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December 2015

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Environmental Sciences Articles)

Kingman reef

November 10, 2015

Can we measure beauty?

Researchers have shown that an objective computational analysis of photographic images can be used to assess the health of a coral reef. The results have even wider posible application. The authors have also created a website using the techniques developed in this article where you can upload your own image to and get an 'aesthetic' score back.

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November 24, 2015

Are neonicotinoid insecticides driving declines of widespread butterflies?

Andre S. Gilburn, Nils Bunnefeld, John McVean Wilson, Marc S. Botham, Tom M. Brereton, Richard Fox, Dave Goulson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1402 PubMed 26623186

November 5, 2015

Use of video surveillance to measure the influences of habitat management and landscape composition on pollinator visitation and pollen deposition in pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) agroecosystems

Benjamin W. Phillips, Mary M. Gardiner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1342 PubMed 26587337

November 19, 2015

A new threat to bees? Entomopathogenic nematodes used in biological pest control cause rapid mortality in Bombus terrestris

Alexandrea Dutka, Alison McNulty, Sally M. Williamson