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 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 13, 2022

PTC2 region genotypes counteract Biomphalaria glabrata population differences between M-line and BS90 in resistance to infection by Schistosoma mansoni

Michael S. Blouin, Stephanie R. Bollmann, Jacob A. Tennessen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13971 PubMed 36117535

September 23, 2022

Interelemental osteohistological variation in Massospondylus carinatus and its implications for locomotion

Kimberley EJ Chapelle, Paul M. Barrett, Jonah N. Choiniere, Jennifer Botha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13918 PubMed 36172498

September 15, 2022

On the move: spatial ecology and habitat use of red fox in the Trans-Himalayan cold desert

Hussain S. Reshamwala, Pankaj Raina, Zehidul Hussain, Shaheer Khan, Rodolfo Dirzo, Bilal Habib

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13967 PubMed 36128190

September 22, 2022

Population dynamics and resource availability drive seasonal shifts in the consumptive and competitive impacts of introduced house mice (Mus musculus) on an island ecosystem

Michael J. Polito, Bret Robinson, Pete Warzybok, Russell W. Bradley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13904 PubMed 36168433

September 26, 2022

Presence of leptin and its receptor in the ram reproductive system and in vitro effect of leptin on sperm quality

Yu Gao, Guodong Zhao, Yukun Song, Aerman Haire, Ailing Yang, Xi Zhao, Abulizi Wusiman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13982 PubMed 36187750

September 28, 2022

Do pheromone traps help to reduce new attacks of Ips typographus at the local scale after a sanitary cut?

Alexandre Kuhn, Louis Hautier, Gilles San Martin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14093 PubMed 36193434

September 23, 2022

Hidden interactions in the intertidal rocky shore: variation in pedal mucus microbiota among marine grazers that feed on epilithic biofilm communities

Clara Arboleda-Baena, Claudia Belén Pareja, Isadora Pla, Ramiro Logares, Rodrigo De la Iglesia, Sergio Andrés Navarrete

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13642 PubMed 36172502

September 2, 2022

Satellite remote sensing of environmental variables can predict acoustic activity of an orthopteran assemblage

Diego A. Gomez-Morales, Orlando Acevedo-Charry

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13969 PubMed 36071828

September 15, 2022

Bombardier beetles repel invasive bullfrogs

Shinji Sugiura, Tomoki Date

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13805 PubMed 36128194

September 16, 2022

Molecular and behavioral studies reveal differences in olfaction between winter and summer morphs of Drosophila suzukii

Timothy W. Schwanitz, James J. Polashock, Dara G. Stockton, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Diego Sotomayor, Greg Loeb, Chloe Hawkings

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13825 PubMed 36132222

September 13, 2022

High temperature mortality of Wolbachia impacts the sex ratio of the parasitoid Ooencyrtus mirus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

Nancy R. Power, Paul F. Rugman-Jones, Richard Stouthamer, Fatemeh Ganjisaffar, Thomas M. Perring

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13912 PubMed 36117539

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 13, 2022

The effects of rumen-protected tryptophan (RPT) on production performance and relevant hormones of dairy cows

Hui Ma, Songyang Yao, Libing Bai, Sarvvl Bai, Guoshi Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13831 PubMed 36117532

September 28, 2022

Description and complete mitochondrial genome of Atkinsoniella zizhongi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from China and its phylogenetic implications

Yan Jiang, Hao-Xi Li, Xiao-Fei Yu, Mao-Fa Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14026 PubMed 36193437

September 26, 2022

What’s the effectiveness of stocking actions in small creeks? The role of water discharge behind hatchery trout downstream movement

Stefano Brignone, Vanessa De Santis, Tiziano Putelli, Christophe Molina, Armando Piccinini, Richard A. Carmichael, Pietro Volta