Biological Reviews

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Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	226
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	221
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	187
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	158
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	141
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	127
The behavioural ecology of marine cleaning mutualisms	125
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	114
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	107
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	106
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	104
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	101
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	93
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	92
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	86
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Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	82
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Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	80
The ecology of sleep in non‐avian reptiles	79
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	79
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	76

The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	76
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	75
Impacts of volcanic eruptions and early recovery in freshwater environments and organisms	74
The thermal environment as a moderator of social evolution	74
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	74
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	73
Delete and survive: strategies of programmed genetic material elimination in eukaryotes	72
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	71
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	69
Successional theories	69
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	69
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	68
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Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	67
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	66
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	65
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	65
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	64
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	64
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	58
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	57
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	57
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	56
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	55
Diverse roles of microbial indole compounds in eukaryotic systems	54
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	54
Anticipated effects of abiotic environmental change on intraspecific social interactions	54
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	53
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	53
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	52
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	52
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	51
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	51
The importance of considering age when quantifying wild animals’ welfare	50
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	50
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	50
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	49
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	48
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	47
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	46
A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography	45
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	45
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	44
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	44
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	44
Plant susceptible responses: the underestimated side of plant–pathogen interactions	43
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	42
A guide to choosing and implementing reference models for social network analysis	42
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	41
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	40

Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	40
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	40
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	40
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	39
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Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	37
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	37
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	36
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	36
Uncovering the ‘sphinx’ of sphingosine 1‐phosphate signalling: from cellular events to organ morphogenesis	36
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	36
Insecticide‐contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects	35
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	35
Role of epigenetics in parturition and preterm birth	35
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	35
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	35
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	34
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Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	33
A pan‐metazoan concept for adult stem cells: the wobbling Penrose landscape	33
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	31
Sophistication in a seemingly simple creature: a review of wild holothurian nutrition in marine ecosystems	31
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	31
Exploring the causes and consequences of cooperative behaviour in wild animal populations using a social network approach	30
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	30
The impact of environmental and social factors on learning abilities: a meta‐analysis	30
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	29
Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	29
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	29
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	29
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	29
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	29
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The biomechanics of pollen release: new perspectives on the evolution of wind pollination in angiosperms	28
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	28
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	28
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	28
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	27
The global regulatory logic of organ regeneration: circuitry lessons from skin and its appendages	27
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	27
Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application	27
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	27
The ecology of electricity and electroreception	26
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	26
The evolution of perennially enlarged breasts in women: a critical review and a novel hypothesis	25
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	25
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Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	25
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	25
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	24
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	24
The singing question: re‐conceptualizing birdsong	23
Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes	23
Fluorescent nanoparticles as tools in ecology and physiology	23
A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology	22
Insect–flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives	22
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	22
A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	22
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Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	22
Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking	22
Animal linguistics: a primer	22
Resolving the SLOSS dilemma for biodiversity conservation: a research agenda	21
The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation	21
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
The terrestrial and semi‐aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams	21
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	21
Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management	20
Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology	20
Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science	20
Can metabolic traits explain animal community assembly and functioning?	20
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Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems	19
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Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers	19
A global assessment of large terrestrial carnivore kill rates	18
Moderating the neutralist–selectionist debate: exactly which propositions are we debating, and which arguments are valid?	18
Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods	18
Invasion of the four kingdoms: the parasite journey across plant and non‐plant hosts	18

The DCIDE framework: systematic investigation of evolutionary hypotheses, exemplified with autism	18
Beyond compliance: harmonising research and husbandry practices to improve experimental reproducibility using fish models	18
Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate the evolution and function of joy in non‐human animals	18
Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review	17
From fibre to function: are we accurately representing muscle architecture and performance?	17
A synthetic review: natural history of amniote reproductive modes in light of comparative evolutionary genomics	17
Continuous tooth replacement: what can teleost fish teach us?	17
Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options	17
Positive species interactions structure rhodolith bed communities at a global scale	17
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important	17
Scientific history, biogeography, and biological traits predict presence of cryptic or overlooked species	17
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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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New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs	16
Coral recruitment: patterns and processes determining the dynamics of coral populations	16
Integrating animal behaviour into research on multiple environmental stressors: a conceptual framework	16
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Olfactory camouflage and communication in birds	16
Treating gaps and biases in biodiversity data as a missing data problem	16
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The revolutionary developmental biology ofWilhelmHis,Sr.	15
The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current ‘myths’ in naked mole‐rat biology	15
Vertical stratification patterns of tropical forest vertebrates: a meta‐analysis	15
The integrative biology of genetic dominance	15
Practical applications of soil microbiota to improve ecosystem restoration: current knowledge and future directions	15
Past aridity and dust drove biodiversity crises and altered pollination in the ancient gymnosperm Ephedra (Gnetales)	15
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Capturing wild animal welfare: a physiological perspective	15
Evolutionary formation of melatonin and vitamin D in early life forms: insects take centre stage	15
The rise of hyperabundant native generalists threatens both humans and nature	14
Diversity of ‘simple’ multicellular eukaryotes: 45 independent cases and six types of multicellularity	14
Differences in resource acquisition, not allocation, mediate the relationship between behaviour and fitness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	14
Comparative gut microbiome research through the lens of ecology: theoretical considerations and best practices	14
Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta‐analysis	14
Antipredator defences in motion: animals reduce predation risks by concealing or misleading motion signals	14
Feather function and the evolution of birds	14
Evaluation of physiological stress in free‐ranging bears: current knowledge and future directions	14
Synergy, complexity, and the dirty, dirty cheats of the world	14
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Unveiling the resistance of native weed communities: insights for managing invasive weed species in disturbed environments	14
Aligning spatial ecological theory with the study of clonal organisms: the case of fungal coexistence	13
Biological clocks as age estimation markers in animals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
Chasing footprints in time – reframing our understanding of human foot function in the context of current evidence and emerging insights	13
A global synthesis of predation on bivalves	13
Interspecific interactions disrupted by roads	13
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Testicular heat stress, a historical perspective and two postulates for why male germ cells are heat sensitive	13
Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system	12
Evolutionary time and species diversity in aquatic ecosystems worldwide	12
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Analysis of the genetic loci of pigment pattern evolution in vertebrates	12
Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a systematic review	12
The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis	12
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The biology and evolution of spider venoms	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
Artificial refuges for wildlife conservation: what is the state of the science?	12
On the function and origin of the avian renal portal shunt and its potential significance throughout evolution	11
Microbiome mediation of animal life histories via metabolites and insulin‐like signalling	11
Perils of ingesting harmful prey by advanced snakes	11
Chronic stress and Alzheimer's disease: the interplay between the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, genetics and microglia	11
Adaptive evolution of viruses infecting marine microalgae (haptophytes), from acute infections to stable coexistence	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
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
Multi‐host pathogen transmission and the disease–diversity relationship	11
Origin and evolution of fungus farming in wood‐boringColeoptera – a palaeontological perspective	11
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Interspecific behavioural interference and range dynamics: current insights and future directions	10
Biologically driven isotopic fractionations in bivalves: from palaeoenvironmental problem to palaeophysiological proxy	10
The expression of empathy in human's closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: current and future directions	10
The forgotten adaptive social benefits of social learning in animals	10
Freshwater megafauna shape ecosystems and facilitate restoration	10
Origins and evolution of biological novelty	10
Worldwide comparison of carbon stocks and fluxes between native and non‐native forests	10
Genomic investigations of successful invasions: the picture emerging from recent studies	9
Cryptic species conservation: a review	9
Convergent and divergent evolution of microRNA‐mediated regulation in metazoans	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
Seawater intrusion: an appraisal of taxa at most risk and safe salinity levels	9
Darwin's ‘mystery of mysteries’: the role of sexual selection in plant speciation	9
Pest suppression by bats and management strategies to favour it: a global review	9
From curiosity to play: re‐evaluating the evolutionary origins of play	9
Time trees and clock genes: a systematic review and comparative analysis of contemporary avian migration genetics	9
Lead poisoning of raptors: state of the science and cross‐discipline mitigation options for a global problem	8
The early diversification of ray‐finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects	8
Diet effects on ectotherm thermal performance	8
Minimal CompositionalityversusBird Implicatures: two theories ofABC‐Dsequences in Japanese tits	8
Creating wildlife habitat using artificial structures: a review of their efficacy and potential use in solar farms	8
Loss of the ability to regenerate body appendages in vertebrates: from side effects of evolutionary innovations to gene loss	8