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January 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogenetics of the Idarnes incertus species-group

Idarnes incertus

January 5, 2017

Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogenetics of the Idarnes incertus species-group

Co-evolution of figs and parastitic wasps has been studied for years. However, new research published in PeerJ has combined a traditional taxonomic approach with current molecular tools to significantly add to our understanding of the fig-wasp mutualism.

January 12, 2017

Why choose Random Forest to predict rare species distribution with few samples in large undersampled areas? Three Asian crane species models provide supporting evidence

Chunrong Mi, Falk Huettmann, Yumin Guo, Xuesong Han, Lijia Wen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2849 PubMed 28097060

January 24, 2017

Bells, bomas and beefsteak: complex patterns of human-predator conflict at the wildlife-agropastoral interface in Zimbabwe

Andrew J. Loveridge, Timothy Kuiper, Roger H. Parry, Lovemore Sibanda, Jane Hunt Hunt, Brent Stapelkamp, Lovelater Sebele, David W. Macdonald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2898 PubMed 28149682

January 10, 2017

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of an endemic monotypic genus Hagenia (Rosaceae): structural comparative analysis, gene content and microsatellite detection

Andrew W. Gichira, Zhizhong Li, Josphat K. Saina, Zhicheng Long, Guangwan Hu, Robert W. Gituru, Qingfeng Wang, Jinming Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2846 PubMed 28097059

January 4, 2017

Marine turtles are not fussy nesters: a novel test of small-scale nest site selection using structure from motion beach terrain information

Ilana Kelly, Javier X. Leon, Ben L. Gilby, Andrew D. Olds, Thomas A. Schlacher

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2770 PubMed 28070454

January 18, 2017

Jaguar interactions with pumas and prey at the northern edge of jaguars’ range

Carmina E. Gutiérrez-González, Carlos A. López-González

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2886 PubMed 28133569

January 31, 2017

In situ morphometric survey elucidates the evolutionary systematics of the Eurasian Himantoglossum clade (Orchidaceae: Orchidinae)

Richard M. Bateman, Attila Molnár V., Gábor Sramkó

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2893 PubMed 28168103

January 31, 2017

Nest-site selection, reproductive ecology and shifts within core-use areas of Black-necked Cranes at the northern limit of the Tibetan Plateau

Lixun Zhang, Bei An, Meilin Shu, Xiaojun Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2939 PubMed 28168110

January 25, 2017

Effects of groundwater abstraction on two keystone tree species in an arid savanna national park

Eleanor Shadwell, Edmund February

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2923 PubMed 28149693

January 25, 2017

Polymorphism in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC class II B) genes of the Rufous-backed Bunting (Emberiza jankowskii)

Dan Li, Keping Sun, Yunjiao Zhao, Aiqing Lin, Shi Li, Yunlei Jiang, Jiang Feng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2917 PubMed 28149689

January 18, 2017

A large-scale perspective for managing prairie avifauna assemblages across the western US: influences of habitat, land ownership and latitude

Victoria J. Dreitz, Lani T. Stinson, Beth A. Hahn, Jason D. Tack, Paul M. Lukacs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2879 PubMed 28133567

January 4, 2017

Simulated mussel mortality thresholds as a function of mussel biomass and nutrient loading

Jeremy S. Bril, Kathryn Langenfeld, Craig L. Just, Scott N. Spak, Teresa J. Newton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2838 PubMed 28070462

January 31, 2017

Catchments catch all in South African coastal lowlands: topography and palaeoclimate restricted gene flow in Nymania capensis (Meliaceae)—a multilocus phylogeographic and distribution modelling approach

Alastair J. Potts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2965 PubMed 28168122

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