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October 2019

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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 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)

1 citation

887 downloads

9,760 views

Gavin J. Svenson, Henrique M. Rodrigues

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

October 11, 2019

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

2 citations

597 downloads

2,961 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 11, 2019

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

3 citations

462 downloads

2,224 views

Rafael S. Marcondes

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

October 29, 2019

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

4 citations

649 downloads

2,188 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 11, 2019

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

1 citation

458 downloads

1,613 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 22, 2019

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

2 citations

611 downloads

1,586 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 15, 2019

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

1 citation

418 downloads

1,541 views

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

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

October 8, 2019

Endemism and diversity of small mammals along two neighboring Bornean mountains

7 citations

499 downloads

1,453 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 29, 2019

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

436 downloads

1,438 views

Kazuki Kobayashi, Hideki Aoyagi

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

October 15, 2019

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

5 citations

645 downloads

1,405 views

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

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

October 21, 2019

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

1 citation

326 downloads

1,345 views

Juan C. Levesque

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

October 4, 2019

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

3 citations

679 downloads

1,092 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 25, 2019

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

1 citation

283 downloads

1,073 views

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

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

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

3 citations

283 downloads

1,038 views

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

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

October 4, 2019

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

3 citations

461 downloads

1,017 views

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

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

October 7, 2019

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

391 downloads

938 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

2 citations

523 downloads

872 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

1 citation

455 downloads

856 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

2 citations

448 downloads

818 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 22, 2019

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

2 citations

273 downloads

703 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 14, 2019

Oomycete metabarcoding reveals the presence of Lagenidium spp. in phytotelmata

260 downloads

702 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

3 citations

235 downloads

700 views

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

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

October 28, 2019

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

2 citations

310 downloads

609 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

October 18, 2019

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

3 citations

219 downloads

588 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

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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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