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March 2020

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

March 12, 2020

Differences of soil enzyme activities and its influencing factors under different flooding conditions in Ili Valley, Xinjiang

Yulu Zhang, Dong Cui, Haijun Yang, Nijat Kasim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8531 PubMed 32201637

March 11, 2020

Patterns of change in α and β taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in the secondary succession of semi-natural grasslands in the Northern Apennines

Lorenzo Lazzaro, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Daniele Viciani, Renato Benesperi, Vincenzo Gonnelli, Andrea Coppi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8683 PubMed 32201641

March 17, 2020

Climatic variation in Africa and Europe has combined effects on timing of spring migration in a long-distance migrant Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Magdalena Remisiewicz, Les G. Underhill

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8770 PubMed 32211237

March 9, 2020

Effects of auxin derivatives on phenotypic plasticity and stress tolerance in five species of the green alga Desmodesmus (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Wei-Jiun Lin, Han-Chen Ho, Sheng-Chang Chu, Jui-Yu Chou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8623 PubMed 32195045

March 25, 2020

Temporal changes in the most effective pollinator of a bromeliad pollinated by bees and hummingbirds

Roberta Luisa Barbosa Leal, Marina Muniz Moreira, Alessandra Ribeiro Pinto, Júlia de Oliveira Ferreira, Miguel Rodriguez-Girones, Leandro Freitas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8836 PubMed 32257647

March 4, 2020

From a calf’s perspective: humpback whale nursing behavior on two US feeding grounds

Jennifer E. Tackaberry, David E. Cade, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, David N. Wiley, Ari S. Friedlaender, Alison K. Stimpert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8538 PubMed 32181052

March 26, 2020

Rhizosphere bacterial and fungal communities during the growth of Angelica sinensis seedlings cultivated in an Alpine uncultivated meadow soil

Zhigang An, Fengxia Guo, Yuan Chen, Gang Bai, Zhengjun Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8541 PubMed 32257632

March 26, 2020

The impact of leopards (Panthera pardus) on livestock losses and human injuries in a human-use landscape in Maharashtra, India

Vidya Athreya, Kavita Isvaran, Morten Odden, John D.C. Linnell, Aritra Kshettry, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Ullas K. Karanth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8405 PubMed 32257629

March 25, 2020

Effects of afforestation with Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica plantations combined with enclosure management on soil microbial community

Jiaojiao Deng, Yongbin Zhou, Wenxu Zhu, You Yin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8857 PubMed 32257650

March 4, 2020

Recent advances on the estimation of the thermal reaction norm for sex ratios

F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, B. Alejandra Morales-Mérida, Catherine E. Hart, Jean-Michel Guillon, Matthew H. Godfrey, Erik Navarro, Marc Girondot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8451 PubMed 32181050

March 2, 2020

Vertical distribution of megafauna on the Bering Sea slope based on ROV survey

Elena Rybakova, Sergey Galkin, Andrey Gebruk, Nadezhda Sanamyan, Alexander Martynov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8628 PubMed 32175187

March 9, 2020

Predictive modelling of the distribution of Clematis sect. Fruticella s. str. under climate change reveals a range expansion during the Last Glacial Maximum

Mingyu Li, Jian He, Zhe Zhao, Rudan Lyu, Min Yao, Jin Cheng, Lei Xie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8729 PubMed 32195054

March 11, 2020

Trophic niches of a seabird assemblage in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia

Aymeric Fromant, Nicole Schumann, Peter Dann, Yves Cherel, John P.Y. Arnould

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8700 PubMed 32201643

March 20, 2020

The combined effects of temperature and aromatase inhibitor on metamorphosis, growth, locomotion, and sex ratio of tiger frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) tadpoles

Yun Tang, Zhi-Qiang Chen, You-Fu Lin, Jing-Yi Chen, Guo-Hua Ding, Xiang Ji

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8834 PubMed 32219039

March 27, 2020

Mixed effects of ecological intensification on natural pest control providers: a short-term study for biotic homogenization in winter wheat fields

Zoltán Elek, Jana Růžičková, Réka Ádám, Krisztina Bereczki, Gergely Boros, Ferenc Kádár, Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki, László Somay, Ottó Szalkovszki, András Báldi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8746 PubMed 32257638

March 13, 2020

Seed type, habitat and time of day influence post-dispersal seed removal in temperate ecosystems

Katja Wehner, Lea Schäfer, Nico Blüthgen, Karsten Mody

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8769 PubMed 32206451

March 10, 2020

Optimizing alfalfa productivity and persistence versus greenhouse gases fluxes in a continental arid region

Jiao Ning, Xiong Z. He, Fujiang Hou, Shanning Lou, Xianjiang Chen, Shenghua Chang, Cheng Zhang, Wanhe Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8738 PubMed 32195058

March 24, 2020

Identifying environmental drivers of benthic diatom diversity: the case of Mediterranean mountain ponds

Saúl Blanco, Adriana Olenici, Fernando Ortega, Francisco Jiménez-Gómez, Francisco Guerrero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8825 PubMed 32231886

March 9, 2020

Effects of diversity and coalescence of species assemblages on ecosystem function at the margins of an environmental shift

Jo A. Werba, Alexandra L. Stucy, Ariane L. Peralta, Michael W. McCoy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8608 PubMed 32195044

March 19, 2020

Contemporary diets of walruses in Bristol Bay, Alaska suggest temporal variability in benthic community structure

John M. Maniscalco, Alan M. Springer, Katrina L. Counihan, Tuula Hollmen, Helen M. Aderman, Sr., Moses Toyukak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8735 PubMed 32219025

March 19, 2020

Ship rats and island reptiles: patterns of co-existence in the Mediterranean

Daniel Escoriza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8821 PubMed 32219035

March 13, 2020

Top-down and bottom-up controls on an herbivore on a native and introduced plant in a tropical agricultural landscape

Emma Despland, Paola G. Santacruz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8782 PubMed 32206453

March 11, 2020

Revegetation pattern affecting accumulation of organic carbon and total nitrogen in reclaimed mine soils

Ping Ping Zhang, Yan Le Zhang, Jun Chao Jia, Yong Xing Cui, Xia Wang, Xing Chang Zhang, Yun Qiang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8563 PubMed 32201638

March 3, 2020

Chronic arsenate exposure affects amphipod size distribution and reproduction

Ioanna Visviki, Michael L. Judge

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8645 PubMed 32175189

March 27, 2020

Evaluation of δ¹⁵N analysis to trace the origin of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) to citrus orchard fertilization management

Francesc Gomez-Marco, Andrew Yoshimoto, W. Evan Braswell, Richard Stouthamer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8807 PubMed 32257642

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