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February 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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

35 citations

3,258 downloads

16,350 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

13 citations

1,759 downloads

5,791 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

26 citations

1,093 downloads

4,545 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

26 citations

1,149 downloads

3,919 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

26 citations

671 downloads

3,805 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

23 citations

878 downloads

3,483 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

6 citations

829 downloads

3,297 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

4 citations

555 downloads

2,996 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

9 citations

670 downloads

2,913 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

8 citations

666 downloads

2,513 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

12 citations

461 downloads

2,502 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

405 downloads

2,316 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?

3 citations

480 downloads

2,267 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?

8 citations

648 downloads

2,209 views

Uri Obolski, Lilach Hadany, Avigdor Abelson

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

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Endangered killer whales eye an oil tanker

Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales

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Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales

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