Abstract
Front Cover: Skeleton of a Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) assembled from bones recovered at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California. Original photograph taken by Jonathan Drury. Reproduced by permission of David A. Gold, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
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Editorial Board
Suzanne H. Alonzo
Yale University, USA
Bradley R. Anholt
University of Victoria, Canada
Leonardo Bacigalupe
Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
Olga Barbosa
Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
Julia Blanchard
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Camille Bonneaud
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Mike Boots
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Stan Boutin
University of Alberta, Canada
Edmund D. Brodie III
University of Virginia, USA
Jarrett Byrnes
University of Massachucetts, USA
Martin Dallimer
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Daisy Dent
University of Stirling, United Kingdom
Jeremy Draghi
University of British Columbia, Canada
John Drake
University of Georgia, USA
Meghan Duffy
University of Michigan, USA
Scott V. Edwards
Harvard University, USA
Robert Ekblom
Uppsala University, Sweden
Charles B. Fenster
University of Maryland, USA
Colin Fontaine
Muséum de National d'Histoire Naturelle,
France
Vincent Formica
Swarthmore College, USA
Charles W. Fox
University of Kentucky, USA
Rob Freckleton
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Brendan Godley
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Patricia Adair Gowaty
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Jessica Gurevitch
Stonybrook University, USA
Richard Harrison
Cornell University, USA
Stephen Hubbell
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
David Johnson
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Paula X. Kover
University of Bath, United Kingdom
Mark Ledger
University of Birmingham,
United Kingdom
Peter Manning
University of Bern, Switzerland
Travis Marsico
Arkansas State University, USA
Joel McGlothlin
Virginia Tech, USA
Mark McPeek
Dartmouth College, USA
Alison Nazareno
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Roberto Nespolo
Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
Lauren O'Connell
Harvard University, USA
Mary O'Connor
University of British Columbia, Canada
Arpat Ozgul
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Jeff Powell
University of Western Sydney, Sydney
Tom Price
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Catherine Pringle
University of Georgia, USA
Laura Reed
University of Alabama, USA
Thomas Richards
Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
David Shuker
University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
Chris Smith
Earlham College, USA
Michael Stat
The University of Western Australia, Australia
Amber Teacher
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Gavin Thomas
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Steven Vamosi
University of Calgary, Canada
Mike Whitlock
University of British Columbia, USA
Shawn Wilder
University of Sydney, Australia
Sam Yeaman
University of British Columbia, Canada