Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 19, 2018

European population trends and current conservation status of an endangered steppe-bird species: the Dupont’s lark Chersophilus duponti

Julia Gómez-Catasús, Cristian Pérez-Granados, Adrián Barrero, Gerard Bota, David Giralt, Germán M. López-Iborra, David Serrano, Juan Traba

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5627 PubMed 30258721

September 5, 2018

Shrub encroachment into grasslands: end of an era?

Cho-ying Huang, Steven R. Archer, Mitchel P. McClaran, Stuart E. Marsh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5474 PubMed 30202645

September 19, 2018

High definition video loggers provide new insights into behaviour, physiology, and the oceanic habitat of a marine predator, the yellow-eyed penguin

Thomas Mattern, Michael D. McPherson, Ursula Ellenberg, Yolanda van Heezik, Philipp J. Seddon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5459 PubMed 30258706

September 28, 2018

Functional responses of a cosmopolitan invader demonstrate intraspecific variability in consumer-resource dynamics

Brett R. Howard, Daniel Barrios-O’Neill, Mhairi E. Alexander, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Thomas W. Therriault, Tamara B. Robinson, Isabelle M. Côté

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5634 PubMed 30280022

September 18, 2018

Functional significance of cuckoo Cuculus canorus calls: responses of conspecifics, hosts and non-hosts

Piotr Tryjanowski, Federico Morelli, Tomasz S. Osiejuk, Anders Pape Møller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5302 PubMed 30245923

September 19, 2018

The metabolic response of the Bradypus sloth to temperature

Rebecca Naomi Cliffe, David Michael Scantlebury, Sarah Jane Kennedy, Judy Avey-Arroyo, Daniel Mindich, Rory Paul Wilson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5600 PubMed 30258712

September 19, 2018

Potential changes in the distribution of Carnegiea gigantea under future scenarios

Fabio Albuquerque, Blas Benito, Miguel Ángel Macias Rodriguez, Caitlin Gray

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5623 PubMed 30258720

September 25, 2018

High-throughput metabarcoding reveals the effect of physicochemical soil properties on soil and litter biodiversity and community turnover across Amazonia

Camila D. Ritter, Alexander Zizka, Fabian Roger, Hanna Tuomisto, Christopher Barnes, R. Henrik Nilsson, Alexandre Antonelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5661 PubMed 30280033

September 12, 2018

Effects of macroalgae loss in an Antarctic marine food web: applying extinction thresholds to food web studies

Georgina Cordone, Tomás I. Marina, Vanesa Salinas, Santiago R. Doyle, Leonardo A. Saravia, Fernando R. Momo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5531 PubMed 30225167

September 24, 2018

Different environmental gradients affect different measures of snake β-diversity in the Amazon rainforests

Rafael de Fraga, Miquéias Ferrão, Adam J. Stow, William E. Magnusson, Albertina P. Lima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5628 PubMed 30280020

September 14, 2018

Lessepsian migration and parasitism: richness, prevalence and intensity of parasites in the invasive fish Sphyraena chrysotaenia compared to its native congener Sphyraena sphyraena in Tunisian coastal waters

Wiem Boussellaa, Lassad Neifar, M. Anouk Goedknegt, David W. Thieltges

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5558 PubMed 30233995

September 14, 2018

Urban waste disposal explains the distribution of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) in an Amazonian metropolis: management implications for birdstrikes and urban planning

Giase M. de Araujo, Carlos A. Peres, Fabricio B. Baccaro, Rafael S. Guerta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5491 PubMed 30233993

September 27, 2018

Distribution, habitat associations, and conservation status updates for the pilose crayfish Pacifastacus gambelii (Girard, 1852) and Snake River pilose crayfish Pacifastacus connectens (Faxon, 1914) of the western United States

Rachel M. Egly, Eric R. Larson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5668 PubMed 30280038

September 4, 2018

Factors influencing exotic species richness in Argentina’s national parks

Mariela G. Gantchoff, Clay M. Wilton, Jerrold L. Belant

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5514 PubMed 30202651

September 7, 2018

Primary molt in Gruiforms and simpler molt summary tables

Sievert Rohwer, Vanya G. Rohwer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5499 PubMed 30210940

September 27, 2018

Pre-imaginal conditioning alters adult sex pheromone response in Drosophila

Claude Everaerts, Laurie Cazalé-Debat, Alexis Louis, Emilie Pereira, Jean-Pierre Farine, Matthew Cobb, Jean-François Ferveur

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5585 PubMed 30280017

September 17, 2018

Zooming into plant-flower visitor networks: an individual trait-based approach

Beatriz Rumeu, Danny J. Sheath, Joseph E. Hawes, Thomas C. Ings

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5618 PubMed 30245938

September 4, 2018

An LED-based multi-actinic illumination system for the high throughput study of photosynthetic light responses

João Serôdio, William Schmidt, Jörg C. Frommlet, Gregor Christa, Matthew R. Nitschke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5589 PubMed 30202661

September 20, 2018

Spatial and temporal variations of aridity shape dung beetle assemblages towards the Sahara desert

Indradatta deCastro-Arrazola, Joaquín Hortal, Marco Moretti, Francisco Sánchez-Piñero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5210 PubMed 30258704

September 27, 2018

Assessing the role of dispersed floral resources for managed bees in providing supporting ecosystem services for crop pollination

Annalie Melin, Mathieu Rouget, Jonathan F. Colville, Jeremy J. Midgley, John S. Donaldson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5654 PubMed 30280031

September 26, 2018

Population history of deep-sea vent and seep Provanna snails (Mollusca: Abyssochrysoidea) in the northwestern Pacific

Tomomi Ogura, Hiromi Kayama Watanabe, Chong Chen, Takenori Sasaki, Shigeaki Kojima, Jun-ichiro Ishibashi, Katsunori Fujikura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5673 PubMed 30280041

September 27, 2018

Analysis of relative abundances with zeros on environmental gradients: a multinomial regression model

Fiona Chong, Matthew Spencer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5643 PubMed 30280024

September 28, 2018

Finding wolf homesites: improving the efficacy of howl surveys to study wolves

Thomas D. Gable, Steve K. Windels, Joseph K. Bump

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5629 PubMed 30280021

September 17, 2018

Dramatic decline and limited recovery of a green crab (Carcinus maenas) population in the Minas Basin, Canada after the summer of 2013

Brady K. Quinn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5566 PubMed 30245928

September 24, 2018

Variation of soil bacterial communities along a chronosequence of Eucalyptus plantation

Jiayu Li, Jiayi Lin, Chenyu Pei, Kaitao Lai, Thomas C. Jeffries, Guangda Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5648 PubMed 30280026

September 2018

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Fig 2: Results from the working-memory variant of the task paradigm.

A short, robust brain activation control task optimised for pharmacological fMRI studies

September 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Fig 2: Results from the working-memory variant of the task paradigm.

A short, robust brain activation control task optimised for pharmacological fMRI studies

Fig 2: Results from the working-memory variant of the task paradigm.

A short, robust brain activation control task optimised for pharmacological fMRI studies

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