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    Functional Ecology: Volume 23, Issue 1

    1-230
    February 2009
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SPECIAL FEATURE: NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY

Editors: David Raubenheimer and Carol Boggs

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Nutritional ecology, functional ecology and Functional Ecology

David Raubenheimer,  Carol Boggs, 
  • Pages: 1-3
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Nutrition, ecology and nutritional ecology: toward an integrated framework

David Raubenheimer,  Steven J. Simpson,  David Mayntz, 
  • Pages: 4-16
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Ten years of experimental animal isotopic ecology

Nathan Wolf,  Scott A. Carleton,  Carlos Martínez del Rio, 
  • Pages: 17-26
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

Carol L. Boggs, 
  • Pages: 27-37
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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The microbial dimension in insect nutritional ecology

A. E. Douglas, 
  • Pages: 38-47
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Nutritional toxicology of mammals: regulated intake of plant secondary compounds

Ann-Marie Torregrossa,  M. Denise Dearing, 
  • Pages: 48-56
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Nutrition integrates environmental responses of ungulates

Katherine L. Parker,  Perry S. Barboza,  Michael P. Gillingham, 
  • Pages: 57-69
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Nutritional goals of wild primates

Annika M. Felton,  Adam Felton,  David B. Lindenmayer,  William J. Foley, 
  • Pages: 70-78
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Nutritional ecology of marine herbivorous fishes: ten years on

Kendall D. Clements,  David Raubenheimer,  J. Howard Choat, 
  • Pages: 79-92
  • First Published: 16 January 2009

Plant physiological ecology

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Tolerance to low leaf water status of tropical tree seedlings is related to drought performance and distribution

Thomas A. Kursar,  Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht,  Amy Burke,  Melvin T. Tyree,  Bouchra EI Omari,  Juan P. Giraldo, 
  • Pages: 93-102
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Relationship between post-fire regeneration and leaf economics spectrum in Mediterranean woody species

S. Saura-Mas,  B. Shipley,  F. Lloret, 
  • Pages: 103-110
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Intra- and interspecific performance in growth and reproduction increase with altitude: a case study with two Saxifraga species from northern Spain

Rubén Milla,  Luis Giménez-Benavides,  Alfonso Escudero,  Peter B. Reich, 
  • Pages: 111-118
  • First Published: 16 January 2009

Animal morphology

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Force–velocity trade-off in Darwin's finch jaw function: a biomechanical basis for ecological speciation?

Anthony Herrel,  Jeffrey Podos,  Bieke Vanhooydonck,  Andrew P. Hendry, 
  • Pages: 119-125
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Alarm cues experienced by cane toad tadpoles affect post-metamorphic morphology and chemical defences

M. Hagman,  R. A. Hayes,  R. J. Capon,  R. Shine, 
  • Pages: 126-132
  • First Published: 16 January 2009

Animal physiological ecology

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Phenotypic variance, plasticity and heritability estimates of critical thermal limits depend on methodological context

Steven L. Chown,  Keafon R. Jumbam,  Jesper G. Sørensen,  John S. Terblanche, 
  • Pages: 133-140
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Fatty acid signatures in seabird plasma are a complex function of diet composition: a captive feeding trial with herring gulls

R. Käkelä,  R. W. Furness,  S. Kahle,  P. H. Becker,  A. Käkelä, 
  • Pages: 141-149
  • First Published: 16 January 2009

Behavioural ecology

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Exploration strategies map along fast–slow metabolic and life-history continua in muroid rodents

V. Careau,  O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds,  D. W. Thomas,  D. Réale,  M. M. Humphries, 
  • Pages: 150-156
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Territorial behaviour and immunity are mediated by juvenile hormone: the physiological basis of honest signalling?

Jorge Contreras-Garduño,  Alex Córdoba-Aguilar,  Humberto Lanz-Mendoza,  Adolfo Cordero Rivera, 
  • Pages: 157-163
  • First Published: 16 January 2009

Evolutionary ecology

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Variable offspring provisioning and fitness: a direct test in the field

Martin A. Dziminski,  Philip E. Vercoe,  J. Dale Roberts, 
  • Pages: 164-171
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Local adaptation of timing of reproduction: females are in the driver's seat

Samuel P. Caro,  Anne Charmantier,  Marcel M. Lambrechts,  Jacques Blondel,  Jacques Balthazart,  Tony D. Williams, 
  • Pages: 172-179
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Drosophila melanogaster seminal fluid can protect the sperm of other males

Luke Holman, 
  • Pages: 180-186
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Measured immunocompetence relates to the proportion of dead parasites in a wild roach population

Anssi Vainikka,  Jouni Taskinen,  Katja Löytynoja,  E. Ilmari Jokinen,  Raine Kortet, 
  • Pages: 187-195
  • First Published: 16 January 2009

Community ecology

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Body size predicts degree in ant–plant mutualistic networks

S. A. Chamberlain,  J. N. Holland, 
  • Pages: 196-202
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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The relationship between seed mass and mean time to germination for 1037 tree species across five tropical forests

Natalia Norden,  Matthew I. Daws,  Camille Antoine,  Mailyn A. Gonzalez,  Nancy C. Garwood,  Jerome Chave, 
  • Pages: 203-210
  • First Published: 16 January 2009

Ecosystems ecology

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N : P ratios influence litter decomposition and colonization by fungi and bacteria in microcosms

Sabine Güsewell,  Mark O. Gessner, 
  • Pages: 211-219
  • First Published: 16 January 2009
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Modelling approach to analyse the effects of nitrification inhibition on primary production

S. Boudsocq,  J. C. Lata,  J. Mathieu,  L. Abbadie,  S. Barot, 
  • Pages: 220-230
  • First Published: 16 January 2009