It has become clear that state-owned protected areas (PAs) are insufficient in preserving the world’s spatially heterogenous biodiversity. Private land conservation could contribute significantly to national conservation goals, without further...
The co-occurrence of felid species in Southeast Asia provides an unusual opportunity to investigate guild structure and the factors controlling it. Using camera-trap data, we quantified the space use, temporal activity, and multi-dimensional niche ov...
Loss of habitat and human disturbance are major factors in the worldwide decline of shorebird populations, including that of the threatened migratory piping plover (Charadrius melodus). From 2013 to 2018, we conducted land-based surveys of the shoreb...
Wildlife populations are spatially controlled and undergo frequent fluctuations in abundance and site occupation. A comprehensive understanding of dynamic species processes is essential for making appropriate wildlife management plans. Here, we used...
Accurate assessment of species rarity and conservation status requires an approach that integrates data-driven models with established ecological knowledge. In this study, we applied multispecies occupancy (MSO) and latent factor multispecies occupan...
Despite high fragmentation and deforestation, little is known about wildlife species richness and occurrence probabilities in tropical dry forest (TDF) landscapes. To fill this gap in knowledge, we used a Sentinel-2-derived land-cover map, Normalized...
Understanding how carnivores coexist is central to ecological theory and conservation. Coexistence among sympatric species arises through niche partitioning across spatial, temporal, and trophic dimensions, yet these mechanisms remain poorly explored...
Understanding the factors influencing amphibian populations is essential for effective freshwater conservation, particularly for species with biphasic life histories. This study examined how pond- and landscape-level characteristics shape larval amph...
Past restoration of hardwood forests prioritized planting of woody vegetation cover, particularly oaks (Quercus spp.). This restoration regime often did not consider other microhabitat components, which failed to restore habitat complexity. Giant can...
Assessing the impact of community-based conservation programs on wildlife biodiversity remains a significant challenge. This pilot study was designed to develop and demonstrate a scalable, spatially explicit workflow using thermal infrared (TIR) imag...
The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a key species in many Mediterranean ecosystems, especially as prey for numerous Iberian predators. Due to its population decline and spatially heterogeneous recovery following different diseases, there i...
Mycotoxins are toxic mold metabolites that can persist in environment long after the fungi species responsible for their production disappear. Critical workplace for mycotoxins presence has already been studied and nowadays it is possible to recogniz...
Tidal creeks along the southeastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico coastlines provide nursery habitats for commercially and ecologically important nekton, including juvenile blue crabs Callinectes sapidus, a valuable and heavily landed seafood species. Inst...
Tropical cyclones can rapidly alter vegetation structure and resource availability in Caribbean island ecosystems, yet species-specific, island-wide assessments of avian resilience remain limited. We integrated remotely sensed vegetation greenness, t...
The longnose darter Percina nasuta is a rare and cryptic fish that recently disappeared from much of its historic range. We developed and used an environmental DNA (eDNA) assay for longnose darter paired with visual surveys to better determine the sp...
Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonosis of worldwide significance; a wide spectrum of wild and domestic animal species act as natural or accidental hosts. Swine can act as maintenance or accidental hosts of pathogenic Leptospira spp. This study aimed...
Allium kazim-kosei sp. nov. (Amaryllidaceae, sect. Codonoprasum) is described as a new species from Central Anatolia, Türkiye. The new species is morphologically similar to A. pseudoflavum but differs in several diagnostic characters, including...
18 October 2022
Respiratory abnormalities among workers at coffee roasting and packaging facilities have already been reported; however, little is known about microbiological contamination inside coffee production facilities. This study intends to assess the microbi...
We present a computational framework for constructing effective, intrinsically screened heavy-particle potentials in dense plasmas from first-principles pseudopotentials. Starting from available projector-augmented-wave (PAW) data in the Unified Pseu...
In healthy ecosystems, large raptors such as the White-tailed Eagle perform the essential roles of predators, bioindicators, and umbrella species. Despite their importance, many species of raptors are globally endangered, and similarly, in the Republ...
In struggling against invasive species ravaging riverscape ecosystems, gaps in dispersal pathway knowledge and fragmented approaches across scales have long stalled effective riparian management worldwide. To reduce these limitations and enhance inva...
The structure, bonding, and properties of diradicals, triradicals, and polyradicals have been investigated using broken symmetry (BS) molecular orbital (MO) and BS density functional theory (DFT) methods, which are regarded as the first steps in the...
Radiation exposure is an undeniable health threat encountered in various occupations and procedures. High energy waves in ionizing radiation cause DNA damage and induce reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, which further exacerbate DNA, protein,...
Synthetic amorphous silica is used in various applications such as cosmetics, food, or rubber reinforcement. These broad uses increase human exposure, and thus the potential risk related to their short- and long-term toxicity for both consumers and w...
Global climate change threatens regional biodiversity, yet multi-model assessments tracking future range shifts of endangered mammals remain limited. This study evaluated future habitat suitability for five legally protected terrestrial mammals in th...
Habitat degradation poses a critical threat to the Malabar slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus), yet little is known about its microhabitat requirements in intact forest. In Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, we combined nocturnal trail surveys (3...
2 August 2022
Determining interventions to combat disease often requires complex analyses of spatial-temporal data to improve health outcomes. For some vulnerable populations, obtaining sufficient data for related analyses is especially difficult, thus exacerbatin...
2 June 2015
Fungal contamination in indoor environments has been associated with adverse health effects for the inhabitants. Remediation of fungal contamination requires removal of the fungi present and modifying the indoor environment to become less favourable...
Background and objectives: Occupational and environmental inhalation exposures, including high-aspect-ratio carbon nanotubes, can trigger pulmonary fibrosis (PF). The relationship between exposure-specific fibrogenic pathways (granulomatous inflammat...