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November 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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 10, 2016

Comparative analysis of the complete chloroplast genome sequences in psammophytic Haloxylon species (Amaranthaceae)

Wenpan Dong, Chao Xu, Delu Li, Xiaobai Jin, Ruili Li, Qi Lu, Zhili Suo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2699 PubMed 27867769

November 29, 2016

Disentangling urban habitat and matrix effects on wild bee species

Leonie K. Fischer, Julia Eichfeld, Ingo Kowarik, Sascha Buchholz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2729 PubMed 27917318

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 1, 2016

Non-target effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide on Common toad larvae (Bufo bufo, Amphibia) and associated algae are altered by temperature

Fabian Baier, Edith Gruber, Thomas Hein, Elisabeth Bondar-Kunze, Marina Ivanković, Axel Mentler, Carsten A. Brühl, Bernhard Spangl, Johann G. Zaller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2641 PubMed 27833808

November 16, 2016

Historical reconstruction of climatic and elevation preferences and the evolution of cloud forest-adapted tree ferns in Mesoamerica

Victoria Sosa, Juan Francisco Ornelas, Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, Etelvina Gándara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2696 PubMed 27896030

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 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

Assessing pollinators’ use of floral resource subsidies in agri-environment schemes: An illustration using Phacelia tanacetifolia and honeybees

Rowan Sprague, Stéphane Boyer, Georgia M. Stevenson, Steve D. Wratten

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2677 PubMed 27896027

November 2, 2016

Regional variation in fire weather controls the reported occurrence of Scottish wildfires

G. Matt Davies, Colin J. Legg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2649 PubMed 27833814

November 3, 2016

Phylogeography of Arenaria balearica L. (Caryophyllaceae): evolutionary history of a disjunct endemic from the Western Mediterranean continental islands

Javier Bobo-Pinilla, Sara B. Barrios de León, Jaume Seguí Colomar, Giuseppe Fenu, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Julio Peñas de Giles, María Montserrat Martínez-Ortega

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2618 PubMed 27833802

November 8, 2016

Community assembly and functional leaf traits mediate precipitation use efficiency of alpine grasslands along environmental gradients on the Tibetan Plateau

Shaowei Li, Jianshuang Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2680 PubMed 27843716

November 3, 2016

Analyzing pathogen suppressiveness in bioassays with natural soils using integrative maximum likelihood methods in R

Björn C. Rall, Ellen Latz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2615 PubMed 27833800

November 1, 2016

Production of cytotoxic compounds in dedifferentiated cells of Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae)

Isidro Ovando-Medina, Leny P. Pérez-Díaz, Sonia Ruiz-González, Miguel Salvador-Figueroa, Marcos E. Urbina-Reyes, Lourdes Adriano-Anaya