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September 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

An unusual protein in the eye of drosophila

Six known Drosophila Rhodopsins

September 6, 2016

An unusual protein in the eye of drosophila

Drosophila use seven Rhodopsin proteins to detect light. In this study, researchers investigated the unusual attributes of Rhodopsin 7.

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September 13, 2016

Lowland tapir distribution and habitat loss in South America

4 citations

922 downloads

3,354 views

Jose Luis Passos Cordeiro, José M.V. Fragoso, Danielle Crawshaw, Luiz Flamarion B. Oliveira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2456 PubMed 27672509

September 29, 2016

Reef-scale trends in Florida Acropora spp. abundance and the effects of population enhancement

7 citations

647 downloads

2,350 views

Margaret W. Miller, Katryna Kerr, Dana E. Williams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2523 PubMed 27703862

September 29, 2016

Deer herbivory reduces web-building spider abundance by simplifying forest vegetation structure

7 citations

578 downloads

3,035 views

Elizabeth J. Roberson, Michael J. Chips, Walter P. Carson, Thomas P. Rooney

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2538 PubMed 27703868

September 22, 2016

Polymorphic DNA microsatellite markers for forensic individual identification and parentage analyses of seven threatened species of parrots (family Psittacidae)

15 citations

544 downloads

1,890 views

Catherine Jan, Luca Fumagalli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2416 PubMed 27688959

September 28, 2016

Investigating the spatial distribution and effects of nearshore topography on Acropora cervicornis abundance in Southeast Florida

6 citations

510 downloads

1,544 views

Nicole L. D’Antonio, David S. Gilliam, Brian K. Walker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2473 PubMed 27703844

September 8, 2016

Patchiness of forest landscape can predict species distribution better than abundance: the case of a forest-dwelling passerine, the short-toed treecreeper, in central Italy

5 citations

481 downloads

2,545 views

Marco Basile, Francesco Valerio, Rosario Balestrieri, Mario Posillico, Rodolfo Bucci, Tiziana Altea, Bruno De Cinti, Giorgio Matteucci

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2398 PubMed 27651990

September 13, 2016

Regional drivers of clutch loss reveal important trade-offs for beach-nesting birds

7 citations

471 downloads

2,291 views

Brooke Maslo, Thomas A. Schlacher, Michael A. Weston, Chantal M. Huijbers, Chris Anderson, Ben L. Gilby, Andrew D. Olds, Rod M. Connolly, David S. Schoeman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2460 PubMed 27672510

September 1, 2016

Development and characterization of 24 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the freshwater fish Ichthyoelephas longirostris (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae)

5 citations

471 downloads

1,720 views

Ricardo M. Landínez-García, Edna J. Márquez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2419 PubMed 27635363

September 7, 2016

Digital Accessible Knowledge and well-inventoried sites for birds in Mexico: baseline sites for measuring faunistic change

5 citations

457 downloads

2,065 views

A. Townsend Peterson, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza, Enrique Martínez-Meyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2362 PubMed 27651986

September 21, 2016

Successful population establishment from small introductions appears to be less common than believed

441 downloads

1,760 views

Alyssa Corbett King, J. Michael Reed

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2440 PubMed 27688964

September 13, 2016

Effect of fragmentation on the Costa Rican dry forest avifauna

6 citations

438 downloads

1,945 views

Gilbert Barrantes, Diego Ocampo, José D. Ramírez-Fernández, Eric J. Fuchs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2422 PubMed 27672498

September 22, 2016

Harvesting and chewing as constraints to forage consumption by the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)

3 citations

348 downloads

1,520 views

Bruce W. Clegg, Timothy G. O’Connor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2469 PubMed 27688971

September 28, 2016

Extremely low genetic variability within and among locations of the greenfish holothurian Stichopus chloronotus Brandt, 1835 in Okinawa, Japan

3 citations

340 downloads

1,692 views

Taha Soliman, Okuto Takama, Iria Fernandez-Silva, James D. Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2410 PubMed 27703841

September 29, 2016

Noise pollution has limited effects on nocturnal vigilance in peahens

3 citations

297 downloads

1,619 views

Jessica L. Yorzinski, Fredrick S. Hermann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2525 PubMed 27703863

September 20, 2016

Development and characterization of fourteen novel microsatellite markers for the chestnut short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia castanea), and cross-amplification to related species

3 citations

272 downloads

1,046 views

Katherine A. Cleary, Lisette P. Waits, Paul A. Hohenlohe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2465 PubMed 27688969

September 1, 2016

Inferring extinction in North American and Hawaiian birds in the presence of sighting uncertainty

2 citations

229 downloads

1,585 views

David L. Roberts, Ivan Jarić

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2426 PubMed 27635365

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Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Six known Drosophila Rhodopsins

An unusual protein in the eye of drosophila

Six known Drosophila Rhodopsins

An unusual protein in the eye of drosophila

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