Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 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 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 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 18, 2023

Contact-independent exposure to Rhodococcus rhodochrous DAP96253 volatiles does not improve the survival rate of Myotis lucifugus (little brown bats) affected by White-nose Syndrome

Sarah Hooper, Sybill Amelon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15782 PubMed 37868049

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 6, 2023

Global change impacts on bird biodiversity in South Asia: potential effects of future land-use and climate change on avian species richness in Pakistan

Imran Khaliq, Matthias Biber, Diana E. Bowler, Christian Hof

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16212 PubMed 37818326

October 19, 2023

Evolutionary insights on critically endangered Kashmir red deer or hangul (Cervus hanglu hanglu) through a mitogenomic lens

Khursheed Ahmad, Ankit Shankar Pacha, Rashid Yahya Naqash, Sathish Kumar Peddamma, Srinivas Yellapu, Shenu Hudson, Dushyant Singh Baghel, Parag Nigam, Samrat Mondol

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15746 PubMed 37872949

October 25, 2023

Using sentinel nodes to evaluate changing connectivity in a protected area network

Paul O’Brien, Natasha Carr, Jeff Bowman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16333 PubMed 37901466

October 18, 2023

The effects of anthropogenic disturbance and seasonality on the ant communities of Lang Tengah Island

Sze Huei Yek, Taneswarry Sethu Pathy, Deniece Yin Chia Yeo, Jason Yew Seng Gan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16157 PubMed 37868047

October 9, 2023

Evaluating differences in density estimation for central Iowa butterflies using two methodologies

Shane Patterson, Jonathan Harris, Stephen Dinsmore, Karen Kinkead