Northern protected areas guard against habitat and species loss but are themselves highly vulnerable to environmental change due their fixed spatial boundaries. In the low Arctic, Torngat Mountains National Park (TMNP) of Canada, widespread greening has recently occurred alongside warming temperatures regional declines in caribou. Little is known, however, about how biophysical controls mediate...

Currently, there is little information regarding the recent spatiotemporal dynamics of upper timberline in Carpathian Mountains. We reconstructed temporal (1887–2018) and spatial Rodna Mountains (Eastern Carpathians) based on seven sets maps aerial photographs explained its variability relation to three main drivers: air temperature, land morphometry anthropogenic pressure. The impact natural d...

BACKGROUND This research was performed in four villages adjacent the boundary of Udzungwa Mountains National Park in the Kilombero River plain of Tanzania. The area adjacent the villages is characterized by self-consumption agriculture, with a population that is on average poor, still very tied to traditions and almost entirely unaffected by modernization and technology. The aim of the present ...

Ecological monitoring of Arctic national parks is challenging owing to their size and remote locations. Baseline ecosystem maps are a basic requirement for monitoring and are often derived from classification of remote sensing data. In many cases, however, the vegetation communities of interest overlap spectrally and cannot be separated using imagery alone. One solution is to use ancillary spat...

A new species of Scheloribates (Perscheloribates) (Oribatida, Scheloribatidae) – S. (P.) oromiaensis sp. n. is described from mosses on the swamp at top mountain in Arsi Mountains National Park, Ethiopia; differs related ethiopicus by larger body size, rounded rostrum and pedotectum II, absence prolamella, presence aggenital seta. The taxonomic status Perscheloribates discussed, resulting suppo...

Two zones of intergradation between populations of Plethodon have been studied for 18 and 20 years, respectively. The data consist of systematic scores of colors, made at least twice annually. Near Heintooga Overlook in the Balsam Mountains (Great Smoky Mountains National Park), the salamanders' cheeks are gray. Proceeding north toward the Smokies, there is increasing frequency and intensity of...

In the present study, nine species of Aspergillus, viz., A. alliaceus, A. ochraceus, A. persii, A. leproris, A. parasiticus, A. fumigatiaffinis, A. sydowii, A. niger, A. tubingensis and Eurotium amstelodami were obtained and identified from soils of the National Park of Urmia Lake, based on cultural and morphological characteristics. All of the species are newly recorded from hypersaline soils ...

The tourism in rural areas and national parks can be regarded as a very sensitive economic factor. On the one hand eco-tourism regions and especially national parks have to present their natural environment and fascinate landscape. On the other hand they have to guide tourist streams to avoid negative effects on their assets. This paper will briefly discuss the current situation of the digital ...