Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 28, 2019

Multiple ecosystem services from field margin vegetation for ecological sustainability in agriculture: scientific evidence and knowledge gaps

Prisila A. Mkenda, Patrick A. Ndakidemi, Ernest Mbega, Philip C. Stevenson, Sarah E.J. Arnold, Geoff M. Gurr, Steven R. Belmain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8091 PubMed 31799074

November 27, 2019

Arboreal twig-nesting ants form dominance hierarchies over nesting resources

Senay Yitbarek, Stacy M. Philpott

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8124 PubMed 31799079

November 25, 2019

Assessment of North American arthropod collections: prospects and challenges for addressing biodiversity research

Neil S. Cobb, Lawrence F. Gall, Jennifer M. Zaspel, Nicolas J. Dowdy, Lindsie M. McCabe, Akito Y. Kawahara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8086 PubMed 31788358

November 5, 2019

Genomics of host-pathogen interactions: challenges and opportunities across ecological and spatiotemporal scales

Kathrin Näpflin, Emily A. O’Connor, Lutz Becks, Staffan Bensch, Vincenzo A. Ellis, Nina Hafer-Hahmann, Karin C. Harding, Sara K. Lindén, Morten T. Olsen, Jacob Roved, Timothy B. Sackton, Allison J. Shultz, Vignesh Venkatakrishnan, Elin Videvall, Helena Westerdahl, Jamie C. Winternitz, Scott V. Edwards

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8013 PubMed 31720122

November 21, 2019

Sequencing and analyses on chloroplast genomes of Tetrataenium candicans and two allies give new insights on structural variants, DNA barcoding and phylogeny in Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae

Lu Kang, Dengfeng Xie, Qunying Xiao, Chang Peng, Yan Yu, Xingjin He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8063 PubMed 31772837

November 6, 2019

Effects of afforestation on water resource variations in the Inner Mongolian Plateau

Qiang Xiao, Yang Xiao, Ying Luo, Changsu Song, Jiacheng Bi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7525 PubMed 31720093

November 26, 2019

Complete mitogenome of Olidiana ritcheriina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and phylogeny of Cicadellidae

Xian-Yi Wang, Jia-Jia Wang, Zhi-Hua Fan, Ren-Huai Dai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8072 PubMed 31788356

November 11, 2019

Alien species as a potential threat for Natura 2000 habitats: a national survey

Joanna Perzanowska, Joanna Korzeniak, Damian Chmura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8032 PubMed 31737451

November 18, 2019

Bibliographic revision of Mesacanthion Filipjev, 1927 (Nematoda: Thoracostomopsidae) with description of a new species from Jeju Island, South Korea

Raehyuk Jeong, Alexei V. Tchesunov, Wonchoel Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8023 PubMed 31763070

November 29, 2019

Taxonomic assessment of species of the genus Octopus from the northeastern Pacific via morphological, molecular and morphometric analyses

Mariana Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, César Augusto Salinas-Zavala, Francisco Javier García-Rodríguez, Jasmín Granados-Amores

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8118 PubMed 31803534

November 12, 2019

Revelation of genetic diversity and structure of wild Elymus excelsus (Poaceae: Triticeae) collection from western China by SSR markers

Yanli Xiong, Wenhui Liu, Yi Xiong, Qingqing Yu, Xiao Ma, Xiong Lei, Xinquan Zhang, Daxu Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8038 PubMed 31741794

November 13, 2019

Phylogenetic revision of the psammophilic Trogloderus LeConte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with biogeographic implications for the Intermountain Region

M. Andrew Johnston

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8039 PubMed 31741795

November 11, 2019

A combined morphological and molecular approach for hair identification to comply with the European ban on dog and cat fur trade

Alessia Mariacher, Luisa Garofalo, Rita Fanelli, Rita Lorenzini, Rosario Fico

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7955 PubMed 31737444

November 7, 2019

Classifying Oryza sativa accessions into Indica and Japonica using logistic regression model with phenotypic data

Bongsong Kim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7259 PubMed 31720092

November 7, 2019

Idiosyncratic changes in spring arrival dates of Pacific Northwest migratory birds

W. Douglas Robinson, Christina Partipilo, Tyler A. Hallman, Karan Fairchild, James P. Fairchild

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7999 PubMed 31720118

November 21, 2019

Rehabilitation time has greater influences on soil mechanical composition and erodibility than does rehabilitation land type in the hilly-gully region of the Loess Plateau, China

Leilei Qiao, Wenjing Chen, Yang Wu, Hongfei Liu, Jiaoyang Zhang, Guobin Liu, Sha Xue

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8090 PubMed 31772842

November 6, 2019

Enforced symmetry: the necessity of symmetric waxing and waning

Niklas Hohmann, Emilia Jarochowska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8011 PubMed 31720120

November 20, 2019

First-tier detection of intragenomic 16S rRNA gene variation in culturable endophytic bacteria from cacao seeds

Cleiziane Bispo da Silva, Hellen Ribeiro Martins dos Santos, Phellippe Arthur Santos Marbach, Jorge Teodoro de Souza, Valter Cruz-Magalhães, Ronaldo Costa Argôlo-Filho, Leandro Lopes Loguercio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7452 PubMed 31768299

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