Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 24, 2023

Mapping the global distribution of invasive pest Drosophila suzukii and parasitoid Leptopilina japonica: implications for biological control

Rahul R. Nair, A. Townsend Peterson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15222 PubMed 37123003

April 21, 2023

Myriad applications of bacteriophages beyond phage therapy

Juan Carlos García-Cruz, Daniel Huelgas-Méndez, Jorge Santiago Jiménez-Zúñiga, Xareni Rebollar-Juárez, Mariel Hernández-Garnica, Ana María Fernández-Presas, Fohad Mabood Husain, Rawaf Alenazy, Mohammed Alqasmi, Thamer Albalawi, Pravej Alam, Rodolfo García-Contreras

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15272 PubMed 37101788

April 26, 2023

Out of thin air: surveying tropical bat roosts through air sampling of eDNA

Nina R. Garrett, Jonathan Watkins, Charles M. Francis, Nancy B. Simmons, Natalia Ivanova, Amanda Naaum, Andrew Briscoe, Rosie Drinkwater, Elizabeth L. Clare

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14772 PubMed 37128209

April 21, 2023

The influence of climate warming on flowering phenology in relation to historical annual and seasonal temperatures and plant functional traits

Cole Geissler, Allison Davidson, Richard A. Niesenbaum

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15188 PubMed 37101791

April 10, 2023

Giant, swimming mouths: oral dimensions of extant sharks do not accurately predict body size in Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira)

Russell Engelman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15131 PubMed 37065696

April 12, 2023

A simulation-based evaluation of methods for estimating census population size of terrestrial game species from genetically-identified parent-offspring pairs

Jeremy Larroque, Niko Balkenhol

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15151 PubMed 37070094

April 25, 2023

Pyrus calleryana extracts reduce germination of native grassland species, suggesting the potential for allelopathic effects during ecological invasion

Michaela J. Woods, Jonathan T. Bauer, Dena Schaeffer, Ryan W. McEwan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15189 PubMed 37123008

April 10, 2023

Spatial weed distribution models under climate change: a short review

Javier López-Tirado, Jose L. Gonzalez-Andújar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15220 PubMed 37065704

April 14, 2023

Detecting and distinguishing between apicultural plants using UAV multispectral imaging

Alexandros Papachristoforou, Maria Prodromou, Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Michalakis Christoforou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15065 PubMed 37077312

April 10, 2023

Overcoming the gender bias in ecology and evolution: is the double-anonymized peer review an effective pathway over time?

Cibele Cássia-Silva, Barbbara Silva Rocha, Luisa Fernanda Liévano-Latorre, Mariane Brom Sobreiro, Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15186 PubMed 37065686

April 18, 2023

Barnacles as biological flow indicators

Joseph W.N.L. Reustle, Benjamin A. Belgrad, Amberle McKee, Delbert L. Smee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15018 PubMed 37090116

April 4, 2023

Counter culture: causes, extent and solutions of systematic bias in the analysis of behavioural counts

Joel L. Pick, Nyil Khwaja, Michael A. Spence, Malika Ihle, Shinichi Nakagawa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15059 PubMed 37033727

April 17, 2023

A rapid and accurate method of mapping invasive Tamarix genotypes using Sentinel-2 images

Solomon Wakshom Newete, Samalesu Mayonde, Thabiso Kekana, Elhadi Adam

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15027 PubMed 37090111

April 21, 2023

Feeding preferences and the effect of temperature on feeding rates of the graceful kelp crab, Pugettia gracilis

Katrina H. Johnson, Katie A. Dobkowski, Sasha K. Seroy, Shelby Fox, Natalie Meenan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15223 PubMed 37101789

April 28, 2023

Non-deep physiological dormancy and germination characteristics of Primula florindae (Primulaceae), a rare alpine plant in the Hengduan Mountains of southwest China

Yingbo Qin, Boyang Geng, Li-E Yang, Deli Peng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15234 PubMed 37138822

April 21, 2023

Captive breeding in the endangered alpine tree frog, Litoria verreauxii alpina

Laura A. Brannelly, Preeti Sharma, Danielle K. Wallace

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15179 PubMed 37101793

April 10, 2023

Predicting diet in brachyuran crabs using external morphology

Katia Quezada-Villa, Zachary J. Cannizzo, Jade Carver, Robert P. Dunn, Laura S. Fletcher, Matthew E. Kimball, Ainslee L. McMullin, Brenden Orocu, Bruce W. Pfirrmann, Emily Pinkston, Tanner C. Reese, Nanette Smith, Carter Stancil, Benjamin J. Toscano, Blaine D. Griffen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15224 PubMed 37065690

April 13, 2023

Taxonomical and functional analyses of epifaunal polychaetes associated with Mussismilia spp.: the effects of coral growth morphology

Marcos Nogueira, Wagner Magalhães, Eduardo Mariano-Neto, Elizabeth Neves, Rodrigo Johnsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15144 PubMed 37073277

April 6, 2023

Intertidal habitat complexity influences the density of the non-native crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Zachary W. Towne, Michael L. Judge, Nancy J. O’Connor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15161 PubMed 37041978

April 10, 2023

Odd family reunion: DNA barcoding reveals unexpected relationship between three hydrozoan species

Lara M. Beckmann, Joan J. Soto-Angel, Aino Hosia, Luis Martell