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
5 citations
896 downloads
4,189 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
316 downloads
637 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
3 citations
422 downloads
995 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
5 citations
579 downloads
758 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
5 citations
569 downloads
1,209 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
370 downloads
719 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
6 citations
459 downloads
1,846 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
316 downloads
721 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
1 citation
561 downloads
949 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
304 downloads
826 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
1 citation
534 downloads
1,481 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
4 citations
517 downloads
2,918 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
1 citation
632 downloads
1,558 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
1 citation
215 downloads
655 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)
2 citations
362 downloads
1,617 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
567 downloads
845 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
232 downloads
561 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
5 citations
670 downloads
3,806 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
1 citation
345 downloads
1,041 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
2 citations
262 downloads
728 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
4 citations
571 downloads
1,544 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
5 citations
530 downloads
955 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)
1 citation
970 downloads
2,472 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.

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