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February 2021

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

February 25, 2021

A community perspective on the concept of marine holobionts: current status, challenges, and future directions

Simon M. Dittami, Enrique Arboleda, Jean-Christophe Auguet, Arite Bigalke, Enora Briand, Paco Cárdenas, Ulisse Cardini, Johan Decelle, Aschwin H. Engelen, Damien Eveillard, Claire M.M. Gachon, Sarah M. Griffiths, Tilmann Harder, Ehsan Kayal, Elena Kazamia, François H. Lallier, Mónica Medina, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Teresa Maria Morganti, Laura Núñez Pons, Soizic Prado, José Pintado, Mahasweta Saha, Marc-André Selosse, Derek Skillings, Willem Stock, Shinichi Sunagawa, Eve Toulza, Alexey Vorobev, Catherine Leblanc, Fabrice Not

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10911 PubMed 33665032

February 12, 2021

The effect of ethanol concentration on the morphological and molecular preservation of insects for biodiversity studies

Daniel Marquina, Mateusz Buczek, Fredrik Ronquist, Piotr Łukasik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10799 PubMed 33614282

February 16, 2021

Sugarcane/peanut intercropping system improves physicochemical properties by changing N and P cycling and organic matter turnover in root zone soil

Xiumei Tang, Yixin Zhang, Jing Jiang, Xiuzhen Meng, Zhipeng Huang, Haining Wu, Liangqiong He, Faqian Xiong, Jing Liu, Ruichun Zhong, Zhuqiang Han, Ronghua Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10880 PubMed 33628642

February 2, 2021

Local dynamics of a white syndrome outbreak and changes in the microbial community associated with colonies of the scleractinian brain coral Pseudodiploria strigosa

Patricia E. Thome, Jacqueline Rivera-Ortega, Jenny C. Rodríguez-Villalobos, Daniel Cerqueda-García, Edgar O. Guzmán-Urieta, José Q. García-Maldonado, Natalia Carabantes, Eric Jordán-Dahlgren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10695 PubMed 33604172

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

Assessment of the impact of land use in an agricultural catchment area on water quality of lowland rivers

Jerzy M. Kupiec, Ryszard Staniszewski, Szymon Jusik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10564 PubMed 33643698

February 4, 2021

Fungal and bacterial communities of ‘Pinot noir’ must: effects of vintage, growing region, climate, and basic must chemistry

Kerri L. Steenwerth, Ian Morelan, Ruby Stahel, Rosa Figueroa-Balderas, Dario Cantu, Jungmin Lee, Ron C. Runnebaum, Amisha T. Poret-Peterson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10836 PubMed 33604194

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 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 11, 2021

Freshwater sponge hosts and their green algae symbionts: a tractable model to understand intracellular symbiosis

Chelsea Hall, Sara Camilli, Henry Dwaah, Benjamin Kornegay, Christie Lacy, Malcolm S. Hill, April L. Hill

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10654 PubMed 33614268

February 8, 2021

Rapid coral reef assessment using 3D modelling and acoustics: acoustic indices correlate to fish abundance, diversity and environmental indicators in West Papua, Indonesia

Mika Peck, Ricardo F. Tapilatu, Eveline Kurniati, Christopher Rosado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10761 PubMed 33614275

February 2, 2021

Taxonomic, functional and expression analysis of viral communities associated with marine sponges

Mary Nguyen, Bernd Wemheuer, Patrick W. Laffy, Nicole S. Webster, Torsten Thomas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10715 PubMed 33604175

February 2, 2021

Increased precipitation enhances soil respiration in a semi-arid grassland on the Loess Plateau, China

Yutao Wang, Yingzhong Xie, Gillian Rapson, Hongbin Ma, Le Jing, Yi Zhang, Juan Zhang, Jianping Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10729 PubMed 33604176

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 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 19, 2021

Higher bee abundance, but not pest abundance, in landscapes with more agriculture on a late-flowering legume crop in tropical smallholder farms

Cassandra Vogel, Timothy L. Chunga, Xiaoxuan Sun, Katja Poveda, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10732 PubMed 33643704

February 24, 2021

Characteristics of planktonic and sediment bacterial communities in a heavily polluted urban river

Heqing Huang, Jianhui Liu, Fanghui Zhang, Kangwen Zhu, Chunhua Yang, Qiujie Xiang, Bo Lei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10866 PubMed 33665025

February 16, 2021

Thick bark can protect trees from a severe ambrosia beetle attack

John M. Boland, Deborah L. Woodward

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10755 PubMed 33628637

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 23, 2021

Behavioral dominance interactions between Nicrophorus orbicollis and N. tomentosus burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Scott D. Schrempf, Kevin W. Burke, Jillian D. Wettlaufer, Paul R. Martin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10797 PubMed 33665013

February 26, 2021

Soil properties and root traits jointly shape fine-scale spatial patterns of bacterial community and metabolic functions within a Korean pine forest

Jialing Teng, Jing Tian, Guirui Yu, Yakov Kuzyakov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10902 PubMed 33680578

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 3, 2021

Effects of oxygen exposure on relative nucleic acid content and membrane integrity in the human gut microbiota

Mariia Taguer, Ophélie Quillier, Corinne F. Maurice

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10602 PubMed 33604166

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 10, 2021

Genome size versus geographic range size in birds

Beata Grzywacz, Piotr Skórka

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

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