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Behavioral flexibility in an invasive bird is independent of other
behaviors

Great-tailed grackle

July 12, 2016

Behavioral flexibility in an invasive bird is independent of other behaviors

Researchers investigated whether 'reversal learning' performance was linked to other behaviors in great-tailed grackles. The results provide potential insights into why this invasive species has been able to succeed.

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July 28, 2016

The potential effects of climate change on amphibian distribution, range fragmentation and turnover in China

Ren-Yan Duan, Xiao-Quan Kong, Min-Yi Huang, Sara Varela, Xiang Ji

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2185 PubMed 27547522

July 14, 2016

Meter scale variation in shrub dominance and soil moisture structure Arctic arthropod communities

Rikke Reisner Hansen, Oskar Liset Pryds Hansen, Joseph J. Bowden, Urs A. Treier, Signe Normand, Toke Høye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2224 PubMed 27478709

July 20, 2016

DNA barcode data accurately assign higher spider taxa

Jonathan A. Coddington, Ingi Agnarsson, Ren-Chung Cheng, Klemen Čandek, Amy Driskell, Holger Frick, Matjaž Gregorič, Rok Kostanjšek, Christian Kropf, Matthew Kweskin, Tjaša Lokovšek, Miha Pipan, Nina Vidergar, Matjaž Kuntner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2201 PubMed 27547527

July 5, 2016

Differences in meiofauna communities with sediment depth are greater than habitat effects on the New Zealand continental margin: implications for vulnerability to anthropogenic disturbance

Norliana Rosli, Daniel Leduc, Ashley A. Rowden, Malcolm R. Clark, P. Keith Probert, Katrin Berkenbusch, Carlos Neira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2154 PubMed 27441114

July 5, 2016

Global patterns of conservation research importance in different countries of the world

Hideyuki Doi, Teruhiko Takahara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2173 PubMed 27441117

July 19, 2016

Preferred temperature and thermal breadth of birds wintering in peninsular Spain: the limited effect of temperature on species distribution

Luis M. Carrascal, Sara Villén-Pérez, David Palomino