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September 2014

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Camel Cricket

September 2, 2014

Invasive Asian Camel Crickets are now common in U.S. homes

New research, made possible by citizen scientists across the US, finds that non-native camel cricket species have spread into homes across the eastern United States -

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September 2, 2014

Benthic primary production in an upwelling-influenced coral reef, Colombian Caribbean

Corvin Eidens, Elisa Bayraktarov, Torsten Hauffe, Valeria Pizarro, Thomas Wilke, Christian Wild

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.554 PubMed 25237604

September 9, 2014

Alterations in fiber pathways reveal brain tumor typology: a diffusion tractography study

Martina Campanella, Tamara Ius, Miran Skrap, Luciano Fadiga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.497 PubMed 25250209

September 16, 2014

Turf algae-mediated coral damage in coastal reefs of Belize, Central America

Christian Wild, Carin Jantzen, Stephan Georg Kremb

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.571 PubMed 25276504

September 30, 2014

Multi-decade biomass dynamics in an old-growth hemlock-northern hardwood forest, Michigan, USA

Kerry D. Woods

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.598 PubMed 25289184

September 30, 2014

Nest-building behavior of Monk Parakeets and insights into potential mechanisms for reducing damage to utility poles

Kevin R. Burgio, Margaret A. Rubega, Diego Sustaita

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.601 PubMed 25289186

September 2, 2014

Too big to be noticed: cryptic invasion of Asian camel crickets in North American houses

Mary Jane Epps, Holly L. Menninger, Nathan LaSala, Robert R. Dunn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.523 PubMed 25210654

September 18, 2014

Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) has negligible effects on adult survival and transcriptome of its mosquito host

Xiaoxia Ren, Grant L. Hughes, Guodong Niu, Yasutsugu Suzuki, Jason L. Rasgon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.584 PubMed 25279264

September 2, 2014

Exceptionally preserved insect fossils in the Late Jurassic lagoon of Orbagnoux (Rhône Valley, France)

André Nel, Patricia Nel, Régis Krieg-Jacquier, Jean-Marc Pouillon, Romain Garrouste

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.510 PubMed 25210652

September 2, 2014

Effects of deuterium oxide on cell growth and vesicle speed in RBL-2H3 cells

Roshni S. Kalkur, Andrew C. Ballast, Ashley R. Triplett, Kathrin Spendier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.553 PubMed 25237603

September 11, 2014

Phylogenetic congruence of lichenised fungi and algae is affected by spatial scale and taxonomic diversity

Hannah L. Buckley, Arash Rafat, Johnathon D. Ridden, Robert H. Cruickshank, Hayley J. Ridgway, Adrian M. Paterson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.573 PubMed 25250218

September 9, 2014

Digging the pupfish out of its hole: risk analyses to guide harvest of Devils Hole pupfish for captive breeding

Steven R. Beissinger

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.549 PubMed 25250212

September 16, 2014

Nestling activity levels during begging behaviour predicts activity level and body mass in adulthood

Luke S.C. McCowan, Simon C. Griffith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.566 PubMed 25279258

September 9, 2014

Mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence data are not an improvement for species identification in scleractinian corals

John P. Wares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.564 PubMed 25250216

September 30, 2014

Spatial genetic structure across a hybrid zone between European rabbit subspecies

Fernando Alda, Ignacio Doadrio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.582 PubMed 25289181

September 4, 2014

Protein kinase C in the wood frog, Rana sylvatica: reassessing the tissue-specific regulation of PKC isozymes during freezing

Christopher A. Dieni, Kenneth B. Storey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.558 PubMed 25210662

September 25, 2014

The self prefers itself? Self-referential versus parental standards in face attractiveness

Unni Sulutvedt, Bruno Laeng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.595 PubMed 25276508

September 2, 2014

With or without light: comparing the reaction mechanism of dark-operative protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase with the energetic requirements of the light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase

Pedro J. Silva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.551 PubMed 25237602

September 25, 2014

Shared phylogeographic patterns between the ectocommensal flatworm Temnosewellia albata and its host, the endangered freshwater crayfish Euastacus robertsi

Charlotte R. Hurry, Daniel J. Schmidt, Mark Ponniah, Giovannella Carini, David Blair, Jane M. Hughes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.552 PubMed 25279257

September 4, 2014

Effects of low and high dose intraarticular tiludronate on synovial fluid and clinical variables in healthy horses—a preliminary investigation

Katja F. Duesterdieck-Zellmer, Lindsey Moneta, Jesse F. Ott, Maureen K. Larson, Elena M. Gorman, Barbara Hunter, Christiane V. Löhr, Mark E. Payton, Jeffrey T. Morré, Claudia S. Maier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.534 PubMed 25237596

September 11, 2014

Identification of a truncated splice variant of IL-18 receptor alpha in the human and rat, with evidence of wider evolutionary conservation

Chris S. Booker, David R. Grattan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.560 PubMed 25250214

September 30, 2014

Induced sensitivity of Bacillus subtilis colony morphology to mechanical media compression

Jessica K. Polka, Pamela A. Silver

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.597 PubMed 25289183

September 18, 2014

MicroRNAs expression profile in CCR6⁺ regulatory T cells

Juanjuan Zhao, Yongju Li, Yan Hu, Chao Chen, Ya Zhou, Yijin Tao, Mengmeng Guo, Nalin Qin, Lin Xu