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April 2015

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Brontosaurus

April 7, 2015

Brontosaurus is back!

Brontosaurus, the ‘thunder lizard’, has long been considered misclassified. Now, an exhaustive study provides conclusive evidence that Brontosaurus can be reinstated as its own unique genus.

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April 28, 2015

Indirect effects of overfishing on Caribbean reefs: sponges overgrow reef-building corals

Tse-Lynn Loh, Steven E. McMurray, Timothy P. Henkel, Jan Vicente, Joseph R. Pawlik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.901 PubMed 25945305

April 28, 2015

Plant–insect interactions from Middle Triassic (late Ladinian) of Monte Agnello (Dolomites, N-Italy)—initial pattern and response to abiotic environmental perturbations

Torsten Wappler, Evelyn Kustatscher, Elio Dellantonio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.921 PubMed 25945313

April 28, 2015

Demographic rates of northern royal albatross at Taiaroa Head, New Zealand

Yvan Richard, Lyndon Perriman, Chris Lalas, Edward R. Abraham

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.906 PubMed 25945308

April 23, 2015

Bayesian estimation of predator diet composition from fatty acids and stable isotopes

Philipp Neubauer, Olaf P. Jensen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.920 PubMed 25922801

April 16, 2015

Natural variation in teosinte at the domestication locus teosinte branched1 (tb1)

Laura Vann, Thomas Kono, Tanja Pyhäjärvi, Matthew B. Hufford, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.900 PubMed 25909039

April 16, 2015

Water availability as an agent of selection in introduced populations of Arabidopsis thaliana: impacts on flowering time evolution

Amanda J. Stock, Brechann V. McGoey, John R. Stinchcombe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.898 PubMed 25909038

April 9, 2015

Pre- and postmortem tyrannosaurid bite marks on the remains of Daspletosaurus (Tyrannosaurinae: Theropoda) from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada

DWE Hone, DH Tanke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.885 PubMed 25870775

April 9, 2015

Models of knot and stem development in black spruce trees indicate a shift in allocation priority to branches when growth is limited

Emmanuel Duchateau, David Auty, Frédéric Mothe, Fleur Longuetaud, Chhun Huor Ung, Alexis Achim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.873 PubMed 25870769

April 7, 2015

Laser photogrammetry improves size and demographic estimates for whale sharks

Christoph A. Rohner, Anthony J. Richardson, Clare E.M. Prebble, Andrea D. Marshall, Michael B. Bennett, Scarla J. Weeks, Geremy Cliff, Sabine P. Wintner, Simon J. Pierce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.886 PubMed 25870776

April 2, 2015

Sloths like it hot: ambient temperature modulates food intake in the brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)

Rebecca N. Cliffe, Ryan J. Haupt, Judy A. Avey-Arroyo, Rory P. Wilson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.875 PubMed 25861559