Biological Reviews

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The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	268
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	255
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	185
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	176
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	161
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	138
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	125
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	124
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	115
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	113
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	113
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	103
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	99
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	99
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	98
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	96
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Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	93
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The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	91
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	88
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	88
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	86

The ecology of sleep in non‐avian reptiles	83
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	82
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	78
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	77
Successional theories	77
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	75
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	74
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	74
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	71
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	69
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	69
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Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	65
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	63
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	63
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	62
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	59
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	59
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	58
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	57
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	56
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	55
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	54
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	54
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	53
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	48
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	47
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	47
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	46
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	46
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	45
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	45
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	44
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	44
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	42
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	42
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	42
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	42
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	41
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	41
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	39
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	39
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	39
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	37
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	37
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	37
Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	35
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	35
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	35
Fraternal cooperation of hierarchical cancer parallels metazoan multicellularity and eusociality	35

An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	35
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	34
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	34
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	34
Role of epigenetics in parturition and preterm birth	34
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Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	34
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	33
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	33
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	32
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	32
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects	31
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	31
Insecticide‐contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects	30
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	29
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	29
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	29
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	29
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	29
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A pan‐metazoan concept for adult stem cells: the wobbling Penrose landscape	29
Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	28
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	28
Sophistication in a seemingly simple creature: a review of wild holothurian nutrition in marine ecosystems	28
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	28
Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	27
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	27
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	27
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	27
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	27
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	26
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	26
The ecology of electricity and electroreception	26
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Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	26
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	26
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	25
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	25
Ecosystem services provided by spiders	25
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	25
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	24
Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes	24
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	24
The singing question: re‐conceptualizing birdsong	24
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Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	23
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	23
Animal linguistics: a primer	23
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	23
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	23
Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology	23
Assessing flexibility in meaning and context in non‐human communication	22
Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking	22
The terrestrial and semi‐aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams	22
A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology	22
The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation	22
A reaction norm framework for the evolution of learning: how cumulative experience shapes phenotypic plasticity	21
The evolution of reproduction in Ediacaran–Cambrian metazoans	21
Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems	21
Insect–flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives	21
Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management	21
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	21
Can metabolic traits explain animal community assembly and functioning?	20
Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers	20
Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods	19
Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review	19
A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	19
A global assessment of large terrestrial carnivore kill rates	19
Beyond compliance: harmonising research and husbandry practices to improve experimental reproducibility using fish models	19
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Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science	19
The DCIDE framework: systematic investigation of evolutionary hypotheses, exemplified with autism	19
Continuous tooth replacement: what can teleost fish teach us?	19
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Invasion of the four kingdoms: the parasite journey across plant and non‐plant hosts	18
From fibre to function: are we accurately representing muscle architecture and performance?	18
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Moderating the neutralist–selectionist debate: exactly which propositions are we debating, and which arguments are valid?	18
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important	18
Scientific history, biogeography, and biological traits predict presence of cryptic or overlooked species	18

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