitigation options for a global problem	8
Creating wildlife habitat using artificial structures: a review of their efficacy and potential use in solar farms	8
Minimal CompositionalityversusBird Implicatures: two theories ofABC‐Dsequences in Japanese tits	8