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

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Effects of agrochemicals on disease severity of Acanthostomum burminis infections (Digenea: Trematoda) in the Asian common toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus

Uthpala A. Jayawardena, Jason R. Rohr, Priyanie H. Amerasinghe, Ayanthi N. Navaratne and Rupika S. Rajakaruna

Published on: 22 September 2017
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White-nose syndrome fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, on bats captured emerging from caves during winter in the southeastern United States

Riley F. Bernard, Emma V. Willcox, Katy L. Parise, Jeffrey T. Foster and Gary F. McCracken

Published on: 25 August 2017
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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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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
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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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
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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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BMC Zoology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of zoology, including comparative physiology, mechanistic and functional studies, morphology, life history, animal behavior, signaling and communication, cognition, parasitism, systematics, biogeography and conservation.

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Dirk Krüger, BioMed Central

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Thomas Flatt, University of Lausanne
Herbert Hoi, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Serge Morand, University of Montpellier
Laurence Packer, York University

Laurence Packer, Section Editor

Laurence Packer is a Professor of Biology at York University. His research interest is on bee biology and he and his students have published almost 200 research papers. He has been a Section Editor for BMC Zoology since its inception in 2016.

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

Featured video: A wolf in jackal's clothing

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Effects of agrochemicals on disease severity of Acanthostomum burminis infections (Digenea: Trematoda) in the Asian common toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus

White-nose syndrome fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, on bats captured emerging from caves during winter in the southeastern United States

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)

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

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

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

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

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Section Editors

Laurence Packer, Section Editor

Data Support Services pilot

BMC Series blog

Behind the Image: Camera-shy Octupi

Podcast: Family member perceptions of OCD

Possible effects of raising tobacco taxes across the EU

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