Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

September 22, 2020

No Mow May lawns have higher pollinator richness and abundances: An engaged community provides floral resources for pollinators

Israel Del Toro, Relena R. Ribbons

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10021 PubMed 33024642

September 21, 2020

A laboratory comparison of the interactions between three plastic mulch types and 38 active substances found in pesticides

Nicolas Beriot, Paul Zomer, Raul Zornoza, Violette Geissen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9876 PubMed 33005488

September 9, 2020

KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept

Gaby Deckmyn, Omar Flores, Mathias Mayer, Xavier Domene, Andrea Schnepf, Katrin Kuka, Kris Van Looy, Daniel P. Rasse, Maria J.I. Briones, Sébastien Barot, Matty Berg, Elena Vanguelova, Ivika Ostonen, Harry Vereecken, Laura M. Suz, Beat Frey, Aline Frossard, Alexei Tiunov, Jan Frouz, Tine Grebenc, Maarja Öpik, Mathieu Javaux, Alexei Uvarov, Olga Vindušková, Paul Henning Krogh, Oskar Franklin, Juan Jiménez, Jorge Curiel Yuste

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9750 PubMed 32974092

September 15, 2020

Prophet forecasting model: a machine learning approach to predict the concentration of air pollutants (PM_2.5, PM₁₀, O₃, NO₂, SO₂, CO) in Seoul, South Korea

Justin Shen, Davesh Valagolam, Serena McCalla

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9961 PubMed 32983651

September 22, 2020

Species distribution modelling of Bryde’s whales, humpback whales, southern right whales, and sperm whales in the southern African region to inform their conservation in expanding economies

Jean Purdon, Fannie W. Shabangu, Dawit Yemane, Marc Pienaar, Michael J. Somers, Ken Findlay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9997 PubMed 33024637

September 24, 2020

Drought stress strengthens the link between chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and photosynthetic traits

Jie Zhuang, Yonglin Wang, Yonggang Chi, Lei Zhou, Jijing Chen, Wen Zhou, Jun Song, Ning Zhao, Jianxi Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10046 PubMed 33024649

September 8, 2020

Spatial ecology of little egret (Egretta garzetta) in Hong Kong uncovers preference for commercial fishponds

Chun-chiu Pang, Yik-Hei Sung, Yun-tak Chung, Hak-king Ying, Helen Hoi Ning Fong, Yat-tung Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9893 PubMed 33194363

September 30, 2020

Identification of areas of very high biodiversity value to achieve the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 key commitments

Iulia V. Miu, Laurentiu Rozylowicz, Viorel D. Popescu, Paulina Anastasiu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10067 PubMed 33062449

September 3, 2020

Generalized Linear Models outperform commonly used canonical analysis in estimating spatial structure of presence/absence data

Lélis A. Carlos-Júnior, Joel C. Creed, Rob Marrs, Rob J. Lewis, Timothy P. Moulton, Rafael Feijó-Lima, Matthew Spencer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9777 PubMed 32953266

September 2, 2020

Structural and functional microbial diversity of sandy soil under cropland and grassland

Magdalena Frąc, Jerzy Lipiec, Bogusław Usowicz, Karolina Oszust, Małgorzata Brzezińska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9501 PubMed 32953254

September 18, 2020

Assessing the responses of Sphagnum micro-eukaryotes to climate changes using high throughput sequencing

Monika K. Reczuga, Christophe Victor William Seppey, Matthieu Mulot, Vincent E.J. Jassey, Alexandre Buttler, Sandra Słowińska, Michał Słowiński, Enrique Lara, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Edward A.D. Mitchell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9821 PubMed 32999758

September 16, 2020

Biological function of Klebsiella variicola and its effect on the rhizosphere soil of maize seedlings

Lijuan Yang, Kejun Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9894 PubMed 32995084

September 21, 2020

Genetic diversity and structure of the critically endangered Artocarpus annulatus, a crop wild relative of jackfruit (A. heterophyllus)

Leta Dickinson, Hilary Noble, Elliot Gardner, Aida Shafreena Ahmad Puad, Wan Nuur Fatiha Wan Zakaria, Nyree J.C. Zerega

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9897 PubMed 33005490

September 16, 2020

Assessing turbine passage effects on internal fish injury and delayed mortality using X-ray imaging

Melanie Mueller, Katharina Sternecker, Stefan Milz, Juergen Geist

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9977 PubMed 32995098

September 21, 2020

Confidence intervals for the common coefficient of variation of rainfall in Thailand

Warisa Thangjai, Sa-Aat Niwitpong, Suparat Niwitpong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10004 PubMed 33005493

September 29, 2020

Coral reefs as a source of climate-active aerosols

Rebecca L. Jackson, Albert J. Gabric, Roger Cropp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10023 PubMed 33062438

September 16, 2020

Community based actions save Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs and hatchlings flooded by rapid river level rises

Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski, James P. Gibbs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9921 PubMed 32995087

September 8, 2020

Monthly drought prediction based on ensemble models

Muhammad Haroon Shaukat, Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Faisal, Ahmad Al-Dousari, Muhammad Ismail, Alaa Mohamd Shoukry, Elsayed Elsherbini Elashkar, Showkat Gani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9853 PubMed 33194356

September 8, 2020

Mechanisms of diversity maintenance in dung beetle assemblages in a heterogeneous tropical landscape

Jose D. Rivera, Benigno Gómez, Darío A. Navarrete-Gutiérrez, Lorena Ruíz-Montoya, Leonardo Delgado, Mario E. Favila

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9860 PubMed 33665001

September 29, 2020

Study of marsh wetland landscape pattern evolution on the Zoigê Plateau due to natural/human dual-effects

Liqin Dong, Wen Yang, Kun Zhang, Shuo Zhen, Xiping Cheng, Lihua Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9904 PubMed 33062420

September 18, 2020

Radiolarian assemblages in the shelf area of the East China Sea and Yellow Sea and their ecological indication of the Kuroshio Current derivative branches

Hanxue Qu, Yong Xu, Jinbao Wang, Xin-Zheng Li