1. Naturwissenschaften: recent advances, changes and challenges

   • Sven Thatje

   Editorial 10 December 2011 Pages: 1 - 2

2. A novel marine silk

   • Katrin Kronenberger
   • Cedric Dicko
   • Fritz Vollrath

   Original Paper 05 November 2011 Pages: 3 - 10

   

3. The role of body size versus growth on the decision to migrate: a case study with Salmo trutta

   • M. L. Acolas
   • J. Labonne
   • J. M. Roussel

   Original Paper 20 November 2011 Pages: 11 - 21

   

4. Changes in reproductive life-history strategies in response to nest density in a shell-brooding cichlid, Telmatochromis vittatus

   • Kazutaka Ota
   • Michio Hori
   • Masanori Kohda

   Original Paper 17 November 2011 Pages: 23 - 31

   

5. Threshold temperatures mediate the impact of reduced snow cover on overwintering freeze-tolerant caterpillars

   • Katie E. Marshall
   • Brent J. Sinclair

   Original Paper 03 December 2011 Pages: 33 - 41

   

6. Presence and potential role of thermophilic bacteria in temperate terrestrial environments

   • M. C. Portillo
   • M. Santana
   • J. M. Gonzalez

   Original Paper 08 December 2011 Pages: 43 - 53

   

7. Acoustic analysis of the alarm call of the Anatolian ground squirrel Spermophilus xanthoprymnus: a description and comparison with alarm calls of the Taurus S. taurensis and European S. citellus ground squirrels

   • Irena Schneiderová
   • Richard Policht

   Original Paper 10 December 2011 Pages: 55 - 64

   

8. Optimal web investment in sub-optimal foraging conditions

   • Aaron M. T. Harmer
   • Hanna Kokko
   • Joshua S. Madin

   Short Communication 18 November 2011 Pages: 65 - 70

   

9. Aversive odorant causing appetite decrease downregulates tyrosine decarboxylase gene expression in the olfactory receptor neuron of the blowfly, Phormia regina

   • Yuko Ishida
   • Mamiko Ozaki

   Short Communication 20 November 2011 Pages: 71 - 75

   

10. (Z)-9-tricosene identified in rectal gland extracts of Bactrocera oleae males: first evidence of a male-produced female attractant in olive fruit fly

    • Adriano Carpita
    • Angelo Canale
    • Alfio Raspi

    Short Communication 08 December 2011 Pages: 77 - 81

    

11. The first record of a sauropod dinosaur from Antarctica

    • Ignacio A. Cerda
    • Ariana Paulina Carabajal
    • Juan J. Moly

    Short Communication 16 December 2011 Pages: 83 - 87