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February 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Lybia leptochelis

January 31, 2017

How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Researchers observed that Lybia boxer crabs engage in fights where they steal sea anemones from one another, after which each crab splits their sea anemone into two identical clones.

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February 28, 2017

Spatial distribution of environmental DNA in a nearshore marine habitat

James L. O’Donnell, Ryan P. Kelly, Andrew Olaf Shelton, Jameal F. Samhouri, Natalie C. Lowell, Gregory D. Williams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3044 PubMed 28265513

February 2, 2017

Geography shapes the phylogeny of frailejones (Espeletiinae Cuatrec., Asteraceae): a remarkable example of recent rapid radiation in sky islands

Mauricio Diazgranados, Janet C. Barber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2968 PubMed 28168124

February 21, 2017

Seven new species of Night Frogs (Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot of India, with remarkably high diversity of diminutive forms

Sonali Garg, Robin Suyesh, Sandeep Sukesan, SD Biju

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3007 PubMed 28243532

February 28, 2017

How conserved are the conserved 16S-rRNA regions?

Marcel Martinez-Porchas, Enrique Villalpando-Canchola, Luis Enrique Ortiz Suarez, Francisco Vargas-Albores

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3036 PubMed 28265511

February 23, 2017

Effects of shepherds and dogs on livestock depredation by leopards (Panthera pardus) in north-eastern Iran

Igor Khorozyan, Mahmood Soofi, Mobin Soufi, Amirhossein Khaleghi Hamidi, Arash Ghoddousi, Matthias Waltert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3049 PubMed 28243544

February 28, 2017

An extremely sensitive nested PCR-RFLP mitochondrial marker for detection and identification of salmonids in eDNA from water samples

Laura Clusa, Alba Ardura, Sara Fernández, Agustín A. Roca, Eva García-Vázquez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3045 PubMed 28265514

February 21, 2017

Counting complete? Finalising the plant inventory of a global biodiversity hotspot

Martina Treurnicht, Jonathan F. Colville, Lucas N. Joppa, Onno Huyser, John Manning

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2984 PubMed 28243528

February 23, 2017

Genetic diversity and differentiation in reef-building Millepora species, as revealed by cross-species amplification of fifteen novel microsatellite loci

Caroline E. Dubé, Serge Planes, Yuxiang Zhou, Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier, Emilie Boissin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2936 PubMed 28243525

February 16, 2017

Understanding morphological variability in a taxonomic context in Chilean diplomystids (Teleostei: Siluriformes), including the description of a new species

Gloria Arratia, Claudio Quezada-Romegialli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2991 PubMed 28224053

February 8, 2017

Cropping system diversification for food production in Mindanao rubber plantations: a rice cultivar mixture and rice intercropped with mungbean

Rosa Fe Hondrade, Edwin Hondrade, Lianqing Zheng, Francisco Elazegui, Jo-Anne Lynne Joy E. Duque, Christopher C. Mundt, Casiana M. Vera Cruz, Karen A. Garrett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2975 PubMed 28194318

February 9, 2017

Molecular characterization and genetic diversity of Jatropha curcas L. in Costa Rica

Marcela Vásquez-Mayorga, Eric J. Fuchs, Eduardo J. Hernández, Franklin Herrera, Jesús Hernández, Ileana Moreira, Elizabeth Arnáez, Natalia M. Barboza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2931 PubMed 28289556

February 2, 2017

Do syntopic host species harbour similar symbiotic communities? The case of Chaetopterus spp. (Annelida: Chaetopteridae)

Temir A. Britayev, Elena Mekhova, Yury Deart, Daniel Martin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2930 PubMed 28168108

February 7, 2017

Vascular plant biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada): an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora

Jeffery M. Saarela, Paul C. Sokoloff, Roger D. Bull