Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Environmental Sciences Articles)

Yellow-eyed penguin

May 16, 2017

Researchers believe that New Zealand's mainland Yellow-eyed penguins face extinction

Scientists have modelled factors driving mainland Yellow-eyed penguin population decline and are calling for action to reduce regional threats. According to the researchers’ prediction models, breeding success of the penguins will continue to decline to extinction by 2060 largely due to rising ocean temperatures.

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May 16, 2017

Are invasive populations characterized by a broader diet than native populations?

Julien Courant, Solveig Vogt, Raquel Marques, John Measey, Jean Secondi, Rui Rebelo, André De Villiers, Flora Ihlow, Charlotte De Busschere, Thierry Backeljau, Dennis Rödder, Anthony Herrel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3250 PubMed 28533950

May 16, 2017

Quantifying climate change impacts emphasises the importance of managing regional threats in the endangered Yellow-eyed penguin

Thomas Mattern, Stefan Meyer, Ursula Ellenberg, David M. Houston, John T. Darby, Melanie Young, Yolanda van Heezik, Philip J. Seddon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3272 PubMed 28533952

May 18, 2017

Ranking of critical species to preserve the functionality of mutualistic networks using the k-core decomposition

Javier García-Algarra, Juan Manuel Pastor, José María Iriondo, Javier Galeano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3321 PubMed 28533969

May 24, 2017

Restoring lepidopteran diversity in a tropical dry forest: relative importance of restoration treatment, tree identity and predator pressure

Lizet Solis-Gabriel, Wendy Mendoza-Arroyo, Karina Boege, Ek del-Val