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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 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 10, 2016

Hyainailourine and teratodontine cranial material from the late Eocene of Egypt and the application of parsimony and Bayesian methods to the phylogeny and biogeography of Hyaenodonta (Placentalia, Mammalia)

Matthew R. Borths, Patricia A. Holroyd, Erik R. Seiffert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2639 PubMed 27867761

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 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 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 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 8, 2016

Herbarium-based studies on taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of Psilochilus (Orchidaceae)

Marta Kolanowska, Aleksandra M. Naczk, Radomir Jaskuła

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2600 PubMed 27843710