Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 24, 2024

A new species of alien land flatworm in the Southern United States

Jean-Lou Justine, Romain Gastineau, Delphine Gey, David G. Robinson, Matthew A. Bertone, Leigh Winsor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17904 PubMed 39346042

September 23, 2024

Semiautomated generation of species-specific training data from large, unlabeled acoustic datasets for deep supervised birdsong isolation

Justin Sasek, Brendan Allison, Andrea Contina, David Knobles, Preston Wilson, Timothy Keitt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17854 PubMed 39329137

September 26, 2024

Road mortality of water snakes in light of landscape structure and traffic intensity in north-eastern Hungary

Márton Szabolcs, Edvárd Mizsei, Tamás Zsólyomi, Béla Mester, Szabolcs Lengyel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17923 PubMed 39346036

September 30, 2024

Effects of a recent volcanic eruption on the isolated population of the iconic red-billed chough in La Palma, Canary Islands

Guillermo Blanco, Iñigo Palacios-Martínez, Óscar Frías, José L. González del Barrio, Martina Carrete

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18071 PubMed 39364363

September 27, 2024

Sloth metabolism may make survival untenable under climate change scenarios

Rebecca N. Cliffe, Heather E. Ewart, David M. Scantlebury, Sarah Kennedy, Judy Avey-Arroyo, Daniel Mindich, Rory P. Wilson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18168 PubMed 39351373

September 16, 2024

Small population size and possible extirpation of the threatened Malagasy poison frog Mantella cowanii

Devin Edmonds, Raphali Rodlis Andriantsimanarilafy, Angelica Crottini, Michael J. Dreslik, Jade Newton-Youens, Andoniana Ramahefason, Christian Joseph Randrianantoandro, Franco Andreone

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17947 PubMed 39301061

September 24, 2024

Relationships between crayfish population genetic diversity, species richness, and abundance within impounded and unimpounded streams in Alabama, USA

Zanethia C. Barnett, Ryan C. Garrick

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18006 PubMed 39346066

September 23, 2024

Mislabeled and ambiguous market names in invertebrate and finfish seafood conceal species of conservation concern in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Matthew R. J. Morris, Mindi M. Summers, Morgan Kwan, Jonathan A. Mee, Sean M. Rogers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18113 PubMed 39329133

September 18, 2024

Impacts of visitors on female pheasants in pheasantry, Haripur, Pakistan

Nehafta Bibi, Binqiang Li, Habiba Zaffar, Muqaddas Salahuddin, Romana Gul, Zafeer Saqib, Rehana Khan, Fiza Mazhar, Aymen Shehzadi, Laraib Fiaz, Muneeba Naseer, Xu Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18031 PubMed 39308822

September 18, 2024

Buscando Luciérnagas: findings on Mexican fireflies from an 8-year virtual citizen science project

Ek del-Val, Ana M. Flores-Gutiérrez, Regina González, Adrián Calleros

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18141 PubMed 39308813

September 26, 2024

Impact of community-based forest restoration on stand structural attributes, aboveground biomass and carbon stock compared to state-managed forests in tropical ecosystems of Sri Lanka

Shahzad Ahmad, Haiping Xu, E. M. B. P. Ekanayake

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18176 PubMed 39346074