Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 16, 2021

Historical and current distribution ranges and loss of mega-herbivores and carnivores of Asia

Tariq Mahmood, Tuong Thuy Vu, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Faraz Akrim, Shaista Andleeb, Muhammad Farooq, Abdul Hamid, Nadeem Munawar, Muhammad Waseem, Abid Hussain, Hira Fatima, Muhammad Raza Khan, Sajid Mahmood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10738 PubMed 33628635

February 17, 2021

Scoping review of distribution models for selected Amblyomma ticks and rickettsial group pathogens

Catherine A. Lippi, Holly D. Gaff, Alexis L. White, Sadie J. Ryan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10596 PubMed 33643699

February 17, 2021

Density estimation of tiger and leopard using spatially explicit capture–recapture framework

Tahir Ali Rather, Sharad Kumar, Jamal Ahmad Khan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10634 PubMed 33643701

February 2, 2021

Tolerance of two anhydrobiotic tardigrades Echiniscus testudo and Milnesium inceptum to hypomagnetic conditions

Weronika Erdmann, Bogdan Idzikowski, Wojciech Kowalski, Jakub Z. Kosicki, Łukasz Kaczmarek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10630 PubMed 33604170

February 5, 2021

Assessing red deer hunting management in the Iberian Peninsula: the importance of longitudinal studies

Antonio José Carpio Camargo, Jose Barasona, Pelayo Acevedo, Yolanda Fierro, Christian Gortazar, Carlos Vigal, Ángel Moreno, Joaquin Vicente

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10872 PubMed 33604198

February 1, 2021

Seasonal patterns in nest survival of a subtropical wading bird, the Hawaiian Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni)

Kristen C. Harmon, Nathaniel H. Wehr, Melissa R. Price

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10399 PubMed 33585079

February 3, 2021

Offspring and adult chemosensory recognition by an amphisbaenian reptile may allow maintaining familiar links in the fossorial environment

José Martín, Ernesto Raya-García, Jesús Ortega, Pilar López

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10780 PubMed 33604182

February 1, 2021

Night of the hunter: using cameras to quantify nocturnal activity in desert spiders

Tamara I. Potter, Aaron C. Greenville, Christopher R. Dickman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10684 PubMed 33585081

February 3, 2021

Social behavior of musk deer during the mating season potentially influences the diversity of their gut microbiome

Jianmei Li, Wei Luo, Yudong Zhu, Qinlong Dai, Guoqi Liu, Chengli Zheng, Lei Zhou, Shengqiang Li, Zhu Chen, Jianming Wang, Dayong Feng, Kunlin Yang, Zhisong Yang, Lifeng Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10860 PubMed 33604195

February 10, 2021

Genome size versus geographic range size in birds

Beata Grzywacz, Piotr Skórka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10868 PubMed 33614292

February 11, 2021

Using natural history collections to investigate changes in pangolin (Pholidota: Manidae) geographic ranges through time

Emily Buckingham, Jake Curry, Charles Emogor, Louise Tomsett, Natalie Cooper

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10843 PubMed 33614289

February 25, 2021

Sheath-tailed bats (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from the early Pleistocene Rackham’s Roost Site, Riversleigh World Heritage Area, and the distribution of northern Australian emballonurid species

Tyler R. King, Troy J. Myers, Kyle N. Armstrong, Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand