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October 2019

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Male Eupalaestrus weijenberghi

September 26, 2019

Kinematics of male tarantula locomotion

This work described and analyzed gait patterns and parameters of Eupalaestrus weijenberghi to investigate the mechanics of their locomotion and the mechanisms by which they conserve energy while traversing different inclinations and surfaces.

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October 7, 2019

Validation of COI metabarcoding primers for terrestrial arthropods

Vasco Elbrecht, Thomas W.A. Braukmann, Natalia V. Ivanova, Sean W.J. Prosser, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Michael Wright, Evgeny V. Zakharov, Paul D.N. Hebert, Dirk Steinke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7745 PubMed 31608170

October 18, 2019

Combining simulation modeling and stable isotope analyses to reconstruct the last known movements of one of Nature’s giants

Clive N. Trueman, Andrew L. Jackson, Katharyn S. Chadwick, Ellen J. Coombs, Laura J. Feyrer, Sarah Magozzi, Richard C. Sabin, Natalie Cooper

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7912 PubMed 31637141

October 11, 2019

Diet of the wild boar (Sus scrofa): implications for management in forest-agricultural and urban environments in South Korea

Seong-Min Lee, Eun-Jae Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7835 PubMed 31616595

October 25, 2019

Combined effect of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii and avermectins on the survival and immune response of Aedes aegypti larvae

Yuriy A. Noskov, Olga V. Polenogova, Olga N. Yaroslavtseva, Olga E. Belevich, Yuriy A. Yurchenko, Ekaterina A. Chertkova, Natalya A. Kryukova, Vadim Yu Kryukov, Viktor V. Glupov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7931 PubMed 31667017

October 15, 2019

Phylogeny and biogeography of the African Bathyergidae: a review of patterns and processes

Jacobus H. Visser, Nigel C. Bennett, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7730 PubMed 31637115

October 15, 2019

Plant and insect herbivore community variation across the Paleocene–Eocene boundary in the Hanna Basin, southeastern Wyoming

Lauren E. Azevedo Schmidt, Regan E. Dunn, Jason Mercer, Marieke Dechesne, Ellen D. Currano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7798 PubMed 31637117

October 14, 2019

Environmental filtering of body size and darker coloration in pollinator communities indicate thermal restrictions on bees, but not flies, at high elevations

Lindsie M. McCabe, Neil S. Cobb, Bradley J. Butterfield

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7867 PubMed 31632853

October 8, 2019

Endemism and diversity of small mammals along two neighboring Bornean mountains

Miguel Camacho-Sanchez, Melissa T.R. Hawkins, Fred Tuh Yit Yu, Jesus E. Maldonado, Jennifer A. Leonard

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7858 PubMed 31608182

October 23, 2019

Manure application increased denitrifying gene abundance in a drip-irrigated cotton field

Mingyuan Yin, Xiaopeng Gao, Mario Tenuta, Wennong Kuang, Dongwei Gui, Fanjiang Zeng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7894 PubMed 31660271

October 1, 2019

Transmission efficiency of Cotton leaf curl Multan virus by three cryptic species of Bemisia tabaci complex in cotton cultivars

Ting Chen, Qamar Saeed, Zifu He, Lihua Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7788 PubMed 31592168

October 31, 2019

Overexpression of MdIAA9 confers high tolerance to osmotic stress in transgenic tobacco

Dong Huang, Qian Wang, Dingyue Duan, Qinglong Dong, Shuang Zhao, Maoxue Zhang, Guangquan Jing, Changhai Liu, Steve van Nocker, Fengwang Ma, Chao Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7935 PubMed 31687272

October 8, 2019

Fluctuation and diversity of Hydromedusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) in a highly productive region of the Gulf of Mexico inferred from high frequency plankton sampling

Sarah Pruski, Maria Pia Miglietta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7848 PubMed 31608180

October 11, 2019

Natural stable isotope ratios and fatty acid profiles of estuarine tidal flat nematodes reveal very limited niche overlap among co-occurring species

Xiuqin Wu, Tania Campinas Bezerra, Dirk Van Gansbeke, Tom Moens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7864 PubMed 31616602

October 29, 2019

Spatial structure undermines parasite suppression by gene drive cargo

James J. Bull, Christopher H. Remien, Richard Gomulkiewicz, Stephen M. Krone

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7921 PubMed 31681512

October 15, 2019

Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul: managing threatened predators of endangered and declining prey species

Zeke Davidson, Marc Dupuis-Desormeaux, Arjun Dheer, Laura Pratt, Elizabeth Preston, Saibala Gilicho, Mary Mwololo, Geoffrey Chege, Suzanne E. MacDonald, C Patrick Doncaster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7916 PubMed 31637142

October 1, 2019

Plant community recovery from intense deer grazing depends on reduction of graminoids and the time after exclosure installation in a semi-natural grassland

Chiaki Otsu, Hayato Iijima, Takuo Nagaike

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7833 PubMed 31592180

October 14, 2019

The planktonic stages of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) are tolerant of end-of-century pCO₂ concentrations

Cameron R.S. Thompson, David M. Fields, Reidun M. Bjelland, Vera B.S. Chan, Caroline M.F. Durif, Andrew Mount, Jeffrey A. Runge, Steven D. Shema, Anne Berit Skiftesvik, Howard I. Browman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7810 PubMed 31632848

October 14, 2019

Artificial substrata increase pond farming density of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) by increasing the bacteria that participate in nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in pond water

Zhifei Li, Guangjun Wang, Ermeng Yu, Kai Zhang, Deguang Yu, Wangbao Gong, Jun Xie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7906 PubMed 31632857

October 17, 2019

Relationships between key functional traits of the waterlily Nuphar lutea and wetland nutrient content

Charles P. Henriot, Quentin Cuenot, Lise-Hélène Levrey, Christophe Loup, Landry Chiarello, Hélène Masclaux, Gudrun Bornette

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7861 PubMed 31637127

October 22, 2019

The role of ambient temperature and body mass on body temperature, standard metabolic rate and evaporative water loss in southern African anurans of different habitat specialisation

Mohlamatsane Mokhatla, John Measey, Ben Smit