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June 2018

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Climate change-related threats to the Sicilian pond turtle

Adapted from Fig 1: Predicted habitat suitability for Emys trinacris

June 5, 2018

Climate change-related threats to the Sicilian pond turtle

The pond turtle Emys trinacris is an endangered endemic species of Sicily. In this study, researchers modelled the potential distribution of the species under current and future climatic conditions.

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June 22, 2018

Low resolution scans can provide a sufficiently accurate, cost- and time-effective alternative to high resolution scans for 3D shape analyses

Ariel E. Marcy, Carmelo Fruciano, Matthew J. Phillips, Karine Mardon, Vera Weisbecker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5032 PubMed 29942695

June 15, 2018

The use of chloroplast genome sequences to solve phylogenetic incongruences in Polystachya Hook (Orchidaceae Juss)

Narjara Lopes de Abreu, Ruy José Válka Alves, Sérgio Ricardo Sodré Cardoso, Yann J.K. Bertrand, Filipe Sousa, Climbiê Ferreira Hall, Bernard E. Pfeil, Alexandre Antonelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4916 PubMed 29922511

June 21, 2018

An integrative taxonomic analysis reveals a new species of lotic Hynobius salamander from Japan

Hisanori Okamiya, Hirotaka Sugawara, Masahiro Nagano, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5084 PubMed 29942708

June 1, 2018

Understanding the cone scale in Cupressaceae: insights from seed-cone teratology in Glyptostrobus pensilis

Veit Martin Dörken, Paula J. Rudall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4948 PubMed 29868298

June 6, 2018

Comparative description and ossification patterns of Dendropsophus labialis (Peters, 1863) and Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1758) (Anura: Hylidae)

Angélica Arenas-Rodríguez, Juan Francisco Rubiano Vargas, Julio Mario Hoyos