Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

June 14, 2021

Expanding standards in viromics: in silico evaluation of dsDNA viral genome identification, classification, and auxiliary metabolic gene curation

Akbar Adjie Pratama, Benjamin Bolduc, Ahmed A. Zayed, Zhi-Ping Zhong, Jiarong Guo, Dean R. Vik, Maria Consuelo Gazitúa, James M. Wainaina, Simon Roux, Matthew B. Sullivan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11447 PubMed 34178438

June 1, 2021

Alien plants of Europe: introduction pathways, gateways and time trends

Margarita Arianoutsou, Ioannis Bazos, Anastasia Christopoulou, Yannis Kokkoris, Andreas Zikos, Sevasti Zervou, Pinelopi Delipetrou, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Ivan Deriu, Eugenio Gervasini, Konstantinos Tsiamis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11270 PubMed 34141463

June 25, 2021

Knowledge gaps hamper understanding the relationship between fragmentation and biodiversity loss: the case of Atlantic Forest fruit-feeding butterflies

Thadeu Sobral-Souza, Juliana Stropp, Jessie Pereira Santos, Victor Mateus Prasniewski, Neucir Szinwelski, Bruno Vilela, André Victor Lucci Freitas, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Joaquín Hortal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11673 PubMed 34239779

June 8, 2021

Sex- and age-specific variation of gut microbiota in Brandt’s voles

Xiaoming Xu, Zhibin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11434 PubMed 34164232

June 21, 2021

Grab what you can—an evaluation of spatial replication to decrease heterogeneity in sediment eDNA metabarcoding

Jon T. Hestetun, Anders Lanzén, Thomas G. Dahlgren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11619 PubMed 34221724

June 3, 2021

Spatial patterns and associations of tree species at different developmental stages in a montane secondary temperate forest of northeastern China

Jia Liu, Xuejiao Bai, You Yin, Wenguang Wang, Zhiqiang Li, Pengyu Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11517 PubMed 34141481

June 22, 2021

Spatial-temporal variability of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck 1819 populations and their accumulated sediment in northern Portugal

Catarina Ramos-Oliveira, Leandro Sampaio, Marcos Rubal, Puri Veiga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11499 PubMed 34221711

June 16, 2021

Factors affecting livestock depredation by snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Himalayan region of Nepal

Ajay Karki, Saroj Panthi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11575 PubMed 34178460

June 18, 2021

Evolutionary and ecological processes influencing chemical defense variation in an aposematic and mimetic Heliconius butterfly

Anniina L. K. Mattila, Chris D. Jiggins, Øystein H. Opedal, Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich, Érika C. Pinheiro de castro, W. Owen McMillan, Caroline Bacquet, Marjo Saastamoinen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11523 PubMed 34178447

June 18, 2021

Chemical defense in developmental stages and adult of the sea star Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis

Renato Crespo Pereira, Daniela Bueno Sudatti, Thaise S.G. Moreira, Carlos Renato R. Ventura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11503 PubMed 34178443

June 29, 2021

Vertical zonation of the Siberian Arctic benthos: bathymetric boundaries from coastal shoals to deep-sea Central Arctic

Andrey Vedenin, Sergey Galkin, Alexander N. Mironov, Andrey Gebruk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11640 PubMed 34249501

June 1, 2021

Changes in the stoichiometry of Castanopsis fargesii along an elevation gradient in a Chinese subtropical forest

Danping Liu, Dexiang Zheng, Yaoyao Xu, Yifei Chen, Hesong Wang, Ku Wang, Xiaoli Liao, Changxiong Chen, Jiangjiang Xia, Shaofei Jin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11553 PubMed 34131527

June 22, 2021

Host migration and environmental temperature influence avian haemosporidians prevalence: a molecular survey in a Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

Raquel A. Rodrigues, Gabriel M.F. Felix, Mauro Pichorim, Patricia A. Moreira, Erika M. Braga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11555 PubMed 34221715

June 30, 2021

The impact of PIT tags on the growth and survival of pythons is insignificant in randomised controlled trial

Patrick L. Taggart, Stephen Morris, Charles G.B. Caraguel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11531 PubMed 34249487

June 1, 2021

Oyster farms are the main spawning grounds of the black sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii in Hiroshima Bay, Japan

Kentaro Kawai, Hiroki Fujita, Gustavo Sanchez, Tetsuya Umino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11475 PubMed 34131521

June 10, 2021

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analyses of Lophodermella needle pathogens (Rhytismataceae) on Pinus species in the USA and Europe

Jessa P. Ata, Kelly S. Burns, Suzanne Marchetti, Isabel A. Munck, Ludwig Beenken, James J. Worrall, Jane E. Stewart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11435 PubMed 34178437

June 3, 2021

Multiscale patterns of isolation by ecology and fine-scale population structure in Texas bobcats

Imogene A. Cancellare, Elizabeth M. Kierepka, Jan Janecka, Byron Weckworth, Richard T. Kazmaier, Rocky Ward

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11498 PubMed 34141475

June 17, 2021

Shifting cultivation and hunting across the savanna-forest mosaic in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela: facing changes

Izabela Stachowicz, José R. Ferrer-Paris, Ada Sanchez-Mercado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11612 PubMed 34178472

June 4, 2021

Spondias mombin as a reservoir of fruit fly parasitoid populations in the Eastern Amazon: an undervalued ecosystem service

Maria do Socorro Miranda de Sousa, Ezequiel de Deus, Adilson Lopes Lima, Cristiane Ramos de Jesus, Salustiano Vilar da Costa Neto, Lailson do Nascimento Lemos, Ana Claudia Mendes Malhado, Richard J. Ladle, Ricardo Adaime

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11530 PubMed 34141484

June 18, 2021

Phytocenosis biodiversity at various water levels in mesotrophic Lake Arakhley, Lake Baikal basin, Russia

Gazhit Ts. Tsybekmitova, Larisa D. Radnaeva, Natalya A. Tashlykova, Valentina G. Shiretorova, Balgit B. Bazarova, Arnold K. Tulokhonov, Marina O. Matveeva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11628 PubMed 34178479

June 2, 2021

Bite force estimates in juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex based on simulated puncture marks

Joseph E. Peterson, Z. Jack Tseng, Shannon Brink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11450 PubMed 34141468

June 22, 2021

Bin Liu, Guohai Wang, Yuting An, Dandan Xue, Libo Wang, Changhu Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11672 PubMed 34221739

June 4, 2021

Response of the characteristics of organic carbon mineralization of soft rock and soil composed of sand to soil depth

Wanying Li, Zhen Guo, Juan Li, Jichang Han

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11572 PubMed 34141496