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March 25, 2021
The disturbance leg-lift response (DLR): an undescribed behavior in bumble bees
1 citation
135 downloads
1,604 views
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animal-behavior
entomology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10997 PubMed 33828912
March 1, 2021
Mammal-exclusion fencing improves the nesting success of an endangered native Hawaiian waterbird
1 citation
128 downloads
671 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10722 PubMed 33717665
March 2, 2021
The regulatory roles and mechanisms of the transcription factor FOXF2 in human diseases
1 citation
91 downloads
277 views
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molecular-biology
oncology
translational-medicine
medical-genetics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10845 PubMed 33717680
March 31, 2021
eDNAir: proof of concept that animal DNA can be collected from air sampling
1,140 downloads
12,988 views
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animal-behavior
biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11030 PubMed 33850648
March 31, 2021
Sinomacrops bondei, a new anurognathid pterosaur from the Jurassic of China and comments on the group
952 downloads
7,914 views
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paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11161 PubMed 33850665
March 19, 2021
A fresh look at an old concept: home-range estimation in a tidy world
575 downloads
482 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11031
March 3, 2021
An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and define species groups in the shrub frog genus Raorchestes, with description of five new species from the Western Ghats, India
565 downloads
3,235 views
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biodiversity
ecology
evolutionary-studies
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10791 PubMed 33717674
March 4, 2021
Maniraptoran pelvic musculature highlights evolutionary patterns in theropod locomotion on the line to birds
458 downloads
2,673 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10855 PubMed 33717681
March 3, 2021
Cranial ornamentation in the Late Cretaceous nodosaurid ankylosaur Hungarosaurus
325 downloads
1,999 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11010 PubMed 33717709
March 9, 2021
Long-term storage of feces at −80 °C versus −20 °C is negligible for 16S rRNA amplicon profiling of the equine bacterial microbiome
263 downloads
2,280 views
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biodiversity
bioinformatics
ecology
microbiology
veterinary-medicine
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10837 PubMed 33854827
March 9, 2021
Fall supplemental feeding increases population growth rate of an endangered caribou herd
258 downloads
835 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
natural-resource-management
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10708 PubMed 33854825
March 2, 2021
A psychrometric model to assess the biological decay of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in aerosols
256 downloads
902 views
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microbiology
virology
infectious-diseases
data-mining-and-machine-learning
environmental-contamination-and-remediation
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11024 PubMed 33717712
March 10, 2021
Forbidden links, trait matching and modularity in plant-hummingbird networks: Are specialized modules characterized by higher phenotypic floral integration?
229 downloads
730 views
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animal-behavior
biodiversity
ecology
plant-science
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10974 PubMed 33854834
March 9, 2021
Conservation actions and ecological context: optimizing coral reef local management in the Dominican Republic
225 downloads
1,381 views
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biodiversity
ecosystem-science
marine-biology
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10925 PubMed 33854832
March 8, 2021
Three-dimensional data-tracking simulations of sprinting using a direct collocation optimal control approach
215 downloads
1,027 views
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bioengineering
kinesiology
orthopedics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10975 PubMed 33732550
March 19, 2021
DNA metabarcoding of zooplankton communities: species diversity and seasonal variation revealed by 18S rRNA and COI
209 downloads
471 views
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biodiversity
ecology
molecular-biology
zoology
freshwater-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11057 PubMed 33777533
March 25, 2021
Large-scale movements of common bottlenose dolphins in the Atlantic: dolphins with an international courtyard
204 downloads
1,278 views
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animal-behavior
biogeography
ecology
marine-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11069 PubMed 33828915
March 17, 2021
Habitat suitability of cetaceans in the Gulf of Mexico using an ecological niche modeling approach
197 downloads
867 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
marine-biology
zoology
biological-oceanography
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10834 PubMed 33777512
March 16, 2021
Reproducible, portable, and efficient ancient genome reconstruction with nf-core/eager
194 downloads
1,085 views
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anthropology
bioinformatics
evolutionary-studies
genomics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10947 PubMed 33777521
March 2, 2021
Ontogeny of highly variable ceratitid ammonoids from the Anisian (Middle Triassic)
180 downloads
898 views
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biodiversity
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10931 PubMed 33717689
March 4, 2021
A review of the diagnosis and geographical distribution of the recently described flea toad Brachycephalus sulfuratus in relation to B. hermogenesi (Anura: Brachycephalidae)
176 downloads
736 views
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biogeography
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10983 PubMed 33717704
March 1, 2021
A heat-shock 20 protein isolated from watermelon (ClHSP22.8) negatively regulates the response of Arabidopsis to salt stress via multiple signaling pathways
175 downloads
285 views
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agricultural-science
genetics
genomics
plant-science
soil-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10524 PubMed 33717662
March 4, 2021
Changes in diversity and community assembly of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) after rainforest conversion to rubber and oil palm plantations
171 downloads
1,190 views
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biodiversity
ecology
entomology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11012 PubMed 33717710
March 9, 2021
The emotional canvas of human screams: patterns and acoustic cues in the perceptual categorization of a basic call type
165 downloads
976 views
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animal-behavior
anthropology
evolutionary-studies
psychiatry-and-psychology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10990 PubMed 33854835
March 15, 2021
Divergent morphological responses to millennia of climate change in two species of bats from Hall’s Cave, Texas, USA
164 downloads
848 views
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ecology
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
zoology
climate-change-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10856 PubMed 33777514

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