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August 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Dermestid beetles and flies on a skeletonized human skull

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Researchers conducted an extensive review to determine whether (and under which conditions) insects can be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved.

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August 3, 2017

Studying primate cognition in a social setting to improve validity and welfare: a literature review highlighting successful approaches

Katherine A. Cronin, Sarah L. Jacobson, Kristin E. Bonnie, Lydia M. Hopper

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3649 PubMed 28791199

August 29, 2017

Relying on known or exploring for new? Movement patterns and reproductive resource use in a tadpole-transporting frog

Kristina B. Beck, Matthias-Claudio Loretto, Max Ringler, Walter Hödl, Andrius Pašukonis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3745 PubMed 28875083

August 17, 2017

Energetics and evasion dynamics of large predators and prey: pumas vs. hounds

Caleb M. Bryce, Christopher C. Wilmers, Terrie M. Williams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3701 PubMed 28828280

August 22, 2017

A demographic history of a population of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) living in a fragmented landscape in Mexico

Jurgi Cristóbal Azkarate, Jacob C. Dunn, Cristina Domingo Balcells, Joaquim Veà Baró

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3547 PubMed 28848687

August 15, 2017

The hidden anatomy of paranasal sinuses reveals biogeographically distinct morphotypes in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

Guillaume Billet, Lionel Hautier, Benoit de Thoisy, Frédéric Delsuc

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3593 PubMed 28828240

August 16, 2017

Shoreline oiling effects and recovery of salt marsh macroinvertebrates from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Donald R. Deis, John W. Fleeger, Stefan M. Bourgoin, Irving A. Mendelssohn, Qianxin Lin, Aixin Hou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3680 PubMed 28828273

August 3, 2017

Simulated bacterial infection disrupts the circadian fluctuation of immune cells in wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicatus)

Philipp Weise, Gábor A. Czirják, Oliver Lindecke, Sara Bumrungsri, Christian C. Voigt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3570 PubMed 28791196

August 15, 2017

Beyond the carapace: skull shape variation and morphological systematics of long-nosed armadillos (genus Dasypus)

Lionel Hautier, Guillaume Billet, Benoit de Thoisy, Frédéric Delsuc

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3650 PubMed 28828252

August 10, 2017

Littorally adaptive? Testing the link between habitat, morphology, and reproduction in the intertidal sculpin subfamily Oligocottinae (Pisces: Cottoidea)

Thaddaeus J. Buser, Michael D. Burns, J. Andrés López

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3634 PubMed 28828246

August 17, 2017

Diversity, abundance, and host relationships of avian malaria and related haemosporidians in New Mexico pine forests

Rosario A. Marroquin-Flores, Jessie L. Williamson, Andrea N. Chavez, Selina M. Bauernfeind, Matthew J. Baumann, Chauncey R. Gadek, Andrew B. Johnson, Jenna M. McCullough, Christopher C. Witt, Lisa N. Barrow

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3700 PubMed 28828279

August 30, 2017

The jaw is a second-class lever in Pedetes capensis (Rodentia: Pedetidae)

Philip G. Cox

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3741 PubMed 28875081

August 14, 2017

The effects of captive versus wild rearing environments on long bone articular surfaces in common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Kristi L. Lewton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3668 PubMed 28828263

August 22, 2017

The complete mitochondrial genome of the grooved carpet shell, Ruditapes decussatus (Bivalvia, Veneridae)

Fabrizio Ghiselli, Liliana Milani, Mariangela Iannello, Emanuele Procopio, Peter L. Chang, Sergey V. Nuzhdin, Marco Passamonti