Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 26, 2024

TICI: a taxon-independent community index for eDNA-based ecological health assessment

Shaun P. Wilkinson, Amy A. Gault, Susan A. Welsh, Joshua P. Smith, Bruno O. David, Andy S. Hicks, Daniel R. Fake, Alastair M. Suren, Megan R. Shaffer, Simon N. Jarman, Michael Bunce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16963 PubMed 38426140

February 21, 2024

Exotic and native plants play equally important roles in supporting and structuring plant-hummingbird networks within urban green spaces

Monserrat Sánchez Sánchez, Carlos Lara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16996 PubMed 38406283

February 29, 2024

Microbiota associated with urban forests

Xin Wan, Runyang Zhou, Yingdan Yuan, Wei Xing, Sian Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16987 PubMed 38444615

February 9, 2024

Seed germination and vegetative and in vitro propagation of Hieracium lucidum subsp. lucidum (Asteraceae), a critically endangered endemic taxon of the Sicilian flora

Valeria Gianguzzi, Emilio Di Gristina, Giulio Barone, Francesco Sottile, Gianniantonio Domina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16839 PubMed 38348103

February 23, 2024

Looking for the sponge loop: analyses of detritus on a Caribbean forereef using stable isotope and eDNA metabarcoding techniques

Lauren K. Olinger, Beverly McClenaghan, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Nicole Fahner, Lesley Berghuis, Hoda Rajabi, Patrick Erwin, Chad S. Lane, Joseph R. Pawlik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16970 PubMed 38410802

February 21, 2024

Biological and growth parameters of Plotosus lineatus in the Mediterranean Sea

Servet Ahmet Doğdu, Cemal Turan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16945 PubMed 38406273

February 28, 2024

Double jeopardy: global change and interspecies competition threaten Siberian cranes

Linqiang Gao, Chunrong Mi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17029 PubMed 38436031

February 26, 2024

Conservation gaps and priorities of range-restricted birds in the Northern Andes

Wilderson Medina, Stuart L. Pimm, Ryan M. Huang