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Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis.

January 8, 2019

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Representing one of the first times that medical imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction methods have been applied to a large skull of a marine reptile, researchers describe the partial skeleton of a large ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Warwickshire, England. The unusual three-dimensional preservation of the specimen permitted computed tomography (CT) scanning of individual braincase elements as well as the entire reassembled skull.

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January 9, 2019

Carabid community structure in northern China grassland ecosystems: Effects of local habitat on species richness, species composition and functional diversity

Noelline Tsafack, François Rebaudo, Hui Wang, Dávid D. Nagy, Yingzhong Xie, Xinpu Wang, Simone Fattorini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6197 PubMed 30643684

January 11, 2019

Genetic diversity and its conservation implications of Vitex rotundifolia (Lamiaceae) populations in East Asia

Yiqi Sun, Hong Yang, Qiaoyan Zhang, Luping Qin, Pan Li, Joongku Lee, Shichao Chen, Khalid Rahman, Tingguo Kang, Min Jia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6194 PubMed 30648018

January 28, 2019

Designing online species identification tools for biological recording: the impact on data quality and citizen science learning

Nirwan Sharma, Laura Colucci-Gray, Advaith Siddharthan, Richard Comont, René van der Wal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5965 PubMed 30713813

January 11, 2019

The effects of afforestation on soil bacterial communities in temperate grassland are modulated by soil chemical properties

Shu-Hong Wu, Bing-Hong Huang, Jian Gao, Siqi Wang, Pei-Chun Liao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6147 PubMed 30648012

January 14, 2019

Using lidar to assess the development of structural diversity in forests undergoing passive rewilding in temperate Northern Europe

Henrik Thers, Peder Klith Bøcher, Jens-Christian Svenning

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6219 PubMed 30656068

January 14, 2019

Method for the quantitative evaluation of ecosystem services in coastal regions

Tomonari Okada, Yugo Mito, Erina Iseri, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Takanori Sugano, Yoshihiro B. Akiyama, Kenta Watanabe, Toko Tanaya, Hiroaki Sugino, Kanae Tokunaga, Takahiro Kubo, Tomohiro Kuwae

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6234 PubMed 30671289

January 8, 2019

The origin of exotic pet sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps) kept in the United States of America

Catriona D. Campbell, Jill Pecon-Slattery, Rebecca Pollak, Leo Joseph, Clare E. Holleley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6180 PubMed 30643698

January 14, 2019

Effect of agricultural land-use change on ant dominance hierarchy and food preferences in a temperate oak forest

Citlalli Castillo-Guevara, Mariana Cuautle, Carlos Lara, Brenda Juárez-Juárez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6255 PubMed 30656073

January 9, 2019

Influence of substrate types and morphological traits on movement behavior in a toad and newt species

Audrey Trochet, Hugo Le Chevalier, Olivier Calvez, Alexandre Ribéron, Romain Bertrand, Simon Blanchet