November 2017

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Male sex pheromone components affect female choice

Figure 1: Heliconius melpomene wings showing androconial dimorphism.

November 7, 2017

Male sex pheromone components affect female choice

Researchers combined morphological, chemical & behavioural analyses of male pheromones in the Neotropical butterfly Heliconius Melpomene to investigate how they affect female mate choice.

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November 17, 2017
Anterior-posterior gene expression differences in three Lake Malawi cichlid fishes with variation in body stripe orientation
9 citations
318 downloads
1,517 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
biodiversity
evolutionary-studies
molecular-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4080 PubMed 29158996
November 15, 2017
Lowland extirpation of anuran populations on a tropical mountain
8 citations
452 downloads
2,338 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
climate-change-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4059 PubMed 29158987
November 14, 2017
The ultimate legs of Chilopoda (Myriapoda): a review on their morphological disparity and functional variability
6 citations
1,309 downloads
4,098 views
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animal-behavior
biodiversity
entomology
evolutionary-studies
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4023 PubMed 29158971
November 28, 2017
Phylogeographic and population insights of the Asian common toad (Bufo gargarizans) in Korea and China: population isolation and expansions as response to the ice ages
6 citations
487 downloads
1,825 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4044 PubMed 29201561
November 2, 2017
Comparative analysis of the microRNA transcriptome between yak and cattle provides insight into high-altitude adaptation
6 citations
471 downloads
1,917 views
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agricultural-science
biodiversity
molecular-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3959 PubMed 29109913
November 9, 2017
Mobile acoustic transects miss rare bat species: implications of survey method and spatio-temporal sampling for monitoring bats
5 citations
756 downloads
3,697 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3940 PubMed 29134138
November 7, 2017
A comparison of chloroplast genome sequences in Aconitum (Ranunculaceae): a traditional herbal medicinal genus
5 citations
382 downloads
1,671 views
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biodiversity
evolutionary-studies
genomics
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4018 PubMed 29134154
November 21, 2017
The reanalysis of biogeography of the Asian tree frog, Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae): geographic shifts and climatic change influenced the dispersal process and diversification
4 citations
642 downloads
1,765 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3995 PubMed 29177111
November 9, 2017
The response of soil microbial communities to variation in annual precipitation depends on soil nutritional status in an oligotrophic desert
4 citations
478 downloads
2,357 views
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biodiversity
ecology
ecosystem-science
microbiology
soil-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4007 PubMed 29134149
November 14, 2017
Science responses to IUCN Red Listing
4 citations
465 downloads
2,069 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4025 PubMed 29158973
November 8, 2017
Visual and acoustic components of courtship in the bird-of-paradise genus Astrapia (Aves: Paradisaeidae)
3 citations
550 downloads
2,500 views
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animal-behavior
biodiversity
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3987 PubMed 29134145
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
2 citations
507 downloads
1,789 views
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animal-behavior
biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3920 PubMed 29114438
November 14, 2017
Snapshot recordings provide a first description of the acoustic signatures of deeper habitats adjacent to coral reefs of Moorea
2 citations
257 downloads
1,219 views
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biodiversity
ecology
marine-biology
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4019 PubMed 29158970
November 8, 2017
Assemblage and functional categorization of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from the Pantanal
1 citation
460 downloads
1,604 views
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biodiversity
ecology
entomology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3978 PubMed 29134142
November 3, 2017
New species of the endemic Neotropical caddisfly genus Contulma from the Andes of Ecuador (Trichoptera: Anomalopsychidae)
1 citation
328 downloads
1,806 views
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biodiversity
entomology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3967 PubMed 29114439
Male sex pheromone components affect female choice

Figure 1: Heliconius melpomene wings showing androconial dimorphism.

November 7, 2017

Male sex pheromone components affect female choice

Researchers combined morphological, chemical & behavioural analyses of male pheromones in the Neotropical butterfly Heliconius Melpomene to investigate how they affect female mate choice.

- read article

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