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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 25, 2018

The influence of temperature and photoperiod on the timing of brood onset in hibernating honey bee colonies

Fabian Nürnberger, Stephan Härtel, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4801 PubMed 29844964

May 16, 2018

Overwintering temperature and body condition shift emergence dates of spring-emerging solitary bees

Mariela Schenk, Oliver Mitesser, Thomas Hovestadt, Andrea Holzschuh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4721 PubMed 29785341

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 11, 2018

Lighten up the dark: metazoan parasites as indicators for the ecology of Antarctic crocodile icefish (Channichthyidae) from the north-west Antarctic Peninsula

Thomas Kuhn, Vera M.A. Zizka, Julian Münster, Regina Klapper, Simonetta Mattiucci, Judith Kochmann, Sven Klimpel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4638 PubMed 29770270

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 8, 2018

The brown anole dewlap revisited: do predation pressure, sexual selection, and species recognition shape among-population signal diversity?

Simon Baeckens, Tess Driessens, Raoul Van Damme

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4722 PubMed 29761044

May 30, 2018

Variations in early life history traits of Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus in the Yangtze River Estuary

Chunlong Liu, Weiwei Xian, Shude Liu, Yifeng Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4789 PubMed 29868255

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