Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

December 21, 2016

Hairiness: the missing link between pollinators and pollination

Jamie R. Stavert, Gustavo Liñán-Cembrano, Jacqueline R. Beggs, Brad G. Howlett, David E. Pattemore, Ignasi Bartomeus

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2779 PubMed 28028464

December 7, 2016

Meta-analysis reveals that seed-applied neonicotinoids and pyrethroids have similar negative effects on abundance of arthropod natural enemies

Margaret R. Douglas, John F. Tooker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2776 PubMed 27957400

December 6, 2016

Ten genes and two topologies: an exploration of higher relationships in skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae)

Ranjit Kumar Sahoo, Andrew D. Warren, Niklas Wahlberg, Andrew V. Z. Brower, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2653 PubMed 27957386

December 21, 2016

Deciphering the preservation of fossil insects: a case study from the Crato Member, Early Cretaceous of Brazil

Gabriel Ladeira Osés, Setembrino Petri, Bruno Becker-Kerber, Guilherme Raffaeli Romero, Marcia de Almeida Rizzutto, Fabio Rodrigues, Douglas Galante, Tiago Fiorini da Silva, Jessica F. Curado, Elidiane Cipriano Rangel, Rafael Parra Ribeiro, Mírian Liza Alves Forancelli Pacheco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2756 PubMed 28028459

December 13, 2016

Malagasy Conostigmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) and the secret of scutes

István Mikó, Carolyn Trietsch, Emily L. Sandall, Matthew Jon Yoder, Heather Hines, Andrew Robert Deans

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2682 PubMed 27994960

December 13, 2016

The effect of changing topography on the coordinated marching of locust nymphs

Guy Amichay, Gil Ariel, Amir Ayali

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2742 PubMed 27994966

December 7, 2016

Pests, diseases and crop protection practices in the smallholder sweetpotato production system of the highlands of Papua New Guinea

Geoff M. Gurr, Jian Liu, Anne C. Johnson, Deane N. Woruba, Gunnar Kirchhof, Ryosuke Fujinuma, William Sirabis, Yapo Jeffery, Ramakrishna Akkinapally