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July 2016

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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 26, 2016

Phage on tap–a quick and efficient protocol for the preparation of bacteriophage laboratory stocks

Natasha Bonilla, Maria Isabel Rojas, Giuliano Netto Flores Cruz, Shr-Hau Hung, Forest Rohwer, Jeremy J. Barr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2261 PubMed 27547567

July 7, 2016

The wings before the bird: an evaluation of flapping-based locomotory hypotheses in bird antecedents

T. Alexander Dececchi, Hans C.E. Larsson, Michael B. Habib

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2159 PubMed 27441115

July 14, 2016

A preliminary case study of the effect of shoe-wearing on the biomechanics of a horse’s foot

Olga Panagiotopoulou, Jeffery W. Rankin, Stephen M. Gatesy, John R. Hutchinson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2164 PubMed 27478694

July 19, 2016

Correlations between personality traits and specific groups of alpha waves in the human EEG

Tomas Johannisson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2245 PubMed 27547552

July 26, 2016

Human feeding biomechanics: performance, variation, and functional constraints

Justin A. Ledogar, Paul C. Dechow, Qian Wang, Poorva H. Gharpure, Adam D. Gordon, Karen L. Baab, Amanda L. Smith, Gerhard W. Weber, Ian R. Grosse, Callum F. Ross, Brian G. Richmond, Barth W. Wright, Craig Byron, Stephen Wroe, David S. Strait

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2242 PubMed 27547550

July 6, 2016

Dental microwear reveals mammal-like chewing in the neoceratopsian dinosaur Leptoceratops gracilis

Frank J. Varriale

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2132 PubMed 27441111

July 20, 2016

Artificial reefs and marine protected areas: a study in willingness to pay to access Folkestone Marine Reserve, Barbados, West Indies

Anne E. Kirkbride-Smith, Philip M. Wheeler, Magnus L. Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2175 PubMed 27547521

July 19, 2016

New holostean fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of the Monte San Giorgio (Canton Ticino, Switzerland)

Adriana López-Arbarello, Toni Bürgin, Heinz Furrer, Rudolf Stockar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2234 PubMed 27547543

July 13, 2016

Characterizing abnormal behavior in a large population of zoo-housed chimpanzees: prevalence and potential influencing factors

Sarah L. Jacobson, Stephen R. Ross, Mollie A. Bloomsmith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2225 PubMed 27478710

July 7, 2016

New occurrences of fossilized feathers: systematics and taphonomy of the Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin (Cretaceous), NE, Brazil

Gustavo M.E.M. Prado, Luiz Eduardo Anelli, Setembrino Petri, Guilherme Raffaeli Romero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1916 PubMed 27441102

July 5, 2016

Functional morphology of parasitic isopods: understanding morphological adaptations of attachment and feeding structures in Nerocila as a pre-requisite for reconstructing the evolution of Cymothoidae

Christina Nagler, Joachim T. Haug

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2188 PubMed 27441121

July 28, 2016

Three-dimensional geometrical changes of the human tibialis anterior muscle and its central aponeurosis measured with three-dimensional ultrasound during isometric contractions

Brent J. Raiteri, Andrew G. Cresswell, Glen A. Lichtwark

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2260 PubMed 27547566

July 21, 2016

Neural and endocranial anatomy of Triassic phytosaurian reptiles and convergence with fossil and modern crocodylians

Stephan Lautenschlager, Richard J. Butler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2251 PubMed 27547557

July 7, 2016

The modulatory effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extract on endogenous antioxidant systems and inflammatory markers in an acetaminophen-induced nephrotoxic mice model

Govindarajan Karthivashan, Aminu Umar Kura, Palanisamy Arulselvan, Norhaszalina Md. Isa, Sharida Fakurazi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2127 PubMed 27441110

July 12, 2016

Food and nutritional security requires adequate protein as well as energy, delivered from whole-year crop production

Graeme D. Coles, Stephen D. Wratten, John R. Porter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2100 PubMed 27478691

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 7, 2016

Dugong dugon feeding in tropical Australian seagrass meadows: implications for conservation planning

Samantha J. Tol, Rob G. Coles, Bradley C. Congdon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2194 PubMed 27441123

July 21, 2016

Computer-assisted initial diagnosis of rare diseases

Rui Alves, Marc Piñol, Jordi Vilaplana, Ivan Teixidó, Joaquim Cruz, Jorge Comas, Ester Vilaprinyo, Albert Sorribas, Francesc Solsona

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2211 PubMed 27547534

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 19, 2016

Transcriptome analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 grown at both body and elevated temperatures

Kok-Gan Chan, Kumutha Priya, Chien-Yi Chang, Ahmad Yamin Abdul Rahman, Kok Keng Tee, Wai-Fong Yin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2223 PubMed 27547539

July 7, 2016

Open source approaches to establishing Roseobacter clade bacteria as synthetic biology chassis for biogeoengineering

Yanika Borg, Aurelija Marija Grigonyte, Philipp Boeing, Bethan Wolfenden, Patrick Smith, William Beaufoy, Simon Rose, Tonderai Ratisai, Alexey Zaikin, Darren N. Nesbeth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2031 PubMed 27441104

July 13, 2016

New insight into the role of MMP14 in metabolic balance

Hidetoshi Mori, Ramray Bhat, Alexandre Bruni-Cardoso, Emily I. Chen, Danielle M. Jorgens, Kester Coutinho, Katherine Louie, Benjamin Ben Bowen, Jamie L. Inman, Victoria Tecca, Sarah J. Lee, Sabine Becker-Weimann, Trent Northen, Motoharu Seiki, Alexander D. Borowsky, Manfred Auer, Mina J. Bissell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2142 PubMed 27478693

July 5, 2016

Scarcity of ecosystem services: an experimental manipulation of declining pollination rates and its economic consequences for agriculture

Harpinder Sandhu, Benjamin Waterhouse, Stephane Boyer, Steve Wratten

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2099 PubMed 27441108

July 6, 2016

The implementation of rare events logistic regression to predict the distribution of mesophotic hard corals across the main Hawaiian Islands

Lindsay M. Veazey, Erik C. Franklin, Christopher Kelley, John Rooney, L. Neil Frazer, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2189 PubMed 27441122

July 14, 2016

Human population and socioeconomic modulators of conservation performance in 788 Amazonian and Atlantic Forest reserves

Ana Alice B. de Marques, Mauricio Schneider, Carlos A. Peres