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 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 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 21, 2023

Population biology of Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Quang Minh Dinh, Ton Huu Duc Nguyen, Ngon Trong Truong, Tien Thi Kieu Nguyen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14901 PubMed 36846463

February 10, 2023

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

Laura E. Wilson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14864 PubMed 36793890

February 8, 2023

Feeding ecology of the Terciopelo pit viper snake (Bothrops asper) in Ecuador

Amaru Loaiza-Lange, Diana Székely, Omar Torres-Carvajal, Nicolás Tinoco, David Salazar-Valenzuela, Paul Székely

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14817 PubMed 36785705

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

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 7, 2023

Heat stress does not induce wasting symptoms in the giant California sea cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Declan Dawson Taylor, Jonathan J. Farr, Em G. Lim, Jenna L. Fleet, Sara J. Smith, Daniel M. Wuitchik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14548 PubMed 36778149

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 27, 2023

Negative and positive interspecific interactions involving jellyfish polyps in marine sessile communities

Jade Boughton, Andrew G. Hirst, Cathy H. Lucas, Matthew Spencer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14846 PubMed 36874979

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 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