Welcome to your community’s home at PeerJ. Sections are community led and exemplify a research community’s shared values, norms and interests. The citation average is 4.9 (view impact metrics).
29,140 Followers

Section Highlights View all Zoological Science articles

Do pheromone traps help to reduce new attacks of Ips typographus at the local scale after a sanitary cut?
"Kuhn and colleagues evaluate the efficiency of pheromone traps for reducing damages caused by the spruce bark beetle."
Joseph Gillespie, Handling Editor
RNA sequencing-based identification of microRNAs in the antler cartilage of Gansu red deer (Cervus elaphus kansuensis)
"This manuscript describes a well planned study on the red deer. The data presentation and analysis was excellent which may be helpful to initiate similar studies with other species. Genetic study presented is very good and will help to understand the mechanism of antler growth."
Mahendra Tomar, Handling Editor
Have female twisted-wing parasites (Insecta: Strepsiptera) evolved tolerance traits as response to traumatic penetration?
"Jandausch and colleagues use clever experiments to reveal heretofore unknown properties of the sexual behaviors and evolution of an obscure insect order."
Joseph Gillespie, Handling Editor
A comparison of non-surgical methods for sexing young gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)
"Any tool that can increase our knowledge of how climate change affects populations is useful."
Whitney Kistler, Handling Editor
Long forgotten: Eunice woodwardi Baird, 1869 (Annelida, Eunicidae) revisited, with an insight on internal anatomy
"The manuscript compiles information on an unicid species from Europe and revalidates a species, closing up a confusion on the topic"
Diogo Provete, Handling Editor
Geometric morphometrics as a tool to understand biogeographical and evolutionary patterns in crane fly genus Ischnotoma Skuse (Diptera, Tipulidae)
"Great reviewe, quick and detailed"
Tony Robillard, Handling Editor
Positively selected genes in the hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) lineage: prominence of thymus expression, immune and metabolic function, and regions of ancient synteny
"This is a thorough analysis of a bat genome highlighting genes under selection. It will a significant reference for both bat biologists and evolutionary biologists in general."
Madhava Meegaskumbura, Handling Editor
A synergistic, global approach to revising the trypanorhynch tapeworm family Rhinoptericolidae (Trypanobatoida)
"An excellent work, probably the major work on this family of cestodes for the next decade or decades."
Jean-Lou Justine, Handling Editor
Adult bonobos show no prosociality in both prosocial choice task and group service paradigm
"This paper nicely shows the merits of testing a species in multiple paradigms, before reaching conclusions."
Jorg Massen, Handling Editor
An integrative taxonomic revision of slug-eating snakes (Squamata: Pareidae: Pareineae) reveals unprecedented diversity in Indochina
"Slug-eating snakes are an understudied group of snakes specialized in feeding on terrestrial mollusks. It is a taxonomically challenging group of snakes to study. The authors present a phylogeny of the subfamily of the known species and several new species. They use an integrative approach in the context of the General Lineage Concept in describing the species. Hence this thorough body of work is a major contribution to the understanding of these snakes."
Madhava Meegaskumbura, Handling Editor
29,140 Followers

Section Editors

Section Editors provide editorial oversight and community leadership, ensuring a fair and consistent peer review process, and the highest standards of scientific practice in their fields.