Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

December 22, 2020

Supraspecific units in correlative niche modeling improves the prediction of geographic potential of biological invasions

Sandra Castaño-Quintero, Jazmín Escobar-Luján, Luis Osorio-Olvera, A Townsend Peterson, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Enrique Martínez-Meyer, Carlos Yañez-Arenas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10454 PubMed 33391868

December 2, 2020

Ixodes scapularis microbiome correlates with life stage, not the presence of human pathogens, in ticks submitted for diagnostic testing

Joshua C. Gil, Zeinab H. Helal, Guillermo Risatti, Sarah M. Hird

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10424 PubMed 33344080

December 15, 2020

Climatic niche comparison between closely related trans-Palearctic species of the genus Orthocephalus (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae)

Anna A. Namyatova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10517 PubMed 33362973

December 7, 2020

Neither ant dominance nor abundance explain ant-plant network structure in Mexican temperate forests

Brenda Juárez-Juárez, Mariana Cuautle, Citlalli Castillo-Guevara, Karla López-Vázquez, María Gómez-Ortigoza, María Gómez-Lazaga, Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo, Carlos Lara, Gibrán R. Pérez-Toledo, Miguel Reyes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10435 PubMed 33354422

December 7, 2020

Influence of montane altitudinal ranges on species distribution models; evidence in Andean blow flies

Mariano Altamiranda-Saavedra, Eduardo Amat, Luz Miryam Gómez-P

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10370 PubMed 33354415

December 3, 2020

Bacterial exposure leads to variable mortality but not a measurable increase in surface antimicrobials across ant species

Omar Halawani, Robert R. Dunn, Amy M. Grunden, Adrian A. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10412 PubMed 33344078