Zoological Science
Editors' Picks
26 May 2020
Descriptions of five new species of the salamander genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from eastern Mexico and the status of three currently recognized taxa
Nikolay Poyarkov –– This is a very important contribution to our knowledge on Chiropterotriton diversity and taxonomy.
14 May 2020
Effects of rumen bypass melatonin feeding (RBMF) on milk quality and mastitis of Holstein cows
Dunxian Tan –– The authors reported a new method to deal with the cow mastitis which is convenient and safe. If the results are confirmed, it is valuable for the diary farm to improve diary quality.
24 April 2020
A scoping review of determinants of performance in dressage
Eric Bauman –– This paper provides a well rounded review of the literature.
14 April 2020
Clinical applicability of the Feline Grimace Scale: real-time versus image scoring and the influence of sedation and surgery
Eric Bauman –– The article is novel and provides a starting place for a portfolio of like investigation.
16 March 2020
A multiplex centrality metric for complex social networks: sex, social status, and family structure predict multiplex centrality in rhesus macaques
Tjeerd Boonstra –– Using multilayer networks to better describe and understand animal social systems is a rapidly growing area of interest. This paper presents a novel approach for analyzing such data, and so offers a valuable contribution to its field.
11 March 2020
Acoustic divergence in advertisement calls among three sympatric Microhyla species from East China
Jia-Yong Zhang –– The paper is inferring to the acoustic divergence advertisement calls among three sympatric Microhyla species from East China.
6 March 2020
Effects of outdoor ranging on external and internal health parameters for hens from different rearing enrichments
Javier Alvarez-Rodriguez –– Eggs meeting consumer demands. This manuscript provides some pros and cons in outdoor laying hen production.
5 March 2020
Application of a high-quality, high-volume trap–neuter–return model of community cats in Seoul, Korea
Dorothee Bienzle –– The world-wide problem of how to handle non-owned cat populations remains unsolved. This article contributes meaningful information in that respect.
23 January 2020
Occurrence, ecological function and medical importance of dermestid beetle hastisetae
Joseph Gillespie –– Important contribution to the field that presents detailed information on the biology of an important human pest.
17 January 2020
Evolution of sexual size dimorphism in the wing musculature of Drosophila
Darren Williams –– Variation in courtship song between species may be a due to changes in structural or functional networks that pattern song …yet anatomical or physiological changes to muscles, that generate the song, may also contribute significantly. Evolving bodies to evolve behaviour......where the rubber hits the road! This elegant study opens up a fascinating area of research. 
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Behav Ecol Papers @BehavEcolPapers
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Mountain goat survival and mortality during a period of increased puma abundance in the Black Hills, South Dakota https://t.co/2OhlO7xdEk @thePeerJ https://t.co/KjmKtdEXTz
Behav Ecol Papers @BehavEcolPapers
17 hours ago
Proliferating activity in a bryozoan lophophore https://t.co/sMOj3RspgD @thePeerJ https://t.co/oEhj9GugXh
Érick de la Barrera @erickdlbm
18 hours ago
Our new paper on ball moss for biomonitoring CO (and CO2) pollution in the Valley of Mexico, just got published in @thePeerJ! "Isotopic biomonitoring of anthropic carbon emissions in a megalopolis" https://t.co/WVQ4DBkwrh https://t.co/tASHOtATK5
Ricardo Baldi @baldiricardo
21 hours ago
Describen tres nuevas especies de tuco-tuco para la Patagonia. Una de ellas está exclusivamente en Península Valdés https://t.co/Lt2uyfuVDT vía @thePeerJ
Carlos E Rezende @crezendeuenf
1 day ago
An article I handled as editor has been published today @thePeerJ https://t.co/Cp1q49izq3 #Ecology #EcosystemScience #MarineBiology #ClimateChangeBiology #SpatialandGeographicInformationScience
Jose Rangel @jrangel1988
1 day ago
Otra importante contribución al conocimiento de la ictiofauna neotropical publicado hoy en @thePeerJ:
Evolución tectónica de la Cordillera de los Andes y su efecto en la diversificación del género Pseudopimelodus:
@ https://t.co/BxFtZPXXwy #Biogeography #FreshwaterBiology
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @TomHoltzPaleo
2 days ago
Caodeyao, a new peculiar therocephalian https://t.co/wB1YNggnPa via @thePeerJ