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Holotype and paratype specimens of Micryletta aishani sp. nov. in life.

June 11, 2019

A new species of Micryletta frog

Researchers describe a new species of frog in the microhylid genus Micryletta Dubois, from Northeast India. This validates the presence of genus Micryletta in Northeast India based on genetic evidence, and confirms the extension of its geographical range, westwards from Southeast Asia up to Northeast India.

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June 17, 2019

Expanding global commodities trade and consumption place the world’s primates at risk of extinction

Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber, Abhishek Chaudhary

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7068

June 12, 2019

Growth-promoting characteristics of potential nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the root of an invasive plant Ageratina adenophora

Kai Fang, Zhu-Shou-Neng Bao, Lin Chen, Jie Zhou, Zhi-Ping Yang, Xing-Fan Dong, Han-Bo Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7099 PubMed 31223534

June 7, 2019

Reduced thermal variability in cities and its impact on honey bee thermal tolerance

Karina Sánchez-Echeverría, Ignacio Castellanos, Luis Mendoza-Cuenca, Iriana Zuria, Gerardo Sánchez-Rojas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7060 PubMed 31211017

June 13, 2019

Dynamics of soil properties and fungal community structure in continuous-cropped alfalfa fields in Northeast China

Qin Yao, Yanxia Xu, Xuefeng Liu, Junjie Liu, Xinyu Huang, Weiguang Yang, Zhao Yang, Lan Lan, Jingming Zhou, Guanghua Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7127 PubMed 31223541

June 21, 2019

Skin bacterial communities of neotropical treefrogs vary with local environmental conditions at the time of sampling

Angie Estrada, Myra C. Hughey, Daniel Medina, Eria A. Rebollar, Jenifer B. Walke, Reid N. Harris, Lisa K. Belden

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7044 PubMed 31275740

June 7, 2019

Timing and ecological priority shaped the diversification of sedges in the Himalayas

Uzma, Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Rabia Amir, Muhammad Qasim Hayat, Andrew L. Hipp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6792 PubMed 31211007

June 18, 2019

Bacterial and archaeal spatial distribution and its environmental drivers in an extremely haloalkaline soil at the landscape scale

Martha Adriana Martínez-Olivas, Norma G. Jiménez-Bueno, Juan Alfredo Hernández-García, Carmine Fusaro, Marco Luna-Guido, Yendi E. Navarro-Noya, Luc Dendooven

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6127 PubMed 31249729

June 21, 2019

Decoupled recovery of ecological communities after reclamation

Zachary A. Sylvain, David H. Branson, Tatyana A. Rand, Natalie M. West, Erin K. Espeland

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7038 PubMed 31275739

June 27, 2019

Marshland restoration benefits Collembola recruitment: a long-term chronosequence study in Sanjiang mire marshland, China

Yongjing Dou, Bing Zhang, Xin Sun, Liang Chang, Donghui Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7198 PubMed 31293832