August 2017

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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 11, 2017
Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)
4 citations
531 downloads
2,857 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
evolutionary-studies
taxonomy
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3638 PubMed 28828249
August 28, 2017
Uncovering unseen fungal diversity from plant DNA banks
7 citations
545 downloads
2,506 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
microbiology
mycology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3730 PubMed 28875077
August 15, 2017
RNA expression and disease tolerance are associated with a “keystone mutation” in the ochre sea star Pisaster ochraceus
2 citations
344 downloads
2,309 views
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biodiversity
evolutionary-studies
genetics
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3696 PubMed 28828278
August 8, 2017
Taxonomic analysis of Paraguayan samples of Homonota fasciata Duméril & Bibron (1836) with the revalidation of Homonota horrida Burmeister (1861) (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) and the description of a new species
2 citations
533 downloads
2,213 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3523 PubMed 28828231
August 21, 2017
Population structure of Bathymodiolus manusensis, a deep-sea hydrothermal vent-dependent mussel from Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea
5 citations
343 downloads
2,158 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
genetics
marine-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3655 PubMed 28852590
August 29, 2017
The microbial biosphere of the coral Acropora cervicornis in Northeastern Puerto Rico
8 citations
382 downloads
1,861 views
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biodiversity
marine-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3717 PubMed 28875073
August 18, 2017
Shifting communities after­­ typhoon damage on an upper mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan
11 citations
427 downloads
1,807 views
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biodiversity
ecology
marine-biology
biosphere-interactions
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3573 PubMed 28828236
August 15, 2017
Aura-biomes are present in the water layer above coral reef benthic macro-organisms
5 citations
423 downloads
1,791 views
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biodiversity
ecology
genomics
marine-biology
microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3666 PubMed 28828261
August 8, 2017
A new species of Scutellaria (Scutellarioideae, Lamiaceae) from Sichuan Province in southwest China
6 citations
372 downloads
1,627 views
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biodiversity
plant-science
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3624 PubMed 28804694
August 17, 2017
Diversity, abundance, and host relationships of avian malaria and related haemosporidians in New Mexico pine forests
5 citations
490 downloads
1,592 views
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biodiversity
parasitology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3700 PubMed 28828279
August 14, 2017
Microbial communities in the reef water at Kham Island, lower Gulf of Thailand
2 citations
322 downloads
1,530 views
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biodiversity
marine-biology
microbiology
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3625 PubMed 28828243
August 15, 2017
Taxonomic and chemical assessment of exceptionally abundant rock mine biofilm
2 citations
381 downloads
1,507 views
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biodiversity
biosphere-interactions
ecotoxicology
environmental-sciences
microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3635 PubMed 28828247
August 9, 2017
Reproductive biology and nectar secretion dynamics of Penstemon gentianoides (Plantaginaceae): a perennial herb with a mixed pollination system?
4 citations
347 downloads
1,370 views
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biodiversity
ecology
evolutionary-studies
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3636 PubMed 28828248
August 30, 2017
Fourteen new species of Oecetis McLachlan, 1877 (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) from the Neotropical region
4 citations
346 downloads
1,268 views
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biodiversity
entomology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3753 PubMed 28875086
August 14, 2017
Characterisation of microsatellite and SNP markers from Miseq and genotyping-by-sequencing data among parapatric Urophora cardui (Tephritidae) populations
1 citation
327 downloads
1,252 views
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biodiversity
entomology
evolutionary-studies
genomics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3582 PubMed 28828237
August 17, 2017
Mesoscale spatiotemporal variability in a complex host-parasite system influenced by intermediate host body size
3 citations
286 downloads
1,077 views
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animal-behavior
biodiversity
parasitology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3675 PubMed 28828270
August 22, 2017
Structural dynamics in the host-parasitoid system of the pine needle gall midge (Thecodiplosis japonensis) during invasion
2 citations
295 downloads
961 views
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biodiversity
ecology
entomology
evolutionary-studies
biosphere-interactions
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3610 PubMed 28848688
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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