Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 3, 2023

Decline in wild bee species richness associated with honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) abundance in an urban ecosystem

Gail MacInnis, Etienne Normandin, Carly D. Ziter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14699 PubMed 36755869

February 10, 2023

Mismatch between IUCN range maps and species interactions data illustrated using the Serengeti food web

Gracielle T. Higino, Francis Banville, Gabriel Dansereau, Norma Rocio Forero Muñoz, Fredric Windsor, Timothée Poisot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14620 PubMed 36793892

February 27, 2023

Multi-temporal ecological niche modeling for bird conservation in the face of climate change scenarios in Caatinga, Brazil

Gabriela Silva Ribeiro Gonçalves, Pablo Vieira Cerqueira, Daniel Paiva Silva, Letícia Braga Gomes, Camila Ferreira Leão, André Felipe Alves de Andrade, Marcos Pérsio Dantas Santos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14882 PubMed 36874965

February 3, 2023

Hidden impacts of conservation management on fertility of the critically endangered kākāpō

Andrew Digby, Daryl Eason, Alejandro Catalina, Michael Lierz, Stephanie Galla, Lara Urban, Marissa F. Le Lec, Joseph Guhlin, Tammy E. Steeves, Peter K. Dearden, Tineke Joustra, Caroline Lees, Tane Davis, Deidre Vercoe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14675 PubMed 36755872

February 10, 2023

Comparative chloroplast genomics of three species of Bulbophyllum section Cirrhopetalum (Orchidaceae), with an emphasis on the description of a new species from Eastern Himalaya

Mengkai Li, Lu Tang, Jianping Deng, Hanqing Tang, Shicheng Shao, Zhen Xing, Yan Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14721 PubMed 36793888

February 6, 2023

Molecular identification of critically endangered European eels (Anguilla anguilla) in US retail outlets

Taylor Ely, Nathaniel Patten, Lewis C. Naisbett-Jones, Erin T. Spencer, Demian A. Willette, Peter B. Marko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14531 PubMed 36778145

February 27, 2023

Benthic biogeographic patterns on the deep Brazilian margin

Daniela Y. Gaurisas, Angelo F. Bernardino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14585 PubMed 36874960

February 21, 2023

Effects of temperature, salinity, and food availability on shell growth rates of the Yesso scallop

Alla V. Silina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14886 PubMed 36846447

February 10, 2023

Low-stress livestock handling protects cattle in a five-predator habitat

Naomi X. Louchouarn, Adrian Treves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14788 PubMed 36793893

February 21, 2023

Meta-analytic evidence that allelopathy may increase the success and impact of invasive grasses

Manya Singh, Curtis C. Daehler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14858 PubMed 36846446

February 24, 2023

Evaluating the influence of environmental variables on the length-weight relationship and prediction modelling in flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758

Rejani Chandran, Rajeev K Singh, Achal Singh, Kantharajan Ganesan, Ajith Kumar Thipramalai Thangappan, Kuldeep K Lal, Vindhya Mohindra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14884 PubMed 36860765

February 27, 2023

Is Xenopus laevis introduction linked with Ranavirus incursion, persistence and spread in Chile?

Alexandra Peñafiel-Ricaurte, Stephen J. Price, William T.M. Leung, Mario Alvarado-Rybak, Andrés Espinoza-Zambrano, Catalina Valdivia, Andrew A. Cunningham, Claudio Azat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14497 PubMed 36874973

February 20, 2023

A multi-method approach for assessing the distribution of a rare, burrowing North American crayfish species

Kathleen B. Quebedeaux, Christopher A. Taylor, Amanda N. Curtis, Eric R. Larson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14748 PubMed 36846445

February 9, 2023

Comparison of carbon content between plantation and natural regeneration seedlings in Durango, Mexico

Jesús Alejandro Soto-Cervantes, José Javier Corral-Rivas, Pedro Antonio Domínguez-Calleros, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, Eusebio Montiel-Antuna, Emily García-Montiel, Alberto Pérez-Luna

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14774 PubMed 36788810

February 16, 2023

Abundance modulates the ecosystem functional contributions of two sympatric Caribbean sea cucumbers

Rachel Munger, Hannah V. Watkins, Jillian C. Dunic, Isabelle M. Côté

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14823 PubMed 36811006

February 2, 2023

Window films increase avoidance of collisions by birds but only when applied to external compared with internal surfaces of windows

John P. Swaddle, Blythe Brewster, Maddie Schuyler, Anjie Su

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14676 PubMed 36751632

February 6, 2023

Putative source and niche shift pattern of a new alien ant species (Odontomachus troglodytes) in Taiwan

Tzong-Han Lin, Kai-Wei Chan, Feng-Chuan Hsu, Chung-Chi Lin, Hui-Yun Tseng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14718 PubMed 36778144

February 28, 2023

Camera-trapping estimates of the relative population density of Sympetrum dragonflies: application to multihabitat users in agricultural landscapes

Akira Yoshioka, Toshimasa Mitamura, Nobuhiro Matsuki, Akira Shimizu, Hirofumi Ouchi, Hiroyuki Oguma, Jaeick Jo, Keita Fukasawa, Nao Kumada, Shoma Jingu, Ken Tabuchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14881 PubMed 36874968

February 24, 2023

Species richness and the dynamics of coral cover in Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia

Tri Aryono Hadi, Rizkie Satriya Utama, Tri Arfianti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14625 PubMed 36860768

February 28, 2023

Assessment of the recovery and photosynthetic efficiency of Breviolum psygmophilum and Effrenium voratum (Symbiodiniaceae) following cryopreservation

Joseph K. Kihika, Susanna A. Wood, Lesley Rhodes, Kirsty F. Smith, Juliette Butler, Ken G. Ryan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14885 PubMed 36874975