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May 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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 8, 2018

Uncovering the hidden players in Lepidoptera biology: the heritable microbial endosymbionts

Anne Duplouy, Emily A. Hornett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4629 PubMed 29761037

May 8, 2018

Seasonal migrations, body temperature fluctuations, and infection dynamics in adult amphibians

David R. Daversa, Camino Monsalve-Carcaño, Luis M. Carrascal, Jaime Bosch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4698 PubMed 29761041

May 1, 2018

Is the future already here? The impact of climate change on the distribution of the eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)

Jennifer N. Archis, Christopher Akcali, Bryan L. Stuart, David Kikuchi, Amanda J. Chunco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4647 PubMed 29736330

May 4, 2018

The pitfalls of short-range endemism: high vulnerability to ecological and landscape traps

Leanda D. Mason, Philip W. Bateman, Grant W. Wardell-Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4715 PubMed 29740516

May 11, 2018

Comparison of hoop-net trapping and visual surveys to monitor abundance of the Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi)

Ivana Mali, Adam Duarte, Michael R.J. Forstner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4677 PubMed 29770271

May 24, 2018

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

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 21, 2018

Living upside down: patterns of red coral settlement in a cave

Federica Costantini, Luca Rugiu, Carlo Cerrano, Marco Abbiati

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4649 PubMed 29844950

May 16, 2018

Coarse- and fine-scale patterns of distribution and habitat selection places an Amazonian floodplain curassow in double jeopardy

Gabriel A. Leite, Izeni P. Farias, André L. S. Gonçalves, Joseph E. Hawes, Carlos A. Peres

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4617 PubMed 29785338

May 3, 2018

Patterns of genetic structuring at the northern limits of the Australian smelt (Retropinna semoni) cryptic species complex

Md Rakeb-Ul Islam, Daniel J. Schmidt, David A. Crook, Jane M. Hughes