Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 26, 2019

A rapid spread of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak in the Mexican Caribbean

Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Nuria Estrada-Saldívar, Esmeralda Pérez-Cervantes, Ana Molina-Hernández, Francisco J. González-Barrios

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8069 PubMed 31788355

November 5, 2019

Reconstructing the archosaur radiation using a Middle Triassic archosauriform tooth assemblage from Tanzania

Devin K. Hoffman, Hunter R. Edwards, Paul M. Barrett, Sterling J. Nesbitt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7970 PubMed 31720109

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 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 18, 2019

Host dietary specialization and neutral assembly shape gut bacterial communities of wild dragonflies

Rittik Deb, Ashwin Nair, Deepa Agashe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8058 PubMed 31763071

November 4, 2019

Characterization of the acoustic community of vocal fishes in the Azores

Rita Carriço, Mónica A. Silva, Gui M. Menezes, Paulo J. Fonseca, Maria Clara P. Amorim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7772 PubMed 31720098

November 5, 2019

Endless forms of sexual selection

Willow R. Lindsay, Staffan Andersson, Badreddine Bererhi, Jacob Höglund, Arild Johnsen, Charlotta Kvarnemo, Erica H. Leder, Jan T. Lifjeld, Calum E. Ninnes, Mats Olsson, Geoff A. Parker, Tommaso Pizzari, Anna Qvarnström, Rebecca J. Safran, Ola Svensson, Scott V. Edwards

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7988 PubMed 31720113

November 12, 2019

Rethinking the lake trophic state index

Farnaz Nojavan A., Betty J. Kreakie, Jeffrey W. Hollister, Song S. Qian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7936 PubMed 31741785

November 4, 2019

A pilot study—genetic diversity and population structure of snow leopards of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, using molecular techniques

Samreen Aruge, Hafsa Batool, Fida M. Khan, Fakhar-i-Abbas, Safia Janjua

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7672 PubMed 31720096

November 22, 2019

Long-term study of behaviors of two cohabiting sea urchin species, Mesocentrotus nudus and Strongylocentrotus intermedius, under conditions of high food quantity and predation risk in situ

Peter M. Zhadan, Marina A. Vaschenko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8087 PubMed 31772840

November 15, 2019

Different nitrogen sources speed recovery from corallivory and uniquely alter the microbiome of a reef-building coral

Mallory M. Rice, Rebecca L. Maher, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Deron E. Burkepile

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8056 PubMed 31741802

November 7, 2019

Vector distribution and transmission risk of the Zika virus in South and Central America

Sarah Cunze, Judith Kochmann, Lisa K. Koch, Elisa Genthner, Sven Klimpel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7920 PubMed 31745446

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 5, 2019

Prey selectivity and the effect of diet on growth and development of a dragonfly, Sympetrum sanguineum

Pavla Dudová, David S. Boukal, Jan Klecka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7881 PubMed 31720101

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 7, 2019

Zooplankton communities in the Drake Passage through environmental boundaries: a snapshot of 2010, early spring

Andrey A. Vedenin, Eteri I. Musaeva, Daria N. Zasko, Alexander L. Vereshchaka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7994 PubMed 31720115

November 4, 2019

The effect of social information from live demonstrators compared to video playback on blue tit foraging decisions

Liisa Hämäläinen, Hannah M. Rowland, Johanna Mappes, Rose Thorogood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7998 PubMed 31720117

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

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 18, 2019

Acquisition of fungi from the environment modifies ambrosia beetle mycobiome during invasion

Davide Rassati, Lorenzo Marini, Antonino Malacrinò

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8103 PubMed 31763076

November 11, 2019

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

Joanna Perzanowska, Joanna Korzeniak, Damian Chmura