Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 4, 2018

Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research

Alexandre Antonelli, María Ariza, James Albert, Tobias Andermann, Josué Azevedo, Christine Bacon, Søren Faurby, Thais Guedes, Carina Hoorn, Lúcia G. Lohmann, Pável Matos-Maraví, Camila D. Ritter, Isabel Sanmartín, Daniele Silvestro, Marcelo Tejedor, Hans ter Steege, Hanna Tuomisto, Fernanda P. Werneck, Alexander Zizka, Scott V. Edwards

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5644 PubMed 30310740

October 11, 2018

Virus discovery in all three major lineages of terrestrial arthropods highlights the diversity of single-stranded DNA viruses associated with invertebrates

Karyna Rosario, Kaitlin A. Mettel, Bayleigh E. Benner, Ryan Johnson, Catherine Scott, Sohath Z. Yusseff-Vanegas, Christopher C.M. Baker, Deby L. Cassill, Caroline Storer, Arvind Varsani, Mya Breitbart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5761 PubMed 30324030

October 17, 2018

Comparative systematics and phylogeography of Quercus Section Cerris in western Eurasia: inferences from plastid and nuclear DNA variation

Marco Cosimo Simeone, Simone Cardoni, Roberta Piredda, Francesca Imperatori, Michael Avishai, Guido W. Grimm, Thomas Denk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5793 PubMed 30356975

October 5, 2018

Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) illuminate the population genomics of a recent, high-latitude avian speciation event

Kevin Winker, Travis C. Glenn, Brant C. Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5735 PubMed 30310754

October 19, 2018

Continental-scale suppression of an invasive pest by a host-specific parasitoid underlines both environmental and economic benefits of arthropod biological control

Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, Prapit Wongtiem, Aunu Rauf, Anchana Thancharoen, George E. Heimpel, Nhung T.T. Le, Muhammad Zainal Fanani, Geoff M. Gurr, Jonathan G. Lundgren, Dharani D. Burra, Leo K. Palao, Glenn Hyman, Ignazio Graziosi, Vi X. Le, Matthew J.W. Cock, Teja Tscharntke, Steve D. Wratten, Liem V. Nguyen, Minsheng You, Yanhui Lu, Johannes W. Ketelaar, Georg Goergen, Peter Neuenschwander

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5796 PubMed 30364550

October 29, 2018

Effects of agricultural management on phyllosphere fungal diversity in vineyards and the association with adjacent native forests

Luis E. Castañeda, Toshiko Miura, Roland Sánchez, Olga Barbosa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5715 PubMed 30397540

October 17, 2018

Morphological characterization of virus-like particles in coral reef sponges

Cecília Pascelli, Patrick W. Laffy, Marija Kupresanin, Timothy Ravasi, Nicole S. Webster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5625 PubMed 30356950

October 2, 2018

Targeting restoration sites to improve connectivity in a tiger conservation landscape in India

Trishna Dutta, Sandeep Sharma, Ruth DeFries

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5587 PubMed 30310737

October 5, 2018

Trophic state (TSI_SD) and mixing type significantly influence pelagic zooplankton biodiversity in temperate lakes (NW Poland)

Łukasz Sługocki, Robert Czerniawski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5731 PubMed 30310753

October 4, 2018

A new limestone-dwelling species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Vietnam

Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tan Van Nguyen, Tang Van Duong, Vladislav A. Gorin, Jian-Huan Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5771 PubMed 30310757

October 23, 2018

Proteorhodopsins dominate the expression of phototrophic mechanisms in seasonal and dynamic marine picoplankton communities

Ella T. Sieradzki, Jed A. Fuhrman, Sara Rivero-Calle, Laura Gómez-Consarnau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5798 PubMed 30370186

October 16, 2018

Impacts of climate change on Capparis spinosa L. based on ecological niche modeling

Uzma Ashraf, Muhammad N. Chaudhry, Sajid R. Ahmad, Irfan Ashraf, Muhammad Arslan, Hassaan Noor, Mobeen Jabbar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5792 PubMed 30356932

October 16, 2018

Pushing the limits of whole genome amplification: successful sequencing of RADseq library from a single microhymenopteran (Chalcidoidea, Trichogramma)

Astrid Cruaud, Géraldine Groussier, Guenaëlle Genson, Laure Sauné, Andrew Polaszek, Jean-Yves Rasplus

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5640 PubMed 30356952

October 23, 2018

Seven new species of Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing the gills of Congolese cichlids from northern Lake Tanganyika

Chahrazed Rahmouni, Maarten P.M. Vanhove, Andrea Šimková

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5604 PubMed 30370182

October 9, 2018

Comparing shade tolerance measures of woody forest species

Jiayi Feng, Kangning Zhao, Dong He, Suqin Fang, TienMing Lee, Chengjin Chu, Fangliang He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5736 PubMed 30324021

October 10, 2018

Residue management alters microbial diversity and activity without affecting their community composition in black soil, Northeast China

Siyu Gu, Xingjun Guo, Yuetong Cai, Zehui Zhang, Shuai Wu, Xin Li, Huihui Zhang, Wei Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5754 PubMed 30324027

October 31, 2018

Do subterranean mammals use the Earth’s magnetic field as a heading indicator to dig straight tunnels?

Sandra Malewski, Sabine Begall, Cristian E. Schleich, C. Daniel Antenucci, Hynek Burda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5819 PubMed 30402349

October 25, 2018

Molecular assessment of Pocillopora verrucosa (Scleractinia; Pocilloporidae) distribution along a depth gradient in Ludao, Taiwan

Stéphane De Palmas, Derek Soto, Vianney Denis, Ming-Jay Ho, Chaolun Allen Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5797 PubMed 30386700

October 12, 2018

Epiphyte type and sampling height impact mesofauna communities in Douglas-fir trees

Alexander R. Young, Jesse E.D. Miller, John Villella, Greg Carey, William R. Miller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5699 PubMed 30345168

October 25, 2018

Estimation of antimicrobial activities and fatty acid composition of actinobacteria isolated from water surface of underground lakes from Badzheyskaya and Okhotnichya caves in Siberia

Irina V. Voytsekhovskaya, Denis V. Axenov-Gribanov, Svetlana A. Murzina, Svetlana N. Pekkoeva, Eugeniy S. Protasov, Stanislav V. Gamaiunov, Maxim A. Timofeyev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5832 PubMed 30386707

October 31, 2018

Uncovering hidden specific diversity of Andean glassfrogs of the Centrolene buckleyi species complex (Anura: Centrolenidae)

Luis Amador, Andrés Parada, Guillermo D’Elía, Juan M. Guayasamin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5856 PubMed 30402351

October 18, 2018

What is an archaeon and are the Archaea really unique?

Ajith Harish

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5770 PubMed 30357005

October 9, 2018

Do an ecosystem engineer and environmental gradient act independently or in concert to shape juvenile plant communities? Tests with the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata in a Neotropical savanna

Alan N. Costa, Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos