Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Mimicry adaptation between egg-cowries and octocorals

Mixed ovoposition

August 2, 2016

Mimicry adaptation between egg-cowries and octocorals

Researchers measured whether the various camouflage patterns of egg-cowries matched the different coral species that they inhabited.

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August 9, 2016

A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination

Mark J.F. Brown, Lynn V. Dicks, Robert J. Paxton, Katherine C.R. Baldock, Andrew B. Barron, Marie-Pierre Chauzat, Breno M. Freitas, Dave Goulson, Sarina Jepsen, Claire Kremen, Jilian Li, Peter Neumann, David E. Pattemore, Simon G. Potts, Oliver Schweiger, Colleen L. Seymour, Jane C. Stout

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2249 PubMed 27602260

August 31, 2016

Joint estimation of crown of thorns (Acanthaster planci) densities on the Great Barrier Reef

M. Aaron MacNeil, Camille Mellin, Morgan S. Pratchett, Jessica Hoey, Kenneth R.N. Anthony, Alistair J. Cheal, Ian Miller, Hugh Sweatman, Zara L. Cowan, Sascha Taylor, Steven Moon, Chris J. Fonnesbeck

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2310 PubMed 27635314

August 18, 2016

Agricultural land-use change in a Mexican oligotrophic desert depletes ecosystem stability

Natali Hernández-Becerra, Yunuen Tapia-Torres, Ofelia Beltrán-Paz, Jazmín Blaz, Valeria Souza, Felipe García-Oliva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2365 PubMed 27602304

August 24, 2016

Effects of yearling, juvenile and adult survival on reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) demography

Isabel M. Smallegange, Isabelle B.C. van der Ouderaa, Yara Tibiriçá

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2370 PubMed 27635337