Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 31, 2017

Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them

10 citations

4,357 downloads

41,264 views

Stefano Mammola, Peter Michalik, Eileen A. Hebets, Marco Isaia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3972 PubMed 29104823

October 24, 2017

A massive update of non-indigenous species records in Mediterranean marinas

28 citations

1,713 downloads

4,352 views

Aylin Ulman, Jasmine Ferrario, Anna Occhpinti-Ambrogi, Christos Arvanitidis, Ada Bandi, Marco Bertolino, Cesare Bogi, Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Burak Ali Çiçek, Alan Deidun, Alfonso Ramos-Esplá, Cengiz Koçak, Maurizio Lorenti, Gemma Martinez-Laiz, Guenda Merlo, Elisa Princisgh, Giovanni Scribano, Agnese Marchini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3954 PubMed 29085752

October 10, 2017

Illegal use of natural resources in federal protected areas of the Brazilian Amazon

6 citations

1,428 downloads

4,408 views

Érico E. Kauano, Jose M.C. Silva, Fernanda Michalski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3902 PubMed 29038758

October 13, 2017

Multigene phylogeny of the scyphozoan jellyfish family Pelagiidae reveals that the common U.S. Atlantic sea nettle comprises two distinct species (Chrysaora quinquecirrha and C. chesapeakei)

11 citations

1,154 downloads

5,561 views

Keith M. Bayha, Allen G. Collins, Patrick M. Gaffney

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3863 PubMed 29043109

October 5, 2017

New whaitsioids (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Teekloof Formation of South Africa and therocephalian diversity during the end-Guadalupian extinction

8 citations

592 downloads

3,091 views

Adam K. Huttenlocker, Roger M.H. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3868 PubMed 29018609

October 30, 2017

Estimating the potential biodiversity impact of redeveloping small urban spaces: the Natural History Museum’s grounds

519 downloads

2,532 views

Helen R.P. Phillips, Sandra Knapp, Andy Purvis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3914 PubMed 29104821

October 13, 2017

Sediment microbial taxonomic and functional diversity in a natural salinity gradient challenge Remane’s “species minimum” concept

9 citations

516 downloads

2,086 views

Christina Pavloudi, Jon B. Kristoffersen, Anastasis Oulas, Marleen De Troch, Christos Arvanitidis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3687 PubMed 29043106

October 20, 2017

Influence of current climate, historical climate stability and topography on species richness and endemism in Mesoamerican geophyte plants

10 citations

465 downloads

1,951 views

Victoria Sosa, Israel Loera

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3932 PubMed 29062605

October 26, 2017

Evaluation of genetic variability among “Early Mature” Juglans regia using microsatellite markers and morphological traits

3 citations

443 downloads

1,247 views

Aziz Ebrahimi, Abdolkarim Zarei, Mojtaba Zamani Fardadonbeh, Shaneka Lawson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3834 PubMed 29085742

October 12, 2017

Is geography an accurate predictor of evolutionary history in the millipede family Xystodesmidae?

2 citations

420 downloads

2,630 views

Jackson C. Means, Paul E. Marek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3854 PubMed 29038750

October 31, 2017

Land snails of Leptopoma Pfeiffer, 1847 in Sabah, Northern Borneo (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae): an analysis of molecular phylogeny and geographical variations in shell form

2 citations

408 downloads

1,696 views

Chee-Chean Phung, Pooi-San Heng, Thor-Seng Liew

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3981 PubMed 29104827

October 26, 2017

Species–specific crab predation on the hydrozoan clinging jellyfish Gonionemus sp. (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa), subsequent crab mortality, and possible ecological consequences

3 citations

395 downloads

2,296 views

Mary R. Carman, David W. Grunden, Annette F. Govindarajan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3966 PubMed 29085761

October 16, 2017

Microbial community diversity patterns are related to physical and chemical differences among temperate lakes near Beaver Island, MI

7 citations

391 downloads

2,086 views

Miranda H. Hengy, Dean J. Horton, Donald G. Uzarski, Deric R. Learman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3937 PubMed 29062609

October 27, 2017

Multivariate ordination identifies vegetation types associated with spider conservation in brassica crops

3 citations

372 downloads

1,354 views

Hafiz Sohaib Ahmed Saqib, Minsheng You, Geoff M. Gurr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3795 PubMed 29085741

October 10, 2017

Infection of army ant pupae by two new parasitoid mites (Mesostigmata: Uropodina)

3 citations

369 downloads

3,244 views

Adrian Brückner, Hans Klompen, Andrew Iain Bruce, Rosli Hashim, Christoph von Beeren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3870 PubMed 29038753

October 5, 2017

Clone wars: asexual reproduction dominates in the invasive range of Tubastraea spp. (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in the South-Atlantic Ocean

10 citations

357 downloads

2,234 views

Katia Cristina Cruz Capel, Robert J. Toonen, Caio T.C.C. Rachid, Joel C. Creed, Marcelo V. Kitahara, Zac Forsman, Carla Zilberberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3873 PubMed 29018611

October 19, 2017

First record of the family Sphyrapodidae Guţu, 1980 (Crustacea: Peracarida: Apseudomorpha) with the description of a new species of Sphyrapus from the Colombian Caribbean

1 citation

343 downloads

2,017 views

Andrés G. Morales-Núñez, Catalina Morales-Ruiz, Néstor E. Ardila

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3947 PubMed 29071166

October 10, 2017

Extending SEQenv: a taxa-centric approach to environmental annotations of 16S rDNA sequences

1 citation

321 downloads

1,381 views

Ali Z. Ijaz, Thomas C. Jeffries, Umer Z. Ijaz, Kelly Hamonts, Brajesh K. Singh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3827 PubMed 29038749

October 2, 2017

Framework for community functioning: synthesis of stress gradient and resource partitioning concepts

5 citations

308 downloads

1,319 views

Sophia I. Passy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3885 PubMed 29018618

October 27, 2017

Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary history of Moricandia DC (Brassicaceae)

1 citation

303 downloads

1,302 views

Francisco Perfectti, José M. Gómez, Adela González-Megías, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Juan Lorite

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3964 PubMed 29093999

October 6, 2017

Cryptic biodiversity and phylogeographic patterns of Seychellois Ligia isopods

3 citations

297 downloads

1,794 views

Carlos A. Santamaria, Joanna K. Bluemel, Nancy Bunbury, Melinda Curran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3894 PubMed 29018626

October 3, 2017

A preliminary survey of zoantharian endosymbionts shows high genetic variation over small geographic scales on Okinawa-jima Island, Japan

7 citations

283 downloads

1,647 views

Hatsuko Noda, John Everett Parkinson, Sung-Yin Yang, James Davis Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3740 PubMed 29018596

October 19, 2017

Range expansion of a fouling species indirectly impacts local species interactions

1 citation

264 downloads

1,138 views

Cori J. Speights, Michael W. McCoy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3911 PubMed 29062602

October 27, 2017

New Cernotina caddisflies from the Ecuadorian Amazon (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae)

1 citation

249 downloads

1,917 views

Lucas M. Camargos, Blanca Ríos-Touma, Ralph W. Holzenthal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3960 PubMed 29085756

October 2, 2017

Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe

3 citations

234 downloads

1,960 views

Peter Shum, Lauren Moore, Christophe Pampoulie, Cristina Di Muri, Sara Vandamme, Stefano Mariani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3746 PubMed 29018597

October 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Malignant colorectal cancer

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

October 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Malignant colorectal cancer

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Malignant colorectal cancer

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

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