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May 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Coronal muscle

May 5, 2016

Systematics of stalked jellyfishes

In this study, researchers demonstrate a novel view of the evolutionary history of stalked jellyfish, an understudied but important cnidarian clade.

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May 4, 2016

Leopard (Panthera pardus) status, distribution, and the research efforts across its range

Andrew P. Jacobson, Peter Gerngross, Joseph R. Lemeris Jr., Rebecca F. Schoonover, Corey Anco, Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten, Sarah M. Durant, Mohammad S. Farhadinia, Philipp Henschel, Jan F. Kamler, Alice Laguardia, Susana Rostro-García, Andrew B. Stein, Luke Dollar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1974 PubMed 27168983

May 31, 2016

Rapidly increasing macroalgal cover not related to herbivorous fishes on Mesoamerican reefs

Adam Suchley, Melanie D. McField, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2084 PubMed 27280075

May 10, 2016

Competitive interactions between corals and turf algae depend on coral colony form

Thomas Swierts, Mark JA Vermeij

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1984 PubMed 27190707

May 17, 2016

Optimization of viral resuspension methods for carbon-rich soils along a permafrost thaw gradient

Gareth Trubl, Natalie Solonenko, Lauren Chittick, Sergei A. Solonenko, Virginia I. Rich, Matthew B. Sullivan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1999 PubMed 27231649

May 10, 2016

Largest global shark biomass found in the northern Galápagos Islands of Darwin and Wolf

Pelayo Salinas-de-León, David Acuña-Marrero, Etienne Rastoin, Alan M. Friedlander, Mary K. Donovan, Enric Sala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1911 PubMed 27190701

May 11, 2016

Utilizing immunomarking techniques to track Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) movement and distribution within a peach orchard

Brett R. Blaauw, Vincent P. Jones, Anne L. Nielsen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1997 PubMed 27190711

May 5, 2016

An individual-based modelling approach to estimate landscape connectivity for bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)

Corrie H. Allen, Lael Parrott, Catherine Kyle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2001 PubMed 27168997

May 10, 2016

Incorporation of an invasive plant into a native insect herbivore food web

Menno Schilthuizen, Lúcia P. Santos Pimenta, Youri Lammers, Peter J. Steenbergen, Marco Flohil, Nils G.P. Beveridge, Pieter T. van Duijn, Marjolein M. Meulblok, Nils Sosef, Robin van de Ven, Ralf Werring, Kevin K. Beentjes, Kim Meijer, Rutger A. Vos, Klaas Vrieling, Barbara Gravendeel, Young Choi, Robert Verpoorte, Chris Smit, Leo W. Beukeboom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1954 PubMed 27190702

May 31, 2016

Are mountain habitats becoming more suitable for generalist than cold-adapted lizards thermoregulation?

Zaida Ortega, Abraham Mencía, Valentín Pérez-Mellado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2085 PubMed 27280076

May 18, 2016

Symbiotic essential amino acids provisioning in the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus) under various dietary conditions

Paul A. Ayayee, Thomas Larsen, Zakee Sabree

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2046 PubMed 27231663

May 24, 2016

Ecological implications of metabolic compensation at low temperatures in salamanders

Alessandro Catenazzi