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 24, 2020

Drought stress strengthens the link between chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and photosynthetic traits

Jie Zhuang, Yonglin Wang, Yonggang Chi, Lei Zhou, Jijing Chen, Wen Zhou, Jun Song, Ning Zhao, Jianxi Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10046 PubMed 33024649

September 16, 2020

Entomopathogenic fungi decrease Rhizoctonia disease in potato in field conditions

Oksana G. Tomilova, Elena M. Shaldyaeva, Natalia A. Kryukova, Yulia V. Pilipova, Natalia S. Schmidt, Viktor P. Danilov, Vadim Y. Kryukov, Viktor V. Glupov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9895 PubMed 32995085

September 9, 2020

KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept

Gaby Deckmyn, Omar Flores, Mathias Mayer, Xavier Domene, Andrea Schnepf, Katrin Kuka, Kris Van Looy, Daniel P. Rasse, Maria J.I. Briones, Sébastien Barot, Matty Berg, Elena Vanguelova, Ivika Ostonen, Harry Vereecken, Laura M. Suz, Beat Frey, Aline Frossard, Alexei Tiunov, Jan Frouz, Tine Grebenc, Maarja Öpik, Mathieu Javaux, Alexei Uvarov, Olga Vindušková, Paul Henning Krogh, Oskar Franklin, Juan Jiménez, Jorge Curiel Yuste

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9750 PubMed 32974092

September 30, 2020

Identification of areas of very high biodiversity value to achieve the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 key commitments

Iulia V. Miu, Laurentiu Rozylowicz, Viorel D. Popescu, Paulina Anastasiu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10067 PubMed 33062449

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 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 17, 2020

One becomes two: second species of the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) species complex is established on two Hawaiian Islands

Paul F. Rugman-Jones, Michelle Au, Valeh Ebrahimi, Akif Eskalen, Conrad P.D.T. Gillett, David Honsberger, Deena Husein, Mark G. Wright, Fazila Yousuf, Richard Stouthamer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9987 PubMed 32995100

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 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 8, 2020

Hypercarnivorous teeth and healed injuries to Canis chihliensis from Early Pleistocene Nihewan beds, China, support social hunting for ancestral wolves

Haowen Tong, Xi Chen, Bei Zhang, Bruce Rothschild, Stuart White, Mairin Balisi, Xiaoming Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9858 PubMed 33194358

September 18, 2020

Development of a noninvasive photograph-based method for the evaluation of body condition in free-ranging brown bears

Yuri Shirane, Fumihiko Mori, Masami Yamanaka, Masanao Nakanishi, Tsuyoshi Ishinazaka, Tsutomu Mano, Mina Jimbo, Mariko Sashika, Toshio Tsubota, Michito Shimozuru

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9982 PubMed 32999770

September 21, 2020

Nest-site selection and breeding success of passerines in the world’s southernmost forests

Rocío Fernanda Jara, Ramiro Daniel Crego, Michael David Samuel, Ricardo Rozzi, Jaime Enrique Jiménez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9892 PubMed 33005489

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 25, 2020

Dung beetle species introductions: when an ecosystem service provider transforms into an invasive species

Min R. Pokhrel, Stuart C. Cairns, Nigel R. Andrew

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9872 PubMed 33062417

September 3, 2020

Seed germination and early seedling survival of the invasive species Prosopis juliflora (Fabaceae) depend on habitat and seed dispersal mode in the Caatinga dry forest

Clóvis Eduardo de Souza Nascimento, Carlos Alberto Domingues da Silva, Inara Roberta Leal, Wagner de Souza Tavares, José Eduardo Serrão, José Cola Zanuncio, Marcelo Tabarelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9607 PubMed 32953255

September 18, 2020

Soil fungal networks are more sensitive to grazing exclusion than bacterial networks

Lingling Chen, Jiajia Shi, Zhihua Bao, Taogetao Baoyin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9986 PubMed 32999771

September 16, 2020

Community based actions save Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs and hatchlings flooded by rapid river level rises

Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski, James P. Gibbs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9921 PubMed 32995087

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