Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Brent B. Hughes, Kerstin Wasson, M. Tim Tinker, Susan L. Williams, Lilian P. Carswell, Katharyn E. Boyer, Michael W. Beck, Ron Eby, Robert Scoles, Michelle Staedler, Sarah Espinosa, Margot Hessing-Lewis, Erin U. Foster, Kathryn M. Beheshti, Tracy M. Grimes, Benjamin H. Becker, Lisa Needles, Joseph A. Tomoleoni, Jane Rudebusch, Ellen Hines, Brian R. Silliman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8100 PubMed 31844568

December 17, 2019

The interplay between movement, morphology and dispersal in Tetrahymena ciliates

Frank Pennekamp, Jean Clobert, Nicolas Schtickzelle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8197 PubMed 31871838

December 17, 2019

Exploring snake occurrence records: Spatial biases and marginal gains from accessible social media

Benjamin M. Marshall, Colin T. Strine

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8059 PubMed 31871833

December 3, 2019

The effect of diet on the structure of gut bacterial community of sympatric pair of whitefishes (Coregonus lavaretus): one story more

Mikhail M. Solovyev, Elena N. Kashinskaya, Nickolai A. Bochkarev, Karl B. Andree, Evgeniy Simonov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8005 PubMed 31824755

December 13, 2019

Invasive alien plants in Polish national parks—threats to species diversity

Anna Bomanowska, Wojciech Adamowski, Izabella Kirpluk, Anna Otręba, Agnieszka Rewicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8034 PubMed 31844565

December 17, 2019

Feeding intensity of insect herbivores is associated more closely with key metabolite profiles than phylogenetic relatedness of their potential hosts

Carole B. Rapo, Urs Schaffner, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, Hariet L. Hinz, William J. Price, Matthew Morra, John Gaskin, Mark Schwarzländer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8203 PubMed 31871839

December 4, 2019

The response of fine root morphological and physiological traits to added nitrogen in Schrenk’s spruce (Picea schrenkiana) of the Tianshan mountains, China

Lu Gong, Jingjing Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8194 PubMed 31824779

December 6, 2019

Environmental DNA detection and quantification of invasive red-eared sliders, Trachemy scripta elegans, in ponds and the influence of water quality

Aozora Kakuda, Hideyuki Doi, Rio Souma, Mariko Nagano, Toshifumi Minamoto, Izumi Katano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8155 PubMed 31824768

December 4, 2019

Rediscovery of Osteocephalus vilarsi (Anura: Hylidae): an overlooked but widespread Amazonian spiny-backed treefrog

Miquéias Ferrão, Jiří Moravec, Leandro J.C.L. Moraes, Vinicius T. de Carvalho, Marcelo Gordo, Albertina P. Lima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8160 PubMed 31824771

December 3, 2019

Effectiveness of water-saving technologies during early stages of restoration of endemic Opuntia cacti in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Patricia Isabela Tapia, Luka Negoita, James P. Gibbs, Patricia Jaramillo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8156 PubMed 31824769

December 13, 2019

Vegetation dynamic analysis based on multisource remote sensing data in the east margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Haijun Wang, Peihao Peng, Xiangdong Kong, Tingbin Zhang, Guihua Yi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8223 PubMed 31844592

December 3, 2019

Amino acids and acylcarnitine production by Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella sorokiniana microalgae from wastewater culture

Juan M. Ballesteros-Torres, Luis Samaniego-Moreno, Ricardo Gomez-Flores, Reyes S. Tamez-Guerra, Cristina Rodríguez-Padilla, Patricia Tamez-Guerra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7977 PubMed 31824754

December 16, 2019

Prey-tracking behavior and prey preferences in a tree-climbing firefly

Nozomu Sato

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8080 PubMed 31871834

December 18, 2019

Sipha maydis sensitivity to defences of Lolium multiflorum and its endophytic fungus Epichloë occultans

Daniel A. Bastías, Maria Alejandra Martínez-Ghersa, Jonathan A. Newman, Stuart D. Card, Wade J. Mace, Pedro E. Gundel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8257 PubMed 31976166

December 11, 2019

Soil and plant phytoliths from the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics at Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania)

Julio Mercader, Siobhán Clarke, Mariam Bundala, Julien Favreau, Jamie Inwood, Makarius Itambu, Fergus Larter, Patrick Lee, Garnet Lewiski-McQuaid, Neduvoto Mollel, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Robert Patalano, María Soto, Laura Tucker, Dale Walde

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8211 PubMed 31844589

December 11, 2019

Differential responses of the acidobacterial community in the topsoil and subsoil to fire disturbance in Pinus tabulaeformis stands

Weike Li, Xiaodong Liu, Shukui Niu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8047 PubMed 31844567

December 16, 2019

The fast–slow continuum of longevity among yellow-bellied toad populations (Bombina variegata): intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of variation

Alena Marcella Hantzschmann, Birgit Gollmann, Günter Gollmann, Ulrich Sinsch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8233 PubMed 31871841

December 3, 2019

Switching between standard coral reef benthic monitoring protocols is complicated: proof of concept

Henri Vallès, Hazel A. Oxenford, Alex Henderson