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July 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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 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 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 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 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