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February 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Lybia leptochelis

January 31, 2017

How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Researchers observed that Lybia boxer crabs engage in fights where they steal sea anemones from one another, after which each crab splits their sea anemone into two identical clones.

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February 7, 2017

Vascular plant biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada): an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora

Jeffery M. Saarela, Paul C. Sokoloff, Roger D. Bull

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2835 PubMed 28194307

February 28, 2017

Spatial distribution of environmental DNA in a nearshore marine habitat

James L. O’Donnell, Ryan P. Kelly, Andrew Olaf Shelton, Jameal F. Samhouri, Natalie C. Lowell, Gregory D. Williams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3044 PubMed 28265513

February 8, 2017

Cropping system diversification for food production in Mindanao rubber plantations: a rice cultivar mixture and rice intercropped with mungbean

Rosa Fe Hondrade, Edwin Hondrade, Lianqing Zheng, Francisco Elazegui, Jo-Anne Lynne Joy E. Duque, Christopher C. Mundt, Casiana M. Vera Cruz, Karen A. Garrett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2975 PubMed 28194318

February 23, 2017

Effects of shepherds and dogs on livestock depredation by leopards (Panthera pardus) in north-eastern Iran

Igor Khorozyan, Mahmood Soofi, Mobin Soufi, Amirhossein Khaleghi Hamidi, Arash Ghoddousi, Matthias Waltert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3049 PubMed 28243544

February 2, 2017

Do syntopic host species harbour similar symbiotic communities? The case of Chaetopterus spp. (Annelida: Chaetopteridae)

Temir A. Britayev, Elena Mekhova, Yury Deart, Daniel Martin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2930 PubMed 28168108

February 28, 2017

Effects of enhanced hydrological connectivity on Mediterranean salt marsh fish assemblages with emphasis on the endangered Spanish toothcarp (Aphanius iberus)

Patricia Prado, Carles Alcaraz, Lluis Jornet, Nuno Caiola, Carles Ibáñez