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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

The Royal Society's flagship biological research journal, dedicated to the fast publication and worldwide dissemination of high-quality research. This is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.
<p><b>Cover image</b><br>Male and female superb fairy-wren (<i>Malurus cyaneus</i>) singing. Photo credit: Dr. Kaspar Delhey. Published in <i>Proc. R Soc. B</i> (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2427">https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2427</a>).</p>

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Professor Spencer Barrett FRS
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ISSN (Online):1471-2954

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Individual variation in life-history timing: synchronous presence, asynchronous events and phenological compensation in a wild mammal

Many animals and plants have species-typical annual cycles, but individuals vary in their timing of life-history events. Individual variation in fur replacement (moult) timing is poorly understood in mammals due to the challenge of repeated observations ...Read more
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Invasibility of a North American soil ecosystem to amphibian-killing fungal pathogens

North American salamanders are threatened by intercontinental spread of chytridiomycosis, a deadly disease caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal). To predict potential dispersal of Bsal spores to salamander habitats, we ...Read more
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Sleep and subjective age: protect your sleep if you want to feel young

The current studies examined the impact of insufficient sleep and sleepiness on the subjective experience of age. Study 1, a cross-sectional study of 429 participants (282 females (66%), 144 males, 3 other gender; age range 18–70), showed that for each ...Read more
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Single and combined exposure to ‘bee safe’ pesticides alter behaviour and offspring production in a ground-nesting solitary bee (Xenoglossa pruinosa)

Mounting evidence supporting the negative impacts of exposure to neonicotinoids on bees has prompted the registration of novel ‘bee-friendly’ insecticides for agricultural use. Flupyradifurone (FPF) is a butenolide insecticide that shares the same mode ...Read more

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Proceedings B

Proceedings B is the Royal Society’s flagship biological research journal, accepting original articles and reviews of outstanding scientific importance and broad general interest. The main criteria for acceptance are that a study is novel, and has general significance to biologists. Articles published cover a wide range of areas within the biological sciences, many have relevance.

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