Biological Reviews

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Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	234
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	224
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	163
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	156
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	155
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	150
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	146
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	146
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	139
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change	126
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	123
Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns	120
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	118
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	116
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	114
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	101
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	94
Molecular bases of insect odorant receptor function: specificity and evolution	93
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Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	83
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	79
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	79

The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	75
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	75
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	74
The plastisphere as a nexus for antimicrobial resistance: micro(nano)plastics in pathogen colonization, gene transfer, and global health risks	73
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	73
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	67
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	62
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	57
Successional theories	56
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	56
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	54
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Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	51
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	50
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	47
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	45
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	44
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	44
Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms	44
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	43
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	43
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	43
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	43
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	43
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	42
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	42
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	42
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	42
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	41
Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas	41
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	41
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	41
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	40
The As and Bs of titi monkey linguistics: why emotional communication is not the enemy	40
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	39
Early evolutionary history of the seed	39
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	38
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	38
Methylation and merriment: an exploration of epigenetic mechanisms underlying play behaviour	37
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	36
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	36
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	36
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	36
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	36
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	35
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	35
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	35
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	35
The evidence base for ranger patrol effectiveness in conservation and how to improve it	34
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	34

The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	33
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	32
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	31
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Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	31
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	31
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects	30
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	30
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	29
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	29
Marine foundation species facilitate biodiversity: systematic and quantitative syntheses identify trait‐based standards to understand seascape functionality	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	28
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	28
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	28
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	28
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	28
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	27
The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology	27
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Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	26
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	26
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	26
Prioritising research on endocrine disruption in the marine environment: a global perspective	26
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	26
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	26
Ancestral‐area algorithms are unreliable	26
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	25
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	25
Ecosystem services provided by spiders	25
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	25
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	25
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	25
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	25
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	25
Integration of epigenetics into ecotoxicology: insights and fundamental research needs	25
Bees feeling the burn	24
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	24
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	24
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	24
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	23
A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia	23
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	23
Animal linguistics: a primer	23
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	23
Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits	23
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	22
A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	22
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	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 call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology	21
Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution	21
The evolution of reproduction in Ediacaran–Cambrian metazoans	21
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	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
Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology	20
Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers	20
Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking	20
Insect–flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives	20
The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation	20
Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management	20
Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science	20
Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review	19
Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods	19
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Ecology and evolution of pyrazines in insects	19
A global assessment of large terrestrial carnivore kill rates	19
Continuous tooth replacement: what can teleost fish teach us?	19
Invasion of the four kingdoms: the parasite journey across plant and non‐plant hosts	19
The DCIDE framework: systematic investigation of evolutionary hypotheses, exemplified with autism	19
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Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important	18
Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate the evolution and function of joy in non‐human animals	18
Hibernation‐inspired musculoskeletal resilience: comparative mechanisms of adaptation to disuse and unloading	18

Positive species interactions structure rhodolith bed communities at a global scale	18
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
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Larger pollen sizes correspond to longer styles: correlated evolution between male traits and female preference in plants	18
Moderating the neutralist–selectionist debate: exactly which propositions are we debating, and which arguments are valid?	18
Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options	18
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Why are so few island bryophytes endemic?	17
Vertical stratification patterns of tropical forest vertebrates: a meta‐analysis	17
Molecular regulatory mechanisms of Merkel cell differentiation	17
New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs	17
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A synthetic review: natural history of amniote reproductive modes in light of comparative evolutionary genomics	17
A mosaic of microclimates: biodiversity outcomes and wildlife habitat potential in large‐scale solar facilities	17
Mapping molluscan endocrinology: a systematic and critical appraisal	16
Transitional forestry in New Zealand: re‐evaluating the design and management of forest systems through the lens of forest purpose	16
A complex network perspective on brain disease	16
The rise of hyperabundant native generalists threatens both humans and nature	16
Coral recruitment: patterns and processes determining the dynamics of coral populations	16
Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta‐analysis	16
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Integrating animal behaviour into research on multiple environmental stressors: a conceptual framework	16
Treating gaps and biases in biodiversity data as a missing data problem	16
Unveiling the resistance of native weed communities: insights for managing invasive weed species in disturbed environments	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
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
Close encounters of the friendly kind: pacific between‐group interactions in primates	15
Evaluation of physiological stress in free‐ranging bears: current knowledge and future directions	14
Comparative gut microbiome research through the lens of ecology: theoretical considerations and best practices	14
Evolutionary formation of melatonin and vitamin D in early life forms: insects take centre stage	14
Antipredator defences in motion: animals reduce predation risks by concealing or misleading motion signals	14
Convergent evolution and adaptive diversification of root symbioses	14
Capturing wild animal welfare: a physiological perspective	14
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The return of metabolism: biochemistry and physiology of glycolysis	14
Feather function and the evolution of birds	14
Practical applications of soil microbiota to improve ecosystem restoration: current knowledge and future directions	14
Aligning spatial ecological theory with the study of clonal organisms: the case of fungal coexistence	13
Reversing global causes of juvenile recruitment loss as a means to recover endangered freshwater turtles	13
Analysis of the genetic loci of pigment pattern evolution in vertebrates	13
Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system	13
The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis	13
A global synthesis of predation on bivalves	13
Evolutionary time and species diversity in aquatic ecosystems worldwide	13
The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review	13
The impacts of biological invasions	13
A century of theories of balancing selection	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	13
Reversibility of sex changes in the plant kingdom: more important than we thought?	13
Testicular heat stress, a historical perspective and two postulates for why male germ cells are heat sensitive	13
Biological clocks as age estimation markers in animals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
Geological processes shaping freshwater biodiversity: a synthesis of global evidence	12
Multi‐host pathogen transmission and the disease–diversity relationship	12
Receiver psychology as a driver of communication network structure	12
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The environment to the rescue: can physics help predict predator–prey interactions?	12
Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a systematic review	12
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On the function and origin of the avian renal portal shunt and its potential significance throughout evolution	12
Interspecific interactions disrupted by roads	12
A review of visualisations of protein fold networks and their relationship with sequence and function	11
Freshwater megafauna shape ecosystems and facilitate restoration	11
Biologically driven isotopic fractionations in bivalves: from palaeoenvironmental problem to palaeophysiological proxy	11
The expression of empathy in human's closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: current and future directions	11
Carotenoid ornaments and the spandrels of physiology: a critique of theory to explain condition dependency	11
Fear of grazing rivals the toxin‐inducing effects of nutrients in two marine harmful algae – a meta‐analysis	11
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Interspecific behavioural interference and range dynamics: current insights and future directions	11
Worldwide comparison of carbon stocks and fluxes between native and non‐native forests	11
Identifying practical pathways from animal culture theory to conservation practice	11
A systematic review of invasive non‐native freshwater bivalves	11
Perils of ingesting harmful prey by advanced snakes	11
Origins and evolution of biological novelty	11
The forgotten adaptive social benefits of social learning in animals	11
Genomic investigations of successful invasions: the picture emerging from recent studies	10
Evolution of vocal control in echolocating bats	10
Time trees and clock genes: a systematic review and comparative analysis of contemporary avian migration genetics	10
Conflict over caste fate in insect societies	10
Plasticity in climate change responses	10
Cryptic species conservation: a review	10
Space‐for‐time substitutions in climate change ecology and evolution	10
From curiosity to play: re‐evaluating the evolutionary origins of play	10
Pest suppression by bats and management strategies to favour it: a global review	10
Exercise builds the scaffold of life: muscle extracellular matrix biomarker responses to physical activity, inactivity, and aging	10
The Lego hypothesis of tissue morphogenesis: stereotypic organization of parallel orientational cell adhesions for epithelial self‐assembly	10
Neuroplasticity and brain health: insights from natural torpor	10
Minimal CompositionalityversusBird Implicatures: two theories ofABC‐Dsequences in Japanese tits	9
Paleo‐evo‐devo implications of a revised conceptualization of enameloids and enamels	9
Biocultural heritage of the Caatinga: a systematic review of Myrtaceae and its multiple uses	9
Diet effects on ectotherm thermal performance	9