Light reflection from crystal platelets in iridophores determines green or...
Publication date: April 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 121 Author(s): Takeo Kuriyama, Jyunko Esashi, Masami Hasegawa Brown and green are the most commonly imitated colors in prey animals because both...
View ArticleUnmasking evolutionary diversity among two closely related South African...
Publication date: April 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 121 Author(s): Theo Busschau, Werner Conradie, Adriaan Jordaan, Savel R. Daniels We examined species boundaries among two phylogenetically closely...
View ArticleOut of the ground: two coexisting fossorial toad species differ in their...
Publication date: April 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 121 Author(s): Diana Székely, Dan Cogălniceanu, Paul Székely, Mathieu Denoël Understanding the way species with similar niches can coexist is a...
View ArticleConsumption of leaves by Platyrrhinus lineatus (Chiroptera, Stenodermatinae):...
Publication date: April 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 121 Author(s): Patrício A. da Rocha, Arivania S. Pereira, Saulo M. Silvestre, José Paulo Santana, Raone Beltão-Mendes, Marlon Zortéa, Stephen F....
View ArticleHow does a viviparous semifossorial lizard reproduce? Ophiodes intermedius...
Publication date: April 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 121 Author(s): Martín A. Ortiz, Jorgelina M. Boretto, Nora R. Ibargüengoytía The best predictors of reproductive patterns are commonly associated...
View ArticleKinematic response in limb and body posture to sensory feedback from carpal...
Publication date: April 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 121 Author(s): Sandra J. Niederschuh, Thomas Helbig, Klaus Zimmermann, Hartmut Witte, Manuela Schmidt One of the most challenging adaptations within...
View ArticleFighting for the web: competition between female feather-legged spiders...
Publication date: April 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 121 Author(s): Anna-Christin Joel, Anne Habedank, Jonas Hausen, Jörg Mey Most spider species are solitary, and among the few social interactions...
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What’s in this crab? MRI providing high-resolution three-dimensional insights...
Publication date: April 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 121 Author(s): Stephanie Köhnk, Jürgen Baudewig, Dirk Brandis, Susann Boretius Museum collections may be viewed as a unique window onto the...
View ArticleThe insect spermatheca: an overview
Publication date: April 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 121 Author(s): Tales V. Pascini, Gustavo F. Martins In the female insect, the spermatheca is an ectodermal organ responsible for receiving,...
View ArticlePre-birth sense of smell in the wild boar: the ontogeny of the olfactory mucosa
Publication date: Available online 17 May 2017 Source:Zoology Author(s): Domenico Fulgione, Martina Trapanese, Maria Buglione, Daniela Rippa, Gianluca Polese, Viviana Maresca, Valeria Maselli Animals...
View ArticleEjaculates are not used as nuptial gifts in simultaneously hermaphroditic snails
Publication date: Available online 25 May 2017 Source:Zoology Author(s): Monica Lodi, Fedde W. Meijer, Joris M. Koene Promoted by sexual selection, males usually adopt different ways to increase their...
View ArticleThe Ebbinghaus illusion in the gray bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium griseum) in...
Publication date: Available online 29 May 2017 Source:Zoology Author(s): Theodora Fuss, Vera Schluessel This is the first study to comparatively assess the perception of the Ebbinghaus-Titchener...
View ArticleSnail mucus − glandular origin and composition in Helix pomatia
Publication date: June 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 122 Author(s): Sophie Greistorfer, Waltraud Klepal, Norbert Cyran, Andreas Gugumuck, Livia Rudoll, Johannes Suppan, Janek von Byern Apart from their...
View ArticleAre there consistent behavioral differences between sexes and male color...
Publication date: June 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 122 Author(s): Cheryl M. Sedlak Seaver, Peter L. Hurd Adult sex ratios in the kribensis cichlid (Pelvicachromis pulcher) are influenced by...
View ArticleSilk gene expression of theridiid spiders: implications for male-specific...
Publication date: June 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 122 Author(s): Sandra M. Correa-Garhwal, R. Crystal Chaw, Thomas H. Clarke, Nadia A. Ayoub, Cheryl Y. Hayashi Spiders (order Araneae) rely on their...
View ArticleGeographic variation in factors that influence timing of moult and breeding...
Publication date: June 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 122 Author(s): Mduduzi Ndlovu, Philip A.R. Hockey, Graeme S. Cumming Waterfowl flight-feather moult is expected to occur when energy is not needed...
View ArticleBone histological correlates of soaring and high-frequency flapping flight in...
Publication date: June 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 122 Author(s): Jessica Mitchell, Lucas J. Legendre, Christine Lefèvre, Jorge Cubo The furcula is a specialized bone in birds involved in flight...
View ArticleEffects of prey characteristics on the feeding behaviors of an apex marine...
Publication date: June 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 122 Author(s): Amber R. Diluzio, Vikram B. Baliga, Benjamin A. Higgins, Rita S. Mehta Moray eels comprise a large radiation of elongate marine...
View ArticlePrespermatogenesis and early spermatogenesis in frogs
Publication date: June 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 122 Author(s): Katarzyna Haczkiewicz, Beata Rozenblut-Kościsty, Maria Ogielska Spermatogenesis in frogs was for the first time divided into two...
View ArticleNovel role of insulin in the regulation of glucose excretion by mourning...
Publication date: June 2017 Source:Zoology, Volume 122 Author(s): Karen L. Sweazea, Eldon J. Braun, Richard Sparr In mammals, insulin primarily lowers plasma glucose (PGlu) by increasing its uptake...
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