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 23, 2023

Phylogenomics of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Atacama Desert

Lapo Ragionieri, Álvaro Zúñiga-Reinoso, Marcel Bläser, Reinhard Predel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14848 PubMed 36855434

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 9, 2023

A taxonomic revision of the Sinopterus complex (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, with the new genus Huaxiadraco

Rodrigo V. Pêgas, Xuanyu Zhou, Xingsheng Jin, Kai Wang, Waisum Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14829 PubMed 36788812

February 21, 2023

Niche partitioning by sympatric civets in the Himalayan foothills of Pakistan

Faraz Akrim, Tariq Mahmood, Jerrold L. Belant, Muhammad Sajid Nadeem, Siddiqa Qasim, Tashi Dhendup, Hira Fatima, Syed Afaq Bukhari, Asad Aslam, Humera Younis, Aamish Rafique, Zahid Ahmed Subhani, Shafqaat Ahmed Hashmi, Nadeem Munawar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14741 PubMed 36846462

February 8, 2023

Occurrence of microplastics in freshwater gastropods from a tropical river U-Taphao, southern Thailand

Preyanuch Jitkaew, Siriporn Pradit, Prakrit Noppradit, Karnda Sengloyluan, Mathinee Yucharoen, Suvit Suwanno, Varaporn Tanrattanakul, Kittiwara Sornplang, Thongchai Nitiratsuwan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14861 PubMed 36785706

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 2, 2023

Repeatability of an attention bias test for sheep suggests variable influence of state and trait affect on behaviour

Jessica E. Monk, Ian G. Colditz, Sam Clark, Caroline Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14730 PubMed 36751637

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 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 27, 2023

Stress-induced immunosuppression affecting immune response to Newcastle disease virus vaccine through “miR-155-CTLA-4” pathway in chickens

Jie Wen, Yiru Wu, Jianwei Han, Yufei Tian, Chaolai Man

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14529 PubMed 36874964

February 10, 2023

Rapid growth in Late Cretaceous sea turtles reveals life history strategies similar to extant leatherbacks

Laura E. Wilson