Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 28, 2020

No one-size-fits-all solution to clean GBIF

Alexander Zizka, Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Alice Calvente, Mabel Rocio Baez-Lizarazo, Andressa Cabral, Jéssica Fernanda Ramos Coelho, Matheus Colli-Silva, Mariana Ramos Fantinati, Moabe F. Fernandes, Thais Ferreira-Araújo, Fernanda Gondim Lambert Moreira, Nathália Michellyda Cunha Santos, Tiago Andrade Borges Santos, Renata Clicia dos Santos-Costa, Filipe C. Serrano, Ana Paula Alves da Silva, Arthur de Souza Soares, Paolla Gabryelle Cavalcante de Souza, Eduardo Calisto Tomaz, Valéria Fonseca Vale, Tiago Luiz Vieira, Alexandre Antonelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9916 PubMed 33062422

September 17, 2020

Wild meat hunting and use by sedentarised Baka Pygmies in southeastern Cameroon

Eva Avila Martin, Guillermo Ros Brull, Stephan M. Funk, Luca Luiselli, Robert Okale, Julia E. Fa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9906 PubMed 32995086

September 22, 2020

No Mow May lawns have higher pollinator richness and abundances: An engaged community provides floral resources for pollinators

Israel Del Toro, Relena R. Ribbons

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10021 PubMed 33024642

September 18, 2020

Assessing the responses of Sphagnum micro-eukaryotes to climate changes using high throughput sequencing

Monika K. Reczuga, Christophe Victor William Seppey, Matthieu Mulot, Vincent E.J. Jassey, Alexandre Buttler, Sandra Słowińska, Michał Słowiński, Enrique Lara, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Edward A.D. Mitchell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9821 PubMed 32999758

September 16, 2020

Density and diversity of macroinvertebrates in Colombian Andean streams impacted by mining, agriculture and cattle production

Ana M. Meza-Salazar, Giovany Guevara, Lucimar Gomes-Dias, Carlos A. Cultid-Medina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9619 PubMed 32995074

September 16, 2020

If you build it, they will come: rapid colonization by dragonflies in a new effluent-dependent river reach

Michael T. Bogan, Drew Eppehimer, Hamdhani Hamdhani, Kelsey Hollien

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9856 PubMed 32995082

September 7, 2020

Adaptations to cursoriality and digit reduction in the forelimb of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

Heather F. Smith, Brent Adrian, Rahul Koshy, Ryan Alwiel, Aryeh Grossman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9866 PubMed 33194359

September 8, 2020

Mechanisms of diversity maintenance in dung beetle assemblages in a heterogeneous tropical landscape

Jose D. Rivera, Benigno Gómez, Darío A. Navarrete-Gutiérrez, Lorena Ruíz-Montoya, Leonardo Delgado, Mario E. Favila

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9860 PubMed 33665001

September 14, 2020

Seasonal and successional dynamics of size-dependent plant demographic rates in a tropical dry forest

Irving Saenz-Pedroza, Richard Feldman, Casandra Reyes-García, Jorge A. Meave, Luz Maria Calvo-Irabien, Filogonio May-Pat, Juan M. Dupuy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9636 PubMed 32983631

September 15, 2020

Ground beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae) as an indicator of ongoing changes in forest habitats due to increased water retention

Emilia Ludwiczak, Mariusz Nietupski, Agnieszka Kosewska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9815 PubMed 32983638

September 24, 2020

Life history and habitat do not mediate temporal changes in body size due to climate warming in rodents

Aluwani Nengovhela, Christiane Denys, Peter J. Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9792 PubMed 33024624

September 23, 2020

A comparison of common metrics used to quantify the effectiveness of conservation interventions

Igor Khorozyan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9873 PubMed 33024627

September 8, 2020

Identification of priority shorebird conservation areas in the Caribbean

Jessica R. Cañizares, J. Michael Reed

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9831 PubMed 33194350

September 11, 2020

First report of lionfish prey from Western Florida waters as identified by DNA barcoding

Carlos A. Santamaria, James Locascio, Taylor M. Greenan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9922 PubMed 32974106

September 24, 2020

Distribution, habitat suitability, conservation state and natural history of endangered salamander Bolitoglossa pandi

Teddy Angarita-Sierra, M. Argenis Bonilla-Gómez, David A. Sánchez, Andres R. Acosta-Galvis, Hefzi Medina-Ovalle, Anggi Solano-Moreno, Simon Ulloa-Rengifo, Daniela Guevara-Guevara, Juan J. Torres-Ramirez, Sebastián Curaca-Fierro, Diego M. Cabrera-Amaya, Jhon A. Infante-Betancour, Luisa F. Londoño-Montaño, Diana X. Albarán-Montoya, Lesly R. Peña-Baez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9901 PubMed 33024630

September 14, 2020

Rediscovery of Cyperus flavescens (Cyperaceae) on the northeast periphery of its range in Europe

Paweł Marciniuk, Jolanta Marciniuk, Andrzej Łysko, Łukasz Krajewski, Justyna Chudecka, Janina Skrzyczyńska, Agnieszka Anna Popiela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9837 PubMed 32983639

September 4, 2020

Demographic and genetic characterization of harvested Corbicula fluminea populations

Weikai Wang, Xiongjun Liu, Noé Ferreira-Rodríguez, Weiwei Sun, Yanli Wu, Shan Ouyang, Chunhua Zhou, Xiaoping Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9657 PubMed 32953257