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	37
Were Notosuchia (Pseudosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) warm-blooded? A palaeohistological analysis suggests ectothermy	30
An escape-to-radiate model for explaining the high plant diversity and endemism in campos rupestres	28
Interactions between the introduced European honey bee and native bees in urban areas varies by year, habitat type and native bee guild	25
Infertile landscapes on an old oceanic island: the biodiversity hotspot of New Caledonia	24
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)	23
Endless forms most beautiful 2.0: teleonomy and the bioengineering of chimaeric and synthetic organisms	23
A brief history of research incampo rupestre: identifying research priorities and revisiting the geographical distribution of an ancient, widespread Neotropical biome	23
Species diversity and biogeography of an ancient frog clade from the Guiana Shield (Anura: Microhylidae:Adelastes,Otophryne,Synapturanus) exhibiting spectacular phenotypic diversi	22
Plants will cross the lines: climate and available land mass are the major determinants of phytogeographical patterns in the Sunda–Sahul Convergence Zone	22
The 150th anniversary ofThe Descent of Man: Darwin and the impact of sex-role reversal on sexual selection research	21
Comparative morphology of the humerus in forward-burrowing frogs	21
Ecomorphological divergence and trophic resource partitioning in 15 syntopic Indo-Pacific parrotfishes (Labridae: Scarini)	21
Convergent patterns of adaptive radiation between island and mainlandAnolislizards	20
Avoiding rather than resisting herbivore attacks is often the first line of plant defence	20
Recolonizing wolves and opportunistic foxes: interference or facilitation?	20
Confronting taxonomic vandalism in biology: conscientious community self-organization can preserve nomenclatural stability	19
Cellular and evolutionary perspectives on organismal cognition: from unicellular to multicellular organisms	19
Extensive cytonuclear discordance in a crested newt from the Balkan Peninsula glacial refugium	18
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
Sister species, different histories: comparative phylogeography of two bird species associated with Amazonian open vegetation	15
Trade-offs between burrowing and biting force in fossorial scincid lizards?	15
Evolution of gigantism in right and bowhead whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti: Balaenidae)	15
Rapid divergence of parasite infectivity and host resistance during a biological invasion	14

A review of transition zones in biogeographical classification	14
Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts	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
Molecular phylogeny for the Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygoninae) reveals limitations of traditional taxonomy	14
River capture or ancestral polymorphism: an empirical genetic test in a freshwater fish using approximate Bayesian computation	13
Classification below the species level: when are infraspecific groups biologically meaningful?	13
The finer points of urban adaptation: intraspecific variation in lizard claw morphology	13
The truth is in the detail: predators attack aposematic prey with less aggression than other prey types	13
Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation	13
Altitudinal, latitudinal and longitudinal responses of cloud forest species to Quaternary glaciations in the northern Neotropics	13
Examining the effect of feralization on craniomandibular morphology in pigs,Sus scrofa(Artiodactyla: Suidae)	13
Population history of the golden eagle inferred from whole-genome sequencing of three of its subspecies	12
To be small and dark is advantageous for gaining heat in mezquite lizards, Sceloporus grammicus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)	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
Insights into the importance of areas of climatic stability in the evolution and maintenance of avian diversity in the Mesoamerican dry forests	12
Macroevolution and shifts in the feeding biology of the New World scarab beetle tribe Phanaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)	12
Genetic diversity and structure of the hedgehogsErinaceus europaeusandErinaceus roumanicus: evidence for ongoing hybridization in Eastern Europe	12
Molecular phylogeny and biogeography ofTriplophysastone loaches in the Central Chinese Mountains	12
Climatic control of mat vegetation communities on inselberg archipelagos in south-eastern Brazil	12
Proximate and ultimate drivers of variation in bite force in the insular lizardsPodarcis melisellensisandPodarcis sicula	12
What is consciousness? Artificial intelligence, real intelligence, quantum mind and qualia	11
Inherency and agency in the origin and evolution of biological functions	11
Incipient hybrid inferiority between recently introduced, diverging dung beetle populations	11
DNA-based species delimitation reveals cryptic and incipient species in synchronous flashing fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of Southeast Asia	11
Out of the OCBILs: new hypotheses for the evolution, ecology and conservation of the eucalypts	11
Island colonization by a ‘rheophilic’ fish: the phylogeography ofGarra ceylonensis(Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka	11
The meaning and origin of goal-directedness: a dynamical systems perspective	11
An effect size statistical framework for investigating sexual dimorphism in non-avian dinosaurs and other extinct taxa	11
Comparative scale morphology in the adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika	11
Ontogenetic and static allometry in the skull and cranial units of nine-banded armadillos (Cingulata: Dasypodidae:Dasypus novemcinctus)	11
Diversification of tiny toads (Bufonidae:Amazophrynella) sheds light on ancient landscape dynamism in Amazonia	10
Plotting for change: an analytical framework to aid decisions on which lineages are candidate species in phylogenomic species discovery	10
Latitudinal variation in sexual dimorphism in a freshwater fish group	10
Clutch quality is related to embryonic development duration, hatchling body size and telomere length in the spined toad (Bufo spinosus)	10
Unveiling the mystery: assessing the evolutionary trajectory of the Apaporis caiman population (Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis, Medem 1955) via mitochondrial molecular makers	10
Geographical and environmental contributions to genomic divergence in mangrove forests	10
Influence of niche breadth and position on the historical biogeography of seafaring scincid lizards	10
Habitat generalists drive nestedness in a tropical mountaintop insect metacommunity	10
Sex-biased parasitism and expression of a sexual signal	10
Terrestrialization in gastropods: lineages, ecological constraints and comparisons with other animals	10
An experimental investigation of how intraspecific competition and phenotypic plasticity can promote the evolution of novel, complex phenotypes	9
The Noongar of south-western Australia: a case study of long-term biodiversity conservation in a matrix of old and young landscapes	9
Functional consequences of flower curvature, orientation and perch position for nectar feeding by sunbirds	9
Physiology restores purpose to evolutionary biology	9
Molecular biogeography of the MediterraneanButhusspecies complex (Scorpiones: Buthidae) at its southern Palaearctic margin	9
Habitat and developmental constraints drove 330 million years of horseshoe crab evolution	9
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

OCBIL theory: a new science for old ecosystems	9
Species diversification and ecomorphological evolution in the radiation of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae)	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
Brighter is darker: the Hamilton–Zuk hypothesis revisited in lizards	9
Pollination in thecampo rupestre: a test of hypothesis for an ancient tropical mountain vegetation	9
Extensive chromosomal fissions and repetitive DNA accumulation shaped the atypical karyotypes of two Ramphastidae (Aves: Piciformes) species	9
Karyotype evolution and flexible (conventional versus inverted) meiosis in insects with holocentric chromosomes: a case study based onPolyommatusbutterflies	9
Sympatric occurrence of deeply diverged mitochondrial DNA lineages in Siberian geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): cryptic speciation, mitochondrial introgression, secondary admixture or effec	9
Phylogeography of the widespread white-eared hummingbird (Hylocharis leucotis): pre-glacial expansion and genetic differentiation of populations separated by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec	8
Demographic responses of forest-utilizing bats to past climate change in South Africa	8
A generalized approach to characterize optical properties of natural objects	8
Size-dependent male mating tactics and their morphological correlates in Poecilia gillii	8
Population differentiation and phylogeography inLycianthes moziniana(Solanaceae: Capsiceae), a perennial herb endemic to the Mexican Transition Zone	8
Photoperiod is an important seasonal selection factor in Chironomus riparius (Diptera: Chironomidae)	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
Evolutionary dynamics of rDNA clusters on chromosomes of buthid scorpions (Chelicerata: Arachnida)	8
Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice	8
Thin-skinned invaders: geographic variation in the structure of the skin among populations of cane toads (Rhinella marina)	8
How often do they do it? An in-depth analysis of the hybrid zone of two grass snake species (Natrix astreptophoraandNatrix helvetica)	8
Random or handedness? Use of laterally paired penises inNalaearwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera: Labiduridae)	8
Distance to coastline modulates morphology and population structure in a coastal amphibian	8
Phenotypic response to a major hurricane in Anolis lizards in urban and forest habitats	8
Integrative systematics untangles the evolutionary history ofStenochrus(Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), a neglected junkyard genus of North American short-tailed whipscorpions	8
Octopodoidea as predators near the end of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution	8
Do colour morphs of wall lizards express different personalities?	8
Heat-distribution in the body and wings of the morpho dragonflyZenithoptera lanei(Anisoptera: Libellulidae) and a possible mechanism of thermoregulation	8
Neurotoxic alkaloid in pollen and nectar excludes generalist bees from foraging at death-camas,Toxicoscordion paniculatum(Melanthiaceae)	8
Agency, teleonomy and signal transduction in plant systems	8
Carryover effects and the evolution of polyphenism	8
Exploring the relationship between soil and plant evolutionary diversity in the Roraima table mountain OCBIL, Guayana Highlands	8
The scales of coevolution: comparative phylogeography and genetic demography of a locally adapted venomous predator and its prey	8
Role of environmental filtering and functional traits for species coexistence in a harsh tropical montane ecosystem	8
Mitochondrial DNA barcodes provide insight into the phylogeography and subspecies controversy in the widespread Neotropical white peacock butterfly,Anartia jatrophae(Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae)	8
Inbreeding and competition, but not abiotic stresses, increase fluctuating asymmetry ofMimulus guttatusflowers	8
The hidden cost of group living for aggregating juveniles in a sexually dimorphic species	8
Convergent developmental patterns underlie the repeated evolution of adhesive toe pads among lizards	7
What can physiological capacity and behavioural choice tell us about thermal adaptation?	7
Three-dimensional kinematics of euchelicerate limbs uncover functional specialization in eurypterid appendages	7
Overcoming the limits of natural computation in biological evolution toward the maximization of system efficiency	7
Variations in genetic structure and male genitalia suggest recent lineage diversification in the Neotropical dung beetle complexCanthon cyanellus(Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)	7
Fighting does not influence the morphological integration of crustacean claws (Decapoda: Aeglidae)	7
Resolving teleology’s false dilemma	7
Cryptic genetic diversity and cytonuclear discordance characterize contact among Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis) morphotypes in western North America	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
Ontogenetic changes in activity, locomotion and behavioural complexity in tadpoles	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
Hammer it out: shifts in habitat are associated with changes in fin and body shape in the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)	7
Genetic diversity of North American vertebrates in protected areas	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
Severe fires alter the outcome of the mutualism between ants and a Neotropical savanna tree	7
When the end modifies its means: the origins of novelty and the evolution of innovation	7
Revisiting the thermoregulation hypothesis of osteoderms: a study of the crocodilian Paleosuchus palpebrosus (Crocodilia: Alligatoridae)	7
Fixation and preservation contribute to distortion in vertebrate museum specimens: a 10-year study with the lizard Anolis sagrei	7
Host interaction mechanisms in herbivorous insects – life cycles, host specialization and speciation	7
Effects of size, phylogeny and locomotor habits on the pelvic and femoral morphology of South American spiny rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae)	7
Increasing body size and fecundity in a salamander over four decades, possibly due to global warming	7
Umbrella of protection: spatial and temporal dynamics in a temperate butterfly Batesian mimicry system	7
Inferring longevity from advanced rib remodelling in insular dwarf deer	7
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
Current and future potential global distribution of the invading species Drosophila nasuta (Diptera: Drosophilidae)	6
Refugia within refugium ofGeranium yesoense(Geraniaceae) in Japan were driven by recolonization into the southern interglacial refugium	6
Evaluating the island effect on phenotypic evolution in the Italian wall lizard,Podarcis siculus(Reptilia: Lacertidae)	6
Divergence promoted by the northern Andes in the giant fishing spider Ancylometes bogotensis (Araneae: Ctenidae)	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
Intraspecific variation and structuring of phenotype in a lake-dwelling species are driven by lake size and elevation	6
Imprints of tropical niche conservatism and historical dispersal in the radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves: Passeriformes)	6
Micro-photoautotroph predation as a driver for trophic niche specialization in 12 syntopic Indo-Pacific parrotfish species	6
Eco-evolutionary adaptations of ochotonids (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) to islands: new insights into Late Miocene pikas from the Gargano palaeo-archipelago (Italy)	6
Phylogeny and evolution of unique skull morphologies in dietary specialist African shovel-snouted snakes (Lamprophiidae: Prosymna)	6
The Quaternary range dynamics ofNoccaea iberidea(Brassicaceae), a typical representative of subalpine/alpine steppe communities of Anatolian mountains	6
Drivers and patterns of bite force evolution in liolaemid lizards	6
Morphological evolution in relationship to sidewinding, arboreality and precipitation in snakes of the family Viperidae	6
Engines of innovation: biological origins of genome evolution	6
Contrasting patterns of population divergence on young and old landscapes inBanksia seminuda(Proteaceae), with evidence for recognition of subspecies	6
The costs of being a good dad: egg-carrying and clutch size impair locomotor performance in male midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans)	6

Turning biology to life: some reflections	6
Fine-scale population genetic structure and barriers to gene flow in a widespread seabird (Ardenna pacifica)	6
Maternal and genetic correlations between morphology and physical performance traits in a small captive primate,Microcebus murinus	6
A case for mutualistic deceptive mimicry	6
Only males care about their environment: sex-biased dispersal in the asp viper (Vipera aspis)	6
Comparative phylogeography and palaeomodelling reveal idiosyncratic responses to climate changes in Neotropical paper wasps	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
Molecular ecology of the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa (H. Milne Edwards, 1852): genetic divergence along a major biogeographical barrier, Wallace’s Line	6
The eyes have it: dim-light activity is associated with the morphology of eyes but not antennae across insect orders	6
Possible dispersal of the coastal and subterranean carabid beetle Thalassoduvalius masidai (Coleoptera) by ocean currents	6
Limited seed dispersability in a megadiverse OCBIL grassland	6
Moving to the city: testing the implications of morphological shifts on locomotor performance in introduced urban lizards	6
Does the spatial sorting of dispersal traits affect the phenotype of the non-dispersing stages of the invasive frogXenopus laevisthrough coupling?	6
Reproductive context of extremely short sperm in the parasitic waspCotesia congregata(Hymenoptera: Braconidae)	5
Diel cycle in a farmland bird is shaped by contrasting predation and human pressures	5
From the river to the ocean: mitochondrial DNA analyses provide evidence of spectacled caimans (Caiman crocodilus Linnaeus 1758) mainland–insular dispersal	5
Genetic structure of the long-snouted seahorse,Hippocampus guttulatus, in the Central–Western Mediterranean Sea	5
Sexually dimorphic traits and male fertility in a paper wasp	5
Phylogenomics of peacock spiders and their kin (Salticidae:Maratus), with implications for the evolution of male courtship displays	5
The role of social costs as a mechanism enforcing the honesty of ultraviolet-reflecting signals in a lizard	5
Teleonomy as a problem of self-causation	5
Heterogeneous genetic structure in eastern North American peat mosses (Sphagnum)	5
A review of the fossil record of caecilians (Lissamphibia: Gymnophionomorpha) with comments on its use to calibrate molecular timetrees	5
Estimating vertebrate biodiversity using the tempo of taxonomy – a view from Hubbert’s peak	5
Markers of life history traits: variation in morphology, molecular and amino acid sequences withinTyphlodromus(Anthoseius)reckiWainstein (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)	5
Florivory defence: are phenolic compounds distributed non-randomly within perianths?	5
A synergistic combination of structural and pigmentary colour produces non-spectral colour in the purple-breasted cotinga,Cotinga cotinga(Passeriformes: Cotingidae)	5
Geographical differences in competitive hierarchy in a native–invasive system	5
Hitchhiking consequences for genetic and morphological patterns: the influence of kelp-rafting on a brooding chiton	5
Molecular systematics and phylogeography of a widespread Neotropical avian lineage: evidence for cryptic speciation with protracted gene flow throughout the Late Quaternary	5
Evolution of litter size in bats and its influence on longevity and roosting ecology	5
Evolution of European carnivorous mammal assemblages through the Palaeogene	5
Choices by organisms: on the role of freedom in behaviour and evolution	5
Mode of maternal provisioning in the fish genus Phalloceros: a variation on the theme of matrotrophy	5
Phylogeography of ancient and modern brown bears from eastern Eurasia	5
Connecting social polymorphism to single nucleotide polymorphism: population genomics of the small carpenter bee,Ceratina australensis	5
Teleonomy in living systems: an overview	5
Origins of Galápagos’ land-locked vertebrates: what, whence, when, how?	5
Is the age of plant communities predicted by the age, stability and soil composition of the underlying landscapes? An investigation of OCBILs	5
Illusion of flight? Absence, evidence and the age of winged insects	5
Genital coupling and copulatory wounding in the Drosophila auraria species complex (Diptera: Drosophilidae)	5
Extraordinary diversification of the “bristle flies” (Diptera: Tachinidae) and its underlying causes	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
Hand-Wing Index as a surrogate for dispersal ability: the case of the Emberizoidea (Aves: Passeriformes) radiation	5
Incipient speciation and its impact on taxonomic decision: a case study using a sky island sister-species pair of stag beetles (Lucanidae: Lucanus)	5
Diversity and evolution of the extraordinary vocal sacs of casque-headed treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae)	5
Mosaic adaptive peak shifts underlie body shape diversification in pelagiarian fishes (Acanthomorpha: Percomorpha)	5
The ontogeny of sea turtle hatchling swimming performance	5
Allometric scaling in two bushcricket species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) suggests sexual selection on song-generating structures	5
Reduction, reorganization and stasis in the evolution of turtle shell elements	5
Surface sculpturing in the skull of gecko lizards (Squamata: Gekkota)	5
Supratidal existence drives phenotypic divergence, but not speciation, in tropical rocky-shore snails	5
Concepts and contentions of coral snake resemblance: Batesian mimicry and its alternatives	5
High temperatures limit developmental resilience to high-elevation hypoxia in the snakeNatrix maura(Squamata: Colubridae)	5
Functional trait coordination in the ancient and nutrient-impoverishedcampo rupestre: soil properties drive stem, leaf and architectural traits	5
Cranial integration in the ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae)	5