Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Dermestid beetles and flies on a skeletonized human skull

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Researchers conducted an extensive review to determine whether (and under which conditions) insects can be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved.

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August 15, 2017

Aura-biomes are present in the water layer above coral reef benthic macro-organisms

Kevin Walsh, J. Matthew Haggerty, Michael P. Doane, John J. Hansen, Megan M. Morris, Ana Paula B. Moreira, Louisi de Oliveira, Luciana Leomil, Gizele D. Garcia, Fabiano Thompson, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3666 PubMed 28828261

August 18, 2017

Shifting communities after typhoon damage on an upper mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan

Kristine N. White, David K. Weinstein, Taku Ohara, Vianney Denis, Javier Montenegro, James D. Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3573 PubMed 28828236

August 9, 2017

Reproductive biology and nectar secretion dynamics of Penstemon gentianoides (Plantaginaceae): a perennial herb with a mixed pollination system?

Lucía Salas-Arcos, Carlos Lara, Juan Francisco Ornelas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3636 PubMed 28828248

August 21, 2017

Population structure of Bathymodiolus manusensis, a deep-sea hydrothermal vent-dependent mussel from Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea

Andrew D. Thaler, William Saleu, Jens Carlsson, Thomas F. Schultz, Cindy L. Van Dover