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April 2016

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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.

April 28, 2016

The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms

116 citations

3,129 downloads

13,539 views

Martín D. Ezcurra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1778 PubMed 27162705

April 19, 2016

Testing the potential of a ribosomal 16S marker for DNA metabarcoding of insects

66 citations

1,701 downloads

6,635 views

Vasco Elbrecht, Pierre Taberlet, Tony Dejean, Alice Valentini, Philippe Usseglio-Polatera, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Eric Coissac, Frederic Boyer, Florian Leese

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1966 PubMed 27114891

April 26, 2016

Evidence for a trophic cascade on rocky reefs following sea star mass mortality in British Columbia

37 citations

1,898 downloads

7,703 views

Jessica A. Schultz, Ryan N. Cloutier, Isabelle M. Côté

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1980 PubMed 27168988

April 25, 2016

GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science

26 citations

1,321 downloads

6,581 views

Vincent Raoult, Peter A. David, Sally F. Dupont, Ciaran P. Mathewson, Samuel J. O’Neill, Nicholas N. Powell, Jane E. Williamson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1960 PubMed 27168973

April 14, 2016

Anatomy and osteohistology of the basal hadrosaurid dinosaur Eotrachodon from the uppermost Santonian (Cretaceous) of southern Appalachia

13 citations

1,283 downloads

6,995 views

Albert Prieto-Márquez, Gregory M. Erickson, Jun A. Ebersole

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1872 PubMed 27114863

April 25, 2016

Elevational variation in body-temperature response to immune challenge in a lizard

12 citations

545 downloads

1,911 views

Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho, Senda Reguera, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1972 PubMed 27168981

April 21, 2016

Winter diet and food selection of the Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis in Dashanbao, Yunnan, China

10 citations

781 downloads

3,294 views

Hao Yan Dong, Guang Yi Lu, Xing Yao Zhong, Xiao Jun Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1968 PubMed 27123382

April 18, 2016

How does agonistic behaviour differ in albino and pigmented fish?

10 citations

521 downloads

2,501 views

Ondřej Slavík, Pavel Horký, Marie Wackermannová

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1937 PubMed 27114883

April 4, 2016

Praziquantel degradation in marine aquarium water

9 citations

815 downloads

2,791 views

Amber Thomas, Matthew R. Dawson, Helen Ellis, M. Andrew Stamper

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1857 PubMed 27069797

April 11, 2016

FOVEA: a new program to standardize the measurement of foveal pit morphology

9 citations

595 downloads

2,922 views

Bret A. Moore, Innfarn Yoo, Luke P. Tyrrell, Bedrich Benes, Esteban Fernandez-Juricic

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1785 PubMed 27076997

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

6 citations

1,688 downloads

12,887 views

Olga Panagiotopoulou, Panagiotis Spyridis, Hyab Mehari Abraha, David R. Carrier, Todd C. Pataky

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1895 PubMed 27069822

April 7, 2016

Assessing migration patterns in Passerina ciris using the world’s bird collections as an aggregated resource

6 citations

476 downloads

2,695 views

Ethan Linck, Eli S. Bridge, Jonah M. Duckles, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza, Sievert Rohwer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1871 PubMed 27077001

April 14, 2016

The macroevolution of size and complexity in insect male genitalia

5 citations

749 downloads

2,864 views

Andrey Rudoy, Ignacio Ribera

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1882 PubMed 27114865

April 12, 2016

Jaw anatomy of Potamogale velox (Tenrecidae, Afrotheria) with a focus on cranial arteries and the coronoid canal in mammals

4 citations

667 downloads

4,052 views

Robert J. Brocklehurst, Nick Crumpton, Evie Button, Robert J. Asher

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1906 PubMed 27114870

April 21, 2016

Natural melatonin fluctuation and its minimally invasive simulation in the zebra finch

3 citations

861 downloads

2,239 views

Susanne Seltmann, Lisa Trost, Andries Ter Maat, Manfred Gahr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1939 PubMed 27123378

April 25, 2016

Watch out where you sleep: nocturnal sleeping behaviour of Bay Island lizards

2 citations

655 downloads

2,498 views

Nitya Prakash Mohanty, Surendran Harikrishnan, Karthikeyan Vasudevan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1856 PubMed 27168958

April 25, 2016

Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae); the effects of habitat demands

2 citations

566 downloads

2,720 views

Nicola C. Dobson, Magnus L. Johnson, Sammy De Grave

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1926 PubMed 27168962

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