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Biol. Lett. | vol. 7 no. 3 pp. 321–479 | 23 June 2011 ’ 23 June 2011 volume 7 . number 3 . pages 321–479 rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org Published in Great Britain by the Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG Founded in 1660, the Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science Registered Charity No 207043 Meeting reports 321 Frugivores and seed dispersal: mechanisms and consequences for biodiversity of a key ecological interaction P. Jordano, P.-M. Forget, J. E. Lambert, K. Böhning-Gaese, A. Traveset & S. J. Wright 324 Frontiers of marine science T. J. Webb & E. S. Poloczanska Animal behaviour 327 Parasitic infection reduces dispersal of ciliate host S. Fellous, E. Quillery, A. B. Duncan & O. Kaltz 330 Do I stand out or blend in? Conspicuousness awareness and consistent behavioural differences in hermit crabs M. Briffa & C. Twyman 333 Does foreplay matter? Gammarus pulex females may benefit from long-lasting precopulatory mate guarding M. Galipaud, F.-X. Dechaume-Moncharmont, A. Oughadou & L. Bollache 336 Individual benefits of nestling begging: experimental evidence for an immediate effect, but no evidence for a delayed effect C. M. Lessells, K. Riebel & T. Ion Draganoiu 339 Songs differing in consistency elicit differential aggressive response in territorial birds H. F. Rivera-Gutierrez, R. Pinxten & M. Eens 343 The role of female dominance hierarchies in the mating behaviour of mosquitofish T. Chen, M. Beekman & A. J. W. Ward 346 Social rank governs the effective environment of siblings S. Forbes 349 Male fish use prior knowledge about rivals to adjust their mate choice D. Bierbach, A. Girndt, S. Hamfler, M. Klein, F. Mücksch, M. Penshorn, M. Schwinn, C. Zimmer, I. Schlupp, B. Streit & M. Plath 352 An offspring signal of quality affects the timing of future parental reproduction F. Mas & M. Kölliker 355 Directional preference may enhance hunting accuracy in foraging foxes J. C ˇ erveny ´, S. Begall, P. Koubek, P. Nováková & H. Burda 358 Flexing the abdominals: do bigger muscles make better fighters? S. L. Mowles, P. A. Cotton & M. Briffa 361 Adult frogs are sensitive to the predation risks of olfactory communication R. Hamer, F. L. Lemckert & P. B. Banks 364 Condition- and parasite-dependent expression of a male-like trait in a female bird J. Martinez-Padilla, P. Vergara, L. Pérez-Rodríguez, F. Mougeot, F. Casas, S. C. Ludwig, J. A. Haines, M. Zeineddine & S. M. Redpath 368 The heritability of multiple male mating in a promiscuous mammal S. E. McFarlane, J. E. Lane, R. W. Taylor, J. C. Gorrell, D. W. Coltman, M. M. Humphries, S. Boutin & A. G. McAdam 372 Re-orienting in space: do animals use global or local geometry strategies? D. M. Kelly, C. Chiandetti & G. Vallortigara 376 Evidence of social learning in black-and- white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata) T. S. Stoinski, L. A. Drayton & E. E. Price 380 Sex differences in spatial ability: a test of the range size hypothesis in the order Carnivora B. M. Perdue, R. J. Snyder, Z. Zhihe, M. J. Marr & T. L. Maple Biomechanics 384 There is no trade-off between speed and force in a dynamic lever system M. J. McHenry Community ecology 387 Aphid–parasitoid community structure on genetically modified wheat S. von Burg, F. J. F. van Veen, F. Álvarez- Alfageme & J. Romeis Conservation biology 392 Going, going, gone: the impact of white-nose syndrome on the summer activity of the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) Y. Dzal, L. P. McGuire, N. Veselka & M. B. Fenton 395 Climate change affects populations of northern birds in boreal protected areas R. Virkkala & A. Rajasärkkä 399 After 60 years, an answer to the question: what is the Karner blue butterfly? M. L. Forister, Z. Gompert, J. A. Fordyce & C. C. Nice 403 Old-growth forest is what giant pandas really need Z. Zhang, R. R. Swaisgood, S. Zhang, L. A. Nordstrom, H. Wang, X. Gu, J. Hu & F. Wei 407 Origin of invasive Florida frogs traced to Cuba M. P. Heinicke, L. M. Diaz & S. B. Hedges 411 Confirmation of right whales near a nineteenth-century whaling ground east of southern Greenland D. K. Mellinger, S. L. Nieukirk, K. Klinck, H. Klinck, R. P. Dziak, P. J. Clapham & B. Brandsdóttir Evolutionary biology 414 Discovery of skin alkaloids in a miniaturized eleutherodactylid frog from Cuba A. Rodríguez, D. Poth, S. Schulz & M. Vences 419 Offspring viability benefits but no apparent costs of mating with high quality males L. W. Simmons & R. Holley 422 Competition between high- and higher- mutating strains of Escherichia coli C. F. Gentile, S.-C. Yu, S. A. Serrano, P. J. Gerrish & P. D. Sniegowski 425 A trade-off between embryonic development rate and immune function of avian offspring is revealed by considering embryonic temperature T. E. Martin, E. Arriero & A. Majewska 429 Oxidative damage to DNA related to survivorship and carotenoid-based sexual ornamentation in the common yellowthroat C. R. Freeman-Gallant, J. Amidon, B. Berdy, S. Wein, C. C. Taff & M. F. Haussmann 433 Does reduced heterozygosity influence dispersal? A test using spatially structured populations in an alpine ungulate A. B. A. Shafer, J. Poissant, S. D. Côté & D. W. Coltman 436 A novel resource–service mutualism between bats and pitcher plants T. U. Grafe, C. R. Schöner, G. Kerth, A. Junaidi & M. G. Schöner Evolutionary developmental biology 440 Neither infants nor toddlers catch yawns from their mothers A. Millen & J. R. Anderson 443 Evolutionary transitions between mechanisms of sex determination in vertebrates A. E. Quinn, S. D. Sarre, T. Ezaz, J. A. M. Graves & A. Georges Marine biology 449 The remarkable squidworm is an example of discoveries that await in deep-pelagic habitats K. J. Osborn, L. P. Madin & G. W. Rouse 454 Patterns of variability in early-life traits of fishes depend on spatial scale of analysis A. D. Franco & P. Guidetti Neurobiology 457 Opinion piece. Learning to understand others’ actions C. Press, C. Heyes & J. M. Kilner Palaeontology 461 Penguin heat-retention structures evolved in a greenhouse Earth D. B. Thomas, D. T. Ksepka & R. E. Fordyce Physiology 465 Removing the rubbish: frogs eliminate foreign objects from the body cavity through the bladder C. R. Tracy, K. A. Christian, L. J. McArthur & C. M. Gienger 468 Chronic exposure to dim light at night suppresses immune responses in Siberian hamsters T. A. Bedrosian, L. K. Fonken, J. C. Walton & R. J. Nelson Population ecology 472 Plant mortality varies with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species identities in a self-thinning population Q. Zhang, J. Tang & X. Chen 475 Specific, non-nutritional association between an ascomycete fungus & Allomerus plant-ants M. X. Ruiz-González, P.-J. G. Malé, C. Leroy, A. Dejean, H. 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