March 2014

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First discovery in Europe of one of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world

Platydemus manokwari

March 4, 2014

First discovery in Europe of one of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world

In the list of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world , there is only one terrestrial flatworm: Platydemus manokwari, also called the New Guinea flatworm. This species has now been found in Europe (Caen, France) for the first time, prompting calls from the scientists concerned for urgent action to prevent it from proliferating. Read more from this peer-reviewed study -

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March 20, 2014
Sampling locality is more detectable than taxonomy or ecology in the gut microbiota of the brood-parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.321 PubMed 24711971
March 11, 2014
Personality predicts the propensity for social learning in a wild primate
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.283 PubMed 24688861
March 4, 2014
Morphological traits: predictable responses to macrohabitats across a 300 km scale
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.271 PubMed 24688850
March 4, 2014
The invasive New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari in France, the first record for Europe: time for action is now
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.297 PubMed 24688873
March 13, 2014
Urban park characteristics, genetic variation, and historical demography of white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.310 PubMed 24688884
March 6, 2014
Artificial light and nocturnal activity in gammarids
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.279 PubMed 24688857
March 11, 2014
The avian fossil record in Insular Southeast Asia and its implications for avian biogeography and palaeoecology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.295 PubMed 24688871
March 13, 2014
Brain size varies with temperature in vertebrates
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.301 PubMed 24688876
March 11, 2014
Occurrence of twin embryos in the eastern bluebird
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.273 PubMed 24688852
March 13, 2014
A review of the Zoogonidae (Digenea: Microphalloidea) from fishes of the waters around New Caledonia, with the description of Overstreetia cribbi n. sp.
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.292 PubMed 24688868
March 25, 2014
Fuelling in front of the barrier—are there age based behavioral differences in Garden Warblers Sylvia borin?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.319 PubMed 24711970
March 6, 2014
‘Mystery big cats’ in the Peruvian Amazon: morphometrics solve a cryptozoological mystery
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.291 PubMed 24688867
First discovery in Europe of one of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world

Platydemus manokwari

March 4, 2014

First discovery in Europe of one of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world

In the list of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world , there is only one terrestrial flatworm: Platydemus manokwari, also called the New Guinea flatworm. This species has now been found in Europe (Caen, France) for the first time, prompting calls from the scientists concerned for urgent action to prevent it from proliferating. Read more from this peer-reviewed study -

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