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May 2016

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Systematics of stalked jellyfishes

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 25, 2016

Forest birds respond to the spatial pattern of exurban development in the Mid-Atlantic region, USA

Marcela Suarez-Rubio, Todd R. Lookingbill

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2039 PubMed 27257537

May 2, 2016

Sexing a sex-role-reversed species based on plumage: potential challenges in the red phalarope

Marie-Andrée Giroux, Delphine Ditlecadet, Luc J. Martin, Richard B. Lanctot, Nicolas Lecomte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1989 PubMed 27168992

May 17, 2016

Flower, fruit phenology and flower traits in Cordia boissieri (Boraginaceae) from northeastern Mexico

Cristian Adrian Martínez-Adriano, Enrique Jurado, Joel Flores, Humberto González-Rodríguez, Gerardo Cuéllar-Rodríguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2033 PubMed 27231656

May 24, 2016

Ecological implications of metabolic compensation at low temperatures in salamanders

Alessandro Catenazzi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2072 PubMed 27257549

May 24, 2016

Sperm removal during copulation confirmed in the oldest extant damselfly, Hemiphlebia mirabilis

Adolfo Cordero-Rivera

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2077 PubMed 27257552

May 24, 2016

Response of marine copepods to a changing tropical environment: winners, losers and implications

Li Lee Chew, Ving Ching Chong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2052 PubMed 27257540

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 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

A low dose of an organophosphate insecticide causes dysbiosis and sex-dependent responses in the intestinal microbiota of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Eduardo Crisol-Martínez, Laura T. Moreno-Moyano, Ngare Wilkinson, Tanka Prasai, Philip H. Brown, Robert J. Moore, Dragana Stanley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2002 PubMed 27168998

May 3, 2016

The interplay between habitat structure and chemical contaminants on biotic responses of benthic organisms

Mariana Mayer-Pinto, Miguel G. Matias, Ross A. Coleman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1985 PubMed 27168991

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

Foraging loads of red wood ants: Formica aquilonia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in relation to tree characteristics and stand age

Heloise Gibb, Jon Andersson, Therese Johansson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2049 PubMed 27231664

May 17, 2016

Microsatellite loci discovery from next-generation sequencing data and loci characterization in the epizoic barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Christine Ewers-Saucedo, John D. Zardus, John P. Wares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2019 PubMed 27231653

May 17, 2016

Nest site selection and nutritional provision through excreta: a form of parental care in a tropical endogeic earthworm

Angel I. Ortiz-Ceballos, Diana Pérez-Staples, Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2032 PubMed 27231655

May 24, 2016

Conditions during adulthood affect cohort-specific reproductive success in an Arctic-nesting goose population

Mitch D. Weegman, Stuart Bearhop, Geoff M. Hilton, Alyn Walsh, Anthony David Fox

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2044 PubMed 27257539

May 18, 2016

Premature feather loss among common tern chicks in Ontario: the return of an enigmatic developmental anomaly

Jennifer M. Arnold, Donald J. Tyerman, Doug Crump, Kim L. Williams, Stephen A. Oswald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1959 PubMed 27231646

May 25, 2016

Developing demographic toxicity data: optimizing effort for predicting population outcomes

John D. Stark, John E. Banks

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2067 PubMed 27257546

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