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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 17, 2019

A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)

592 downloads

7,742 views

Gavin J. Svenson, Henrique M. Rodrigues

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7886 PubMed 31656699

October 11, 2019

Realistic scenarios of missing taxa in phylogenetic comparative methods and their effects on model selection and parameter estimation

329 downloads

1,847 views

Rafael S. Marcondes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7917 PubMed 31616606

October 11, 2019

A new frog of the Leptodactylus fuscus species group (Anura: Leptodactylidae), endemic from the South American Gran Chaco

370 downloads

1,626 views

Rosio G. Schneider, Dario E. Cardozo, Francisco Brusquetti, Francisco Kolenc, Claudio Borteiro, Célio Haddad, Nestor G. Basso, Diego Baldo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7869 PubMed 31616603

October 29, 2019

Global marine biodiversity in the context of achieving the Aichi Targets: ways forward and addressing data gaps

2 citations

357 downloads

1,561 views

Hanieh Saeedi, James Davis Reimer, Miriam I. Brandt, Philippe-Olivier Dumais, Anna Maria Jażdżewska, Nicholas W. Jeffery, Peter M. Thielen, Mark John Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7221 PubMed 31681508

October 15, 2019

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

1 citation

275 downloads

1,109 views

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

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

October 21, 2019

Spatio-temporal patterns of the oceanic conditions and nearshore marine community in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (New Jersey, USA)

200 downloads

1,077 views

Juan C. Levesque

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7927 PubMed 31656706

October 11, 2019

An integrative approach to discern the seed dispersal role of frugivorous guilds in a Mediterranean semiarid priority habitat

219 downloads

1,011 views

Diana Carolina Acosta-Rojas, María Victoria Jiménez-Franco, Víctor Manuel Zapata-Pérez, Pilar De la Rúa, Vicente Martínez-López

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7609 PubMed 31620312

October 15, 2019

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

1 citation

420 downloads

869 views

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

294 downloads

866 views

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 22, 2019

Evaluating remote sensing datasets and machine learning algorithms for mapping plantations and successional forests in Phnom Kulen National Park of Cambodia

197 downloads

816 views

Minerva Singh, Damian Evans, Jean-Baptiste Chevance, Boun Suy Tan, Nicholas Wiggins, Leaksmy Kong, Sakada Sakhoeun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7841 PubMed 31660266

October 29, 2019

Microbial community structure analysis in Acer palmatum bark and isolation of novel bacteria IAD-21 of the candidate division FBP

205 downloads

766 views

Kazuki Kobayashi, Hideki Aoyagi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7876 PubMed 31681511

October 25, 2019

Automated, phylogeny-based genotype delimitation of the Hepatitis Viruses HBV and HCV

133 downloads

730 views

Dora Serdari, Evangelia-Georgia Kostaki, Dimitrios Paraskevis, Alexandros Stamatakis, Paschalia Kapli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7754 PubMed 31667012

October 4, 2019

The cuticle inward barrier in Drosophila melanogaster is shaped by mitochondrial and nuclear genotypes and a sex-specific effect of diet

1 citation

353 downloads

657 views

Wei Dong, Ralph Dobler, Damian K. Dowling, Bernard Moussian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7802 PubMed 31592352

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

165 downloads

606 views

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

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

October 4, 2019

Multiplexed ISSR genotyping by sequencing distinguishes two precious coral species (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Coralliidae) that share a mitochondrial haplotype

422 downloads

560 views

Kenji Takata, Hiroki Taninaka, Masanori Nonaka, Fumihito Iwase, Taisei Kikuchi, Yoshihisa Suyama, Satoshi Nagai, Nina Yasuda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7769 PubMed 31598424

October 7, 2019

Bees may drive the reproduction of four sympatric cacti in a vanishing coastal mediterranean-type ecosystem

233 downloads

557 views

Pablo C. Guerrero, Claudia A. Antinao, Beatriz Vergara-Meriño, Cristian A. Villagra, Gastón O. Carvallo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7865 PubMed 31608183

October 1, 2019

Bioprospection of biocompounds and dietary supplements of microalgae with immunostimulating activity: a comprehensive review

196 downloads

486 views

Arialdo M. Silveira Júnior, Silvia Maria M. Faustino, Alan C. Cunha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7685 PubMed 31592343

October 3, 2019

An application of PCR-RFLP species identification assay for environmental DNA detection

250 downloads

463 views

Takeshi Igawa, Teruhiko Takahara, Quintin Lau, Shohei Komaki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7597 PubMed 31592172

October 30, 2019

The effect of habitat changes along the urbanization gradient for breeding birds: an example from the Xiong’an New Area

189 downloads

427 views

Shilin Xie, Yuebo Su, Weihua Xu, Wenbo Cai, Xiaoke Wang, Fei Lu, Zhiyun Ouyang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7961 PubMed 31687278

October 14, 2019

Oomycete metabarcoding reveals the presence of Lagenidium spp. in phytotelmata

106 downloads

403 views

Paula Leoro-Garzon, Andrew J. Gonedes, Isabel E. Olivera, Aurélien Tartar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7903 PubMed 31632856

October 11, 2019

The dopamine receptor D₅ gene shows signs of independent erosion in toothed and baleen whales

127 downloads

386 views

Luís Q. Alves, Juliana Alves, Rodrigo Ribeiro, Raquel Ruivo, Filipe Castro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7758 PubMed 31616587

October 22, 2019

Identification of an ancestral haplotype in the mitochondrial phylogeny of the ovine haplogroup B

140 downloads

384 views

Paolo Mereu, Monica Pirastru, Mario Barbato, Valentina Satta, Eleftherios Hadjisterkotis, Laura Manca, Salvatore Naitana, Giovanni G. Leoni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7895 PubMed 31660272

October 18, 2019

Seasonal diversity of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) is more complex than thought: evidence from a tropical dry forest of Mexico

1 citation

122 downloads

347 views

José Guadalupe Martínez-Hernández, Angélica María Corona-López, Alejandro Flores-Palacios, Matthias Rös, Víctor Hugo Toledo-Hernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7866 PubMed 31637128

October 28, 2019

Demographic history and population genetic analysis of Decapterus maruadsi from the northern South China Sea based on mitochondrial control region sequence

162 downloads

339 views

Su-Fang Niu, Ren-Xie Wu, Yun Zhai, Hao-Ran Zhang, Zhong-Lu Li, Zhen-Bang Liang, Yu-Hang Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7953 PubMed 31681517

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Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Male Eupalaestrus weijenberghi

Kinematics of male tarantula locomotion

Male Eupalaestrus weijenberghi

Kinematics of male tarantula locomotion

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