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November 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

Reconstruction of a living Mirarce eatoni

November 13, 2018

The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

A 75 million year old bird skeleton from a threatened national monument in Utah represents the most complete skeleton ever found in North America for a long extinct group of birds called enantiornithines. This large, fossilized bird provides important new insight into the evolution of flight. It has several advanced adaptations for flying, which show that the Enantiornithes evolved these features separately from living birds.

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November 21, 2018

Seasonal and predator-prey effects on circadian activity of free-ranging mammals revealed by camera traps

Anthony Caravaggi, Maria Gatta, Marie-Claire Vallely, Kayleigh Hogg, Marianne Freeman, Erfan Fadaei, Jaimie T.A. Dick, W. Ian Montgomery, Neil Reid, David G. Tosh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5827 PubMed 30498626

November 27, 2018

Differences in persistence between dogs and wolves in an unsolvable task in the absence of humans

Akshay Rao, Lara Bernasconi, Martina Lazzaroni, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, Friederike Range

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5944 PubMed 30515358

November 6, 2018

Sociality genes are associated with human-directed social behaviour in golden and Labrador retriever dogs

Mia E. Persson, Ann-Sofie Sundman, Lise-Lotte Halldén, Agaia J. Trottier, Per Jensen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5889 PubMed 30416887

November 6, 2018

Sexual dimorphism in the Arachnid orders

Callum J. McLean, Russell J. Garwood, Charlotte A. Brassey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5751 PubMed 30416880

November 27, 2018

A ghost fence-gap: surprising wildlife usage of an obsolete fence crossing

Marc Dupuis-Desormeaux, Timothy N. Kaaria, Mary Mwololo, Zeke Davidson, Suzanne E. MacDonald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5950 PubMed 30515359

November 30, 2018

Anti-predator defences of a bombardier beetle: is bombing essential for successful escape from frogs?

Shinji Sugiura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5942 PubMed 30533294

November 21, 2018

Reproduction and metamorphosis in the Myristica Swamp tree frog, Mercurana myristicapalustris (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

Robin Kurian Abraham, Jobin Kuruvilla Mathew, David Valiaparampil Raju, Ramprasad Rao, Anil Zachariah

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5934 PubMed 30498632

November 20, 2018

De novo annotation of the transcriptome of the Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Roberto Carlos Frias-Soler, Lilian Villarín Pildaín, Agnes Hotz-Wagenblatt, Jonas Kolibius, Franz Bairlein, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5860 PubMed 30498627

November 6, 2018

Host anemone size as a determinant of social group size and structure in the orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula)

Juliette Chausson, Maya Srinivasan, Geoffrey P. Jones

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5841 PubMed 30416882

November 21, 2018

Catch fast and kill quickly: do tiger beetles use the same strategies when hunting different types of prey?

Tomasz Rewicz, Radomir Jaskuła

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5971 PubMed 30498639

November 13, 2018

The relationship between social rank and spatial learning in pheasants, Phasianus colchicus: cause or consequence?

Ellis J.G. Langley, Jayden O. van Horik, Mark A. Whiteside, Christine E. Beardsworth, Joah R. Madden

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5738 PubMed 30479883

November 8, 2018

Amphibian life history in a temperate environment of the Mexican Plateau: dimorphism, phenology and trophic ecology of a hylid frog, Hyla eximia (=Dryophytes eximius)

Uriel Hernández-Salinas, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista, Barry P. Stephenson, Raciel Cruz-Elizalde, Christian Berriozabal-Islas, Carlos Jesús Balderas-Valdivia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5897 PubMed 30473932

November 15, 2018

Ecological divergence of burying beetles into the forest canopy

Jillian D. Wettlaufer, Kevin W. Burke, Adam Schizkoske, David V. Beresford, Paul R. Martin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5829 PubMed 30479886

November 21, 2018

Appetitive reversal learning differences of two honey bee subspecies with different foraging behaviors

Eddie Pérez Claudio, Yoselyn Rodriguez-Cruz, Okan Can Arslan, Tugrul Giray, José Luis Agosto Rivera, Meral Kence, Harrington Wells, Charles I. Abramson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5918 PubMed 30498631

November 9, 2018

Nutrition of marine mesograzers: integrating feeding behavior, nutrient intake and performance of an herbivorous amphipod

Glauco B.O. Machado, Fosca P.P. Leite, Erik E. Sotka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5929 PubMed 30430042

November 6, 2018

Unimodal head-width distribution of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) from the Zeeschelde does not support disruptive selection

Pieterjan Verhelst, Jens De Meyer, Jan Reubens, Johan Coeck, Peter Goethals, Tom Moens, Ans Mouton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5773 PubMed 30416881

November 23, 2018

Effects of blood parasite infection and innate immune genetic diversity on mating patterns in a passerine bird breeding in contrasted habitats

Dany Garant, Audrey Bourret, Clarence Schmitt, Audrey Turcotte, Fanie Pelletier, Marc Bélisle