Volume 20(5); 2024 May

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Evolutionary Biology

Central African dwarf crocodiles found in syntopy are comparably divergent to South American dwarf caimans

Václav Gvoždík, Matej Dolinay, Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily M. Lemmon, Miroslav Procházka

Biol Lett. 2024 May; 20(5): 20230448. Published online May 8, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0448

PMCID:: PMC11135362

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Pathogen Biology

Caught in the act: the invasion of a viral vector changes viral prevalence and titre in native honeybees and bumblebees

Jana Dobelmann, Robyn Manley, Lena Wilfert

Biol Lett. 2024 May; 20(5): 20230600. Published online May 8, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0600

PMCID:: PMC11135380

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Animal Behaviour

Female-biased birth sex ratio in a female dispersal primate suggests local resource competition

Carola Borries, Andreas Koenig

Biol Lett. 2024 May; 20(5): 20240002. Published online May 1, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0002

PMCID:: PMC11061642

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Synergistic effects of musking and autohaemorrhaging on the duration of death feigning in dice snakes (Natrix tessellata)

Vukašin Bjelica, Ana Golubović

Biol Lett. 2024 May; 20(5): 20240058. Published online May 8, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0058

PMCID:: PMC11135363

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