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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 28, 2016

Vocal correlates of individual sooty mangabey travel speed and direction

Christof Neumann, Klaus Zuberbühler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2298 PubMed 27547587

July 28, 2016

Larval settlement and metamorphosis in a marine gastropod in response to multiple conspecific cues

Abigail E. Cahill, Spencer A. Koury

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2295 PubMed 27547586

July 28, 2016

Site fidelity, size, and morphology may differ by tidal position for an intertidal fish, Bathygobius cocosensis (Perciformes-Gobiidae), in Eastern Australia

Lucie A. Malard, Katrina McGuigan, Cynthia Riginos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2263 PubMed 27547568

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 27, 2016

Medium-sized exotic prey create novel food webs: the case of predators and scavengers consuming lagomorphs

Facundo Barbar, Fernando Hiraldo, Sergio A. Lambertucci

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2273 PubMed 27547575

July 27, 2016

Competition-function tradeoffs in ectomycorrhizal fungi

Holly V. Moeller, Kabir G. Peay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2270 PubMed 27547573

July 27, 2016

Community shelter use in response to two benthic decapod predators in the Long Island Sound

David M. Hudson, Dugan Reagan, Joseph F. Crivello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2265 PubMed 27547570

July 27, 2016

Dropping behaviour of pea aphid nymphs increases their development time and reduces their reproductive capacity as adults

Barbara Agabiti, Roxanne J. Wassenaar, Linton Winder

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2236 PubMed 27547545

July 26, 2016

Morphometric comparisons of plant-mimetic juvenile fish associated with plant debris observed in the coastal subtropical waters around Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan

Alexya Cunha de Queiroz, Yoichi Sakai, Marcelo Vallinoto, Breno Barros

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2268 PubMed 27547571

July 26, 2016

Flower diversity and bee reproduction in an arid ecosystem

Jimena Dorado, Diego P. Vázquez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2250 PubMed 27547556

July 26, 2016

Tissue mortality by Caribbean ciliate infection and white band disease in three reef-building coral species

Alejandra Verde, Carolina Bastidas, Aldo Croquer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2196 PubMed 27547525

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 19, 2016

Advances in global sensitivity analyses of demographic-based species distribution models to address uncertainties in dynamic landscapes

Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis, Janelle M.R. Curtis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2204 PubMed 27547529

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

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2156 PubMed 27547519

July 19, 2016

Constant and seasonal drivers of bird communities in a wind farm: implications for conservation

Zuzanna M. Rosin, Piotr Skórka, Paweł Szymański, Marcin Tobolka, Andrzej Luczak, Piotr Tryjanowski