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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.

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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 30, 2018

BTW—Bioinformatics Through Windows: an easy-to-install package to analyze marker gene data

Daniel Morais, Luiz F.W. Roesch, Marc Redmile-Gordon, Fausto G. Santos, Petr Baldrian, Fernando D. Andreote, Victor S. Pylro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5299 PubMed 30083449

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 25, 2018

Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica): an analysis of capacity to cause structural damage (compared to other plants) and typical rhizome extension

Mark Fennell, Max Wade, Karen L. Bacon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5246 PubMed 30065865

July 23, 2018

Multiple transgressions and slow evolution shape the phylogeographic pattern of the blind cave-dwelling shrimp Typhlocaris

Tamar Guy-Haim, Noa Simon-Blecher, Amos Frumkin, Israel Naaman, Yair Achituv

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5268 PubMed 30057861

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 20, 2018

Shark and ray diversity in the Tropical America (Neotropics)—an examination of environmental and historical factors affecting diversity

Jorge Domingo Carrillo-Briceño, Juan D. Carrillo, Orangel Antonio Aguilera, Marcelo R. Sanchez-Villagra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5313 PubMed 30042900

July 20, 2018

The influence of different deep-sea coral habitats on sediment macrofaunal community structure and function

Jill R. Bourque, Amanda W.J. Demopoulos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5276 PubMed 30042896

July 20, 2018

The physiological response of the deep-sea coral Solenosmilia variabilis to ocean acidification

Malindi J. Gammon, Dianne M. Tracey, Peter M. Marriott, Vonda J. Cummings, Simon K. Davy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5236 PubMed 30042891

July 19, 2018

A new southern Laramidian ankylosaurid, Akainacephalus johnsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah, USA

Jelle P. Wiersma, Randall B. Irmis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5016 PubMed 30065856

July 19, 2018

Conspicuously concealed: revision of the arid clade of the Gehyra variegata (Gekkonidae) group in Western Australia using an integrative molecular and morphological approach, with the description of five cryptic species

Luke Kealley, Paul Doughty, Mitzy Pepper, J. Scott Keogh, Mia Hillyer, Joel Huey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5334 PubMed 30038877

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 17, 2018

Marine cyanolichens from different littoral zones are associated with distinct bacterial communities

Nyree J. West, Delphine Parrot, Claire Fayet, Martin Grube, Sophie Tomasi, Marcelino T. Suzuki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5208 PubMed 30038864

July 17, 2018

Whole-genome amplification in double-digest RADseq results in adequate libraries but fewer sequenced loci

Bruno A. S. de Medeiros, Brian D. Farrell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5089 PubMed 30038852

July 13, 2018

Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered basal angiosperm Brasenia schreberi (Cabombaceae) in China

Zhi-Zhong Li, Andrew W. Gichira, Qing-Feng Wang, Jin-Ming Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5296 PubMed 30013859

July 11, 2018

Genetic flow among olive populations within the Mediterranean basin

Valentina di Rienzo, Sara Sion, Francesca Taranto, Nunzio D’Agostino, Cinzia Montemurro, Valentina Fanelli, Wilma Sabetta, Saliha Boucheffa, Abderezak Tamendjari, Antonella Pasqualone, Marion Zammit-Mangion, Monica Marilena Miazzi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5260 PubMed 30018865

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

July 11, 2018

Progress in the discovery of amphipod crustaceans

Tri Arfianti, Simon Wilson, Mark John Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5187 PubMed 30018857

July 9, 2018

A Pan-Amazonian species delimitation: high species diversity within the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae)

Rommel R. Rojas, Antoine Fouquet, Santiago R. Ron, Emil José Hernández-Ruz, Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio, Juan C. Chaparro, Richard C. Vogt, Vinicius Tadeu de Carvalho, Leandra Cardoso Pinheiro, Robson W. Avila, Izeni Pires Farias, Marcelo Gordo, Tomas Hrbek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4941 PubMed 30013824

July 6, 2018

Evaluation of the estimate bias magnitude of the Rao’s quadratic diversity index

Youhua Chen, Yongbin Wu, Tsung-Jen Shen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5211 PubMed 30002990

July 6, 2018

Variable retention harvesting influences belowground plant-fungal interactions of Nothofagus pumilio seedlings in forests of southern Patagonia

Rebecca E. Hewitt, Donald Lee Taylor, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, Christopher B. Anderson, Guillermo Martínez Pastur

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5008 PubMed 30002952

July 4, 2018

Speciation among sympatric lineages in the genus Palythoa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zoantharia) revealed by morphological comparison, phylogenetic analyses and investigation of spawning period

Masaru Mizuyama, Giovanni D. Masucci, James D. Reimer