Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 19, 2023

Climate change and carnivores: shifts in the distribution and effectiveness of protected areas in the Amazon

Camila Ferreira Leão, Matheus S. Lima Ribeiro, Kauê Moraes, Gabriela Silva Ribeiro Gonçalves, Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15887 PubMed 37744233

September 25, 2023

Habitat suitability of four threatened Himalayan species: Asiatic black bear, common leopard, musk deer, and snow leopard

Rajesh Malla, Saroj Panthi, Hari Adhikari, Shiva Pariyar, Rishi Baral, Rukmagat Subedi, Bishnu Prasad Adhikari, Mahesh Poudel, Nischal Sedhai, Megharaj Poudel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16085 PubMed 37780372

September 28, 2023

Life on the edge—a changing genetic landscape within an iconic American pika metapopulation over the last half century

Kelly B. Klingler, Lyle B. Nichols, Evon R. Hekkala, Joseph A. E. Stewart, Mary M. Peacock

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15962 PubMed 37790628

September 15, 2023

Divergent recovery trajectories of intertidal and subtidal coral communities highlight habitat-specific recovery dynamics following bleaching in an extreme macrotidal reef environment

P. Elias Speelman, Michael Parger, Verena Schoepf

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15987 PubMed 37727686

September 27, 2023

Enhancing survivorship and growth of juvenile Montipora capitata using the Hawaiian collector urchin Tripneustes gratilla

Andrew R. Barrows, Joshua R. Hancock, David L. Cohen, Patrick Gorong, Matthew Lewis, Sean Louie, Lani Musselman, Carlo Caruso, Spencer Miller, Crawford Drury

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16113 PubMed 37790625

September 11, 2023

Spawning aggregations of checkered snapper (Lutjanus decussatus) and blackspot snapper (L. fulviflamma): seasonality, lunar-phase periodicity and spatial distribution within spawning ground

Atsushi Nanami

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15991 PubMed 38077430

September 1, 2023

Improving the success of reinforcement programs: effects of a two-week confinement in a field enclosure on the anti-predator behaviour of captive-bred European hamsters

Julie Fleitz, Manfred R. Enstipp, Emilie Parent, Jonathan Jumeau, Yves Handrich, Mathilde L. Tissier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15812 PubMed 37671364

September 12, 2023

Bat activity is related to habitat structure and time since prescribed fire in managed pine barrens in New England

Natalie Kay, Amelia Sadlon, Marja H. Bakermans