August 2019

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New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Fig 1: Photographs of the skull of BP/1/4779

August 5, 2019

New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Researchers have unearthed a new species of dinosaur from a 30 year old museum collection in South African. The new species has been named Ngwevu intloko.

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August 26, 2019
Effectiveness of small road tunnels and fences in reducing amphibian roadkill and barrier effects at retrofitted roads in Sweden
1 citation
612 downloads
2,752 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
environmental-impacts
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7518 PubMed 31523500
August 23, 2019
Gradual, temperature-induced change of secondary sexual characteristics in Trichogramma pretiosum infected with parthenogenesis-inducing Wolbachia
169 downloads
409 views
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agricultural-science
biodiversity
entomology
evolutionary-studies
parasitology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7567 PubMed 31497407
August 22, 2019
Phylogenomic analyses confirm a novel invasive North American Corbicula (Bivalvia: Cyrenidae) lineage
223 downloads
621 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
evolutionary-studies
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7484 PubMed 31497390
August 22, 2019
Seasonal dynamics of microbial diversity in the rhizosphere of Ulmus pumila L. var. sabulosa in a steppe desert area of Northern China
359 downloads
485 views
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biodiversity
ecology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7526 PubMed 31497396
August 19, 2019
Global distribution and diversity of Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyta, Mediophyceae): integration of classical and novel strategies
382 downloads
626 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
ecology
marine-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7410 PubMed 31489261
August 19, 2019
Redescription of Hargeria rapax (Harger, 1879) and description of H. chetumalensis a new species from the Mexican Caribbean (Crustacea, Peracarida, Tanaidacea, Leptocheliidae) based upon morphological and molecular evidence
1 citation
289 downloads
426 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7472 PubMed 31489263
August 16, 2019
Towards a barnacle tree of life: integrating diverse phylogenetic efforts into a comprehensive hypothesis of thecostracan evolution
1 citation
199 downloads
1,000 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
evolutionary-studies
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7387 PubMed 31440430
August 14, 2019
Variation in denitrifying bacterial communities along a primary succession in the Hailuogou Glacier retreat area, China
154 downloads
466 views
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biodiversity
ecology
microbiology
soil-science
ecotoxicology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7356 PubMed 31428538
August 13, 2019
Grazing effects on woody and herbaceous plant biodiversity on a limestone mountain in northern Tunisia
192 downloads
625 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
plant-science
environmental-impacts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7296 PubMed 31428536
August 13, 2019
Dynamics of a methanol-fed marine denitrifying biofilm: 2—impact of environmental changes on the microbial community
2 citations
163 downloads
526 views
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biodiversity
biotechnology
marine-biology
microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7467 PubMed 31423359
August 13, 2019
The effect of mangrove restoration on avian assemblages of a coastal lagoon in southern Mexico
203 downloads
698 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7493 PubMed 31423362
August 12, 2019
A new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, Tungurahua, Ecuador
1 citation
353 downloads
1,872 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7405 PubMed 31423356
August 9, 2019
Taxonomic revision of the genus Cranichis (Orchidaceae, Cranichideae) in Colombia
380 downloads
969 views
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biodiversity
plant-science
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7385 PubMed 31413928
August 9, 2019
Horse phenotyping based on video image analysis of jumping performance for conservation breeding
135 downloads
407 views
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agricultural-science
animal-behavior
biodiversity
genetics
computational-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7450 PubMed 31413931
August 8, 2019
A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW)
1 citation
217 downloads
983 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7411 PubMed 31410308
August 8, 2019
Communities of oil palm flower-visiting insects: investigating the covariation of Elaeidobius kamerunicus and other dominant species
260 downloads
476 views
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agricultural-science
biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
entomology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7464 PubMed 31410312
August 7, 2019
Development of genomic simple sequence repeat markers for Glycyrrhiza lepidota and cross-amplification of other Glycyrrhiza species
129 downloads
357 views
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agricultural-science
biodiversity
conservation-biology
plant-science
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7479 PubMed 31410317
August 6, 2019
262 Voyages Beneath the Sea: a global assessment of macro- and megafaunal biodiversity and research effort at deep-sea hydrothermal vents
2 citations
449 downloads
2,951 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
conservation-biology
marine-biology
environmental-impacts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7397 PubMed 31404427
August 6, 2019
Molecular evidence that the Channel Islands populations of the orange-crowned warbler (Oreothlypis celata; Aves: Passeriformes: Parulidae) represent a distinct evolutionary lineage
177 downloads
715 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
genetics
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7388 PubMed 31404458
August 6, 2019
First report of cestode infection in the crustacean Artemia persimilis from Southern Chilean Patagonia and its relation with the Neotropical aquatic birds
156 downloads
471 views
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biodiversity
ecology
parasitology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7395 PubMed 31403003
August 5, 2019
Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Dichotomius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) through integrative taxonomy
1 citation
297 downloads
928 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7332 PubMed 31404430
August 5, 2019
Effect of dietary concentrate to forage ratio on growth performance, rumen fermentation and bacterial diversity of Tibetan sheep under barn feeding on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau
226 downloads
488 views
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biodiversity
microbiology
veterinary-medicine
zoology
nutrition
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7462 PubMed 31404417
August 1, 2019
Taxonomic revision of black salamanders of the Aneides flavipunctatus complex (Caudata: Plethodontidae)
591 downloads
1,743 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7370 PubMed 31396443
New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Fig 1: Photographs of the skull of BP/1/4779

August 5, 2019

New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Researchers have unearthed a new species of dinosaur from a 30 year old museum collection in South African. The new species has been named Ngwevu intloko.

- read article

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