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November 2016

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Effects of CO2 laser irradiation on matrix-rich biofilm

Fluorescence Microscopy

November 1, 2016

Effects of CO2 laser irradiation on matrix-rich biofilm

Researchers evaluated the formation of biofilms on tooth enamel, which had been irradiated with a CO2 laser. This study investigates a key aspect of the increasing, wide-spread clinical use of lasers in dentistry.

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November 2, 2016

Elevational pattern of bird species richness and its causes along a central Himalaya gradient, China

Xinyuan Pan, Zhifeng Ding, Yiming Hu, Jianchao Liang, Yongjie Wu, Xingfeng Si, Mingfang Guo, Huijian Hu, Kun Jin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2636 PubMed 27833806

November 22, 2016

Dominance relationships in a family pack of captive arctic wolves (Canis lupus arctos): the influence of competition for food, age and sex

Simona Cafazzo, Martina Lazzaroni, Sarah Marshall-Pescini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2707 PubMed 27904806

November 15, 2016

Biology of tiny animals: three new species of minute salamanders (Plethodontidae: Thorius) from Oaxaca, Mexico

Gabriela Parra-Olea, Sean M. Rovito, Mario García-París, Jessica A. Maisano, David B. Wake, James Hanken

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2694 PubMed 27896029

November 3, 2016

Environmental, land cover and land use constraints on the distributional patterns of anurans: Leptodacylus species (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Dry Chaco

Regina Gabriela Medina, Maria Laura Ponssa, Ezequiel Aráoz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2605 PubMed 27833796

November 9, 2016

A global analysis of bird plumage patterns reveals no association between habitat and camouflage

Marius Somveille, Kate L.A. Marshall, Thanh-Lan Gluckman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2658 PubMed 27867762

November 15, 2016

Zebra mussel beds: an effective feeding ground for Ponto-Caspian gobies or suitable shelter for their prey?

Jarosław Kobak, Małgorzata Poznańska, Łukasz Jermacz, Tomasz Kakareko, Daniel Prądzynski, Małgorzata Łodygowska, Karolina Montowska, Karolina Bącela-Spychalska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2672 PubMed 27896025

November 8, 2016

Yangtze River, an insignificant genetic boundary in tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus): the evidence from a first population genetics study

Zhonglou Sun, Tao Pan, Hui Wang, Mujia Pang, Baowei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2654 PubMed 27843712

November 2, 2016

The Ecology of Stress: linking life-history traits with physiological control mechanisms in free-living guanacos

Ramiro J.A. Ovejero Aguilar, Graciela A. Jahn, Mauricio Soto-Gamboa, Andrés J. Novaro, Pablo Carmanchahi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2640 PubMed 27833807

November 10, 2016

Sexual reproduction in the Caribbean coral genus Isophyllia (Scleractinia: Mussidae)

Derek Soto, Ernesto Weil