Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 13, 2021

Dung beetles as samplers of mammals in Malaysian Borneo—a test of high throughput metabarcoding of iDNA

Rosie Drinkwater, Joseph Williamson, Elizabeth L. Clare, Arthur Y.C. Chung, Stephen J. Rossiter, Eleanor Slade

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11897 PubMed 34447624

August 13, 2021

Living shorelines achieve functional equivalence to natural fringe marshes across multiple ecological metrics

Robert E. Isdell, Donna Marie Bilkovic, Amanda G. Guthrie, Molly M. Mitchell, Randolph M. Chambers, Matthias Leu, Carl Hershner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11815 PubMed 34447620

August 27, 2021

Low winter precipitation, but not warm autumns and springs, threatens mountain butterflies in middle-high mountains

Martin Konvicka, Tomas Kuras, Jana Liparova, Vit Slezak, Dita Horázná, Jan Klečka, Irena Kleckova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12021 PubMed 34532158

August 11, 2021

Morphology of the genital organs of male and female giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Lilja Fromme, Débora R. Yogui, Mario Henrique Alves, Arnaud L.J. Desbiez, Marion Langeheine, André Quagliatto, Ursula Siebert, Ralph Brehm

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11945 PubMed 34447632

August 3, 2021

Impact of the the COVID-19 pandemic on a queen conch (Aliger gigas) fishery in The Bahamas

Nicholas D. Higgs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11924 PubMed 34414036

August 4, 2021

Genetic diversity and structure of the noble crayfish populations in the Balkan Peninsula revealed by mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA markers

Riho Gross, Leona Lovrenčić, Mišel Jelić, Frederic Grandjean, Simona Ðuretanović, Vladica Simić, Oksana Burimski, Lena Bonassin, Marius-Ioan Groza, Ivana Maguire

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11838 PubMed 34430076

August 19, 2021

Connectivity in Spanish metapopulation of Dupont’s lark may be maintained by dispersal over medium-distance range and stepping stones

Alexander García-Antón, Vicente Garza, Juan Traba

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11925 PubMed 34466286

August 27, 2021

Genetic diversity and structure of one of the most endangered freshwater fish species in Mexico: Tlaloc hildebrandi (Miller, 1950) and recognition of its evolutionarily significant units

Rosa G. Beltrán-López, Alfonso A. González-Díaz, Miriam Soria-Barreto, Marco Antonio Garduño-Sánchez, Carmela Xochitla-Castrejón, Rocío Rodiles-Hernández, Claudia Patricia Ornelas-García

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11952 PubMed 34532157

August 18, 2021

Avian extinctions induced by the oldest Amazonian hydropower mega dam: evidence from museum collections and sighting data spanning 172 years

Luiza Magalli Pinto Henriques, Sidnei Dantas, Lucyana Barros Santos, Anderson S. Bueno, Carlos A. Peres

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11979 PubMed 34466289

August 17, 2021

Estimating the impact of climate change on the potential distribution of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins with species distribution model

Jinbo Fu, Linlin Zhao, Changdong Liu, Bin Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12001 PubMed 34458027

August 6, 2021

A new Andean treefrog (Amphibia: Hyloscirtus bogotensis group) from Ecuador: an example of community involvement for conservation

Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig, Diego Batallas-Revelo, Callie Broaddus, Miguel Urgilés-Merchán, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Juan M. Guayasamin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11914 PubMed 34434655

August 31, 2021

Dongsha Atoll is an important stepping-stone that promotes regional genetic connectivity in the South China Sea

Shang Yin Vanson Liu, Jacob Green, Dana Briggs, Ruth Hastings, Ylva Jondelius, Skylar Kensinger, Hannah Leever, Sophia Santos, Trevor Throne, Chi Cheng, Hawis Madduppa, Robert J. Toonen, Michelle R. Gaither, Eric D. Crandall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12063 PubMed 34540369

August 19, 2021

A new species of Phrynoglossus Peters, 1867; Dicroglossidae) from southeastern Bangladesh, with comments on the genera Occidozyga and Phrynoglossus

Scott Trageser, Hassan Al-Razi, Marjan Maria, Fahimuzzaman Nobel, Md. Asaduzzaman, Shahriar Caesar Rahman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11998 PubMed 34466290

August 17, 2021

Reproductive aspects of the poorly known and critically endangered freshwater snail Heleobia atacamensis (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea)

Gonzalo A. Collado, Elizabeth Chihuailaf, Natalia Muñoz-Herrera, Manuel Contreras, Fernando Novoa, Moisés A. Valladares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11550 PubMed 34458016

August 31, 2021

Exploring private land conservation non-adopters’ attendance at outreach events in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA

Daniel J. Read, Alexandra Carroll, Lisa A. Wainger