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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 6, 2016

Characterisation of an atypical manifestation of black band disease on Porites lutea in the Western Indian Ocean

8 citations

637 downloads

2,137 views

Mathieu Séré, David A. Wilkinson, Michael H. Schleyer, Pascale Chabanet, Jean-Pascal Quod, Pablo Tortosa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2073 PubMed 27441106

July 20, 2016

DNA barcode data accurately assign higher spider taxa

14 citations

627 downloads

2,646 views

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 27, 2016

Further evidence of Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) latency: high levels of ChHV5 DNA detected in clinically healthy marine turtles

16 citations

602 downloads

2,444 views

Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez, Anders Miki Bojesen, Mads F. Bertelsen, Nathan Wales, George H. Balazs, M. Thomas P. Gilbert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2274 PubMed 27547576

July 7, 2016

Comparative analysis of SNP candidates in disparate milk yielding river buffaloes using targeted sequencing

3 citations

590 downloads