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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 8, 2018

A new therocephalian (Gorynychus masyutinae gen. et sp. nov.) from the Permian Kotelnich locality, Kirov Region, Russia

6 citations

856 downloads

4,314 views

Christian F. Kammerer, Vladimir Masyutin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4933 PubMed 29900076

June 21, 2018

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

1 citation

822 downloads

4,369 views

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

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

June 20, 2018

Cranial morphology of Sinovenator changii (Theropoda: Troodontidae) on the new material from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China

3 citations

800 downloads

2,761 views

Ya-Lei Yin, Rui Pei, Chang-Fu Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4977 PubMed 29942679

June 8, 2018

Gorgonopsian therapsids (Nochnitsa gen. nov. and Viatkogorgon) from the Permian Kotelnich locality of Russia

3 citations

785 downloads

3,949 views

Christian F. Kammerer, Vladimir Masyutin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4954 PubMed 29900078

June 27, 2018

A new, three-dimensional geometric morphometric approach to assess egg shape

3 citations

513 downloads

1,946 views

Marie R.G. Attard, Emma Sherratt, Paul McDonald, Iain Young, Marta Vidal-García, Stephen Wroe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5052 PubMed 29967731

June 5, 2018

Coupling GIS spatial analysis and Ensemble Niche Modelling to investigate climate change-related threats to the Sicilian pond turtle Emys trinacris, an endangered species from the Mediterranean

7 citations

496 downloads

2,247 views

Mattia Iannella, Francesco Cerasoli, Paola D’Alessandro, Giulia Console, Maurizio Biondi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4969 PubMed 29888141

June 22, 2018

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

7 citations

452 downloads

2,417 views

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

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

June 19, 2018

A comparative study of the gastric ossicles of Trichodactylidae crabs (Brachyura: Decapoda) with comments on the role of diet and phylogeny in shaping morphological traits

429 downloads

1,412 views

Débora A. Carvalho, Pablo A. Collins, Renata Lima-Gomes, Célio Magalhães, Maria Victoria Torres, Verónica Williner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5028 PubMed 29942694

June 22, 2018

A Miocene pygmy right whale fossil from Australia

393 downloads

1,988 views

Felix G. Marx, Travis Park, Erich M.G. Fitzgerald, Alistair R. Evans

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5025 PubMed 29942692

June 25, 2018

Effects of temperature and salinity stress on DNA methylation in a highly invasive marine invertebrate, the colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum

7 citations

350 downloads

1,200 views

Nicola A. Hawes, Louis A. Tremblay, Xavier Pochon, Brendon Dunphy, Andrew E. Fidler, Kirsty F. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5003 PubMed 29967721

June 11, 2018

Cortical bone adaptation and mineral mobilization in the subterranean mammal Bathyergus suillus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae): effects of age and sex

2 citations

340 downloads

1,646 views

Germán Montoya-Sanhueza, Anusuya Chinsamy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4944 PubMed 29910978

June 28, 2018

Re-emergence of the leaf clip gesture during an alpha takeover affects variation in male chimpanzee loud calls

1 citation

332 downloads

2,041 views

Ammie K. Kalan, Christophe Boesch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5079 PubMed 29967740

June 7, 2018

A new predator connecting the abyssal with the hadal in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, NW Pacific

4 citations

322 downloads

1,773 views

Anne-Nina Lörz, Anna Maria Jażdżewska, Angelika Brandt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4887 PubMed 29892501

June 8, 2018

The first tetrapod from the mid-Miocene Clarkia lagerstätte (Idaho, USA)

318 downloads

1,882 views

Jonathan J. M. Calede, John D. Orcutt, Winifred A. Kehl, Bill D. Richards

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4880 PubMed 29900070

June 13, 2018

First use of molecular evidence to match sexes in the Monstrilloida (Crustacea: Copepoda), and taxonomic implications of the newly recognized and described, partly Maemonstrilla-like females of Monstrillopsis longilobata Lee, Kim & Chang, 2016

1 citation

296 downloads

1,508 views

Donggu Jeon, Donghyun Lim, Wonchoel Lee, Ho Young Soh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4938 PubMed 29915690

June 6, 2018

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

2 citations

293 downloads

1,181 views

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

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4525 PubMed 29892498

June 5, 2018

In quest of contact: phylogeography of helmeted terrapins (Pelomedusa galeata, P. subrufa sensu stricto)

1 citation

288 downloads

1,067 views

Melita Vamberger, Margaretha D. Hofmeyr, Flora Ihlow, Uwe Fritz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4901 PubMed 29888129

June 25, 2018

Potamopyrgus antipodarum as a potential defender against swimmer’s itch in European recreational water bodies—experimental study

1 citation

280 downloads

1,241 views

Anna Marszewska, Anna Cichy, Jana Bulantová, Petr Horák, Elżbieta Żbikowska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5045 PubMed 29967728

June 25, 2018

Dry season diet composition of four-horned antelope Tetracerus quadricornis in tropical dry deciduous forests, Nepal

269 downloads

2,112 views

Chet Bahadur Oli, Saroj Panthi, Naresh Subedi, Gagan Ale, Ganesh Pant, Gopal Khanal, Suman Bhattarai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5102 PubMed 29967747

June 18, 2018

Unusually low genetic divergence at COI barcode locus between two species of intertidal Thalassaphorura (Collembola: Onychiuridae)

1 citation

262 downloads

1,247 views

Xin Sun, Anne Bedos, Louis Deharveng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5021 PubMed 29938135

June 14, 2018

Reproductive ecology of the endangered Beal’s-eyed turtle, Sacalia bealei

261 downloads

1,223 views

Liu Lin, Qingru Hu, Jonathan J. Fong, Jiangbo Yang, Zhongdong Chen, Feiyu Zhou, Jichao Wang, Fanrong Xiao, Haitao Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4997 PubMed 29963334

June 29, 2018

Morphological variations in the dorsal fin finlets of extant polypterids raise questions about their taxonomical validity

256 downloads

1,201 views

Marcos Vinícius Coelho, Camila Cupello, Paulo M. Brito

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5083 PubMed 30042877

June 1, 2018

Some maternal lineages of domestic horses may have origins in East Asia revealed with further evidence of mitochondrial genomes and HVR-1 sequences

1 citation

252 downloads

1,067 views

Hongying Ma, Yajiang Wu, Hai Xiang, Yunzhou Yang, Min Wang, Chunjiang Zhao, Changxin Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4896 PubMed 29868288

June 22, 2018

Predicted effects of landscape change, sea level rise, and habitat management on the extirpation risk of the Hawaiian common gallinule (Gallinula galeata sandvicensis) on the island of O‘ahu

1 citation

249 downloads

1,304 views

Charles B. van Rees, J. Michael Reed

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4990 PubMed 29942683

June 6, 2018

Physiological and behavioral responses of house sparrows to repeated stressors

5 citations

226 downloads

1,583 views

Brenna M.G. Gormally, Jessica Wright-Lichter, J. Michael Reed, L. Michael Romero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4961 PubMed 29892510

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Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Adapted from Fig 1: Predicted habitat suitability for Emys trinacris

Climate change-related threats to the Sicilian pond turtle

Adapted from Fig 1: Predicted habitat suitability for Emys trinacris

Climate change-related threats to the Sicilian pond turtle

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