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• Predicted distribution of a rare and understudied forest carnivore: Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis).

  Authors:Katie M. Moriarty, Joel Thompson, Matthew Delheimer, Brent R. Barry, Mark Linnell, Taal Levi, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 21, 202110,493 words Article 1600LBackground Many mammalian species have experienced range contractions. Following a reduction in distribution that has resulted in apparently small and disjunct populations, the Humboldt marten (Martes caurina...

• The predatory bug Orius strigicollis shows a preference for egg-laying sites based on plant topography.

  Authors:Chendi Yu, Jun Huang, Xiaoyun Ren, G Mandela Fernández-Grandon, Xiaowei Li, Muhammad Hafeez, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 21, 20215,727 words Article 1340LBackground Oviposition site selection is an important factor in determining the success of insect populations. Orius spp. are widely used in the biological control of a wide range of soft-bodied insect pests such as...

• Co-expression network and comparative transcriptome analysis for fiber initiation and elongation reveal genetic differences in two lines from upland cotton CCRI70 RIL population.

  Authors:Xiao Jiang, Liqiang Fan, Pengtao Li, Xianyan Zou, Zhen Zhang, Senmiao Fan, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 21, 202111,268 words Article 1530LUpland cotton is the most widely planted for natural fiber around the world, and either lint percentage (LP) or fiber length (FL) is the crucial component tremendously affecting cotton yield and fiber quality,...

• Morphological observation and protein expression of fertile and abortive ovules in Castanea mollissima.

  Authors:Bingshuai Du, Qing Zhang, Qingqin Cao, Yu Xing, Ling Qin, and Kefeng FangFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 21, 20217,844 words Article 1400LChinese chestnuts (Castanea mollissima Blume.) contain 12-18 ovules in one ovary, but only one ovule develops into a seed, indicating a high ovule abortion rate. In this study, the Chinese chestnut 'Huaihuang' was used...

• Dose-response relationship among body mass index, abdominal adiposity and atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of 35 cohorts.

  Authors:Menglu Liu, Kaibo Mei, Lixia Xie, Jianyong Ma, Peng Yu, Siquan Niu, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 21, 20217,592 words Article 1320LBackground Whether overweight increases the risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is unclear, and whether adiposity independently contributes to POAF has not been comprehensively studied. Thus, we conducted...

• Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State.

  Authors:James C. Robertson, Kristina V. Randrup, Emily R. Howe, Michael J. Case, and Phillip S. LevinFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 21, 20219,907 words Article 1600LThe State of Washington, USA, has set a goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the year around which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommended we must limit global warming to...

• The effects of genetic drift and genomic selection on differentiation and local adaptation of the introduced populations of Aedes albopictus in southern Russia.

  Authors:Evgenii A. Konorov, Vyacheslav Yurchenko, Ivan Patraman, Alexander Lukashev, and Nadezhda OyunFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 21, 20219,050 words Article 1480LBackground Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is an arbovirus vector that has spread from its native habitation areal in Southeast Asia throughout North and South Americas, Europe, and Africa. Ae. albopictus was...

• A simple mechanistic model of the invasive species Heracleum sosnowskyi propagule dispersal by wind.

  Authors:Ivan Chadin, Igor Dalke, Denis Tishin, Ilya Zakhozhiy, and Ruslan MalyshevFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 21, 20217,594 words Article 1370LBackground Invasive species are one of the key elements of human-mediated ecosystem degradation and ecosystem services impairment worldwide. Dispersal of propagules is the first stage of plant species spread and...

• A star is torn-molecular analysis divides the Mediterranean population of Poli's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus stellatus (Cirripedia, Chtamalidae).

  Authors:Yaron Tikochinski, Sharon Tamir, Noa Simon-Blecher, Uzi Motro, and Yair AchituvFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 21, 20217,128 words Report 1430LPoli's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus stellatus Poli, populates the Mediterranean Sea, the North-Eastern Atlantic coasts, and the offshore Eastern Atlantic islands. Previous studies have found apparent genetic differences...