Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

May 27, 2022

Animal reactivity to camera traps and its effects on abundance estimate using distance sampling in the Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire

Noël Adiko Houa, Noémie Cappelle, Eloi Anderson Bitty, Emmanuelle Normand, Yves Aka Kablan, Christophe Boesch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13510 PubMed 35651744

May 12, 2022

Quantifying phenological diversity: a framework based on Hill numbers theory

Daniel Sánchez-Ochoa, Edgar J. González, Maria del Coro Arizmendi, Patricia Koleff, Raúl Martell-Dubois, Jorge A. Meave, Hibraim Adán Pérez-Mendoza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13412 PubMed 35582616

May 31, 2022

Population genetics and demography of the coral-killing cyanobacteriosponge, Terpios hoshinota, in the Indo-West Pacific

Savanna Wenhua Chow, Shashank Keshavmurthy, James Davis Reimer, Nicole de Voogd, Hui Huang, Jih-Terng Wang, Sen-Lin Tang, Peter J. Schupp, Chun Hong Tan, Hock-Chark Liew, Keryea Soong, Beginer Subhan, Hawis Madduppa, Chaolun Allen Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13451 PubMed 35669953

May 27, 2022

Influence of DNA extraction kits on freshwater fungal DNA metabarcoding

Shunsuke Matsuoka, Yoriko Sugiyama, Mariko Nagano, Hideyuki Doi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13477 PubMed 35651749

May 10, 2022

Contrasting patterns from two invasion fronts suggest a niche shift of an invasive predator of native bees

Maria João Verdasca, Luisa Carvalheiro, Jesus Aguirre Gutierrez, José Pedro Granadeiro, Quentin Rome, Sebastien J. Puechmaille, Rui Rebelo, Hugo Rebelo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13269 PubMed 35573178

May 10, 2022

Effects of fire disturbance on species and functional compositions vary with tree sizes in a tropical dry forest

Kanokporn Kaewsong, Chia-Hao Chang-Yang, Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, Ekaphan Kraichak, Jie Yang, Zhenhua Sun, Caicai Zhang, Wenfei Li, Luxiang Lin, I-Fang Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13270 PubMed 35573170

May 9, 2022

Continuous video capture, and pollinia tracking, in Platanthera (Orchidaceae) reveal new insect visitors and potential pollinators

Genevieve E. van der Voort, Scott R. Gilmore, Jamieson C. Gorrell, Jasmine K. Janes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13191 PubMed 35573171

May 27, 2022

Sexual dimorphism in shell size of the land snail Leptopoma perlucidum (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae)

Chee-Chean Phung, Ming-Huei Choo, Thor-Seng Liew

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13501 PubMed 35651743