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January 2019

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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 31, 2019

Blood parasites in Passeriformes in central Germany: prevalence and lineage diversity of Haemosporida (Haemoproteus, Plasmodium and Leucocytozoon) in six common songbirds

2 citations

265 downloads

1,042 views

Yvonne R. Schumm, Christine Wecker, Carina Marek, Mareike Wassmuth, Anna Bentele, Hermann Willems, Gerald Reiner, Petra Quillfeldt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6259 PubMed 30723612

January 31, 2019

Empirical analysis and modeling of Argos Doppler location errors in Romania

295 downloads

1,312 views

Laurentiu Rozylowicz, Florian P. Bodescu, Cristiana M. Ciocanea, Athanasios A. Gavrilidis, Steluta Manolache, Marius L. Matache, Iulia V. Miu, Ionut C. Moale, Andreea Nita, Viorel D. Popescu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6362 PubMed 30723631

January 31, 2019

High-resolution maps of Swiss apiaries and their applicability to study spatial distribution of bacterial honey bee brood diseases

1 citation

287 downloads

1,184 views

Raphael S. von Büren, Bernadette Oehen, Nikolaus J. Kuhn, Silvio Erler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6393 PubMed 30723636

January 30, 2019

Kelpie: generating full-length ‘amplicons’ from whole-metagenome datasets

2 citations

376 downloads

1,491 views

Paul Greenfield, Nai Tran-Dinh, David Midgley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6174 PubMed 30723610

January 30, 2019

Urban plums and toads: do fleshy fruits affect the post-metamorphic growth of amphibians?

249 downloads

1,730 views

Mikołaj Kaczmarski, Piotr Tryjanowski, Anna Maria Kubicka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6337 PubMed 30723623

January 29, 2019

Improving the efficiency of the Fukui trap as a capture tool for the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in Newfoundland, Canada

344 downloads

1,079 views

Jonathan A. Bergshoeff, Cynthia H. McKenzie, Brett Favaro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6308 PubMed 30713818

January 25, 2019

Diatom ecological response to deposition of the 833-850 CE White River Ash (east lobe) ashfall in a small subarctic Canadian lake

185 downloads

887 views

Scott J. Hutchinson, Paul B. Hamilton, R. Timothy Patterson, Jennifer M. Galloway, Nawaf A. Nasser, Christopher Spence, Hendrik Falck

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6269 PubMed 30701131

January 24, 2019

Dietary analysis of an uncharacteristic population of the Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus) in the Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia

1 citation

198 downloads

798 views

Tahneal Hawke, Hayley Bates, Suzanne Hand, Michael Archer, Linda Broome

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6307 PubMed 30697490

January 23, 2019

Reproductive pattern and population dynamics of commercial red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) from China: implications for sustainable aquaculture management

414 downloads

1,112 views

Shiyu Jin, Lisa Jacquin, Mantang Xiong, Ruojing Li, Sovan Lek, Wei Li, Tanglin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6214 PubMed 30697477

January 22, 2019

Effects of dredging on the vegetation in a small lowland river

1 citation

255 downloads

783 views

Edyta Stępień, Andrzej Zawal, Paweł Buczyński, Edyta Buczyńska, Magdalena Szenejko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6282 PubMed 30697485

January 16, 2019

Termite mound architecture regulates nest temperature and correlates with species identities of symbiotic fungi

1 citation

470 downloads

1,303 views

Risto Vesala, Anni Harjuntausta, Anu Hakkarainen, Petri Rönnholm, Petri Pellikka, Jouko Rikkinen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6237 PubMed 30671290

January 16, 2019

Foraging habitat choice of White-tailed Tropicbirds revealed by fine-scale GPS tracking and remote sensing

254 downloads

1,191 views

Carlos D. Santos, Leila F.A.S. Campos, Márcio A. Efe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6261 PubMed 30671305

January 15, 2019

Common garden comparisons confirm inherited differences in sensitivity to climate change between forest tree species

4 citations

363 downloads

1,266 views

Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, Antoine Kremer, László Nagy, Éva Újvári-Jármay, Alexis Ducousso, Anikó Kóczán-Horváth, Jon Kehlet Hansen, Csaba Mátyás

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6213 PubMed 30671299

January 15, 2019

The sinemydid turtle Ordosemys from the Lower Cretaceous Mengyin Formation of Shandong, China and its implication for the age of the Luohandong Formation of the Ordos Basin

1 citation

487 downloads

1,499 views

Da-Qing Li, Chang-Fu Zhou, Lan Li, Jing-Tao Yang, Longfeng Li, Márton Rabi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6229 PubMed 30671300

January 14, 2019

Worldwide co-occurrence analysis of 17 species of the genus Brachypodium using data mining

231 downloads

884 views

Simon Orozco-Arias, Ana María Núñez-Rincón, Reinel Tabares-Soto, Diana López-Álvarez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6193 PubMed 30656067

January 14, 2019

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

356 downloads

1,214 views

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

905 downloads

1,955 views

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 14, 2019

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

1 citation

260 downloads

1,029 views

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

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

January 11, 2019

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

1 citation

306 downloads