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* Burger, J.M.S., Kolss, M., Pont, J. & Kawecki, T.J. 2008. Learning ability and longetivity: a symmetrical evolutionary trade-off in Drosophila. Evolution * Carter, J., Lyons, N.J., Cole, H.L. & Goldsmith, A.R. 2008. Subtle cues of predation risk: starlings respond to a predator's direction of eye-gaze. Proc. R. Soc. B. Science Dailyarticle about Carter et al. 2008.
* Cowing, J.A., Arrese, C.A., Davies, W.L., Beazley, L.D. & Hunt, D.M. 2008. Cone visual pigments in two marsupial species: the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) and the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus). Proc. R. Soc. B.
* Ihalainen, E., Lindstrom, L., Mappes, J. & Puolakkainen, S. 2008. Butterfly effects in mimicry? Combining signal and taste can twist the relationship of Mullerian co-mimics. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. * Leadbeater, E. & Chittka, L. 2008. Social transmission of nectar-robbing behaviour in bumblebees. Proc. R. Soc. B. Science Shots
* Maeda, K., Henbest, K.B., Cintolesi, F., Kuprov, I., Rodgers, C.T., Liddell, P.A., Gust, D., Timmel, C.R. & Hore, P.J. 2008. Chemical compass model of avian magnetoreception. Nature Science Dailyarticle about Maeda 2008.
* Stobbe, N. & Schaefer, H.M. 2008. Enhancement of chromatic contrast increases predation risk for striped butterflies. Proc. R. Soc. B.
* Thompson, R. R., Dickinson, P.S., Rose, J.D., Dakin, K.A., Civiello, G.M., Segerdahl, A. & Bartlett, R. 2008. Pheromones enhance somatosensory processing in newt brains through a vasotocin-dependent mechanism. Proc. R. Soc. B.
* Thornton, A. 2008. Variation in contributions to teaching by meerkats. Proc. R. Soc. B. New Scientistarticle about Thornton 2008. * Verzijden, M.N., Korthof, R.E.M. & ten Cate, C. 2008.
Females learn from mothers and males learn from others. The effect of
mother and siblings on the development of female mate preferences and
male aggression biases in Lake Victoria cichlids, genus Mbipia. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.