Life: The Excitement of Biology

A journal promoting the in-depth understanding of all forms of life

Dec
25

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LEB 8(3) 2020

Category: Blog Posts, Previous Issues

Pankam, M. 2020. Mussel Memories: An Interdisciplinary Overview of Bivalve (Mollusca) Gathering, Mariculture, and Other Culture Practices amongst Several Pre-Modern Communities on the Western Coasts of the Americas. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(3):117-149.Download
Pérez-Rivera, R. A. 2020. Green Iguana, Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758), Disrupts the Nesting of Birds in Puerto Rico. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(3):150-154.Download
Lambert, J. B., R. C. Yudin, T. A. Contreras, C. L. Johnson, T. M. Nguyen, Y. Wu, and J. A. Santiago-Blay. 2020. Molecular Classification of Banana Exudates. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(3):155-173. Download
Inglés-Casanova, R. 2020. Characterization of the Lesions Associated with the Pineapple Gum Disease Caused by the Larva of Batrachedra comosae Hodges, 1966 (Lepidoptera: Batrachedridae) in the Cultivar Red Spanish, or Española Roja, in Puerto Rico. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(3):174-189.Download
Metzler, E. H. 2020. Book Review. Hawkmoths of Australia, Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Volume 13. By Maxwell S. Moulds, James P. Tuttle, and David A. Lane. CSIRO Publishing. Clayton South, Victoria, Australia. 2020. 414 pp. (including 83 color plates, small folio). ISBN: 9781486302819 (Hard cover). $162.00 and up. Available from the publisher and many retail outlets including Pemberley Books (United Kingdom), Goecke Evers (Germany), ABEBooks.com and Amazon.com online retailers. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(3):190-193.Download
Dzubak, C. 2020. News from the Neighborhood. The Case of the Disappearing Sandal (and the almost Disappearance of a Woman) on a Sandy Beach in Ocean City, Maryland, USA. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(3):194-195.Download

Sep
9

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LEB 8(2) 2020

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Storm, E. Fermented Foods in Medicine: An Evaluation of Their Uses and Effects on the Human Gut Microbiota. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(2):34-53.Download
Díaz Méndez, S. N. and J. A. Aguiar-Escobar. Species Distribution Models As Tools for Conservation: A Case Study Using Maxent and the West Indian Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna arborea, in Caño Tiburones, Puerto Rico. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(2):54-69.Download
Pérez- Rivera, R. A. and A. Molina-Opio. Associating Sound with Food in the Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger brachypterus Cassin, 1867 (Aves: Passeriformes: Icteridae). Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(2):70-76.Download
Klein, M. An Evaluation of Payment for Ecosystem Service Models Implemented in Areas of Rural Poverty in China, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and Mexico. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(2):77-104.Download
Brooks, S.,  X. Zhou, and J. A. Santiago-Blay. Book Review Fungipedia. A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore  by Lawrence Millman. 2019. Illustrations by Amy Jean Porter.  Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey, USA and Oxford, England, UK. 184 pp. ISBN 978-0-691-19472-1 (Hard cover). Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(2):105-114.Download

May
2

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LEB 8(1) 2020

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Santiago-Blay, J. A._Editorial. The First Seven Years (2013-2019) of Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(1):1-3.

Nieves-Rivera, A.,  J. P. Zegarra Vila, C. E. Figuerola Hernández, J. E. García-Hernández, and N. V. Schizas. 2020 Recent and Historical Explorations of the Underwater Section of Cueva del Agua, Punta Los Ingleses, Mona Island (Puerto Rico), with a New Faunal Record. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(1):4-22.

Lugemwa, F. N. 2020. Editorial. The Coronavirus Pandemic in the Age of Social Media: A Chronology and Impacts on Peoples of African Descent. Life: The Excitement of Biology 8(1):23-33.

Feb
26

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LEB 7(4) 2019

Category: Blog Posts, Previous Issues

Resources for Integrating Immersive Experiences in an Educational Setting by Amy Kuntz LEB 7(4):165-180.

A Distribution Model for the Green Iguana, Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Iguanidae), in Puerto Rico by Carlos Andrés Rodríguez Gómez, Rafael L. Joglar, Mariano Solórzano, and William A. Gould.  LEB 7(4)181-196. 

A New Molecular Type of Amber for Burma (Myanmar) by Joseph B. Lambert, Jonna M. Karlberg, Natasha R. Muppala, Tayde A. Contreras, Yuyang Wu, and Jorge A. Santiago-Blay LEB 7(4):197-212.

Addendum. Voucher Specimens of Littorina littorea Used in Paper Authored by Ye and Published in LEB 6(3):108-121 in 2018 Are Deposited at ANSP. William Ye. LEB 7(4):213-214.

Index to volume 7 of Life: The Excitement of Biology by Jorge A. SantiagoBlay LEB 7(4):214-216.

Dec
31

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LEB 7(3) 2019

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Ecological Factors and the Distribution of Adult Odonata in Puerto Rico by Ariel Diaz, Delwin J. Rodríguez-Flores, Ana G. Rivera-Vega, Edgardo Cruz-Marcano, Iris M. Velázquez-Oliveras, and Luis A. Villanueva-Cubero. LEB 7(3):115-147.

Superparasitism on the Wasp Ammophila pictipennis Walsh (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Ammophilinae) by Strepsiptera, with a Record of Observed Instances of Stylopization of Wasps in the Genus Ammophila Kirby from the Grounds of North High School, Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.A. 2008 – 2019 by G. K. Lechner._LEB 7(3):148-158.

Book Review – An Introduction to Plant Structure and Development. Plant Anatomy for the Twenty-First Century (Second Edition). 2007 by Charles B. Beck. Cambridge University Press. New York, NY, USA. 441 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-51805-5 (Hardback) by Jorge A. Santiago-Blay._LEB 7(3):159-164.

Dec
6

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LEB 7(2) 2019

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DeLoff_and Schoofs – Calcitox-Metamorphosis in Insects: The Calcium (Ca2+)-Homeostasis System as the Integrated Primordial Receptor System for both Juvenile Hormone and Ecdysteroids

Rios, Joglar, and Thomas – Variation in Bioacoustic Characteristics in
Eleutherodactylus coqui Thomas, 1966 and Eleutherodactylus antillensis (Reinhardt and Lutken, 1863) (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) in the Puerto Rico Bank

Oct
15

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LEB 7(1) 2019

Category: Blog Posts, Previous Issues

Santiago-Blay – Editorial: The First Six Years (2013-2018) of Life: The Excitement of Biology

Cabrera, Harmsen, and Vélez – The Effect of Shade Houses on the Insect Pests and Yield of Three Important Plant Crops in Puerto Rico: Pepper, Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae), Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae), and Cabbage, Brassica oleracea (Brassicaceae)

Laboy-Nieves and Santiago-Blay – UV-Induced Fluorescence of Two Puerto Rican Endemic Arthropods: The Harvestman, Yunquenus portoricanus and the Millipede, Spirobolellus richmondi

Hribar – Brighton Clark “Bugs” Cain (1897 – 1951): A Man Who Inspired Children to Love Insects

Saul – Geographical and Biological Origin of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918: Update and Correction

Santiago-Blay – Book Review – The Spark of Leaning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion by Sarah Rose Cavanagh

May
31

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LEB 6(4) 2018

Category: Blog Posts, Previous Issues

Chen – Social Behavior and Structure in Wild and Captive Groups of the African Wild Dog, Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820) (Carnivora: Canidae)

Santiago-Blay (Rapporteur), Do One Good Thing for Bees Today: Twenty-five Facts about North American Wild Bees

Santiago-Blay – Book Review Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Santiago-Blay – Index Volume 6 (2018) of Life: The Excitement of Biology

 

 

May
1

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LEB 6(3) 2018

Category: Blog Posts, Previous Issues

Pearson, K. C. – Will Culling the Northwest Atlantic Gray Seal Population, Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) (Carnivora: Phocidae) on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA Reduce the Risk of Human-White Shark Encounters? LEB6(3)

Ye, W. – Shell Selection of the Hermit Crab, Pagurus longicarpus Say (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea), in Response to Acid-Treated Shells: A Laboratory Study LEB6(3)

Santiago-Blay, J. A. Erratum. Obituary. Juan Cristián Orrego-Benavente (January 31, 1944 Santiago, Chile – December 12, 2018 San Salvador, El Salvador) – LEB6(3)

Dec
25

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LEB 6(2) 2018

Category: Blog Posts, Previous Issues

Petrulevicius – A New Malachite Damselfly (Synlestidae: Odonata) from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina

Saul – Homosexuality as a Necessary Outcome of Variation 6(2)

Santiago-Blay and Shaffer – Introducing Mathematics in
Non-Science Majors Biology Courses Using MathBench 6(2)

Santiago-Blay et al. – Obituary Juan Cristián Orrego-Benavente (January 31, 1944 Santiago, Chile – December 12, 2018 San Salvador, El Salvador) 6(2)

Miapeh – Jerubbaal International Inc.: Bridging the Gap Between the Needy and Humanitarians in Liberia, Africa 6(2)

Santiago-Blay – Book Review – Du Iz Tak? 6(2)

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