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September 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Automated classification of tropical shrub species

Leaf samples

September 12, 2017

Automated classification of tropical shrub species

Researchers have developed a hybrid ‘leaf shape’ and machine learning approach to build an automated identification system for tropical shrubs.

September 21, 2017

Benchmarking viromics: an in silico evaluation of metagenome-enabled estimates of viral community composition and diversity

Simon Roux, Joanne B. Emerson, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh, Matthew B. Sullivan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3817 PubMed 28948103

September 12, 2017

The landscape of fear conceptual framework: definition and review of current applications and misuses

Sonny S. Bleicher

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3772 PubMed 28929015

September 6, 2017

Coral larvae for restoration and research: a large-scale method for rearing Acropora millepora larvae, inducing settlement, and establishing symbiosis

F. Joseph Pollock, Sefano M. Katz, Jeroen A.J.M. van de Water, Sarah W. Davies, Margaux Hein, Gergely Torda, Mikhail V. Matz, Victor H. Beltran, Patrick Buerger, Eneour Puill-Stephan, David Abrego, David G. Bourne, Bette L. Willis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3732 PubMed 28894640

September 25, 2017

Bacterial community associated with worker honeybees (Apis mellifera) affected by European foulbrood

Tomas Erban, Ondrej Ledvinka, Martin Kamler, Bronislava Hortova, Marta Nesvorna, Jan Tyl, Dalibor Titera, Martin Markovic, Jan Hubert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3816 PubMed 28966892

September 4, 2017

Urbanization alters communities of flying arthropods in parks and gardens of a medium-sized city

Edward Lagucki, Justin D. Burdine, Kevin E. McCluney

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3620 PubMed 28890848

September 4, 2017

Stress responses to conspecific visual cues of predation risk in zebrafish

Thiago Acosta Oliveira, Renan Idalencio, Fabiana Kalichak, João Gabriel dos Santos Rosa, Gessi Koakoski, Murilo Sander de Abreu, Ana Cristina Varrone Giacomini, Darlan Gusso, Denis Brook Rosemberg, Rodrigo Egydio Barreto, Leonardo José Gil Barcellos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3739 PubMed 28890851

September 7, 2017

MetaCRAST: reference-guided extraction of CRISPR spacers from unassembled metagenomes

Abraham G. Moller, Chun Liang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3788 PubMed 28894651

September 12, 2017

Adaptations to different habitats in sexual and asexual populations of parasitoid wasps: a meta-analysis

Isabelle Amat, Jacques J.M. van Alphen, Alex Kacelnik, Emmanuel Desouhant, Carlos Bernstein

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3699 PubMed 28924495

September 26, 2017

Ananke: temporal clustering reveals ecological dynamics of microbial communities

Michael W. Hall, Robin R. Rohwer, Jonathan Perrie, Katherine D. McMahon, Robert G. Beiko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3812 PubMed 28966891

September 14, 2017

Hydrology controls recruitment of two invasive cyprinids: bigheaded carp reproduction in a navigable large river

Daniel K. Gibson-Reinemer, Levi E. Solomon, Richard M. Pendleton, John H. Chick, Andrew F. Casper

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3641 PubMed 28929010

September 5, 2017

Effects of tire leachate on the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus and the native congener Aedes triseriatus

Oswaldo C. Villena, Ivana Terry, Kayoko Iwata, Edward R. Landa, Shannon L. LaDeau, Paul T. Leisnham

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3756 PubMed 28890855

September 25, 2017

Rootstock influence on iron uptake responses in Citrus leaves and their regulation under the Fe paradox effect

Mary-Rus Martinez-Cuenca, Amparo Primo-Capella, Ana Quiñones, Almudena Bermejo, Maria Angeles Forner-Giner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3553 PubMed 28966887

September 5, 2017

Growth, stoichiometry and cell size; temperature and nutrient responses in haptophytes

Lars Fredrik Skau, Tom Andersen, Jan-Erik Thrane, Dag Olav Hessen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3743 PubMed 28890852

September 18, 2017

Asymmetric responses to simulated global warming by populations of Colobanthus quitensis along a latitudinal gradient

Ian S. Acuña-Rodríguez, Cristian Torres-Díaz, Rasme Hereme, Marco A. Molina-Montenegro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3718 PubMed 28948096

September 6, 2017

Status of gastrointestinal parasites in Red Panda of Nepal

Damber Bista, Saroj Shrestha, Ajaya Jang Kunwar, Sakshi Acharya, Shant Raj Jnawali, Krishna Prasad Acharya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3767 PubMed 28894643

September 1, 2017

Measuring coral calcification under ocean acidification: methodological considerations for the ⁴⁵Ca-uptake and total alkalinity anomaly technique

Stephanie Cohen, Thomas Krueger, Maoz Fine

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3749 PubMed 28879064

September 12, 2017

Habitat suitability—density relationship in an endangered woodland species: the case of the Blue Chaffinch (Fringilla polatzeki)

Luis M. Carrascal, Ángel C. Moreno, Alejandro Delgado, Víctor Suárez, Domingo Trujillo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3771 PubMed 28924498

September 25, 2017

Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8–MN13)

Ana R. Gomez Cano, Yuri Kimura, Fernando Blanco, Iris Menéndez, María A. Álvarez-Sierra, Manuel Hernández Fernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3646 PubMed 28966888

September 4, 2017

Trophic analysis of the fish community in the Ciénega Churince, Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila

Ariana Hernández, Hector S. Espinosa-Pérez, Valeria Souza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3637 PubMed 28890849

September 6, 2017

Canopy soil bacterial communities altered by severing host tree limbs

Cody R. Dangerfield, Nalini M. Nadkarni, William J. Brazelton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3773 PubMed 28894646

September 15, 2017

The distribution shifts of Pinus armandii and its response to temperature and precipitation in China

Xiaofeng Zheng, Pengxiang Gao, ShuoXin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3807 PubMed 28929025

September 6, 2017

Divergence of compost extract and bio-organic manure effects on lucerne plant and soil

Haiyan Ren, Jian Hu, Yifei Hu, Gaowen Yang, Yingjun Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3775 PubMed 28894647

September 26, 2017

Gene expression of benthic amphipods (genus: Diporeia) in relation to a circular ssDNA virus across two Laurentian Great Lakes

Kalia S.I. Bistolas, Lars G. Rudstam, Ian Hewson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3810 PubMed 28966890

September 27, 2017

Estimating the age of Heliconius butterflies from calibrated photographs

Denise Dalbosco Dell’Aglio, Derya Akkaynak, W. Owen McMillan, Chris D. Jiggins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3821 PubMed 28970967

September 4, 2017

How long should the fully hillside-closed forest protection be implemented on the Loess Plateau, Shaanxi, China?

Lin Hou, Sijia Hou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3764 PubMed 28890857

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