Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 25, 2023

Phenology and predictors of spring emergence for the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)

Andrew C. Jesper, Scott A. Eckert, Brian J. Bielema, Scott R. Ballard, Michael J. Dreslik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16044 PubMed 37780371

September 25, 2023

Claw shape variation in oribatid mites of the genera Carabodes and Caleremaeus: exploring the interplay of habitat, ecology and phylogenetics

Michaela Kerschbaumer, Sylvia Schäffer, Tobias Pfingstl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16021 PubMed 37780373

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

Areas of spatial overlap between common bottlenose dolphin, recreational boating, and small-scale fishery: management insights from modelling exercises

Gabriella La Manna, Fabio Ronchetti, Francesco Perretti, Giulia Ceccherelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16111 PubMed 37790616

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 21, 2023

Combining passive acoustic data from a towed hydrophone array with visual line transect data to estimate abundance and availability bias of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)

Douglas B. Sigourney, Annamaria DeAngelis, Danielle Cholewiak, Debra Palka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15850 PubMed 37750078

September 22, 2023

Trophic assessment of three sympatric batoid species in the Southern Gulf of California

Arturo Bell Enríquez-García, Víctor Hugo Cruz-Escalona, José D. Carriquiry, Nicolás R. Ehemann, Paola A. Mejía-Falla, Emigdio Marín-Enríquez, Christina Treinen-Crespo, José R. Vélez-Tacuri, Andrés F. Navia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16117 PubMed 37753172

September 27, 2023

Ecological engineering in low land rice for brown plant hopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) management

Yogesh Yele, Subhash Chander, Sachin S. Suroshe, Suresh Nebapure, Prabhulinga Tenguri, Arya Pattathanam Sundaran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15531 PubMed 37786579

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

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15888 PubMed 37719121