Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 12, 2023

Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery

Amy R. Baco, Rebecca Ross, Franziska Althaus, Diva Amon, Amelia E. H. Bridges, Saskia Brix, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Ana Colaco, Marina Carreiro-Silva, Malcolm R. Clark, Cherisse Du Preez, Mari-Lise Franken, Matthew Gianni, Genoveva Gonzalez-Mirelis, Thomas Hourigan, Kerry Howell, Lisa A. Levin, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Tina N. Molodtsova, Nicole Morgan, Telmo Morato, Beatriz E. Mejia-Mercado, David O’Sullivan, Tabitha Pearman, David Price, Katleen Robert, Laura Robson, Ashley A. Rowden, James Taylor, Michelle Taylor, Lissette Victorero, Les Watling, Alan Williams, Joana R. Xavier, Chris Yesson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16024 PubMed 37846312

October 11, 2023

Evaluation of drought stress level in Sargent’s cherry (Prunus sargentii Rehder) using photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and proline content analysis

Eon Ju Jin, Jun-Hyuk Yoon, Hyeok Lee, Eun Ji Bae, Seong Hyeon Yong, Myung Suk Choi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15954 PubMed 37842053

October 9, 2023

Assessing the effect of heavy metals on maize (Zea mays L.) growth and soil characteristics: plants-implications for phytoremediation

Muhammad Imran Atta, Syeda Sadaf Zehra, Habib Ali, Basharat Ali, Syed Naveed Abbas, Sara Aimen, Sadia Sarwar, Ijaz Ahmad, Mumtaz Hussain, Ibrahim Al-Ashkar, Dinakaran Elango, Ayman El Sabagh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16067

October 3, 2023

Current knowledge of the Southern Hemisphere marine microbiome in eukaryotic hosts and the Strait of Magellan surface microbiome project

Manuel Ochoa-Sánchez, Eliana Paola Acuña Gomez, Lia Ramírez-Fenández, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15978 PubMed 37810788

October 2, 2023

Standardization of in situ coral bleaching measurements highlights the variability in responses across genera, morphologies, and regions

Adi Khen, Christopher B. Wall, Jennifer E. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16100 PubMed 37810774

October 19, 2023

Response of soil extracellular enzyme activity and stoichiometry to short-term warming and phosphorus addition in desert steppe

Lingxia Feng, Bing Cao, Xiaojia Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16227 PubMed 37872947

October 26, 2023

Five new malformed trilobites from Cambrian and Ordovician deposits from the Natural History Museum

Russell D.C. Bicknell, Patrick M. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16326 PubMed 37904847

October 9, 2023

Bird diversity along an urban to rural gradient in large tropical cities peaks in mid-level urbanization

Marcela Suarez-Rubio, Paul J.J. Bates, Thein Aung, Nay Myo Hlaing, Sai Sein Lin Oo, Yu Kay Zin Htun, Saw Myat Ohn Mar, Aye Myint, Thin Lae Lae Wai, Pann Mo Mo, Lutz Fehrmann, Nils Nölke, Christoph Kleinn, Swen C. Renner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16098 PubMed 37842049

October 9, 2023

Use of micro and macroalgae extracts for the control of vector mosquitoes

Ozge Tufan-Cetin, Huseyin Cetin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16187 PubMed 37842039

October 3, 2023

An acoustic-based method for locating maternity colonies of rare woodland bats

Kieran D. O’Malley, Henry Schofield, Patrick G.R. Wright, Daniel Hargreaves, Tom Kitching, Marina Bollo Palacios, Fiona Mathews

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15951 PubMed 37810793

October 9, 2023

Temporal and spatial patterns of small vertebrate roadkill in a supercity of eastern China

Qiong Wu, Taozhu Sun, Yumeng Zhao, Cong Yu, Junhua Hu, Zhongqiu Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16251 PubMed 37842032

October 5, 2023

Impact of forest disturbance on microarthropod communities depends on underlying ecological gradients and species traits

Davide Nardi, Diego Fontaneto, Matteo Girardi, Isaac Chini, Daniela Bertoldi, Roberto Larcher, Cristiano Vernesi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15959 PubMed 37814629

October 6, 2023

Species catalogue of Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) Alberts, 1850 (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae) from Brazil and new data on morphology and distribution of Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) interpunctus (Martens, 1887)

Maria Isabel Pinto Ferreira Macedo, Ximena Maria Constanza Ovando, Sthefane D’ávila

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16037 PubMed 37818325

October 25, 2023

A bibliometric analysis of research trends and hotspots in alpine grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Zhe Xu, Xian Li, Lu Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16210 PubMed 37901470

October 17, 2023

Implications of dominance hierarchy on hummingbird-plant interactions in a temperate forest in Northwestern Mexico

Gabriel López-Segoviano, Maribel Arenas-Navarro, Laura E. Nuñez-Rosas, María del Coro Arizmendi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16245 PubMed 37868051

October 18, 2023

Sexual dimorphism in skull size and shape of Laticauda colubrina (Serpentes: Elapidae)

Bartosz Borczyk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16266 PubMed 37868070

October 26, 2023

Forest habitats and plant communities strongly predicts Megachilidae bee biodiversity

Lindsie M. McCabe, Paige Chesshire, Neil S. Cobb

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16145 PubMed 37904844

October 12, 2023

Diurnal predators of restocked lab-reared and wild Diadema antillarum near artificial reefs in Saba

Mareike de Breuyn, Alex J. van der Last, Oliver J. Klokman, Alwin Hylkema

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16189 PubMed 37846309

October 11, 2023

Impacts of land use change on native plant-butterfly interaction networks from central Mexico

Deysi Muñoz-Galicia, Carlos Lara, Citlalli Castillo-Guevara, Mariana Cuautle, Claudia Rodríguez-Flores

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16205 PubMed 37842070

October 30, 2023

Coral spawning patterns of Acropora across two Maldivian reef ecosystems

Margaux A.A. Monfared, Kate Sheridan, Simon P. Dixon, Matthew Gledhill, Thomas Le Berre

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16315 PubMed 37927798

October 4, 2023

Exploring the relationship between environmental DNA concentration and biomass in Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)

Xiaoyou Hong, Kaikuo Wang, Liqin Ji, Xiaoli Liu, Lingyun Yu, Jie Wei, Yakun Wang, Chengqing Wei, Wei Li, Xinping Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16218 PubMed 37810767

October 27, 2023

Factors influencing the distribution of woody plants in tropical karst hills, south China

Gang Hu, Zhonghua Zhang, Hongping Wu, Lei Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16331 PubMed 37908415

October 10, 2023

Conservation spillover effect of UNESCO World Heritage Sites into surrounding landscapes

Emilia B. Hyland, John E. Quinn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15858 PubMed 37842059

October 4, 2023

Food and light availability induce plastic responses in fire salamander larvae from contrasting environments

Raluca Ioana Băncilă, Florina Stănescu, Rodica Plăiaşu, Ioana Nae, Diana Székely, Sabina E. Vlad, Dan Cogălniceanu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16046 PubMed 37810773

October 10, 2023

Persisting roadblocks in arthropod monitoring using non-destructive metabarcoding from collection media of passive traps

Lucas Sire, Paul Schmidt Yáñez, Annie Bézier, Béatrice Courtial, Susan Mbedi, Sarah Sparmann, Laurent Larrieu, Rodolphe Rougerie, Christophe Bouget, Michael T. Monaghan, Elisabeth A. Herniou, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16022 PubMed 37842065

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