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Investigating parental care behaviour in same-sex pairing of zoo greater flamingo

Greater flamingos at Kutch

July 18, 2018

Investigating parental care behaviour in same-sex pairing of zoo greater flamingo

Same-sex pair bonding is an understudied area of research interest. In an early, small sample study, researchers have observed similar behavior in female-female parenting as with heterosexual pairs in the zoo greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). These early results could be illuminating with regard to the evolution of flamingo social behavior, same-sex pair bonds, and why pair bonds form in general. Image credit: Dhaval Vargiya, CC SA 4.0.

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July 20, 2018

Habitat and landscape factors influence pollinators in a tropical megacity, Bangkok, Thailand

Alyssa B. Stewart, Tuanjit Sritongchuay, Piyakarn Teartisup, Sakonwan Kaewsomboon, Sara Bumrungsri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5335 PubMed 30042902

July 24, 2018

Particulate matter collection by honey bees (Apis mellifera, L.) near to a cement factory in Italy

Marco Pellecchia, Ilaria Negri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5322 PubMed 30065888

July 19, 2018

The importance of dung beetles and arthropod communities on degradation of cattle dung pats in eastern South Dakota

Jacob R. Pecenka, Jonathan G. Lundgren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5220 PubMed 30038867

July 26, 2018

‘Rolling’ stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Pavel Sroka, Arnold H. Staniczek, Boris C. Kondratieff

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5354 PubMed 30065894

July 3, 2018

An online survey of personal mosquito-repellent strategies

Emily Lucille Moore, Mary Alice Scott, Stacy Deadra Rodriguez, Soumi Mitra, Julia Vulcan, Joel Javierla Cordova, Hae-Na Chung, Debora Linhares Lino de Souza, Kristina Kay Gonzales, Immo Alex Hansen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5151 PubMed 30002979

July 26, 2018

Climate-induced phenological shift of apple trees has diverse effects on pollinators, herbivores and natural enemies

Ádám Kőrösi, Viktor Markó, Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki, László Somay, Ákos Varga, Zoltán Elek, Virginie Boreux, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Rita Földesi, András Báldi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5269 PubMed 30065875

July 31, 2018

The periodical cicada four-year acceleration hypothesis revisited and the polyphyletic nature of Brood V, including an updated crowd-source enhanced map (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada)

John R. Cooley, Nidia Arguedas, Elias Bonaros, Gerry Bunker, Stephen M. Chiswell, Annette DeGiovine, Marten Edwards, Diane Hassanieh, Diler Haji, John Knox, Gene Kritsky, Carolyn Mills, Dan Mozgai, Roy Troutman, John Zyla, Hiroki Hasegawa, Teiji Sota, Jin Yoshimura, Chris Simon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5282 PubMed 30083444

July 10, 2018

‘We like it wet’: a comparison between dissection techniques for the assessment of parity in Anopheles arabiensis and determination of sac stage in mosquitoes alive or dead on collection

Jacques D. Charlwood, Erzelia V.E. Tomás, Amanuel K. Andegiorgish, Selam Mihreteab, Corey LeClair

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5155 PubMed 30018854

July 5, 2018

Influence of elevated CO₂ on development and food utilization of armyworm Mythimna separata fed on transgenic Bt maize infected by nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Zhuo Li, Megha N. Parajulee, Fajun Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5138 PubMed 30002971

July 25, 2018

Longevity and survival of Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), an invasive gall inducer on Eucalyptus, with different diets and temperatures

Amanda Rodrigues De Souza, Leonardo Rodrigues Barbosa, José Raimundo de Souza Passos, Bárbara Monteiro de Castro e Castro, José Cola Zanuncio, Carlos Frederico Wilcken

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5265 PubMed 30065874

July 3, 2018

Beetles in bamboo forests: community structure in a heterogeneous landscape of southwestern Amazonia

Jennifer M. Jacobs, Rudolf von May, David H. Kavanaugh, Edward F. Connor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5153 PubMed 30002980

July 11, 2018

Experimental and molecular approximation to microbial niche: trophic interactions between oribatid mites and microfungi in an oligotrophic freshwater system

Patricia Velez, Margarita Ojeda, Laura Espinosa-Asuar, Tila M. Pérez, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5200 PubMed 30018858