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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 29, 2016

A large abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Morocco and comments on the Cenomanian theropods from North Africa

10 citations

1,459 downloads

7,994 views

Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza, Andrea Cau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1754 PubMed 26966675

February 29, 2016

How do colonial Eurasian Griffon Vultures prevent extra-pair mating?

4 citations

376 downloads

2,455 views

Joan Bertran, Francesc Xavier Macià, Antoni Margalida

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1749 PubMed 26966674

February 23, 2016

Spider phylogenomics: untangling the Spider Tree of Life

117 citations

3,614 downloads

24,534 views

Nicole L. Garrison, Juanita Rodriguez, Ingi Agnarsson, Jonathan A. Coddington, Charles E. Griswold, Christopher A. Hamilton, Marshal Hedin, Kevin M. Kocot, Joel M. Ledford, Jason E. Bond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1719 PubMed 26925338

February 23, 2016

Western scrub-jays do not appear to attend to functionality in Aesop’s Fable experiments

14 citations

419 downloads

3,321 views

Corina J. Logan, Brigit D. Harvey, Barney A. Schlinger, Michelle Rensel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1707 PubMed 26925331

February 18, 2016

Phenotypical expression of reduced mobility during limb ontogeny in frogs: the knee-joint case

6 citations

398 downloads

1,780 views

Maria Laura Ponssa, Virginia Abdala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1730 PubMed 26925340

February 18, 2016

First record of hybridization between green Chelonia mydas and hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata sea turtles in the Southeast Pacific

3 citations

746 downloads

5,781 views

Shaleyla Kelez, Ximena Velez-Zuazo, Aldo S. Pacheco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1712 PubMed 26925333

February 18, 2016

Comparison of miRNA expression profiles in pituitary–adrenal axis between Beagle and Chinese Field dogs after chronic stress exposure

1 citation

594 downloads

2,289 views

Wei Luo, Meixia Fang, Haiping Xu, Huijie Xing, Jiangnan Fu, Qinghua Nie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1682 PubMed 26925320

February 16, 2016

A comparison of postnatal arterial patterns in a growth series of giraffe (Artiodactyla: Giraffa camelopardalis)

13 citations

760 downloads

5,912 views

Haley D. O’Brien, Paul M. Gignac, Tobin L. Hieronymus, Lawrence M. Witmer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1696 PubMed 26925324

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 15, 2016

Bagworm bags as portable armour against invertebrate predators

7 citations

536 downloads

2,519 views

Shinji Sugiura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1686 PubMed 26893969

February 4, 2016

Monogenean anchor morphometry: systematic value, phylogenetic signal, and evolution

10 citations

1,093 downloads

3,717 views

Tsung Fei Khang, Oi Yoon Michelle Soo, Wooi Boon Tan, Lee Hong Susan Lim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1668 PubMed 26966649

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

Phylogenetic and morphologic evidence confirm the presence of a new montane cloud forest associated bird species in Mexico, the Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii; Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae)

2 citations

462 downloads

1,880 views

Zachary R. Hanna, Marco F. Ortiz-Ramírez, César A. Ríos-Muñoz, Héctor Cayetano-Rosas, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1598 PubMed 26855860

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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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