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Whole mitochondrial genomes provide increased resolution and indicate paraphyly in deer mice

Kevin A. M. Sullivan, Roy N. Platt II, Robert D. Bradley and David A. Ray

Published on: 18 August 2017
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Micro-CT imaging of live insects using carbon dioxide gas-induced hypoxia as anesthetic with minimal impact on certain subsequent life history traits

Danny Poinapen, Joanna K. Konopka, Joseph U. Umoh, Chris J. D. Norley, Jeremy N. McNeil and David W. Holdsworth

Published on: 31 July 2017
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Shoaling promotes place over response learning but does not facilitate individual learning of that strategy in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Claire L. McAroe, Cathy M. Craig and Richard A. Holland

Published on: 28 July 2017
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Survey of avifauna of the Gharana wetland reserve: implications for conservation in a semi-arid agricultural setting on the Indo-Pakistan border

Pushpinder S. Jamwal, Pankaj Chandan, Rohit Rattan, Anupam Anand, Prameek M. Kannan and Michael H. Parsons

Published on: 19 May 2017

The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Zoology 2017 2:8
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Rediscovering a forgotten canid species

Suvi Viranta, Anagaw Atickem, Lars Werdelin and Nils Chr. Stenseth

Published on: 19 April 2017

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Nymphister kronaueri von Beeren & Tishechkin sp. nov., an army ant-associated beetle species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Haeteriinae) with an exceptional mechanism of phoresy

Christoph von Beeren and Alexey K. Tishechkin

Published on: 10 February 2017
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LemurFaceID: a face recognition system to facilitate individual identification of lemurs

David Crouse, Rachel L. Jacobs, Zach Richardson, Scott Klum, Anil Jain, Andrea L. Baden and Stacey R. Tecot

Published on: 17 February 2017
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Host-parasite ecology, behavior and genetics: a review of the introduced fly parasite Philornis downsi and its Darwin’s finch hosts

Sonia Kleindorfer and Rachael Y. Dudaniec

Published on: 23 August 2016
Methodology article

Micro-CT imaging of live insects using carbon dioxide gas-induced hypoxia as anesthetic with minimal impact on certain subsequent life history traits

Danny Poinapen, Joanna K. Konopka, Joseph U. Umoh, Chris J. D. Norley, Jeremy N. McNeil and David W. Holdsworth

Published on: 31 July 2017
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Species-level divergences in multiple functional traits between the two endemic subspecies of Blue Chaffinches Fringilla teydea in Canary Islands

Jan T. Lifjeld, Jarl Andreas Anmarkrud, Pascual Calabuig, Joseph E. J. Cooper, Lars Erik Johannessen, Arild Johnsen, Anna M. Kearns, Robert F. Lachlan, Terje Laskemoen, Gunnhild Marthinsen, Even Stensrud and Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey

Published on: 23 August 2016

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Meet the Editor: Behaviour 2017

Featured video: A wolf in jackal's clothing

11th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife

Articles

Whole mitochondrial genomes provide increased resolution and indicate paraphyly in deer mice

Micro-CT imaging of live insects using carbon dioxide gas-induced hypoxia as anesthetic with minimal impact on certain subsequent life history traits

Shoaling promotes place over response learning but does not facilitate individual learning of that strategy in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Survey of avifauna of the Gharana wetland reserve: implications for conservation in a semi-arid agricultural setting on the Indo-Pakistan border

Rediscovering a forgotten canid species

Nymphister kronaueri von Beeren & Tishechkin sp. nov., an army ant-associated beetle species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Haeteriinae) with an exceptional mechanism of phoresy

LemurFaceID: a face recognition system to facilitate individual identification of lemurs

Host-parasite ecology, behavior and genetics: a review of the introduced fly parasite Philornis downsi and its Darwin’s finch hosts

Micro-CT imaging of live insects using carbon dioxide gas-induced hypoxia as anesthetic with minimal impact on certain subsequent life history traits

Species-level divergences in multiple functional traits between the two endemic subspecies of Blue Chaffinches Fringilla teydea in Canary Islands

Aims and scope

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Section Editors

Laurence Packer, Section Editor

Data Support Services pilot

BMC Series blog

BMC Ecology Image Competition 2017: the winning images!

Video blog: Eating with your eyes

Is that a peanut or a landmine? Experiences when dining out with food hypersensitive children

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