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Ecologies, Volume 6, Issue 2

2025 June - 20 articles

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Articles (20)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,413 Views
9 Pages

Owl pellets offer a distinctive, noninvasive perspective on the feeding ecology and morphological traits of owl species. This study presents the first comprehensive comparison of pellet dimensions—specifically length, breadth, and mass—ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,892 Views
21 Pages

Remote Sensing Monitoring of Degradation and Natural Regeneration of Three Populations of Juniperus turbinata Guss. in Eastern Morocco

  • Boumediene Mehdi,
  • Tikent Aziz,
  • Marhri Ahmed,
  • Mouadili Omar,
  • Sbai Abdelkader and
  • Sahib Nargis

Juniperus turbinata is an endemic species of the Mediterranean region, recognized for its role in ecological balance. However, concerns have been raised regarding its state of conservation. The objective of this study is twofold: firstly, to assess t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,924 Views
21 Pages

Decreases in animal mortality due to wildlife–vehicle collisions have been consistently documented as an environmental effect of human mobility restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we investigate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,101 Views
18 Pages

Assessing Habitat Suitability and Overlap for South China Sika Deer and Sympatric Ungulates

  • Jing Zhang,
  • Yankuo Li,
  • Zhaoyang Wang,
  • Guangyao Wang,
  • Shizhao He,
  • Yu Zheng and
  • Chunlin Li

Identifying suitable habitats and quantifying the spatial overlap among sympatrically distributed ungulates is essential for safeguarding their long-term survival. We deployed infrared cameras to capture the distribution sites of sika deer (Cervus ni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,126 Views
24 Pages

This paper shows the results of a study on the ecological structure and spatial distribution of communities of the protected steppe ground beetle Carabus hungaricus Fabricius, 1792 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), in Bulgaria. It also points some phenologica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,443 Views
24 Pages

We report a landscape-scale natural experiment that followed the abundance and demography of forest-floor small mammals and the activity of small mustelids over a 4-year period of an extreme heat wave and abundant coniferous cone crops. Deer mice (Pe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,914 Views
11 Pages

Understanding the ecological integrity of a protected area is a central topic for the management and conservation of these key areas. An ecological integrity framework based on a series of landscape ecology indices was developed to monitor and evalua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,648 Views
11 Pages

Mediterranean chestnut forests represent ecologically and economically important systems that support biodiversity while providing timber, non-timber forest products, and cultural services. However, traditional management practices are undergoing sub...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,726 Views
26 Pages

Intertidal reefs comprised of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) are an important habitat type within the estuarine landscape and provide many unique ecosystem services. Within West Galveston Bay (WGB), Texas, this type of reef plays an impor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,882 Views
26 Pages

Temporal Changes in Fishing Yields, Trophic Dynamics, and Fisheries in Three Mediterranean Lagoons: Logarou and Rodia-Tsoukalio (Greece) and Mar Menor (Spain)

  • Theodore Zoulias,
  • Angel Pérez-Ruzafa,
  • Alexis Conides,
  • Concepción Marcos,
  • Sofia Reizopoulou,
  • Dimitris Vafidis and
  • Dimitris Klaoudatos

This study analyzes 1980–2020 landings data from three Mediterranean coastal lagoons—the Logarou and Rodia-Tsoukalio Lagoons (NW Greece) and the Mar Menor Lagoon (SE Spain)—to assess ecosystem changes and fishing pressure dynamics....

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,193 Views
11 Pages

The Ecological Impacts and Modeling of the Beaver Dam Distribution: A Study on Habitat Characteristics and Environmental Factors in Romania

  • Alexandru Gridan,
  • Ovidiu Ionescu,
  • Georgeta Ionescu,
  • Ancuta Fedorca,
  • Elena Ciocirlan,
  • Claudiu Pașca and
  • Darius Hardalau

Beavers (Castor fiber L.) are recognized as keystone ecological engineers who shape freshwater ecosystems by modifying hydrology, sediment dynamics, and biodiversity. Although beaver populations have recovered across Europe, including Romania, unders...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,297 Views
15 Pages

From April 2016 to the end of July 2024, roadkill mammals were recorded using the road sampling method on the 33.4 km-long Zmajevac-Osijek road in Osijek-Baranja County, located in the northeastern part of Croatia. A total of 86 roadkill specimens of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,682 Views
16 Pages

Citizen science is increasingly utilized for environmental monitoring and educational purposes. For lotic ecosystems, this approach could be used to implement traditional methods and gain more data on local biodiversity, particularly in areas where p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,593 Views
15 Pages

Foliar endophytic fungi (FEF) live within leaves without causing visible signs of disease. FEF occur in all vascular plants, yet the exact nature of interactions between specific FEF and their hosts is not well understood. Some FEF are associated wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,847 Views
26 Pages

The Floristic Composition and Phytoecological Characterization of Plant Communities in the M’Goun Geopark, High Atlas, Morocco

  • Aboubakre Outourakhte,
  • Youssef Gharnit,
  • Abdelaziz Moujane,
  • Khalid El Haddany,
  • Aziz Hasib and
  • Abdelali Boulli

Moroccan vegetation faces significant pressure particularly from human activities and climate change, while most ecosystems lack detailed assessments. Phytoecological studies and species assessments are implemented using vegetation sampling, analysis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,317 Views
14 Pages

Some Ecological Characteristics of a Neophyte of the Canary Islands: Pluchea ovalis (Asteraceae)

  • Miguel Pestano,
  • Isabel Suárez,
  • Cristina González-Montelongo,
  • Natalia Sierra Cornejo and
  • José Ramón Arévalo

Pluchea ovalis (Pers.) DC. is an invasive alien plant species. It has spread widely on the island of Tenerife since it was first introduced, becoming a major threat to the island’s flora. The aims of this study are to analyze its germination ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
887 Views
11 Pages

Recovering of Biodiversity in Bottomland Hardwood Forests After a Tornado and Salvage Logging in Southern Illinois (USA)

  • Laura A. Schammel,
  • Eric J. Holzmueller,
  • John W. Groninger,
  • Charles M. Ruffner and
  • John L. Nelson

Catastrophic wind events play important but poorly documented roles in shaping bottomland hardwood forest structure and composition. The objective of this study was to survey a forested wetland area in Illinois, USA, twenty years following a severe t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,101 Views
16 Pages

The widespread distribution of microplastics (MPs) is causing increasing concern among the scientific community and the public. Marine mammals are considered indicators of the ecological health of marine ecosystems, and many species, suffering from n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,315 Views
16 Pages

The European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) has experienced significant population declines across its European breeding range, primarily due to habitat loss. Our study aimed to provide a new reference for the conservation of Turtle Doves in Evros...

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Ecologies - ISSN 2673-4133