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July 2018

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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.

July 31, 2018

IFN-γ and IL-5 whole blood response directed against mycolactone polyketide synthase domains in patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

Aloysius D. Loglo, Michael Frimpong, Mabel Sarpong Duah, Fred Sarfo, Francisca N. Sarpong, Bernadette Agbavor, Justice K. Boakye-Appiah, Kabiru M. Abass, Mathias Dongyele, Margaret Frempong, Sacha Pidot, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Timothy P. Stinear, Virginie Roupie, Kris Huygen, Richard O. Phillips

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5294 PubMed 30090691

July 25, 2018

Detecting malingering mental illness in forensics: Known-Group Comparison and Simulation Design with MMPI-2, SIMS and NIM

Barbara De Marchi, Giulia Balboni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5259 PubMed 30065872

July 27, 2018

Historical connections among river basins and climatic changes explain the biogeographic history of a water rat

Jeronymo Dalapicolla, Yuri Luiz Reis Leite

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5333 PubMed 30065889

July 31, 2018

Co-occurring nematodes and bacteria in submarine canyon sediments

Jadwiga Rzeznik-Orignac, Antoine Puisay, Evelyne Derelle, Erwan Peru, Nadine Le Bris, Pierre E. Galand

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5396 PubMed 30083476

July 6, 2018

Effects of size and microclimate on whole-tree water use and hydraulic regulation in Schima superba trees

Xiao-wei Zhao, Lei Ouyang, Ping Zhao, Chun-fang Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5164 PubMed 30002983

July 18, 2018

Investigating parental care behaviour in same-sex pairing of zoo greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Barbara Regaiolli, Camillo Sandri, Paul E. Rose, Vittoria Vallarin, Caterina Spiezio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5227 PubMed 30042888

July 30, 2018

The voluntary control of piloerection

James A.J. Heathers, Kirill Fayn, Paul J. Silvia, Niko Tiliopoulos, Matthew S. Goodwin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5292 PubMed 30083447

July 31, 2018

Touch-screen-guided task reveals a prosocial choice tendency by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Renata S. Mendonça, Christoph D. Dahl, Susana Carvalho, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Ikuma Adachi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5315 PubMed 30083456

July 31, 2018

A computer-based avatar task designed to assess behavioral inhibition extends to behavioral avoidance but not cognitive avoidance

M. Todd Allen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5330 PubMed 30083462

July 25, 2018

Antioxidant activity and mechanism of commercial Rama Forte persimmon fruits (Diospyros kaki)

Luana T. Dalvi, Daniel C. Moreira, Antonio Alonso, Isa G.J. de Avellar, Marcelo Hermes-Lima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5223 PubMed 30065860

July 10, 2018

Avian community characteristics and demographics reveal how conservation value of regenerating tropical dry forest changes with forest age

Steven C. Latta, Nathan L. Brouwer, Danilo A. Mejía, Maria M. Paulino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5217 PubMed 30018861

July 3, 2018

Distribution and ecological segregation on regional and microgeographic scales of the diploid Centaurea aspera L., the tetraploid C. seridis L., and their triploid hybrids (Compositae)

Alfonso Garmendia, Hugo Merle, Pablo Ruiz, Maria Ferriol

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5209 PubMed 30002989

July 24, 2018

Best in the company of nearby males: female success in the threatened cycad, Zamia portoricensis

Julio C. Lazcano-Lara, James D. Ackerman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5252 PubMed 30065868

July 12, 2018

Sex change in scallop Patinopecten yessoensis: response to population composition?

Alla V. Silina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5240 PubMed 30013855

July 12, 2018

Patterns of triclosan resistance in Vibrionaceae

Keri A. Lydon, Megan J. Robertson, Erin K. Lipp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5170 PubMed 30013840

July 24, 2018

The real Bigfoot: a pes from Wyoming, USA is the largest sauropod pes ever reported and the northern-most occurrence of brachiosaurids in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation

Anthony Maltese, Emanuel Tschopp, Femke Holwerda, David Burnham

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5250 PubMed 30065867

July 20, 2018

Advertisement call of Brachycephalus albolineatus (Anura: Brachycephalidae)

Marcos R. Bornschein, Luiz Fernando Ribeiro, Mario M. Rollo, André E. Confetti, Marcio R. Pie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5273 PubMed 30042895

July 10, 2018

Evaluation of standard imaging techniques and volumetric preservation of nervous tissue in genetically identical offspring of the crayfish Procambarus fallax cf. virginalis (Marmorkrebs)

Emanuel S. Nischik, Jakob Krieger

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5181 PubMed 30018856

July 6, 2018

The cranial endocast of the Upper Devonian dipnoan ‘Chirodipterus’ australis

Struan A.C. Henderson, Tom J. Challands

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5148 PubMed 30002977

July 9, 2018

Applying sequential pattern mining to investigate cerebrovascular health outpatients’ re-visit patterns

Chao Ou-Yang, Chandrawati Putri Wulandari, Rizka Aisha Rahmi Hariadi, Han-Cheng Wang, Chiehfeng Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5183 PubMed 30013845

July 6, 2018

Revision of Gyrodactylus salaris phylogeny inspired by new evidence for Eemian crossing between lineages living on grayling in Baltic and White sea basins

Agata Mieszkowska, Marcin Górniak, Agata Jurczak-Kurek, Marek S. Ziętara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5167 PubMed 30083435

July 20, 2018

Rhabdias bufonis (Rhabdiasidae) from the lung of the African common toad, Amietophrynus regularis (Bufonidae) in Egypt: new data on the basis of light and scanning electron microscopic study

Kareem Morsy, Sara Ali Mohamed, Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar, Hoda El-Fayoumi, Heba Abdel-Haleem

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5328 PubMed 30042901

July 6, 2018

Revisiting historical beech and oak forests in Indiana using a GIS method to recover information from bar charts

Brice Hanberry

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5158 PubMed 30002982

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 24, 2018

Imputing missing distances in molecular phylogenetics

Xuhua Xia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5321 PubMed 30065887