Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

May 5, 2025

Impact of seasonal flooding and hydrological connectivity loss on microbial community dynamics in mangrove sediments of the southern Gulf of Mexico

Mirna Vázquez-Rosas-Landa, Rosela Pérez-Ceballos, Arturo Zaldívar-Jiménez, Stephanie Hereira, Leonardo Pérez González, Alejandra Prieto-Davó, Omar Celis-Hernández, Julio Cesar Canales-Delgadillo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19371 PubMed 40343087

May 19, 2025

Stochastic processes dominate the community assembly of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Betula platyphylla in Inner Mongolia, China

Min Li, Zhaoyun Meng, Jinyan Li, Xuan Zhang, Yonglong Wang, Xinyu Li, Yuze Yang, Yue Li, Xunjue Yang, Xiuli Chen, Yongjun Fan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19364 PubMed 40406230

May 6, 2025

Isolation and characterization of a novel lytic bacteriophage Pv27 with biocontrol potential against Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections in shrimp

Vu Thi Hien, Pham Thi Lanh, Thao Thi Phuong Pham, Khang Nam Tran, Nguyen Dinh Duy, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Nguyen Xuan Canh, Quang Huy Nguyen, Seil Kim, Dong Van Quyen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19421 PubMed 40352283

May 5, 2025

Oral history as a citizen science tool to understand biodiversity loss and environmental changes: on firefly extirpation in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Danna Betsabe Rivera Ramírez, Cisteil X. Pérez-Hernández, Yaayé Arellanes-Cancino, Luis Mendoza-Cuenca

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19413 PubMed 40343085

May 23, 2025

A scoping review of tropical pioneer trees’ roles for restoration and conservation management: Harungana madagascariensis (Hypericaceae) a widespread African species as a model

François M.M.P. Baguette, Cláudia Baider, F.B. Vincent Florens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19458 PubMed 40421372

May 23, 2025

Phylogeographic analysis of long-legged bats, Macrophyllum macrophyllum, with notes on roosting behavior and natural history

Guilherme S.T. Garbino, Thiago Borges Fernandes Semedo, Juliane Saldanha, Daniela Cristina Ferreira, Rogerio Vieira Rossi, Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva, Burton K. Lim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19432 PubMed 40421367

May 22, 2025

Human-elephant conflicts and attitude of the local communities toward African elephant (Loxodonta africana) conservation in Kafta Sheraro National Park, Tigray region, Ethiopia

Fitsum Temesgen, Bikila warkineh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19428 PubMed 40416625

May 22, 2025

Description of a novel Ligia species from Nihoa, a remote island in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

Carlos A. Santamaria, Annabelle Bork, Alexandra J. Larson, Daniel J. Link

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19373 PubMed 40416627

May 9, 2025

Endophytic fungal community composition and function response to strawberry genotype and disease resistance

Hongjun Yang, Xu Zhang, Rui Wang, Quanzhi Wang, Yuanhua Wang, Geng Zhang, Pengpeng Sun, Bei Lu, Meiling Wu, Zhiming Yan