Ecological changes are recognized as an important driver behind the emergence of infectious diseases. The prevalence of infection in ticks depends upon ecological factors that are rarely taken into account simultaneously. Our objective was to investigate the influences of forest fragmentation, vegetation, adult tick hosts, and habitat on the infection prevalence of three tick-borne bacteria, Bo...

Within a single site in the Kohala Forest Reserve, Hawai‘i, we examined composition and diversity of soil microbial communities under four introduced (Cryptomeria japonica, Casuarina equisetifolia, Araucaria columnaris, and Eucalyptus sp.) and one native (Metrosideros polymorpha) canopy tree species, as well as pasture. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of soil...

Pastures cover, in Brazil, around 165 million ha, most of them are at some degradation level. Recovering these pastures is essential. The objective this study was to evaluate the sensibility soil organic matter (SOM) and its physical attributes pasture different levels (1 4), Capoeiras 2) secondary Forest (Control). Samples were collected four depths (0.00-0.05, 0.05-0.10, 0.10-0.20 0.20-0.40 m...

Silvopastoral systems are traditional components of the landscape in the Swiss Jura Mountains, and are promising approaches for the sustainable management of mountain areas worldwide. Due to complex vegetation dynamics, pasturewoodlands are very vulnerable to the currently occurring land use and climate changes. Therefore, management requires integrative long-term predictions of successional tr...

Despite the importance of forest edges in ecology, only one study has previously been carried out in New Zealand on the modification of climate across forest edges. We measured light exposure, wind speed, air and soil temperature, and vapour pressure deficit (VPD) perpendicular to a north-south aligned, mature, edge of native broadleaf rainforest adjoining grazed pasture. At a point 80 m into t...

Tropical rainforest trees typically occur in low population densities and rely on animals for cross-pollination. It is of conservation interest therefore to understand how rainforest fragmentation may alter the pollination and breeding structure of remnant trees. Previous studies of the Amazonian tree Dinizia excelsa (Fabaceae) found African honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata) as the predomin...

Inappropriate use and management of land has generated processes environmental degradation, in which the increasing removal forest coverage impaired hydrological cycle, water soil quality. The objective this work is to know effects protection spring, initial part its watercourse, on conditions a family property. study was carried out property located Rainha da Paz Community, Alegre-ES, using in...

The municipality of Minaçu, in the northern region state Goiás, differs from many Brazilian municipalities due to intense changes that have occurred its territory. is known as capital asbestos, an ore gave rise occupation region, whose extraction has lasted six decades. In addition large pits opened by mining, also two hydroelectric plants, part their respective reservoirs, which occupy a land....

The Ourika watershed, located in the North-West of Moroccan High Atlas, has undergone several spatio-temporal changes and accelerated land use dynamics as a result interaction climatic, topographic anthropogenic factors. objective this study is to monitor evolution area over past 33 years. Landsat satellite imagery been chosen for cover mapping, providing sufficient detail identify characterist...

Abstract While harboring the bulk of planet's biodiversity, tropical ecosystems have experienced intense land conversion for agriculture. Studies examining impacts land‐use change on biodiversity primarily focused forest cover loss but overlooked ecological potential habitats surrounding fragments to modulate loss. We examined whether small‐mammal communities changed with fragments, and how fun...