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Diversity, Volume 15, Issue 10

October 2023 - 77 articles

Cover Story: Rapid urbanization poses a major threat to vertebrate wildlife worldwide. To measure the effects of urbanization on species richness and numerical abundance, we surveyed vertebrate wildlife at the sites of proposed development projects and organized in a before–after, control-impact (BACI) experimental design. The development projects reduced vertebrate species richness 48% within the project area and 66% on the project site, and reduced counts of animals by 89% to 90%. Reductions were the greatest for terrestrial species, followed by grassland birds and raptors, but they applied to nearly all species of vertebrate wildlife, including non-native and synanthropic species. Cumulative effects monitoring is needed within urbanizing areas, in addition to conservation measures to mitigate the effects of development on wildlife. View this paper
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Articles (77)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,637 Views
16 Pages

23 October 2023

A new, very small-sized species of Arthroleptis is described from western Rwanda. The new species occurs locally endemic in Nyungwe Forest and Cyamudongo Forest, where it inhabits the leaf litter of montane forests between 1800 and 2200 m a.s.l. It d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,845 Views
21 Pages

23 October 2023

The gastrointestinal microbiota consists of trillions of microorganisms that live symbiotically in the human body. The main factor influencing the formation of the gastrointestinal microbiota is lifestyle, particularly the diet of people from differe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,501 Views
14 Pages

Long-Term Stability of Harvest Mouse Population

  • Linas Balčiauskas and
  • Laima Balčiauskienė

23 October 2023

The Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) is a tiny rodent of the Palearctic and Indomalayan regions, with a distinct regional species status in Europe and irregularly varying local numbers. We analysed the population of M. minutus in Lithuania (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,752 Views
14 Pages

Bacterial Products and Their Effect on the Shrubby Legume Calicotome villosa (Poir.) Link

  • María A. Pérez-Fernández,
  • Irene Ariadna De-Lara-Del-Rey and
  • Anathi Magadlela

23 October 2023

Calicotome villosa is a eurioic legume with broad distribution in the south of Europe. It can grow in almost any type of soil as well as in humid and dry and nutrient-deficient ecosystems. The broad distribution and eurioic nature of C. villosa may b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,090 Views
15 Pages

22 October 2023

The extensive vegetation destruction in opencast mining regions has led to various environmental problems, including the loss of biodiversity. However, our understanding of biodiversity’s response to survival, as well as its interactions with s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,037 Views
14 Pages

Seasonal Variations in Invertebrates Sheltered among Corallina officinalis (Plantae, Rodophyta) Turfs along the Southern Istrian Coast (Croatia, Adriatic Sea)

  • Moira Buršić,
  • Andrej Jaklin,
  • Milvana Arko Pijevac,
  • Branka Bruvo Mađarić,
  • Lucija Neal,
  • Emina Pustijanac,
  • Petra Burić,
  • Neven Iveša,
  • Paolo Paliaga and
  • Ljiljana Iveša

22 October 2023

Available research on invertebrates in Corallina officinalis settlements shows a high level of biodiversity due to a complex habitat structure. Our aim was to examine seasonal changes in the invertebrate population, considering the algae’s grow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,624 Views
18 Pages

22 October 2023

The change grassland plant communities demonstrate with elevation has been one of the hot issues in ecological research, and there remain many unsolved problems. In order to further elucidate the rules of grassland plant community change with elevati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,508 Views
16 Pages

Soil Biological Properties along a Topographic Gradient in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Biome

  • Diego Lang Burak,
  • Thamyres Cardoso da Silveira,
  • Luciana Ventura Machado and
  • Eduardo de Sá Mendonça

21 October 2023

The Atlantic Forest exhibits remarkable floristic diversity over short distances, and when combined with altitude, it results in variations in soil biological properties and hydrological dynamics. This study aimed to quantify the distribution pattern...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,021 Views
15 Pages

Flea (Insecta: Siphonaptera) Family Diversity

  • Robert L. Bossard,
  • Marcela Lareschi,
  • Mara Urdapilleta,
  • Cristina Cutillas and
  • Antonio Zurita

21 October 2023

This overview of extant Siphonaptera lists 19 families with major hosts and their general distribution, estimated numbers of genera, species, and subspecies, with a brief taxonomic and phylogenetic review. With around 10 new species described annuall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,116 Views
26 Pages

20 October 2023

The research utilizes an interdisciplinary approach, combining geological, ecological, and historical methods. It delves into the environmental evolution of Lake Kolon over a span of 17,700 years, shedding light on the intricate interplay between geo...

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