PeerJ Preprints published in December 2016

• A comparison of least squares regression and geographically weighted regression modeling of West Nile virus risk based on environmental parameters

  Published

  Dec 24, 2016

  Authors

  1. Kala, Abhishek K
  2. Tiwari, Chetan
  3. Mikler, Armin R
  4. Atkinson, Samuel F

• Best beach front real estate: microhabitat segregation of sympatric species of geckos on Mo'orea, French Polynesia

  Published

  Dec 24, 2016

  Authors

  1. Zughaiyir, Ferris Eric-Hisham

• Impacts of deforestation on passerine avifauna in the Opunohu Valley of Mo'orea, French Polynesia

  Published

  Dec 24, 2016

  Authors

  1. ZoBell, Vanessa M.
  2. Furnas, Brett J

• A 20-year comparison of shrimp populations in the Opunohu Valley of Moorea, French Polynesia

  Published

  Dec 24, 2016

  Authors

  1. Goldstein, Ari H

• Self-management open online trials in health [SMOOTH] an analysis of existing online trials [Protocol]

  Published

  Dec 23, 2016

  Authors

  1. Price, Amy
  2. Burls, Amanda
  3. Vasanthan, Lenny
  4. Clarke, Mike
  5. Liew, Su May
  6. Brice, Anne

• Ten simple rules for considering preprints

  Published

  Dec 23, 2016

  Authors

  1. Bourne, Philip E
  2. Polka, Jessica K
  3. Vale, Ron D
  4. Kiley, Robert

• The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the ‘Comisión Científica del Pacífico’

  Published

  Dec 23, 2016

  Authors

  1. Breure, Abraham SH
  2. Araujo, Rafael

• A standard field protocol for testing relative disease resistance in Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis

  Published

  Dec 23, 2016

  Authors

  1. Miller, Margaret W
  2. Williams, Dana E

• The influence of predator type on ‘whirling’ defensive behavior of Pholcus ancoralis (Araneae, Pholcidae), a tropical web-building spider

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Striegel, Theodore

• The burrow morphology of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae): terminology and comparisons

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Baker, Edward

• Out of place: a study of the mangrove crab Cardisoma carnifex on Mo’orea, French Polynesia

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Johnson, Isabel L S

• Molecular cloning, sequence characteristics, and tissue expression analysis of the SLC35D3 gene in lean, obese and mini-type pigs

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Li, Wen-tong
  2. Liu, Ying
  3. Zhou, Rong
  4. Yang, Ya-lan
  5. Zhang, Yan-min
  6. Tang, Hui

• Conus bonus! Facilitation of Conus gastropods by invasive mangroves in Mo'orea, French Polynesia

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Witte, Eric C

• Molecular simulations for investigating the role of food polyphenols

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Scafuri, Bernardina
  2. Marabotti, Anna
  3. Facchiano, Angelo

• ­Vulnerability of parrotfish functional diversity and coral reef health in transitioning island socio-ecosystems

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Rice, Katherine R

• Metabolic responses of photosynthetic sea slugs to a changing environment

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Van Wert, Jacey C

• Distribution of carbapenemases and efflux pump in carbopenems-resistance Acinetobacter baumannii

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Qiu, Zhu-Qiang
  2. Zhu, Li-Jing
  3. Hou, Pan-Fei

• Divergent extremes but convergent recovery of bacterial and archaeal soil communities to an ongoing subterranean coal mine fire (updated)

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016 (v2), Sep 14, 2016 (v1)

  Authors

  1. Lee, Sang-Hoon
  2. Sorensen, Jackson W
  3. Grady, Keara L
  4. Tobin, Tammy C
  5. Shade, Ashley

• Sponge physiology: the effects of temperature on the regeneration and reaggregation of sponges (Haliclona reniera)

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Runzel, Charlotte C

• The thermal range of the cushion sea star, Culcita novaeguineae, distribution and its behavioral response to warmer waters

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Yokley, Alexandra G

• The effects of sound on the survivorship and embryonic development of a marine gastropod Stylocheilus striatus, (aplysiidae)

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Spankowski, Robert J

• The impact of archaeological clearing on secondary succession in a tropical rainforest

  Published

  Dec 21, 2016

  Authors

  1. Herbert, Allison J

• Models for exploring genome-fitness mapping in an introductory course

  Published

  Dec 19, 2016

  Authors

  1. Thompson, David

• Basal tolerance to heat and cold exposure of the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii

  Published

  Dec 19, 2016

  Authors

  1. Enriquez, Thomas
  2. Colinet, Hercé

• RelocaTE2: a high resolution transposable element insertion site mapping tool for population resequencing (updated)

  Published

  Dec 18, 2016 (v2), Sep 14, 2016 (v1)

  Authors

  1. Chen, Jinfeng
  2. Wrightsman, Travis
  3. Wessler, Susan R
  4. Stajich, Jason E.

• Ca²⁺ dynamics in zebrafish hyper-dorsalization of congenital anomaly

  Published

  Dec 18, 2016

  Authors

  1. Tsuruwaka, Yusuke
  2. Shimada, Eriko

• Species-specific pharmacology of maximakinin, an amphibian homologue of bradykinin: putative prodrug activity at the human B₂ receptor and peptidase resistance in rat

  Published

  Dec 17, 2016

  Authors

  1. Charest-Morin, Xavier
  2. Bachelard, Hélène
  3. Jean, Melissa
  4. Marceau, Francois

• Congregating behavior and response to resource distribution of the Green House Millipede, Oxidus gracilis

  Published

  Dec 17, 2016

  Authors

  1. Bulpitt, Gregory

• Strategies for biomedical software management, sharing, and citation

  Published

  Dec 17, 2016

  Authors

  1. Katz, Daniel S
  2. Niemeyer, Kyle E
  3. Smith, Arfon M

• The diversity weighted Living Planet Index: controlling for taxonomic bias in a global biodiversity indicator (updated)

  Published

  Dec 17, 2016 (v2), Jul 2, 2016 (v1)

  Authors

  1. McRae, Louise
  2. Deinet, Stefanie
  3. Freeman, Robin

• Drug discovery by integration of pharmacophore modeling, virtual screening and biological evaluation by means of bioinformatics resources

  Published

  Dec 17, 2016

  Authors

  1. Dotolo, Serena
  2. Facchiano, Angelo

• The qPMO network: quality management tools to improve research efficiency, reproducibility, data management and dissemination

  Published

  Dec 16, 2016

  Authors

  1. Bongiovanni, Antonella
  2. Liguori, Giovanna Lucia
  3. Colotti, Gianni
  4. Cirafici, Anna Maria
  5. Di Carlo, Marta
  6. Digilio, Filomena Anna
  7. Lacerra, Giuseppina
  8. Lanati, Antonella
  9. Mascia, Anna
  10. Kisslinger, Annamaria

• Characterization of fermented Okara powder and its effect on lipid oxidation of emulsion-type pork sausage during cold storage

  Published

  Dec 13, 2016

  Authors

  1. Tu, Chuanhai
  2. Zhang, Shanshan
  3. Zhang, Qiuqin
  4. Xiao, Yu
  5. Xing, Guangliang
  6. Dong, Mingsheng

• Defining and redefining its role in biology: Synthetic biology as an emerging field at the interface of engineering and biology

  Published

  Dec 12, 2016

  Authors

  1. Ng, Wenfa

• Spatiotemporal succession of ammonia-oxidizing archaea abundance and composition in a created riparian wetland

  Published

  Dec 9, 2016

  Authors

  1. Su, Yu
  2. Zhu, Guibing
  3. Wang, Baoling
  4. Wang, Yu
  5. Zhuang, Linjie
  6. Wang, Weidong

• A benchmark for evaluation of phylogeny reconstruction programs

  Published

  Dec 8, 2016

  Authors

  1. Spirin, Sergei

• Microbiome of the sexual scent organ of Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

  Published

  Dec 8, 2016

  Authors

  1. Gaona, Osiris
  2. Cerqueda-García, Daniel
  3. Martínez-Martínez, Daniel
  4. Moya, Andrés
  5. Falcón, Luisa I.

• Reptile diversity and community composition in the Puyango dry forest

  Published

  Dec 7, 2016

  Authors

  1. Ana, Acosta Vásconez
  2. Diego, Cisneros-Heredia

• Mapping and studying an urban red fox (Vulpes vulpes) population using social media

  Published

  Dec 7, 2016

  Authors

  1. Soysal, Ahsennur
  2. Hooper-Bui, Linda M
  3. Laws, Edward A

• Endosymbiont interference and microbial diversity of the Pacific coast tick, Dermacentor occidentalis, in San Diego County, California

  Published

  Dec 7, 2016

  Authors

  1. Gurfield, Nikos
  2. Grewal, Saran
  3. Cua, Lynnie S
  4. Torres, Pedro J
  5. Kelley, Scott T

• Genome sequencing and analysis of the genome of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain DLC-5, a heavy metal resistant strain from acid mine drainage in northeast China

  Published

  Dec 6, 2016

  Authors

  1. Chen, Peng
  2. Xu, Ruixiang
  3. Yan, Zheng
  4. Yan, Lei
  5. Wu, Zhengrong
  6. Wei, Yan
  7. Zhao, Wenbin
  8. Li, Hongyu

• European foulbrood in Czechia after 40 years: application of next-generation sequencing to analyze Melissococcus plutonius transmission and influence on the bacteriome of Apis mellifera

  Published

  Dec 6, 2016

  Authors

  1. Erban, Tomas
  2. Ledvinka, Ondrej
  3. Kamler, Martin
  4. Hortova, Bronislava
  5. Nesvorna, Marta
  6. Tyl, Jan
  7. Titera, Dalibor
  8. Markovic, Martin
  9. Hubert, Jan

• Cyberinfrastructure for an integrated botanical information network to investigate the ecological impacts of global climate change on plant biodiversity (updated)

  Published

  Dec 6, 2016 (v2), Dec 5, 2016 (v1)

  Authors

  1. Enquist, Brian J
  2. Condit, Rick
  3. Peet, Robert K
  4. Schildhauer, Mark
  5. Thiers, Barbara M.

• Prediction of pKa values for drug-like molecules using semiempirical quantum chemical methods (updated)

  Published

  Dec 5, 2016 (v2), Nov 1, 2016 (v1)

  Authors

  1. Jensen, Jan H.

• Metagenome sequencing and 98 microbial genomes from Juan de Fuca Ridge flank subsurface fluids

  Published

  Dec 1, 2016

  Authors

  1. Jungbluth, Sean P
  2. Amend, Jan P
  3. Rappé, Michael S