Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Environmental Sciences Articles)

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Dermestid beetles and flies on a skeletonized human skull

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Researchers conducted an extensive review to determine whether (and under which conditions) insects can be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved.

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August 29, 2017

Experimental moose reduction lowers wolf density and stops decline of endangered caribou

Robert Serrouya, Bruce N. McLellan, Harry van Oort, Garth Mowat, Stan Boutin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3736 PubMed 28875080

August 29, 2017

Skin bacterial microbiome of a generalist Puerto Rican frog varies along elevation and land use gradients

Myra C. Hughey, Janelle A. Pena, Roberto Reyes, Daniel Medina, Lisa K. Belden, Patricia A. Burrowes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3688 PubMed 28875068

August 14, 2017

Planting of neonicotinoid-coated corn raises honey bee mortality and sets back colony development

Olivier Samson-Robert, Geneviève Labrie, Madeleine Chagnon, Valérie Fournier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3670 PubMed 28828265

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Damien Charabidze, Matthias Gosselin, Valéry Hedouin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3506 PubMed 28785513

August 18, 2017

Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury

Joshua Louis Bonesso, William Leggat, Tracy Danielle Ainsworth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3719 PubMed 28828283

August 18, 2017

Shifting communities after typhoon damage on an upper mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan

Kristine N. White, David K. Weinstein, Taku Ohara, Vianney Denis, Javier Montenegro, James D. Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3573 PubMed 28828236

August 16, 2017

Shoreline oiling effects and recovery of salt marsh macroinvertebrates from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Donald R. Deis, John W. Fleeger, Stefan M. Bourgoin, Irving A. Mendelssohn, Qianxin Lin, Aixin Hou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3680 PubMed 28828273

August 15, 2017

Biological effects of carbon nanotubes generated in forest wildfire ecosystems rich in resinous trees on native plants

Javier Lara-Romero, Jesús Campos-García, Nabanita Dasgupta-Schubert, Salomón Borjas-García, DK Tiwari, Francisco Paraguay-Delgado, Sergio Jiménez-Sandoval, Gabriel Alonso-Nuñez, Mariela Gómez-Romero, Roberto Lindig-Cisneros, Homero Reyes De la Cruz, Javier A. Villegas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3658 PubMed 28828256

August 18, 2017

Inadequate thermal refuge constrains landscape habitability for a grassland bird species

John M. Tomecek, Brian L. Pierce, Kelly S. Reyna, Markus J. Peterson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3709 PubMed 28828282

August 10, 2017

An updated understanding of Texas bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) species presence and potential distributions in Texas, USA

Jessica L. Beckham, Samuel Atkinson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3612 PubMed 28828241

August 10, 2017

Vegetation responses to season of fire in an aseasonal, fire-prone fynbos shrubland

Tineke Kraaij, Richard M. Cowling, Brian W. van Wilgen, Diba R. Rikhotso, Mark Difford