May 2018

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Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Tracks of five wide-ranging blue whales tagged in Chilean Northern Patagonia.

April 30, 2018

Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Researchers tracked 10 blue whales and documented their individual variations in departure time, northbound migratory routes and potential wintering grounds in the Eastern South Pacific.

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May 28, 2018
Non-biological synthetic spike-in controls and the AMPtk software pipeline improve mycobiome data
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4925 PubMed 29868296
May 4, 2018
DNA metabarcoding of littoral hard-bottom communities: high diversity and database gaps revealed by two molecular markers
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4705 PubMed 29740514
May 23, 2018
An improved primer set and amplification protocol with increased specificity and sensitivity targeting the Symbiodinium ITS2 region
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4816 PubMed 29844969
May 23, 2018
Taxonomic monograph of Oxygyne (Thismiaceae), rare achlorophyllous mycoheterotrophs with strongly disjunct distribution
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4828 PubMed 29844979
May 22, 2018
Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4672 PubMed 29844951
May 2, 2018
From water striders to water bugs: the molecular diversity of aquatic Heteroptera (Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha) of Germany based on DNA barcodes
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4577 PubMed 29736329
May 17, 2018
Diet breadth and exploitation of exotic plants shift the core microbiome of Cephaloleia, a group of tropical herbivorous beetles
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4793 PubMed 29785353
May 8, 2018
Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef—how adequately is it protected?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4747 PubMed 29761059
May 25, 2018
Feeding behavior and trophic interaction of three shark species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4818 PubMed 29844971
May 23, 2018
Effects of preservation method on canine (Canis lupus familiaris) fecal microbiota
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4827 PubMed 29844978
May 16, 2018
Diversity and community structure of marine microbes around the Benham Rise underwater plateau, northeastern Philippines
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4781 PubMed 29785352
May 29, 2018
Socio-economic factors and management regimes as drivers of tree cover change in Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4855 PubMed 29868270
May 16, 2018
A new species of Pseudopaludicola (Anura, Leiuperinae) from Espírito Santo, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4766 PubMed 29785347
May 11, 2018
Lighten up the dark: metazoan parasites as indicators for the ecology of Antarctic crocodile icefish (Channichthyidae) from the north-west Antarctic Peninsula
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4638 PubMed 29770270
May 23, 2018
Altitudinal patterns in breeding bird species richness and density in relation to climate, habitat heterogeneity, and migration influence in a temperate montane forest (South Korea)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4857 PubMed 29844993
May 24, 2018
Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of riparian springs in a small lowland river valley: what are the key factors for species distribution?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4797 PubMed 29844962
May 11, 2018
Westwards and northwards dispersal of Triosteum himalayanum (Caprifoliaceae) from the Hengduan Mountains region based on chloroplast DNA phylogeography
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4748 PubMed 29770273
May 4, 2018
The pitfalls of short-range endemism: high vulnerability to ecological and landscape traps
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4715 PubMed 29740516
May 23, 2018
The complete chloroplast genome of Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce: genome organization and comparison with related species
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4723 PubMed 29844954
May 11, 2018
From the Guiana Highlands to the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest: four new species of Selaginella (Selaginellaceae – Lycopodiophyta: S. agioneuma, S. magnafornensis, S. ventricosa, and S. zartmanii)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4708 PubMed 29770272
May 25, 2018
Do latitudinal gradients exist in New Zealand stream invertebrate metacommunities?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4898 PubMed 29844999
May 7, 2018
Small tropical islands with dense human population: differences in water quality of near-shore waters are associated with distinct bacterial communities
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4555 PubMed 29761035
May 30, 2018
A new species of spotted leaf frog, genus Phasmahyla (Amphibia, Phyllomedusidae) from Southeast Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4900 PubMed 29868290
May 24, 2018
On the taxonomic status and distribution of African species of Otomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4864 PubMed 29844995
May 30, 2018
Urbanization alters small rodent community composition but not abundance
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4885 PubMed 29868284
Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Tracks of five wide-ranging blue whales tagged in Chilean Northern Patagonia.

April 30, 2018

Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Researchers tracked 10 blue whales and documented their individual variations in departure time, northbound migratory routes and potential wintering grounds in the Eastern South Pacific.

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