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September 2018

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

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

September 11, 2018

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

To aid in pharmacological-fMRI studies, researchers developed and validated two variants of a novel fMRI control task. Their stimulus code is freely available online for re-use by the scientific community.

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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 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 28, 2018

Modeled larval connectivity of a multi-species reef fish and invertebrate assemblage off the coast of Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i

Emily E. Conklin, Anna B. Neuheimer, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5688 PubMed 30280049

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 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 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 7, 2018

Flower-mediated plant-butterfly interactions in an heterogeneous tropical coastal ecosystem

Cristian A. Martínez-Adriano, Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo, Armando Aguirre-Jaimes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5493 PubMed 30210938

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 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 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

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 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 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 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 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

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 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 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 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 26, 2018

Effect of changes in the fractal structure of a littoral zone in the course of lake succession on the abundance, body size sequence and biomass of beetles

Joanna Pakulnicka, Andrzej Zawal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5662 PubMed 30280034

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 13, 2018

The ability of magnetic field sensors to monitor feeding in three domestic herbivores

Christina C. Mulvenna, Rory P. Wilson, Nikki J. Marks, Aaron G. Maule, David M. Scantlebury

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5489 PubMed 30225163

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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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