Biological Reviews

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Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	299
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	293
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	202
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	202
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	192
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	151
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change	141
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	138
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	135
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	117
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	114
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	112
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	112
Molecular bases of insect odorant receptor function: specificity and evolution	112
Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns	111
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	109
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	108
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	105
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	103
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New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	103
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Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	91

Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	87
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	84
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	80
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	80
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	79
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	75
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	74
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	74
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	71
Successional theories	69
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	66
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	62
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Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	60
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	60
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	54
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	52
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	52
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	52
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	51
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	49
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	49
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	48
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	48
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	47
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	47
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	46
Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms	45
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	45
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	45
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	44
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	43
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	42
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	42
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	41
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	40
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	39
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	39
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	39
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	39
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	38
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	38
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	38
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	37
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	37
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	37
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	37
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	37
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	36
Fraternal cooperation of hierarchical cancer parallels metazoan multicellularity and eusociality	35

The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	35
Correction to “New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs”	34
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	34
Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	34
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	34
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects	34
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	34
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Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	33
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	32
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	32
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	31
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	31
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	31
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	31
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Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	31
Prioritising research on endocrine disruption in the marine environment: a global perspective	30
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	30
Ancestral‐area algorithms are unreliable	30
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	30
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	29
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	29
Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	28
Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	28
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	28
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
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	27
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	27
Integration of epigenetics into ecotoxicology: insights and fundamental research needs	26
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Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	26
Bees feeling the burn	26
Ecosystem services provided by spiders	25
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	25
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	25
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	25
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	25
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	25
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	25
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Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	24
Animal linguistics: a primer	24
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	24
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
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	23
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	23
The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation	22
Assessing flexibility in meaning and context in non‐human communication	22
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	22
Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking	22
A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	22
Insect–flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives	22
The terrestrial and semi‐aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams	22
Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management	22
A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology	22
Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology	22
Can metabolic traits explain animal community assembly and functioning?	22
Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science	21
Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems	21
A reaction norm framework for the evolution of learning: how cumulative experience shapes phenotypic plasticity	21
Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers	21
The evolution of reproduction in Ediacaran–Cambrian metazoans	21
Scientific history, biogeography, and biological traits predict presence of cryptic or overlooked species	20
A global assessment of large terrestrial carnivore kill rates	20
The DCIDE framework: systematic investigation of evolutionary hypotheses, exemplified with autism	20
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Larger pollen sizes correspond to longer styles: correlated evolution between male traits and female preference in plants	20
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Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review	20
Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate the evolution and function of joy in non‐human animals	19
Positive species interactions structure rhodolith bed communities at a global scale	19
Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods	19
From fibre to function: are we accurately representing muscle architecture and performance?	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
Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options	19
Beyond compliance: harmonising research and husbandry practices to improve experimental reproducibility using fish models	18

Moderating the neutralist–selectionist debate: exactly which propositions are we debating, and which arguments are valid?	18
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The revolutionary developmental biology ofWilhelmHis,Sr.	17
Mapping molluscan endocrinology: a systematic and critical appraisal	17
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Molecular regulatory mechanisms of Merkel cell differentiation	17
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Vertical stratification patterns of tropical forest vertebrates: a meta‐analysis	17
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important	17
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Olfactory camouflage and communication in birds	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 complex network perspective on brain disease	16
A synthetic review: natural history of amniote reproductive modes in light of comparative evolutionary genomics	16
Integrating animal behaviour into research on multiple environmental stressors: a conceptual framework	16
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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
New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs	16
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
Synergy, complexity, and the dirty, dirty cheats of the world	15
Convergent evolution and adaptive diversification of root symbioses	15
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Evolutionary formation of melatonin and vitamin D in early life forms: insects take centre stage	14
Diversity of ‘simple’ multicellular eukaryotes: 45 independent cases and six types of multicellularity	14
Evaluation of physiological stress in free‐ranging bears: current knowledge and future directions	14
Close encounters of the friendly kind: pacific between‐group interactions in primates	14
The return of metabolism: biochemistry and physiology of glycolysis	14
Capturing wild animal welfare: a physiological perspective	14
Comparative gut microbiome research through the lens of ecology: theoretical considerations and best practices	14
Practical applications of soil microbiota to improve ecosystem restoration: current knowledge and future directions	13
Unveiling the resistance of native weed communities: insights for managing invasive weed species in disturbed environments	13
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Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta‐analysis	13
The rise of hyperabundant native generalists threatens both humans and nature	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
Antipredator defences in motion: animals reduce predation risks by concealing or misleading motion signals	13
Feather function and the evolution of birds	13
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Interspecific interactions disrupted by roads	12
Evolutionary time and species diversity in aquatic ecosystems worldwide	12
Reversing global causes of juvenile recruitment loss as a means to recover endangered freshwater turtles	12
Quantitative meta‐analysis reveals no association between mercury contamination and body condition in birds	12
The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis	12
Aligning spatial ecological theory with the study of clonal organisms: the case of fungal coexistence	12
Analysis of the genetic loci of pigment pattern evolution in vertebrates	12
The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review	12
The impacts of biological invasions	12
Reversibility of sex changes in the plant kingdom: more important than we thought?	12
A century of theories of balancing selection	12
Testicular heat stress, a historical perspective and two postulates for why male germ cells are heat sensitive	12
Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system	11
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
Carotenoid ornaments and the spandrels of physiology: a critique of theory to explain condition dependency	11
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Perils of ingesting harmful prey by advanced snakes	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
Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a systematic review	11
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Biological clocks as age estimation markers in animals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	11
The environment to the rescue: can physics help predict predator–prey interactions?	11
Freshwater megafauna shape ecosystems and facilitate restoration	11
Genomic investigations of successful invasions: the picture emerging from recent studies	10
Neuroplasticity and brain health: insights from natural torpor	10
From curiosity to play: re‐evaluating the evolutionary origins of play	10
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Pest suppression by bats and management strategies to favour it: a global review	10
Plasticity in climate change responses	10
Space‐for‐time substitutions in climate change ecology and evolution	10
Conflict over caste fate in insect societies	10
Worldwide comparison of carbon stocks and fluxes between native and non‐native forests	10
The expression of empathy in human's closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: current and future directions	10
Interspecific behavioural interference and range dynamics: current insights and future directions	10
Microbiome mediation of animal life histories via metabolites and insulin‐like signalling	10
Cryptic species conservation: a review	10
Exercise builds the scaffold of life: muscle extracellular matrix biomarker responses to physical activity, inactivity, and aging	10
Biologically driven isotopic fractionations in bivalves: from palaeoenvironmental problem to palaeophysiological proxy	10
The forgotten adaptive social benefits of social learning in animals	10
Origins and evolution of biological novelty	10
The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy‐beach ecosystems: a global review	9
More than energy cost: multiple benefits of the long Achilles tendon in human walking and running	9
Darwin's ‘mystery of mysteries’: the role of sexual selection in plant speciation	9
Evolution of vocal control in echolocating bats	9
Biological effects of weak magnetic fields: can the radical‐pair mechanism provide a universal explanation?	9
Zooming in the plastisphere: the ecological interface for phytoplankton–plastic interactions in aquatic ecosystems	9
The Lego hypothesis of tissue morphogenesis: stereotypic organization of parallel orientational cell adhesions for epithelial self‐assembly	9
Wilding cities for biodiversity and people: a transdisciplinary framework	9
Time trees and clock genes: a systematic review and comparative analysis of contemporary avian migration genetics	9
Habitat split as a driver of disease in amphibians	9
Unveiling the complexity and ecological function of aquatic macrophyte–animal networks in coastal ecosystems	9
Seagrass–microbe interactions: a systematic review of current research trends and mapping of the core microbiome	8