Articles

1. Blind measurements did not confirm effects of forest fragmentation on fluctuating asymmetry of a tropical butterfly Morpho helenor

   • Mikhail V. Kozlov

   Commentary Open access 23 April 2024 Article: 27

2. Fields of flowers with few strikes: how oligolectic bees manage their foraging behavior on Calibrachoa elegans (Solanaceae)

   • Ana Luísa Cordeiro Vieira
   • Letícia Cândida Pataca
   • Clemens Schlindwein

   Original Article 22 April 2024 Article: 26

   

3. Anatomical, histochemical, and developmental approaches reveal the long-term functioning of the floral nectary in Tocoyena formosa (Rubiaceae)

   • Juliana V. Izquierdo
   • Yve Canaveze
   • Felipe W. Amorim

   Original Article 22 April 2024 Article: 25

   

4. Hydrocarbons in Formicidae: influence of chemical footprints on ant behavioral strategies

   • Poliana Galvão dos Santos
   • Elane Galvão dos Santos
   • William Fernando Antonialli-Junior

   Original Article 18 April 2024 Article: 24

   

5. Sexual dimorphism and topological variability in fingerprint ridge density in a north-west Indian population

   • Devi Das
   • Saumya Seal
   • Kewal Krishan

   Original Article 17 April 2024 Article: 23

   

6. Evidence for cryptic molting behavior in the trilobite Toxochasmops vormsiensis from the Upper Ordovician Katian Kõrgessaare Formation, Estonia

   • Russell D. C. Bicknell
   • Ernesto E. Vargas-Parra
   • Helje Pärnaste

   Original Article Open access 12 April 2024 Article: 22

   

7. A hundred-year-old mystery—the reproductive mode and larval morphology of the enigmatic frog genus Allophryne (Amphibia; Anura; Allophrynidae)

   • Pedro Henrique dos Santos Dias
   • Jesse Delia
   • Marco Rada

   Original Article Open access 10 April 2024 Article: 21

   

8. The protective effects of Zingiber zerumbet rhizome against fevers in rats

   • Haslinda Mohd Salleh
   • Abdulwali Ablat
   • Khalijah Awang

   Original Article 01 April 2024 Article: 20

   

9. Effect of intraspecific seed trait variation on the germination of eight tropical dry forest species

   • Natalia Villa-Rivera
   • Jeiner Castellanos-Barliza
   • Willinton Barranco-Pérez

   Original Article Open access 22 March 2024 Article: 19

   

10. Larger particle size distribution of environmental RNA compared to environmental DNA: a case study targeting the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene in zebrafish (Danio rerio) using experimental aquariums

    • Toshiaki S. Jo

    Original Article 19 March 2024 Article: 18

    

11. Population declines of a widespread amphibian in agricultural landscapes

    • Matthias Renoirt
    • Frédéric Angelier
    • François Brischoux

    Original Article 18 March 2024 Article: 17

    

12. Fungal heat shock proteins: molecular phylogenetic insights into the host takeover

    • João Pedro Nunes Sagini
    • Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun

    Original Article 14 March 2024 Article: 16

    

13. Ice cage: new records and cryptic, isolated lineages in wingless snow flies (Diptera, Limoniidae: Chionea spp.) in German lower mountain ranges

    • Robert Klesser
    • Theo Blick
    • Martin Husemann

    Original Article Open access 13 March 2024 Article: 15

    

14. Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) have swarmed more often over the last two decades

    • Kiyohito Morii
    • Yoshiko Sakamoto

    Original Article Open access 06 March 2024 Article: 14

    

15. Function of snail shell hairs in anti-predator defense

    • Nozomu Sato
    • Akihiro Yoshikawa

    Short Communication Open access 27 February 2024 Article: 13

    

16. Plumage and eggshell colouration covary with the level of sex-specific parental contributions to nest building in birds

    • Jenő Nagy
    • Mark E. Hauber
    • Mark C. Mainwaring

    Original Article Open access 27 February 2024 Article: 12

    

17. Quasispecies productivity

    • Esteban Domingo
    • Guenther Witzany

    Concepts & Synthesis 19 February 2024 Article: 11

18. Life in a Central European warm-temperate to subtropical open forest: Paleoecology of the rhinocerotids from Ulm-Westtangente (Aquitanian, Early Miocene, Germany)

    • Manon Hullot
    • Céline Martin
    • Gertrud E. Rössner

    Original Article Open access 14 February 2024 Article: 10

    

19. A novel approach using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometric analysis to distinguish male and female human hair samples

    • Sukriti Thakur
    • Akanksha Sharma
    • Vishal Sharma

    Original Article 11 February 2024 Article: 9

    

20. New insights into endolithic palaeocommunity development in mobile hard substrate using CT imaging of bioeroded clasts from the Pliocene (Almería, SE Spain)

    • Weronika Łaska
    • Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar
    • Alfred Uchman

    Original Article 08 February 2024 Article: 8

    

21. Influences of sociality and maternal size on reproductive strategies: trade-offs between offspring size and quantity in five Anelosimus species (Araneae, Theridiidae)

    • Gabriel M. Xavier
    • Rafael R. Moura
    • Marcelo O. Gonzaga

    Original Article 05 February 2024 Article: 7

    

22. UV-induced feather color change reflects its porphyrin content

    • Masaru Hasegawa
    • Emi Arai
    • Kazumasa Wakamatsu

    Original Article 01 February 2024 Article: 6

    

23. One elephant may sustain 2 million dung beetles in East African savannas on any given day

    • Frank-Thorsten Krell
    • Sylvia Krell-Westerwalbesloh

    Original Article 31 January 2024 Article: 5

    

24. Competition through ritualized aggressive interactions between sympatric colonies in solitary foraging neotropical ants

    • Maria Eduarda de Lima Vieira
    • Serafino Teseo
    • Arrilton Araújo

    Original Article 30 January 2024 Article: 4

    

25. Harlequin frog tadpoles—comparative buccopharyngeal morphology in the gastromyzophorous tadpoles of the genus Atelopus (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae), with discussion on the phylogenetic and evolutionary implication of characters

    • Pedro Henrique dos Santos Dias
    • Marvin Anganoy-Criollo

    Original Article Open access 22 January 2024 Article: 3

    

26. Drivers of flower visit and resource sharing between the honeybee and native bees in Neotropical coastal sand dunes

    • Carlos Pinilla Cruz
    • Brenda Ratoni
    • Wesley Dáttilo

    Original Article 15 January 2024 Article: 2

    

27. Subterranean termites raise the alarm when their anti-fungal weapon falters

    • Bhawana Luitel
    • Ajijola J. Johnson
    • Mark S. Bulmer

    Short Communication 27 December 2023 Article: 1

    

28. Branched tyramides from males of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius

    • Tappey H. Jones
    • Satya P. Chinta
    • Kaitie C. Cartwright

    Short Communication Open access 07 December 2023 Article: 57

    

29. Study of repertoire use reveals unexpected context-dependent vocalizations in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

    • Alessandro Gallo
    • Alice De Moura Lima
    • Alban Lemasson

    Original Article 07 December 2023 Article: 56

    

30. Development, detection and decipherment of obfuscated fingerprints in humans: Implications for forensic casework

    • Tej Kaur
    • Nandini Chitara
    • Kewal Krishan

    Review 04 December 2023 Article: 55

    

31. Species-specific traits affect bird species’ susceptibility to global change

    • Javier Rivas-Salvador
    • Jiři Reif

    Original Article 14 November 2023 Article: 54

    

32. Reflections upon a new definition of life

    • Jaime Gómez-Márquez

    Concepts & Synthesis 02 November 2023 Article: 53

    

33. Modelling the effects of climate and land-cover changes on the potential distribution and landscape connectivity of three earth snakes (Genus Conopsis, Günther 1858) in central Mexico

    • Armando Sunny
    • Javier Manjarrez
    • Andrea González-Fernández

    Original Article 27 October 2023 Article: 52

    

34. Phoretic behavior of the pseudoscorpion Megachernes ryugadensis on the Japanese wood mouse Apodemus speciosus

    • Takuya Shimada
    • Kimiko Okabe
    • Saori Fujii

    Original Article 26 October 2023 Article: 51

    

35. The first healed injury in a hyolith operculum

    • Oldřich Fatka
    • Martin Valent
    • Petr Budil

    Original Article 25 September 2023 Article: 50

    

36. Epidermal and subepidermal changes during the formation of hairy galls induced by Eriophyidae on Avicennia schaueriana leaves

    • Leticia Ponticel Nobrega
    • Bárbara de Sá Haiad
    • Bruno Garcia Ferreira

    Original Article 22 September 2023 Article: 49

    

37. Integument colouration and circulating carotenoids in relation to urbanisation in Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus)

    • Petra Sumasgutner
    • Tom Nilles
    • Leonida Fusani

    Original Article Open access 22 September 2023 Article: 48

    

38. Homeotic transformation in a terrestrial isopod: insights into the appendage identity in crustaceans

    • Naoto Inui
    • Toru Miura

    Short Communication Open access 19 September 2023 Article: 47

    

39. Cohesion depends on kinship but no permanent leadership in larval societies of a Neotropical butterfly

    • Daniela Rodrigues
    • Felipe Lee Pinheiro Machado

    Original Article 15 September 2023 Article: 46

    

40. Obituary: Dr. Margaretha Pangau-Adam

    • Matthias Waltert

    Obituary Open access 15 September 2023 Article: 45

    

41. Osmophores and petal surface traits in Bignonieae species

    • Karise Mamede Macedo
    • Priscila Tunes
    • Silvia Rodrigues Machado

    Original Article 08 September 2023 Article: 44

    

42. Spiro’s portrait of Arnold Berliner—a testimonial to a deep friendship

    • Stefan L. Wolff

    Tribute Open access 02 September 2023 Article: 43

    

43. A new large pantherine and a sabre-toothed cat (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) from the late Miocene hominoid-bearing Khorat sand pits, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand

    • L. de Bonis
    • Y. Chaimanee
    • J.J. Jaeger

    Original Article 16 August 2023 Article: 42

    

44. Inferring the lifestyles of extinct Crocodyliformes using osteoderm ornamentation

    • Mariana Valéria de Araújo Sena
    • Jorge Cubo

    Original Article 07 August 2023 Article: 41

    

45. On the way from Asia to America: eutriconodontan mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Yakutia, Russia

    • Alexander O. Averianov
    • Thomas Martin
    • Petr N. Kolosov

    Original Article 02 August 2023 Article: 40

    

46. The 2023 Arnold Berliner Award for research on spider photoreceptors

    • Matthias Waltert

    Editorial Open access 02 August 2023 Article: 39

    

47. Diet composition of wild columbiform birds: next-generation sequencing of plant and metazoan DNA in faecal samples

    • Yvonne R. Schumm
    • Juan F. Masello
    • Petra Quillfeldt

    Original Article Open access 22 July 2023 Article: 38

    

48. Female solitary bees flexibly change foraging behaviour according to their floral resource requirements and foraging experiences

    • Yuta Nagano
    • Naoto Wabiko
    • Tomoyuki Yokoi

    Original Article 19 July 2023 Article: 37

    

49. Evidence of a thoracic crop in workers, soldiers, and queens of Carebara perpusilla ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

    • Adam Khalife
    • Johan Billen
    • Evan P. Economo

    Original Article 18 July 2023 Article: 36

    

50. A method for estimating colony size using queen fecundity in termites under field conditions

    • Mamoru Takata
    • Kiyotaka Yabe
    • Kenji Matsuura

    Original Article 17 July 2023 Article: 35