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 3, 2023

Growth of water hyacinth biomass and its impact on the floristic composition of aquatic plants in a wetland ecosystem of the Brahmaputra floodplain of Assam, India

Durlov Lahon, Dhrubajyoti Sahariah, Jatan Debnath, Nityaranjan Nath, Gowhar Meraj, Majid Farooq, Shruti Kanga, Suraj Kumar Singh, Kesar Chand

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14811 PubMed 36755867

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 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 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 3, 2023

Genetic diversity and organic waste degrading capacity of Hermetia illucens from the evergreen forest of the Equatorial Choco lowland

María Fernanda Pazmiño, Ana G. Del Hierro, Francisco Javier Flores

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14798 PubMed 36755868

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 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 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 13, 2023

Role of tea plantations in the maintenance of bird diversity in Anji County, China

Jueying Wu, Jinli Hu, Xinyu Zhao, Yangyang Sun, Guang Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14801 PubMed 36815977

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 13, 2023

Genetic variation and cryptic lineage among the sergestid shrimp Acetes americanus (Decapoda)

Sabrina Morilhas Simões, Rogério Caetano Costa, Fabricio Lopes Carvalho, Abner Carvalho-Batista, Sarah de Souza Alves Teodoro, Fernando L. Mantelatto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14751 PubMed 36815990

February 14, 2023

Asymmetric, biraphid diatoms from the Laurentian Great Lakes

Euan D. Reavie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14887 PubMed 36815983

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

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 20, 2023

Diversity and distribution of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Euglossini) in Belize

Kevin M. O’Neill, Ruth P. O’Neill, Casey M. Delphia, Laura A. Burkle, Justin B. Runyon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14928 PubMed 36846459

February 20, 2023

Two new species of Cyatholaimidae (Nematoda: Chromadorida) from the Southeastern Brazilian coast with emphasis on the pore complex and lateral pore-like structures

Beatriz P. Cunha, Gustavo Fonseca, Antonia Cecília Z. Amaral

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14712 PubMed 36846449

February 27, 2023

Some fundamental elements for studying social-ecological co-existence in forest common pool resources

Jean-Baptiste Pichancourt