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First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete

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March 9, 2018

First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete

Researchers describe Gammarus plaitisi (a Gammarid amphipod), endemic to Cretan streams. The divergence of the new species is strongly connected to the geological history of the island.

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March 29, 2018

The value of citizen science for ecological monitoring of mammals

Arielle Waldstein Parsons, Christine Goforth, Robert Costello, Roland Kays

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4536 PubMed 29610706

March 16, 2018

Seasonal temperature acclimatization in a semi-fossorial mammal and the role of burrows as thermal refuges

Charlotte R. Milling, Janet L. Rachlow, Mark A. Chappell, Meghan J. Camp, Timothy R. Johnson, Lisa A. Shipley, David R. Paul, Jennifer S. Forbey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4511 PubMed 29576977

March 20, 2018

Conserving relics from ancient underground worlds: assessing the influence of cave and landscape features on obligate iron cave dwellers from the Eastern Amazon

Rodolfo Jaffé, Xavier Prous, Allan Calux, Markus Gastauer, Gilberto Nicacio, Robson Zampaulo, Pedro W.M. Souza-Filho, Guilherme Oliveira, Iuri V. Brandi, José O. Siqueira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4531 PubMed 29576987

March 19, 2018

Large-scale assessment of commensalistic–mutualistic associations between African birds and herbivorous mammals using internet photos

Peter Mikula, Jiří Hadrava, Tomáš Albrecht, Piotr Tryjanowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4520 PubMed 29576981

March 29, 2018

Determining the numbers of a landscape architect species (Tapirus terrestris), using footprints

Danielle O. Moreira, Sky K. Alibhai, Zoe C. Jewell, Cristina J. da Cunha, Jardel B. Seibert, Andressa Gatti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4591 PubMed 29610711

March 28, 2018

Limb-use by foraging marine turtles, an evolutionary perspective

Jessica A. Fujii, Don McLeish, Andrew J. Brooks, John Gaskell, Kyle S. Van Houtan