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October 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Environmental Sciences Articles)

October 30, 2018

Effect of operational parameters, characterization and antibacterial studies of green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Tithonia diversifolia

Adewumi O. Dada, Adejumoke A. Inyinbor, Ebiega I. Idu, Oluwasesan M. Bello, Abimbola P. Oluyori, Tabitha A. Adelani-Akande, Abiodun A. Okunola, Olarewaju Dada

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5865 PubMed 30397553

October 12, 2018

Agrichemicals and antibiotics in combination increase antibiotic resistance evolution

Brigitta Kurenbach, Amy M. Hill, William Godsoe, Sophie van Hamelsveld, Jack A. Heinemann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5801 PubMed 30345180

October 26, 2018

Impact of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the yield and quality of silage corn intercropped with soybean

Ali Baghdadi, Ridzwan A. Halim, Ali Ghasemzadeh, Mohd Fauzi Ramlan, Siti Zaharah Sakimin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5280 PubMed 30386686

October 17, 2018

Machine-learning-based quantitative estimation of soil organic carbon content by VIS/NIR spectroscopy

Jianli Ding, Aixia Yang, Jingzhe Wang, Vasit Sagan, Danlin Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5714 PubMed 30357023

October 3, 2018

In search of an optimum sampling algorithm for prediction of soil properties from infrared spectra

Wartini Ng, Budiman Minasny, Brendan Malone, Patrick Filippi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5722 PubMed 30310751

October 23, 2018

The effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services at delivering improvements in water quality: lessons for experiments at the landscape scale

Edwin L. Pynegar, Julia P.G. Jones, James M. Gibbons, Nigel M. Asquith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5753 PubMed 30386694

October 19, 2018

Continental-scale suppression of an invasive pest by a host-specific parasitoid underlines both environmental and economic benefits of arthropod biological control

Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, Prapit Wongtiem, Aunu Rauf, Anchana Thancharoen, George E. Heimpel, Nhung T.T. Le, Muhammad Zainal Fanani, Geoff M. Gurr, Jonathan G. Lundgren, Dharani D. Burra, Leo K. Palao, Glenn Hyman, Ignazio Graziosi, Vi X. Le, Matthew J.W. Cock, Teja Tscharntke, Steve D. Wratten, Liem V. Nguyen, Minsheng You, Yanhui Lu, Johannes W. Ketelaar, Georg Goergen, Peter Neuenschwander

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5796 PubMed 30364550

October 16, 2018

Impacts of climate change on Capparis spinosa L. based on ecological niche modeling

Uzma Ashraf, Muhammad N. Chaudhry, Sajid R. Ahmad, Irfan Ashraf, Muhammad Arslan, Hassaan Noor, Mobeen Jabbar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5792 PubMed 30356932

October 17, 2018

Morphological characterization of virus-like particles in coral reef sponges

Cecília Pascelli, Patrick W. Laffy, Marija Kupresanin, Timothy Ravasi, Nicole S. Webster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5625 PubMed 30356950

October 2, 2018

Targeting restoration sites to improve connectivity in a tiger conservation landscape in India

Trishna Dutta, Sandeep Sharma, Ruth DeFries

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5587 PubMed 30310737

October 29, 2018

Association of urban forest landscape characteristics with biomass and soil carbon stocks in Harbin City, Northeastern China

Hailiang Lv, Wenjie Wang, Xingyuan He, Chenhui Wei, Lu Xiao, Bo Zhang, Wei Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5825 PubMed 30397545

October 5, 2018

Trophic state (TSI_SD) and mixing type significantly influence pelagic zooplankton biodiversity in temperate lakes (NW Poland)

Łukasz Sługocki, Robert Czerniawski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5731 PubMed 30310753

October 23, 2018

Proteorhodopsins dominate the expression of phototrophic mechanisms in seasonal and dynamic marine picoplankton communities

Ella T. Sieradzki, Jed A. Fuhrman, Sara Rivero-Calle, Laura Gómez-Consarnau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5798 PubMed 30370186

October 9, 2018

Comparing shade tolerance measures of woody forest species

Jiayi Feng, Kangning Zhao, Dong He, Suqin Fang, TienMing Lee, Chengjin Chu, Fangliang He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5736 PubMed 30324021

October 10, 2018

Residue management alters microbial diversity and activity without affecting their community composition in black soil, Northeast China

Siyu Gu, Xingjun Guo, Yuetong Cai, Zehui Zhang, Shuai Wu, Xin Li, Huihui Zhang, Wei Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5754 PubMed 30324027

October 5, 2018

Potential impacts of finfish aquaculture on eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds and possible monitoring metrics for management: a case study in Atlantic Canada

Nakia Cullain, Reba McIver, Allison L. Schmidt, Inka Milewski, Heike K. Lotze

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5630 PubMed 30310739

October 23, 2018

Phosphate sorption and desorption by two contrasting volcanic soils of equatorial Africa

Sara Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Maria Luisa Fernandez-Marcos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5820 PubMed 30370187

October 19, 2018

Toward an integrated approach to crop production and pollination ecology through the application of remote sensing

Bryony K. Willcox, Andrew J. Robson, Brad G. Howlett, Romina Rader

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5806 PubMed 30364410

October 10, 2018

Distribution of deep-water corals, sponges, and demersal fisheries landings in Southern California, USA: implications for conservation priorities

Enrique J. Salgado, Stephanie E. Nehasil, Peter J. Etnoyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5697 PubMed 30324013

October 31, 2018

Soil respiration of a Moso bamboo forest significantly affected by gross ecosystem productivity and leaf area index in an extreme drought event

Yuli Liu, Guomo Zhou, Huaqiang Du, Frank Berninger, Fangjie Mao, Xuejian Li, Liang Chen, Lu Cui, Yangguang Li, Di’en Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5747 PubMed 30402345

October 26, 2018

Spatial analyses of threats to ecosystem service hotspots in Greater Durban, South Africa

Rashieda Davids, Mathieu Rouget, Richard Boon, Debra Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5723 PubMed 30386691

October 9, 2018

Do an ecosystem engineer and environmental gradient act independently or in concert to shape juvenile plant communities? Tests with the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata in a Neotropical savanna

Alan N. Costa, Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5612 PubMed 30324010

October 16, 2018

Impact of rising sea levels on Australian fur seals

Lachlan J. McLean, Steve George, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Roger J. Kirkwood, John P.Y. Arnould

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5786 PubMed 30356954

October 4, 2018

Effects of mangrove removal on benthic organisms in the Siangshan Wetland in Hsinchu, Taiwan

Yu-Chi Chen, Ta-Jen Chu, Ju-Der Wei, Chun-Han Shih

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5670 PubMed 30310741

October 30, 2018

Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO₂ emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests

Dulce Flores-Rentería, Ana Rincón, Teresa Morán-López, Ana-Maria Hereş, Leticia Pérez-Izquierdo, Fernando Valladares, Jorge Curiel Yuste

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5857 PubMed 30397552

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