Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 10, 2022

An integrative taxonomic revision of slug-eating snakes (Squamata: Pareidae: Pareineae) reveals unprecedented diversity in Indochina

Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tan Van Nguyen, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Platon V. Yushchenko, Peter Brakels, Linh Hoang Nguyen, Hung Ngoc Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Nikolai Orlov, Gernot Vogel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12713 PubMed 35047234

January 13, 2022

ChiroVox: a public library of bat calls

Tamás Görföl, Joe Chun-Chia Huang, Gábor Csorba, Dorottya Győrössy, Péter Estók, Tigga Kingston, Kriszta Lilla Szabadi, Ellen McArthur, Juliana Senawi, Neil M. Furey, Vuong Tan Tu, Vu Dinh Thong, Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan, Emy Ritta Jinggong, Melissa Donnelly, Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran, Jian-Nan Liu, Shiang-Fan Chen, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Ying-Yi Ho, Heng-Chia Chang, Nurul-Ain Elias, Nur-Izzati Abdullah, Lee-Sim Lim, C Daniel Squire, Sándor Zsebők

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12445 PubMed 35070499

January 5, 2022

Effectiveness of antifungal treatments during chytridiomycosis epizootics in populations of an endangered frog

Roland A. Knapp, Maxwell B. Joseph, Thomas C. Smith, Ericka E. Hegeman, Vance T. Vredenburg, James E. Erdman Jr, Daniel M. Boiano, Andrea J. Jani, Cheryl J. Briggs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12712 PubMed 35036095

January 25, 2022

Seasonal and diel variations in the vertical distribution, composition, abundance and biomass of zooplankton in a deep Chilean Patagonian Fjord

Nur Garcia-Herrera, Astrid Cornils, Jürgen Laudien, Barbara Niehoff, Juan Höfer, Günter Försterra, Humberto E. González, Claudio Richter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12823 PubMed 35127292

January 14, 2022

Post-mortem enamel surface texture alteration during taphonomic processes—do experimental approaches reflect natural phenomena?

Katrin Weber, Daniela E. Winkler, Ellen Schulz-Kornas, Thomas M. Kaiser, Thomas Tütken

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12635 PubMed 35174011

January 27, 2022

Leopard and spotted hyena densities in the Lake Mburo National Park, southwestern Uganda

Aleksander Braczkowski, Ralph Schenk, Dinal Samarasinghe, Duan Biggs, Allie Richardson, Nicholas Swanson, Merlin Swanson, Arjun Dheer, Julien Fattebert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12307 PubMed 35127275

January 18, 2022

A new ancient lineage of ablepharine skinks (Sauria: Scincidae) from eastern Himalayas with notes on origin and systematics of the group

Zeeshan A. Mirza, Andrey M. Bragin, Harshal Bhosale, Gaurang G. Gowande, Harshil Patel, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12800 PubMed 35111410

January 11, 2022

Spatiotemporal variations in length-weight relationship, growth pattern and condition factor of Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert, 1935 in Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Quang Minh Dinh, Ton Huu Duc Nguyen, Tien Thi Kieu Nguyen, Giang Van Tran, Ngon Trong Truong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12798 PubMed 35070511

January 25, 2022

A newly recognized theropod assemblage from the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group; Cenomanian) and its implications for understanding Late Cretaceous Appalachian terrestrial ecosystems

Christopher R. Noto, Domenic C. D’Amore, Stephanie K. Drumheller, Thomas L. Adams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12782 PubMed 35127286

January 10, 2022

Tentacle patterning during Exaiptasia diaphana pedal lacerate development differs between symbiotic and aposymbiotic animals

Jason S. Presnell, Elizabeth Wirsching, Virginia M. Weis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12770 PubMed 35047238

January 13, 2022

Trophic niche but not abundance of Collembola and Oribatida changes with drought and farming system

Svenja Meyer, Dominika Kundel, Klaus Birkhofer, Andreas Fliessbach, Stefan Scheu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12777 PubMed 35070508

January 24, 2022

Almost all known sauropod necks are incomplete and distorted

Michael P. Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12810 PubMed 35127288

January 19, 2022

Effective asexual reproduction of a widespread soft coral: comparative assessment of four different fragmentation methods

Sohyoung Kim, Christian Wild, Arjen Tilstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12589 PubMed 35111389

January 21, 2022

Chondrochelia Guţu, 2016 (Crustacea, Peracarida, Tanaidacea, Leptocheliidae) from North America: new species, redescription and distribution using morphological and molecular data

Jani Jarquín-González, Luis F. Carrera-Parra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12773 PubMed 35116196

January 18, 2022

A review of the common crab genus Macromedaeus Ward, 1942 (Brachyura, Xanthidae) from China Seas with description of a new species using integrative taxonomy methods

Ziming Yuan, Wei Jiang, Zhongli Sha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12735 PubMed 35111395

January 20, 2022

Genetic diversity of indigenous guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) using microsatellite markers in northern Togo

Aïcha Edith Soara, Essodina Talaki, Guiguigbaza-Kossigan Dayo, Isidore Houaga, Kokou Tona, Mohammed Bakkali

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12637 PubMed 35116192

January 10, 2022

DNA barcoding and morphological identification of spiny lobsters in South Korean waters: a new record of Panulirus longipes and Panulirus homarus homarus

Sachithra Amarin Hettiarachchi, Ji-Yeon Hyeon, Angka Mahardini, Hyung-Suk Kim, Jun-Hwan Byun, Han-Jun Kim, Jong-Gyun Jeong, Jung-Kyu Yeo, Shin-Kwon Kim, Se-Jae Kim, Youn-Seong Heo, Jonathan Sathyadith, Do-Hyung Kang, Sung-Pyo Hur

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12744 PubMed 35047236

January 12, 2022

Extra high superoxide dismutase in host tissue is associated with improving bleaching resistance in “thermal adapted” and Durusdinium trenchii-associating coral

Jih-Terng Wang, Yi-Ting Wang, Chaolun Allen Chen, Pei-Jei Meng, Kwee Siong Tew, Pei-Wen Chiang, Sen-Lin Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12746 PubMed 35070504

January 18, 2022

Genome survey sequencing of the phyto-parasitic nematode Hoplolaimus galeatus

Xinyuan Ma, Paula Agudelo, Vincent P. Richards, J. Antonio Baeza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12749 PubMed 35111396

January 19, 2022

A survey of Cryptosporidium prevalence among birds in two zoos in China

Yaxian Lu, Tianchun Pu, Baohua Ma, Lixin Wang, Mengchao Zhou, Yu Chen, Xiuyun Li, Changming Zheng, Hetong Liu, Jinpeng Liu, Chunyu Guan, Hongyan Yu, Chunkuo Dai, Yuan Huang, Yuling Yang, Zhiwei Peng, Lei Han, Hongliang Chai, Zhijun Hou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12825 PubMed 35111415

January 5, 2022

Prior exposure to weathered oil influences foraging of an ecologically important saltmarsh resident fish

Ashley M. McDonald, Charles W. Martin, Guillaume Rieucau, Brian J. Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12593 PubMed 35036127

January 5, 2022

Beyond the prey: male spiders highly invest in silk when producing worthless gifts

Camila Pavón-Peláez, Valentina Franco-Trecu, Irene Pandulli-Alonso, Therésa M. Jones, Maria J. Albo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12757 PubMed 35036108

January 19, 2022

Effect of fire on the palatability of plants in an African woodland savanna: varying impacts depending on plant functional groups

Caroline Stolter, David F. Joubert, Nekulilo Uunona, Elise Nghalipo, Vistorina Amputu, Annika M. Felton