Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 30, 2025

Spatially explicit models of density improve estimates of Eastern Bering Sea beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) abundance and distribution from line-transect surveys

Megan C. Ferguson, Paul B. Conn, James T. Thorson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20077

September 22, 2025

Distribution and evolution of the western European water frogs (genus Pelophylax) from Catalonia, northeastern Spain

Bernat Burriel-Carranza, Carolina Molina-Duran, Karin Tamar, Laia Pérez-Sorribes, Jhulyana López-Caro, Mar Cirac, Daniel Fernandez-Guiberteau, Salvador Carranza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19895 PubMed 41018896

September 18, 2025

Movements of post-breeding royal terns (Thalasseus maximus) in Virginia, U.S.A

Chelsea Weithman, Daniel Catlin, Sarah Karpanty, Kelsi Hunt, Camille Alvino, Joanna Morelli, Will Britton, Ruth Boettcher, Rebecca Gwynn, Michael Guilfoyle, James Fraser

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19898 PubMed 40985032

September 9, 2025

A lack of open data standards for large infrastructure projects hampers social-ecological research in the Brazilian Amazon

Jacy L. Hyde, Christine Swanson, Stephanie A. Bohlman, Simone Athayde, Emilio M. Bruna, Denis R. Valle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19926 PubMed 40949737

September 5, 2025

Building heat-resilient Caribbean reefs: integrating thermal thresholds and coral colonies selection in restoration

Macarena Blanco Pimentel, Johanna Calle-Triviño, Daniel J. Barshis, Sancia E.T. van der Meij, Megan K. Morikawa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19987 PubMed 40936763

September 1, 2025

Estimating density of native carnivores in central Chile landscapes using a simulated movement model, cameratrapR: insights on their potential exotic prey dietary subsidy

Diego Ramírez-Alvarez, Xinhai Li