Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

May 31, 2018

Current knowledge on bioacoustics of the subfamily Lophyohylinae (Hylidae, Anura) and description of Ocellated treefrog Itapotihyla langsdorffii vocalizations

3 citations

398 downloads

1,676 views

Lucas Rodriguez Forti, Roseli Maria Foratto, Rafael Márquez, Vânia Rosa Pereira, Luís Felipe Toledo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4813 PubMed 29868262

May 30, 2018

Urbanization alters small rodent community composition but not abundance

1 citation

349 downloads

1,654 views

Jessica N. Alvarez Guevara, Becky A. Ball

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4885 PubMed 29868284

May 30, 2018

A new species of spotted leaf frog, genus Phasmahyla (Amphibia, Phyllomedusidae) from Southeast Brazil

1 citation

591 downloads

1,652 views

Elvis Almeida Pereira, Lucas Custódio Lomba Rocha, Henrique Folly, Hélio Ricardo da Silva, Diego José Santana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4900 PubMed 29868290

May 30, 2018

Comparisons of weed community, soil health and economic performance between wheat-maize and garlic-soybean rotation systems under different weed managements

301 downloads

789 views

Mahmud A. Muminov, Liyue Guo, Yanjie Song, Xian Gu, Yu Cen, Jie Meng, Gaoming Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4799 PubMed 29868258

May 29, 2018

Socio-economic factors and management regimes as drivers of tree cover change in Nepal

2 citations

575 downloads

2,663 views

Sujata Shrestha, Uttam B. Shrestha, Kamal Bawa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4855 PubMed 29868270

May 28, 2018

Non-biological synthetic spike-in controls and the AMPtk software pipeline improve mycobiome data

26 citations

523 downloads

7,208 views

Jonathan M. Palmer, Michelle A. Jusino, Mark T. Banik, Daniel L. Lindner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4925 PubMed 29868296

May 25, 2018

Do latitudinal gradients exist in New Zealand stream invertebrate metacommunities?

2 citations

324 downloads

1,473 views

Jonathan D. Tonkin, Russell G. Death, Timo Muotka, Anna Astorga, David A. Lytle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4898 PubMed 29844999

May 25, 2018

Feeding behavior and trophic interaction of three shark species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve

2 citations

312 downloads

1,741 views

Diego Páez-Rosas, Paul Insuasti-Zarate, Marjorie Riofrío-Lazo, Felipe Galván-Magaña

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4818 PubMed 29844971

May 24, 2018

On the taxonomic status and distribution of African species of Otomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

6 citations

329 downloads

2,196 views

Bruce D. Patterson, Paul W. Webala, Michael Bartonjo, Julius Nziza, Carl W. Dick, Terrence C. Demos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4864 PubMed 29844995

May 24, 2018

Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of riparian springs in a small lowland river valley: what are the key factors for species distribution?

4 citations

581 downloads

1,271 views

Andrzej Zawal, Robert Stryjecki, Edyta Buczyńska, Paweł Buczyński, Joanna Pakulnicka, Aleksandra Bańkowska, Tomasz Czernicki, Katarzyna Janusz, Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska, Vladimir Pešić

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4797 PubMed 29844962

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)

2 citations

497 downloads

1,218 views

Jin-Yong Kim, Sanghun Lee, Man-Seok Shin, Chang-Hoon Lee, Changwan Seo, Soo Hyung Eo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4857 PubMed 29844993

May 23, 2018

Taxonomic monograph of Oxygyne (Thismiaceae), rare achlorophyllous mycoheterotrophs with strongly disjunct distribution

5 citations

391 downloads

2,013 views

Martin Cheek, Hirokazu Tsukaya, Paula J. Rudall, Kenji Suetsugu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4828 PubMed 29844979

May 23, 2018

Effects of preservation method on canine (Canis lupus familiaris) fecal microbiota

6 citations

526 downloads

2,335 views

Katti R. Horng, Holly H. Ganz, Jonathan A. Eisen, Stanley L. Marks

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4827 PubMed 29844978

May 23, 2018

An improved primer set and amplification protocol with increased specificity and sensitivity targeting the Symbiodinium ITS2 region

12 citations

522 downloads

2,354 views

Benjamin C.C. Hume, Maren Ziegler, Julie Poulain, Xavier Pochon, Sarah Romac, Emilie Boissin, Colomban de Vargas, Serge Planes, Patrick Wincker, Christian R. Voolstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4816 PubMed 29844969

May 23, 2018

The complete chloroplast genome of Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce: genome organization and comparison with related species

3 citations

431 downloads

1,564 views

Piotr Androsiuk, Jan Paweł Jastrzębski, Łukasz Paukszto, Adam Okorski, Agnieszka Pszczółkowska, Katarzyna Joanna Chwedorzewska, Justyna Koc, Ryszard Górecki, Irena Giełwanowska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4723 PubMed 29844954

May 22, 2018

Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories

8 citations

2,391 downloads

30,001 views

Jean-Lou Justine, Leigh Winsor, Delphine Gey, Pierre Gros, Jessica Thévenot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4672 PubMed 29844951

May 17, 2018

Diet breadth and exploitation of exotic plants shift the core microbiome of Cephaloleia, a group of tropical herbivorous beetles

1 citation

338 downloads