Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

May 31, 2017

Largest baleen whale mass mortality during strong El Niño event is likely related to harmful toxic algal bloom

17 citations

1,707 downloads

8,579 views

Verena Häussermann, Carolina S. Gutstein, Michael Bedington, David Cassis, Carlos Olavarria, Andrew C. Dale, Ana M. Valenzuela-Toro, Maria Jose Perez-Alvarez, Hector H. Sepúlveda, Kaitlin M. McConnell, Fanny E. Horwitz, Günter Försterra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3123 PubMed 30038848

May 4, 2017

Anhanguera taxonomy revisited: is our understanding of Santana Group pterosaur diversity biased by poor biological and stratigraphic control?

19 citations

952 downloads

6,914 views

Felipe L. Pinheiro, Taissa Rodrigues

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3285 PubMed 28484676

May 16, 2017

Quantifying climate change impacts emphasises the importance of managing regional threats in the endangered Yellow-eyed penguin

14 citations

789 downloads

6,511 views

Thomas Mattern, Stefan Meyer, Ursula Ellenberg, David M. Houston, John T. Darby, Melanie Young, Yolanda van Heezik, Philip J. Seddon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3272 PubMed 28533952

May 30, 2017

The presumed oldest flying insect: more likely a myriapod?

14 citations

959 downloads

5,055 views

Carolin Haug, Joachim T. Haug

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3402 PubMed 28584727

May 16, 2017

Reappraisal of the extinct seal “Phoca” vitulinoides from the Neogene of the North Sea Basin, with bearing on its geological age, phylogenetic affinities, and locomotion

13 citations

698 downloads

4,356 views

Leonard Dewaele, Eli Amson, Olivier Lambert, Stephen Louwye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3316 PubMed 28533965

May 10, 2017

Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) survival, oil spills, shrimp fisheries, and hurricanes

5 citations

851 downloads

3,981 views

Ryan M. Huang, Oron L. Bass Jr, Stuart L. Pimm

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3287 PubMed 28503374

May 10, 2017

Cave features, seasonality and subterranean distribution of non-obligate cave dwellers

29 citations

394 downloads

3,908 views

Enrico Lunghi, Raoul Manenti, Gentile Francesco Ficetola

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3169 PubMed 28503370

May 24, 2017

Eumelanin and pheomelanin are predominant pigments in bumblebee (Apidae: Bombus) pubescence

11 citations

829 downloads

3,016 views

Carlo Polidori, Alberto Jorge, Concepción Ornosa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3300 PubMed 28560094

May 30, 2017

A new view on the morphology and phylogeny of eugregarines suggested by the evidence from the gregarine Ancora sagittata (Leuckart, 1860) Labbé, 1899 (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida)

16 citations

778 downloads

2,965 views

Timur G. Simdyanov, Laure Guillou, Andrei Y. Diakin, Kirill V. Mikhailov, Joseph Schrével, Vladimir V. Aleoshin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3354 PubMed 28584702

May 18, 2017

A genome-wide assessment of stages of elevational parapatry in Bornean passerine birds reveals no introgression: implications for processes and patterns of speciation

18 citations

599 downloads

2,508 views

Robert G. Moyle, Joseph D. Manthey, Peter A. Hosner, Mustafa Rahman, Maklarin Lakim, Frederick H. Sheldon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3335 PubMed 28533979

May 16, 2017

Are invasive populations characterized by a broader diet than native populations?

18 citations

514 downloads

2,318 views

Julien Courant, Solveig Vogt, Raquel Marques, John Measey, Jean Secondi, Rui Rebelo, André De Villiers, Flora Ihlow, Charlotte De Busschere, Thierry Backeljau, Dennis Rödder, Anthony Herrel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3250 PubMed 28533950

May 3, 2017

‘Unwilling’ versus ‘unable’: Tonkean macaques’ understanding of human goal-directed actions

10 citations

469 downloads

2,114 views

Charlotte Canteloup, Hélène Meunier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3227 PubMed 28480137

May 18, 2017

Exoskeleton may influence the internal body temperatures of Neotropical dung beetles (Col. Scarabaeinae)

12 citations

547 downloads