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February 2016

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Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales

Endangered killer whales eye an oil tanker

February 2, 2016

Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales

Researchers discover that man-made underwater noise could interfere with the communication of orcas & their ability to locate scarce salmon.

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February 2, 2016

Ship noise extends to frequencies used for echolocation by endangered killer whales

51 citations

3,860 downloads

19,006 views

Scott Veirs, Val Veirs, Jason D. Wood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1657 PubMed 27004149

February 1, 2016

Patterns of bird-window collisions inform mitigation on a university campus

19 citations

2,040 downloads

6,640 views

Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, R. Scott Winton, Charlene J. Wu, Erika Zambello, Thomas W. Wittig, Nicolette L. Cagle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1652 PubMed 26855877

February 15, 2016

RNA-Seq of the Caribbean reef-building coral Orbicella faveolata (Scleractinia-Merulinidae) under bleaching and disease stress expands models of coral innate immunity

33 citations

1,323 downloads

5,162 views

David A. Anderson, Marcus E. Walz, Ernesto Weil, Peter Tonellato, Matthew C. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1616 PubMed 26925311

February 29, 2016

A hierarchical model of daily stream temperature using air-water temperature synchronization, autocorrelation, and time lags

34 citations

1,349 downloads

4,525 views

Benjamin H. Letcher, Daniel J. Hocking, Kyle O’Neil, Andrew R. Whiteley, Keith H. Nislow, Matthew J. O’Donnell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1727 PubMed 26966662

February 25, 2016

Familiarity breeds content: assessing bird species popularity with culturomics

34 citations

845 downloads

4,324 views

Ricardo A. Correia, Paul R. Jepson, Ana C. M. Malhado, Richard J. Ladle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1728 PubMed 26966663

February 22, 2016

Internal seed dispersal by parrots: an overview of a neglected mutualism

32 citations

1,102 downloads

3,964 views

Guillermo Blanco, Carolina Bravo, Erica C. Pacifico, Daniel Chamorro, Karina L. Speziale, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Fernando Hiraldo, José L. Tella

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1688 PubMed 26925322

February 15, 2016

Apparent source levels and active communication space of whistles of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary and Beibu Gulf, China

8 citations

1,018 downloads

3,773 views

Zhi-Tao Wang, Whitlow W.L. Au, Luke Rendell, Ke-Xiong Wang, Hai-Ping Wu, Yu-Ping Wu, Jian-Chang Liu, Guo-Qin Duan, Han-Jiang Cao, Ding Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1695 PubMed 26893973

February 11, 2016

Testing the effects of perimeter fencing and elephant exclosures on lion predation patterns in a Kenyan wildlife conservancy

7 citations

676 downloads

3,343 views

Marc Dupuis-Desormeaux, Zeke Davidson, Laura Pratt, Mary Mwololo, Suzanne E. MacDonald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1681 PubMed 26893967

February 29, 2016

Identifying key conservation threats to Alpine birds through expert knowledge

15 citations

804 downloads

3,230 views

Dan E. Chamberlain, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla, Antonio Rolando, Marco Girardello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1723 PubMed 26966659

February 29, 2016

Broad-scale sampling of primary freshwater fish populations reveals the role of intrinsic traits, inter-basin connectivity, drainage area and latitude on shaping contemporary patterns of genetic diversity

9 citations

832 downloads

2,737 views

Carla Sousa-Santos, Joana I. Robalo, Ana M. Pereira, Paulo Branco, José Maria Santos, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Mónica Sousa, Ignacio Doadrio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1694 PubMed 26966653

February 1, 2016

Climate envelope predictions indicate an enlarged suitable wintering distribution for Great Bustards (Otis tarda dybowskii) in China for the 21st century

11 citations

553 downloads

2,733 views

Chunrong Mi, Huettmann Falk, Yumin Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1630 PubMed 26855870

February 1, 2016

Exploration of the “larval pool”: development and ground-truthing of a larval transport model off leeward Hawai‘i

6 citations

476 downloads

2,529 views

Johanna L.K. Wren, Donald R. Kobayashi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1636 PubMed 26855873

February 4, 2016

Can we set a global threshold age to define mature forests?

4 citations

552 downloads

2,508 views

Philip Martin, Martin Jung, Francis Q. Brearley, Relena R. Ribbons, Emily R. Lines, Aerin L. Jacob

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1595 PubMed 26870607

February 29, 2016

Potential contribution of fish restocking to the recovery of deteriorated coral reefs: an alternative restoration method?

13 citations

772 downloads

2,450 views

Uri Obolski, Lilach Hadany, Avigdor Abelson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1732 PubMed 26966666

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Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Endangered killer whales eye an oil tanker

Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales

Endangered killer whales eye an oil tanker

Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales

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