Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 7, 2017

Male sex pheromone components in Heliconius butterflies released by the androconia affect female choice

Kathy Darragh, Sohini Vanjari, Florian Mann, Maria F. Gonzalez-Rojas, Colin R. Morrison, Camilo Salazar, Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Richard M. Merrill, W. Owen McMillan, Stefan Schulz, Chris D. Jiggins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3953 PubMed 29134139

November 14, 2017

Zebrafish swimming in the flow: a particle image velocimetry study

Violet Mwaffo, Peng Zhang, Sebastián Romero Cruz, Maurizio Porfiri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4041 PubMed 29158978

November 3, 2017

Increasing evidence that bats actively forage at wind turbines

Cecily F. Foo, Victoria J. Bennett, Amanda M. Hale, Jennifer M. Korstian, Alison J. Schildt, Dean A. Williams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3985 PubMed 29114441

November 10, 2017

Overland movement in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis): empirical dispersal data from within their native range

F. André De Villiers, John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4039 PubMed 29134157

November 14, 2017

Colour change of twig-mimicking peppered moth larvae is a continuous reaction norm that increases camouflage against avian predators

Amy Eacock, Hannah M. Rowland, Nicola Edmonds, Ilik J. Saccheri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3999 PubMed 29158965

November 24, 2017

The relationship between egg size and helper number in cooperative breeders: a meta-analysis across species

Tanmay Dixit, Sinead English, Dieter Lukas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4028 PubMed 29188141

November 14, 2017

The ultimate legs of Chilopoda (Myriapoda): a review on their morphological disparity and functional variability

Matthes Kenning, Carsten H.G. Müller, Andy Sombke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4023 PubMed 29158971

November 3, 2017

Assessment of fine-scale resource selection and spatially explicit habitat suitability modelling for a re-introduced tiger (Panthera tigris) population in central India

Mriganka Shekhar Sarkar, Ramesh Krishnamurthy, Jeyaraj A. Johnson, Subharanjan Sen, Goutam Kumar Saha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3920 PubMed 29114438

November 13, 2017

Assessing Mongolian gerbil emotional behavior: effects of two shock intensities and response-independent shocks during an extended inhibitory-avoidance task

Camilo Hurtado-Parrado, Camilo González-León, Mónica A. Arias-Higuera, Angelo Cardona, Lucia G. Medina, Laura García-Muñoz, Christian Sánchez, Julián Cifuentes, Juan Carlos Forigua, Andrea Ortiz, Cesar A. Acevedo-Triana, Javier L. Rico

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4009 PubMed 29152417

November 14, 2017

Bed site selection by a subordinate predator: an example with the cougar (Puma concolor) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Anna Kusler, L. Mark Elbroch, Howard Quigley, Melissa Grigione

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4010 PubMed 29158967

November 16, 2017

Adult zebra finches rehearse highly variable song patterns during sleep

Brent K. Young, Gabriel B. Mindlin, Ezequiel Arneodo, Franz Goller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4052 PubMed 29158983

November 21, 2017

The ability of laying pullets to negotiate two ramp designs as measured by bird preference and behaviour

Isabelle C. Pettersson, Claire A. Weeks, Kate I. Norman, Christine J. Nicol