Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

July 29, 2021

Taxonomic and functional diversity of benthic macrofauna associated with rhodolith beds in SE Brazil

Patricia Sarcinelli Stelzer, Ana Carolina A. Mazzuco, Luiz Eduardo Gomes, João Martins, Sergio Netto, Angelo F. Bernardino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11903 PubMed 34395104

July 29, 2021

Population and distribution of wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand

Nyi Nyi Phyo Htet, Rattanawat Chaiyarat, Nikorn Thongthip, Panat Anuracpreeda, Namphung Youngpoy, Phonlugsamee Chompoopong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11896 PubMed 34395103

July 12, 2021

Inter- and intraspecific variation in the Artibeus species complex demonstrates size and shape partitioning among species

Brandon P. Hedrick

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11777 PubMed 34306832

July 15, 2021

Age, size and body condition do not equally reflect population response to habitat change in the common spadefoot toad Pelobates fuscus

Dan Cogălniceanu, Florina Stănescu, Diana Székely, Theodor-Sebastian Topliceanu, Ruben Iosif, Paul Székely

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11678 PubMed 34316392

July 23, 2021

How fish traits and functional diversity respond to environmental changes and species invasion in the largest river in Southeastern China

Li Lin, Weide Deng, Xiaoxia Huang, Yang Liu, Liangliang Huang, Bin Kang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11824 PubMed 34386304

July 23, 2021

Impacts of heat stress and storm events on the benthic communities of Kenting National Park (Taiwan)

Lauriane Ribas-Deulofeu, Vianney Denis, Pierre-Alexandre Château, Chaolun Allen Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11744 PubMed 34386301

July 20, 2021

Implications of the foliar phytochemical diversity of the avocado crop Persea americana cv. Hass in its susceptibility to pests and pathogens

Francisco J. Espinosa-García, Yolanda M. García-Rodríguez, Angel E. Bravo-Monzón, Ernesto V. Vega-Peña, Guillermo Delgado-Lamas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11796 PubMed 35070514

July 15, 2021

Relict groups of spiny frogs indicate Late Paleogene-Early Neogene trans-Tibet dispersal of thermophile faunal elements

Sylvia Hofmann, Daniel Jablonski, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Rafaqat Masroor, Joachim Schmidt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11793 PubMed 34316409

July 16, 2021

Stable isotope analyses identify trophic niche partitioning between sympatric terrestrial vertebrates in coastal saltmarshes with differing oiling histories

Sydney Moyo, Hayat Bennadji, Danielle Laguaite, Anna A. Pérez-Umphrey, Allison M. Snider, Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, Jill A. Olin, Philip C Stouffer, Sabrina S. Taylor, Paola C. López-Duarte, Brian J. Roberts, Linda Hooper-Bui, Michael J. Polito

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11392 PubMed 34316388

July 21, 2021

Predicted distribution of a rare and understudied forest carnivore: Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis)

Katie M. Moriarty, Joel Thompson, Matthew Delheimer, Brent R. Barry, Mark Linnell, Taal Levi, Keith Hamm, Desiree Early, Holly Gamblin, Micaela Szykman Gunther, Jordan Ellison, Janet S. Prevéy, Jennifer Hartman, Raymond Davis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11670 PubMed 34434640

July 22, 2021

Alterations to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition is driven by warming at specific elevations

Mei Yang, Zhaoyong Shi, Bede S. Mickan, Mengge Zhang, Libing Cao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11792 PubMed 34327058

July 26, 2021

A bright idea—metabarcoding arthropods from light fixtures

Vasco Elbrecht, Angie Lindner, Laura Manerus, Dirk Steinke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11841 PubMed 34395083

July 5, 2021

Geographic distribution modeling and taxonomy of Stephadiscus lyratus (Cothouny in Gould, 1846) (Charopidae) reveal potential distributional areas of the species along the Patagonian Forests

Maria Gabriela Cuezzo, Regina Gabriela Medina, Carolina Nieto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11614 PubMed 34268007

July 2, 2021

Description of three species of ophioplinthacids, including a new species, from a deep seamount in the Northwest Pacific Ocean

Wanying Chen, Jieying Na, Dongsheng Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11566 PubMed 34249490

July 21, 2021

A star is torn—molecular analysis divides the Mediterranean population of Poli’s stellate barnacle, Chthamalus stellatus (Cirripedia, Chtamalidae)

Yaron Tikochinski, Sharon Tamir, Noa Simon-Blecher, Uzi Motro, Yair Achituv

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11826 PubMed 34327065

July 15, 2021

Assessing the diversity of whiteflies infesting cassava in Brazil

Cesar A.D. Xavier, Angélica Maria Nogueira, Vinicius Henrique Bello, Luís Fernando Maranho Watanabe, Tarsiane Mara Carneiro Barbosa, Miguel Alves Júnior, Leonardo Barbosa, José E.A. Beserra-Júnior, Alessandra Boari, Renata Calegario, Eduardo Silva Gorayeb, Jaime Honorato Júnior, Gabriel Koch, Gaus Silvestre de Andrade Lima, Cristian Lopes, Raquel Neves de Mello, Késsia Pantoja, Fábio Nascimento Silva, Roberto Ramos Sobrinho, Enilton Nascimento Santana, José Wilson Pereira da Silva, Renate Krause-Sakate, Francisco M. Zerbini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11741 PubMed 34316398

July 9, 2021

Where three snail species attach while emersed in relation to heterogenous substrate temperatures underneath intertidal boulders

Nathan Janetzki, Kirsten Benkendorff, Peter G. Fairweather

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11675 PubMed 34285831

July 28, 2021

Distribution and abundance of the land snail Pollicaria elephas (Gastropoda: Pupinidae) in limestone habitats in Perak, Malaysia

Thor-Seng Liew, Chee-Chean Phung, Mohamad Afandi Mat Said, Pui Kiat Hoo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11886 PubMed 34395099