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February 2014

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The long lost holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni

Holotype of the turtle Plesiochelys etalloni

February 6, 2014

The long lost holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni

In a story worthy of a detective novel, the original holotype of one the first described plesiochelyid turtles was rediscovered by Anquentin et al. The holotype had been thought lost for more than 150 years, but the history of ownership is now determined (including a sale by one owner to finance the restoration of his church). In this paper, the authors re-describe the specimen & revise its taxonomic status -

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February 27, 2014

A global meta-analytic contrast of cushion-plant effects on plants and on arthropods

7 citations

605 downloads

2,567 views

Amanda R. Liczner, Christopher J. Lortie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.265 PubMed 24688848

February 25, 2014

Invasion success of a scarab beetle within its native range: host range expansion versus host-shift

11 citations

461 downloads

2,059 views

Marie-Caroline Lefort, Stéphane Boyer, Saïana De Romans, Travis Glare, Karen Armstrong, Susan Worner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.262 PubMed 24795845

February 20, 2014

Evidence for protection of targeted reef fish on the largest marine reserve in the Caribbean

8 citations

751 downloads

2,778 views

Fabián Pina-Amargós, Gaspar González-Sansón, Félix Martín-Blanco, Abel Valdivia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.274 PubMed 24688853

February 18, 2014

Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) reassure others in distress

34 citations

2,271 downloads

47,119 views

Joshua M. Plotnik, Frans B.M. de Waal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.278 PubMed 24688856

February 13, 2014

Hawksbill × loggerhead sea turtle hybrids at Bahia, Brazil: where do their offspring go?

11 citations

675 downloads

3,989 views

Maira C. Proietti, Julia Reisser, Luis F. Marins, Maria A. Marcovaldi, Luciano S. Soares, Danielle S. Monteiro, Sarath Wijeratne, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Eduardo R. Secchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.255 PubMed 24688839

February 11, 2014

Comparison of lodgepole and jack pine resin chemistry: implications for range expansion by the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

29 citations

607 downloads

2,658 views

Erin L. Clark, Caitlin Pitt, Allan L. Carroll, B. Staffan Lindgren, Dezene P.W. Huber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.240 PubMed 24688833

February 6, 2014

Alkalinity to calcium flux ratios for corals and coral reef communities: variances between isolated and community conditions

11 citations

547 downloads