Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 19, 2018

A phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cyrtodactylus peguensis group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of two new species from Myanmar

L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Evan S.H. Quah, Matthew L. Murdoch, Marta S. Grismer, Mark W. Herr, Robert E. Espinoza, Rafe M. Brown, Aung Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5575 PubMed 30258710

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

Meta-analysis of northeast Atlantic marine taxa shows contrasting phylogeographic patterns following post-LGM expansions

Tom L. Jenkins, Rita Castilho, Jamie R. Stevens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5684 PubMed 30280047

September 18, 2018

Natural history and molecular evolution of demersal Mediterranean sharks and skates inferred by comparative phylogeographic and demographic analyses

Alice Ferrari, Fausto Tinti, Victoria Bertucci Maresca, Alessandro Velonà, Rita Cannas, Ioannis Thasitis, Filipe Oliveira Costa, Maria Cristina Follesa, Daniel Golani, Farid Hemida, Sarah J. Helyar, Cecilia Mancusi, Antonello Mulas, Fabrizio Serena, Letizia Sion, Marco Stagioni, Alessia Cariani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5560 PubMed 30245927

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 12, 2018

Deep divergence of Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica: Cardinalidae), a multilocus phylogenetic analysis with emphasis in Mesoamerica

Sandra M. Ramírez-Barrera, Blanca E. Hernández-Baños, Juan P. Jaramillo-Correa, John Klicka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5496 PubMed 30225165

September 13, 2018

An integrative and citizen science based approach to the rediscovery and redescription of the only known high-altitude endemic Pill Millipede, Glomeris aurita Koch (Diplopoda, Glomerida)

Thomas Wesener