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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 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 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 18, 2019

The distribution and mitochondrial genotype of the hydroid Aglaophenia latecarinata is correlated with its pelagic Sargassum substrate type in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean

Annette F. Govindarajan, Laura Cooney, Kerry Whittaker, Dana Bloch, Rachel M. Burdorf, Shalagh Canning, Caroline Carter, Shannon M. Cellan, Fredrik A.A. Eriksson, Hannah Freyer, Grayson Huston, Sabrina Hutchinson, Kathleen McKeegan, Megha Malpani, Alex Merkle-Raymond, Kendra Ouellette, Robin Petersen-Rockney, Maggie Schultz, Amy N.S. Siuda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7814 PubMed 31637119

October 17, 2019

Fundamental niche unfilling and potential invasion risk of the slider turtle Trachemys scripta

Sayra Espindola, Juan L. Parra, Ella Vázquez-Domínguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7923 PubMed 31637143

October 15, 2019

Influence of phylogenetic structure and climate gradients on geographical variation in the morphology of Mexican flycatcher forests assemblages (Aves: Tyrannidae)

Gala Cortés-Ramírez, César A. Ríos-Muñoz, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6754 PubMed 31637112

October 25, 2019

Predicting the potential distribution of the endemic seabird Pelecanus thagus in the Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem under different climate change scenarios

Jaime A. Cursach, Aldo Arriagada, Jaime R. Rau, Jaime Ojeda, Gustavo Bizama, Anderson Becerra