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Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Sperm whale head

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head, something which was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby Dick.

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April 26, 2016
Evidence for a trophic cascade on rocky reefs following sea star mass mortality in British Columbia
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1980 PubMed 27168988
April 21, 2016
Plastome data reveal multiple geographic origins of Quercus Group Ilex
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1897 PubMed 27123376
April 25, 2016
GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1960 PubMed 27168973
April 18, 2016
In four shallow and mesophotic tropical reef sponges from Guam the microbial community largely depends on host identity
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1936 PubMed 27114882
April 11, 2016
Differences in stability of seed-associated microbial assemblages in response to invasion by phytopathogenic microorganisms
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1923 PubMed 27077013
April 28, 2016
Genetic and demographic recovery of an isolated population of brown bear Ursus arctos L., 1758
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1928 PubMed 27168963
April 4, 2016
Colony geometry and structural complexity of the endangered species Acropora cervicornis partly explains the structure of their associated fish assemblage
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1861 PubMed 27069801
April 18, 2016
Characterization of microbial associations with methanotrophic archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria through statistical comparison of nested Magneto-FISH enrichments
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1913 PubMed 27114874
April 21, 2016
Winter diet and food selection of the Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis in Dashanbao, Yunnan, China
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1968 PubMed 27123382
April 25, 2016
Nutrient uplift in a cyclonic eddy increases diversity, primary productivity and iron demand of microbial communities relative to a western boundary current
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1973 PubMed 27168982
April 21, 2016
Factors that influence the beta-diversity of spider communities in northwestern Argentinean Grasslands
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1946 PubMed 27123380
April 7, 2016
Reconstructing the demographic history of divergence between European river and brook lampreys using approximate Bayesian computations
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1910 PubMed 27077007
April 19, 2016
Autumn ichthyoplankton assemblage in the Yangtze Estuary shaped by environmental factors
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1922 PubMed 27114877
April 25, 2016
Elevational variation in body-temperature response to immune challenge in a lizard
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1972 PubMed 27168981
April 21, 2016
A comparison of species composition and community assemblage of secondary forests between the birch and pine-oak belts in the mid-altitude zone of the Qinling Mountains, China
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1900 PubMed 27123377
April 21, 2016
Growth and physiological responses of submerged plant Vallisneria natans to water column ammonia nitrogen and sediment copper
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1953 PubMed 27123381
April 18, 2016
Old maids have more appeal: effects of age and pheromone source on mate attraction in an orb-web spider
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1877 PubMed 27114864
April 14, 2016
Natural selection drives chemical resistance of Datura stramonium
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1898 PubMed 27114866
April 7, 2016
Unique haplotypes of cacao trees as revealed by trnH-psbA chloroplast DNA
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1855 PubMed 27076998
April 7, 2016
Genetic diversity in Oryza glumaepatula wild rice populations in Costa Rica and possible gene flow from O. sativa
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1875 PubMed 27077002
April 21, 2016
Thermal summation model and instar determination of all developmental stages of necrophagous beetle, Sciodrepoides watsoni (Spence) (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae)
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1944 PubMed 27123379
April 25, 2016
Understanding form and function of the stem in early flattened echinoderms (pleurocystitids) using a microstructural approach
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1820 PubMed 27168956
April 25, 2016
Development of a stem taper equation and modelling the effect of stand density on taper for Chinese fir plantations in Southern China
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1929 PubMed 27168964
April 12, 2016
A crab swarm at an ecological hotspot: patchiness and population density from AUV observations at a coastal, tropical seamount
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1770 PubMed 27114859
April 4, 2016
Aboveground insect herbivory increases plant competitive asymmetry, while belowground herbivory mitigates the effect
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1867 PubMed 27069805
Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Sperm whale head

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head, something which was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby Dick.

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