Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

June 21, 2024

Path for recovery: an ecological overview of the Jambato Harlequin Toad (Bufonidae: Atelopus ignescens) in its last known locality, Angamarca Valley, Ecuador

Mateo A. Vega-Yánez, Amanda B. Quezada-Riera, Blanca Rios-Touma, María del Carmen Vizcaíno-Barba, William Millingalli, Orlando Ganzino, Luis A. Coloma, Elicio E. Tapia, Nadine Dupérré, Mónica Páez-Vacas, David Parra-Puente, Daniela Franco-Mena, Gabriela Gavilanes, David Salazar-Valenzuela, Carlos A. Valle, Juan M. Guayasamin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17344

June 21, 2024

Taxon-dependent diversity response along a temperate elevation gradient covered by grassland

Santiago Santoandré, Carolina Samanta Ramos, Pablo Picca, Julieta Filloy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17375

June 20, 2024

Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs

Mark A. Loewen, Joseph J. W. Sertich, Scott Sampson, Jingmai K. O’Connor, Savhannah Carpenter, Brock Sisson, Anna Øhlenschlæger, Andrew A. Farke, Peter J. Makovicky, Nick Longrich, David C. Evans

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17224

June 20, 2024

Mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome reveal the genetic structure of the native Polish Konik horse population

Adrianna Dominika Musiał, Lara Radović, Monika Stefaniuk-Szmukier, Agnieszka Bieniek, Barbara Wallner, Katarzyna Ropka-Molik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17549

June 14, 2024

Maize residue retention shapes soil microbial communities and co-occurrence networks upon freeze-thawing cycles

Yang Yu, Quankuan Guo, Shuhan Zhang, Yupeng Guan, Nana Jiang, Yang Zhang, Rong Mao, Keyu Bai, Salimjan Buriyev, Nuriddin Samatov, Ximei Zhang, Wei Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17543 PubMed 38887621

June 11, 2024

Using bioluminescence as a tool for studying diversity in marine zooplankton and dinoflagellates: an initial assessment

Francis Letendre, Abigail Blackburn, Ed Malkiel, Michael Twardowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17516 PubMed 38881863

June 7, 2024

Comparative study of the gut microbial community structure of Spodoptera frugiperda and Spodoptera literal (Lepidoptera)

Yaping Chen, Yao Chen, Yahong Li, Ewei Du, Zhongxiang Sun, Zhihui Lu, Furong Gui

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17450 PubMed 38860210

June 5, 2024

Fast grassland recovery from viable propagules after reintroducing traditional mowing management on a steep slope

Susumu Yamada, Wakana Yoshida, Minori Iida, Yoshiko Kitagawa, Jonathan Mitchley