1. The multiple faces of journal peer review

   • Sven Thatje

   Editorial 03 February 2010 Pages: 237 - 239

2. The evolution of the upright posture and gait—a review and a new synthesis

   • Carsten Niemitz

   REVIEW Open access 03 February 2010 Pages: 241 - 263

   

3. A multi-scale study of Orthoptera species richness and human population size controlling for sampling effort

   • Elena Cantarello
   • Claude E. Steck
   • Marco Pautasso

   ORIGINAL PAPER 23 December 2009 Pages: 265 - 271

   

4. Microbial degradation of usnic acid in the reindeer rumen

   • Monica A. Sundset
   • Perry S. Barboza
   • Svein D. Mathiesen

   ORIGINAL PAPER 23 December 2009 Pages: 273 - 278

   

5. Cross-habitat variation in the phenology of a colonial spider: insights from a reciprocal transplant study

   • Florencia Fernández Campón

   ORIGINAL PAPER 13 January 2010 Pages: 279 - 289

   

6. Molecular diagnosis of a previously unreported predator–prey association in coffee: Karnyothrips flavipes Jones (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) predation on the coffee berry borer

   • Juliana Jaramillo
   • Eric G. Chapman
   • James D. Harwood

   ORIGINAL PAPER 22 January 2010 Pages: 291 - 298

   

7. Stable carbon isotope reconstructions of diet and paleoenvironment from the late Middle Pleistocene Snake Cave in Northeastern Thailand

   • Diana Pushkina
   • Herve Bocherens
   • Jean-Jacques Jaeger

   ORIGINAL PAPER 02 February 2010 Pages: 299 - 309

   

8. Discovery of mycangia and the associated xylose-fermenting yeasts in stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

   • Masahiko Tanahashi
   • Kôhei Kubota
   • Katsumi Togashi

   ORIGINAL PAPER 27 January 2010 Pages: 311 - 317

   

9. The alternative Pharaoh approach: stingless bees mummify beetle parasites alive

   • Mark K. Greco
   • Dorothee Hoffmann
   • Peter Neumann

   SHORT COMMUNICATION 09 December 2009 Pages: 319 - 323

   

10. The earliest occurrence of the steppe pika (Ochotona pusilla) in Europe near the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary

    • Łucja Fostowicz-Frelik
    • Grzegorz J. Frelik

    SHORT COMMUNICATION 19 December 2009 Pages: 325 - 329

    

11. Explaining postnatal growth plasticity in a generalist brood parasite

    • Vladimír Remeš

    SHORT COMMUNICATION 19 December 2009 Pages: 331 - 335

    

12. Mating flights select for symmetry in honeybee drones (Apis mellifera)

    • Rodolfo Jaffé
    • Robin F. A. Moritz

    SHORT COMMUNICATION 15 December 2009 Pages: 337 - 343