Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 21, 2022

DNA metabarcoding reveals that coyotes in New York City consume wide variety of native prey species and human food

Carol S. Henger, Emily Hargous, Christopher M. Nagy, Mark Weckel, Claudia Wultsch, Konstantinos Krampis, Neil Duncan, Linda Gormezano, Jason Munshi-South

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13788 PubMed 36164598

September 5, 2022

Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) metabarcoding of Foraminifera communities using taxon-specific primers

Jan-Niklas Macher, Dimitra Maria Bloska, Maria Holzmann, Elsa B. Girard, Jan Pawlowski, Willem Renema

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13952 PubMed 36093332

September 16, 2022

Shifts in water column microbial composition associated to lakes with different trophic conditions: “Lagunas de Montebello” National Park, Chiapas, México

Alfredo Yanez-Montalvo, Bernardo Aguila, Elizabeth Selene Gómez-Acata, Miriam Guerrero-Jacinto, Luis A. Oseguera, Luisa I. Falcón, Javier Alcocer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13999 PubMed 36132223

September 7, 2022

First photographic evidence of oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris) at two locations in the Fiji islands

Luke Gordon, Tom Vierus

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13883 PubMed 36097525

September 29, 2022

A spectacular new species of Hyloscirtus (Anura: Hylidae) from the Cordillera de Los Llanganates in the eastern Andes of Ecuador

Juan P. Reyes-Puig, Darwin Recalde, Fausto Recalde, Claudia Koch, Juan M. Guayasamin, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Lou Jost, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14066 PubMed 36196397

September 8, 2022

Semi-field evaluation of human landing catches versus human double net trap for estimating human biting rate of Anopheles minimus and Anopheles harrisoni in Thailand

Chanly Yan, Jeffrey Hii, Ratchadawan Ngoen-Klan, Manop Saeung, Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13865 PubMed 36101880

September 16, 2022

Understanding the distribution and fine-scale habitat selection of mesocarnivores along a habitat quality gradient in western Himalaya

Meghna Bandyopadhyay, A. Cole Burton, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Ramesh Krishnamurthy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13993 PubMed 36132214

September 21, 2022

Exploring the trends of adaptation and evolution of sclerites with regards to habitat depth in sea pens

Yuka Kushida, Yukimitsu Imahara, Hin Boo Wee, Iria Fernandez-Silva, Jane Fromont, Oliver Gomez, Nerida Wilson, Taeko Kimura, Shinji Tsuchida, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Takuo Higashiji, Hiroaki Nakano, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Akira Iguchi, James Davis Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13929 PubMed 36164604

September 28, 2022

A phylogenetic analysis of Bromus (Poaceae: Pooideae: Bromeae) based on nuclear ribosomal and plastid data, with a focus on Bromus sect. Bromus

Akram Nasiri, Shahrokh Kazempour-Osaloo, Behnam Hamzehee, Roger D. Bull, Jeffery M. Saarela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13884 PubMed 36193423

September 28, 2022

Endangered plant species under differing anthropogenic interventions: how to preserve Pterygopleurum neurophyllum in Wondong wetland?

Seongjun Kim, Hwan-Joon Park, Chang Woo Lee, Nam Young Kim, Jung Eun Hwang, Byoung-Doo Lee, Hyeong Bin Park, Jiae An, JuHyoung Baek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14050 PubMed 36193426

September 19, 2022

Melanoleuca subgriseoflava and M. substridula—two new Melanoleuca species (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) described from China

Yue Qi, Cai-Hong Li, Yu-Meng Song, Ming Zhang, Hong-Bo Guo, Xiao-Dan Yu