1. Nest- and colony-mate recognition in polydomous colonies of meat ants (Iridomyrmex purpureus)

   • E. van Wilgenburg
   • D. Ryan
   • M. A. Elgar

   Original Article 23 March 2006 Pages: 309 - 314

   

2. Gigantism in honeybees: Apis cerana queens reared in mixed-species colonies

   • Ken Tan
   • H. R. Hepburn
   • Xiang Fang

   Original Article 01 April 2006 Pages: 315 - 320

   

3. Prehibernating aggregations of Polistes dominulus: an occasion to study early dominance assessment in social insects

   • Leonardo Dapporto
   • Elisabetta Palagi
   • Stefano Turillazzi

   Short Communication 23 March 2006 Pages: 321 - 324

   

4. Visual targeting of components of floral colour patterns in flower-naïve bumblebees (Bombus terrestris; Apidae)

   • Klaus Lunau
   • Gabriele Fieselmann
   • Antje van de Loo

   Short Communication 28 March 2006 Pages: 325 - 328

   

5. Dietary characterization of the hominoid Khoratpithecus (Miocene of Thailand): evidence from dental topographic and microwear texture analyses

   • Gildas Merceron
   • Sarah Taylor
   • Jean-Jacques Jaeger

   Short Communication 08 April 2006 Pages: 329 - 333

   

6. Plants grow better if seeds see green

   • Andrei P. Sommer
   • Ralf-Peter Franke

   Short Communication 23 March 2006 Pages: 334 - 337

   

7. Sex ratio estimations of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings by histological examination and nest temperatures at Fethiye beach, Turkey

   • Yakup Kaska
   • Çetin Ilgaz
   • Michael Stachowitsch

   Short Communication 11 May 2006 Pages: 338 - 343

   

8. Primary colonization and breakdown of igneous rocks by endemic, succulent elephant trees (Pachycormus discolor) of the deserts in Baja California, Mexico

   • Yoav Bashan
   • Horst Vierheilig
   • Luz E. de-Bashan

   Short Communication 01 April 2006 Pages: 344 - 347

   

9. New remains of the enigmatic cetartiodactyl Bugtitherium grandincisivum Pilgrim, 1908, from the upper Oligocene of the Bugti Hills (Balochistan, Pakistan)

   • Grégoire Métais
   • Pierre-Olivier Antoine
   • Jean-Loup Welcomme

   Short Communication 03 May 2006 Pages: 348 - 355

   

10. Effects of clay turbidity and density of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) larvae on predation by perch (Perca fluviatilis)

    • Zeynep Pekcan-Hekim
    • Jyrki Lappalainen

    Short Communication 08 April 2006 Pages: 356 - 359