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Journal Issue: Biol Lett Volume 20(8); 2024 Aug

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Volume 20(8); 2024 Aug

Animal Behaviour

More allogrooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female baboons

Charlotte Christensen, Anna M. Bracken, M. Justin O'Riain, Michael Heistermann, Andrew J. King, Ines Fürtbauer

Biol Lett. 2024 Aug; 20(8): 20240163. Published online August 7, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0163

PMCID:: PMC11303038

Abstract Article PDF–599K

Biomechanics

The functions of leg muscles, structures and mechanisms in running

James R. Usherwood

Biol Lett. 2024 Aug; 20(8): 20240260. Published online August 7, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0260

PMCID:: PMC11305130

Abstract Article PDF–527K

Animal Behaviour

Do risk-prone behaviours compromise reproduction and increase vulnerability of fish aggregations exposed to fishing?

Rucha Karkarey, L Boström Einarsson, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Ibrahim Mukrikkakudi, Mohammed Nowshad Bilutheth, Abdul Riyas Chekkillam, Idrees Babu KK, Sally A. Keith

Biol Lett. 2024 Aug; 20(8): 20240292. Published online August 7, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0292

PMCID:: PMC11303021

Abstract Article PDF–714K

Evolutionary Biology

The reduction in relative brain size in the domesticated dog is not an evolutionary singularity among the canids

László Zsolt Garamszegi, Niclas Kolm

Biol Lett. 2024 Aug; 20(8): 20240336. Published online August 5, 2024. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0336

PMCID:: PMC11299805

Abstract Article PDF–429K

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