Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 31, 2017

Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them

10 citations

4,502 downloads

41,484 views

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

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

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)

12 citations

1,163 downloads

5,638 views

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

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

October 10, 2017

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

8 citations

1,446 downloads

4,480 views

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

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

October 24, 2017

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

29 citations

1,741 downloads

4,434 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

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

3 citations

372 downloads

3,273 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

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

8 citations

596 downloads

3,148 views

Adam K. Huttenlocker, Roger M.H. Smith

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

October 12, 2017

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

2 citations

429 downloads

2,658 views

Jackson C. Means, Paul E. Marek

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

October 30, 2017

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

524 downloads

2,562 views

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

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

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

406 downloads

2,356 views

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

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

October 5, 2017

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

11 citations

360 downloads

2,270 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 13, 2017

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

10 citations

533 downloads

2,120 views

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

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

October 16, 2017

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

7 citations

395 downloads

2,115 views

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

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

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

349 downloads

2,036 views

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

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

October 20, 2017

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

10 citations

471 downloads

1,979 views

Victoria Sosa, Israel Loera

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

October 2, 2017

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

3 citations

235 downloads

1,972 views

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

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

October 27, 2017

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

1 citation

260 downloads

1,933 views

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

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

October 6, 2017

Cryptic biodiversity and phylogeographic patterns of Seychellois Ligia isopods

3 citations

305 downloads

1,815 views

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

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

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

411 downloads

1,708 views

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

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

October 3, 2017

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

8 citations

287 downloads

1,666 views

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

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

October 10, 2017

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

1 citation

322 downloads

1,387 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 27, 2017

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

3 citations

382 downloads

1,365 views

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

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

October 2, 2017

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

5 citations

310 downloads

1,335 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

307 downloads

1,331 views

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

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

October 26, 2017

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

3 citations

445 downloads

1,257 views

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

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

October 19, 2017

Range expansion of a fouling species indirectly impacts local species interactions

1 citation

269 downloads

1,152 views

Cori J. Speights, Michael W. McCoy

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

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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