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Volume 11, issue 1, December 2011

32 articles in this issue

Ecological Niche Modelling of the Bacillus anthracis A1.a sub-lineage in Kazakhstan

Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Jocelyn Mullins
- Larissa Lukhnova
- Jason K Blackburn
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2011
- Article: 32
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Theoretical ecology and models
Ecological transcriptomics of lake-type and riverine sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Scott A Pavey
- Ben JG Sutherland
- Jennifer L Nielsen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 December 2011
- Article: 31
Acquisition of chemical recognition cues facilitates integration into ant societies

Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Christoph von Beeren
- Stefan Schulz
- Volker Witte
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2011
- Article: 30
Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Authors
- Raf Aerts
- Olivier Honnay
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2011
- Article: 29
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Forests: Looking to the Future
Invasive Acer negundo outperforms native species in non-limiting resource environments due to its higher phenotypic plasticity

Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Annabel J Porté
- Laurent J Lamarque
- Sylvain Delzon
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2011
- Article: 28
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Forests: Looking to the Future
Forgotten forests - issues and prospects in biome mapping using Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests as a case study

Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Tiina Särkinen
- João RV Iganci
- Darién E Prado
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2011
- Article: 27
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Forests: Looking to the Future
Group decision-making in chacma baboons: leadership, order and communication during movement

Authors
- Cédric Sueur
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 October 2011
- Article: 26
Can snow depth be used to predict the distribution of the high Arctic aphid Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Spitsbergen?

Authors
- María L Ávila-Jiménez
- Stephen J Coulson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 October 2011
- Article: 25
Expression plasticity of Phlebotomus papatasi salivary gland genes in distinct ecotopes through the sand fly season

Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Iliano V Coutinho-Abreu
- Rami Mukbel
- Mary Ann McDowell
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 October 2011
- Article: 24
The costs of infection and resistance as determinants of West Nile virus susceptibility in Culex mosquitoes

Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Alexander T Ciota
- Linda M Styer
- Laura D Kramer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 October 2011
- Article: 23
Incongruence between morphotypes and genetically delimited species in the coral genus Stylophora: phenotypic plasticity, morphological convergence, morphological stasis or interspecific hybridization?

Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Jean-François Flot
- Jean Blanchot
- Simon Tillier
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2011
- Article: 22
Queen dominance and worker policing control reproduction in a threatened ant

Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jürgen Trettin
- Monika Haubner
- Jürgen Heinze
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 September 2011
- Article: 21
Population distribution models: species distributions are better modeled using biologically relevant data partitions

Authors
- Sergio C Gonzalez
- J Angel Soto-Centeno
- David L Reed
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 September 2011
- Article: 20
Differential regulation of the foraging gene associated with task behaviors in harvester ants

Authors
- Krista K Ingram
- Lindsay Kleeman
- Swetha Peteru
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 August 2011
- Article: 19
When species matches are unavailable are DNA barcodes correctly assigned to higher taxa? An assessment using sphingid moths

Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- John James Wilson
- Rodolphe Rougerie
- Paul DN Hebert
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 August 2011
- Article: 18
The dynamics of social networks among female Asian elephants

Authors
- Shermin de Silva
- Ashoka DG Ranjeewa
- Sergey Kryazhimskiy
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 July 2011
- Article: 17
Loss of density-dependence and incomplete control by dominant breeders in a territorial species with density outbreaks

Authors
- Jana A Eccard
- Ilmari Jokinen
- Hannu Ylönen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 July 2011
- Article: 16
Ancient feeding ecology inferred from stable isotopic evidence from fossil horses in South America over the past 3 Ma

Authors
- José L Prado
- Begoña Sánchez
- María T Alberdi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 June 2011
- Article: 15
Converging seasonal prevalence dynamics in experimental epidemics

Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Sandra Lass
- Jürgen W Hottinger
- Dieter Ebert
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 May 2011
- Article: 14
Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection

Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- David P Hughes
- Sandra B Andersen
- Jacobus J Boomsma
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 May 2011
- Article: 13
Current models broadly neglect specific needs of biodiversity conservation in protected areas under climate change

Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Mungla Sieck
- Pierre L Ibisch
- Florian Jeltsch
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 03 May 2011
- Article: 12
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Open Access Biodiversity Research
Simrank: Rapid and sensitive general-purpose k-mer search tool

Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Todd Z DeSantis
- Keith Keller
- Niels Larsen
- Content type: Software
- Open Access
- Published: 27 April 2011
- Article: 11
Mitochondrial genome sequences illuminate maternal lineages of conservation concern in a rare carnivore

Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Brian J Knaus
- Richard Cronn
- Michael K Schwartz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 April 2011
- Article: 10
Spatial structure and nest demography reveal the influence of competition, parasitism and habitat quality on slavemaking ants and their hosts

Authors
- Inon Scharf
- Birgit Fischer-Blass
- Susanne Foitzik
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 March 2011
- Article: 9
Management effect on bird and arthropod interaction in suburban woodlands

Authors
- Erik Heyman
- Bengt Gunnarsson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 March 2011
- Article: 8
Impact of biodiversity-climate futures on primary production and metabolism in a model benthic estuarine system

Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Natalie Hicks
- Mark T Bulling
- David M Paterson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 February 2011
- Article: 7
Behavioural and chemical evidence for multiple colonisation of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, in the Western Cape, South Africa

Authors
- Natasha P Mothapo
- Theresa C Wossler
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 February 2011
- Article: 6
Wildlife translocation: the conservation implications of pathogen exposure and genetic heterozygosity

Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Walter M Boyce
- Mara E Weisenberger
- Christine K Johnson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 February 2011
- Article: 5
Genetic structure of Leptopilina boulardi populations from different climatic zones of Iran

Authors
- Majeed Askari Seyahooei
- Jacques JM van Alphen
- Ken Kraaijeveld
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 January 2011
- Article: 4
The effect of hunger on the acoustic individuality in begging calls of a colonially breeding weaver bird

Authors
- Hendrik Reers
- Alain Jacot
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 January 2011
- Article: 3
Oxygen limitation and tissue metabolic potential of the African fish Barbus neumayeri: roles of native habitat and acclimatization

Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Mery L Martínez
- Erin L Raynard
- Lauren J Chapman
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 January 2011
- Article: 2
Mutual interference is common and mostly intermediate in magnitude

Authors
- John P DeLong
- David A Vasseur
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 January 2011
- Article: 1

Volume 11, issue 1, December 2011

Ecological Niche Modelling of the Bacillus anthracis A1.a sub-lineage in Kazakhstan

Ecological transcriptomics of lake-type and riverine sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Acquisition of chemical recognition cues facilitates integration into ant societies

Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Invasive Acer negundo outperforms native species in non-limiting resource environments due to its higher phenotypic plasticity

Forgotten forests - issues and prospects in biome mapping using Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests as a case study

Group decision-making in chacma baboons: leadership, order and communication during movement

Can snow depth be used to predict the distribution of the high Arctic aphid Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Spitsbergen?

Expression plasticity of Phlebotomus papatasi salivary gland genes in distinct ecotopes through the sand fly season

The costs of infection and resistance as determinants of West Nile virus susceptibility in Culex mosquitoes

Incongruence between morphotypes and genetically delimited species in the coral genus Stylophora: phenotypic plasticity, morphological convergence, morphological stasis or interspecific hybridization?

Queen dominance and worker policing control reproduction in a threatened ant

Population distribution models: species distributions are better modeled using biologically relevant data partitions

Differential regulation of the foraging gene associated with task behaviors in harvester ants

When species matches are unavailable are DNA barcodes correctly assigned to higher taxa? An assessment using sphingid moths

The dynamics of social networks among female Asian elephants

Loss of density-dependence and incomplete control by dominant breeders in a territorial species with density outbreaks

Ancient feeding ecology inferred from stable isotopic evidence from fossil horses in South America over the past 3 Ma

Converging seasonal prevalence dynamics in experimental epidemics

Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection

Current models broadly neglect specific needs of biodiversity conservation in protected areas under climate change

Simrank: Rapid and sensitive general-purpose k-mer search tool

Mitochondrial genome sequences illuminate maternal lineages of conservation concern in a rare carnivore

Spatial structure and nest demography reveal the influence of competition, parasitism and habitat quality on slavemaking ants and their hosts

Management effect on bird and arthropod interaction in suburban woodlands

Impact of biodiversity-climate futures on primary production and metabolism in a model benthic estuarine system

Behavioural and chemical evidence for multiple colonisation of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, in the Western Cape, South Africa

Wildlife translocation: the conservation implications of pathogen exposure and genetic heterozygosity

Genetic structure of Leptopilina boulardi populations from different climatic zones of Iran

The effect of hunger on the acoustic individuality in begging calls of a colonially breeding weaver bird

Oxygen limitation and tissue metabolic potential of the African fish Barbus neumayeri: roles of native habitat and acclimatization

Mutual interference is common and mostly intermediate in magnitude

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