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September 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Environmental Sciences Articles)

Greater reproductive investment, but shorter lifespan, in agrosystem than in natural-habitat toads

Natterjack toads

September 12, 2017

Greater reproductive investment, but shorter lifespan, in agrosystem than in natural-habitat toads

In an effort to understand the factors behind the global decline in amphibians, researchers compared age, body size, and different indicators of reproductive investment, as well as prey availability, in natterjack toads from managed agrosystems and adjacent natural pine groves in Southwestern Spain.

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September 29, 2017

Effect of the environment on horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and archaea

Clara A. Fuchsman, Roy Eric Collins, Gabrielle Rocap, William J. Brazelton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3865 PubMed 28975058

September 12, 2017

Comparison of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the serum of hypothyroxinemic and euthyroid dogs

Grace Lau, Kyla Walter, Philip Kass, Birgit Puschner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3780 PubMed 28924500

September 8, 2017

Age, growth, mortality and reproductive seasonality of jolthead porgy, Calamus bajonado, from Florida waters

Michael L. Burton, Jennifer C. Potts, Jordan Page, Ariel Poholek