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 7, 2016
The wings before the bird: an evaluation of flapping-based locomotory hypotheses in bird antecedents
21 citations
1,770 downloads
8,529 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2159 PubMed 27441115
July 6, 2016
Dental microwear reveals mammal-like chewing in the neoceratopsian dinosaur Leptoceratops gracilis
14 citations
833 downloads
5,442 views
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2132 PubMed 27441111
July 7, 2016
New occurrences of fossilized feathers: systematics and taphonomy of the Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin (Cretaceous), NE, Brazil
5 citations
1,016 downloads
4,961 views
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paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1916 PubMed 27441102
July 19, 2016
New holostean fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of the Monte San Giorgio (Canton Ticino, Switzerland)
12 citations
1,002 downloads
4,529 views
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paleontology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2234 PubMed 27547543
July 21, 2016
Neural and endocranial anatomy of Triassic phytosaurian reptiles and convergence with fossil and modern crocodylians
15 citations
859 downloads
3,981 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2251 PubMed 27547557
July 6, 2016
On the relationship between enamel band complexity and occlusal surface area in Equids (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)
3 citations
562 downloads
2,468 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
statistics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2181 PubMed 27441119
July 7, 2016
New information on the Wukongopteridae (Pterosauria) revealed by a new specimen from the Jurassic of China
3 citations
719 downloads
2,074 views
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paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2177 PubMed 27441118
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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