Parasitic diseases account for important health hazard in human beings and animals around the globe including India [1]. India, as a tropical country, has a wide range of climatic zones, which make it vulnerable for a diverse range of parasites of medical and veterinary importance, whose transmission and geographical distribution are closely linked to regional temperature, rainfall and humidity...

Antarctic marine ectotherms look back on several million years of adaptation to constant extreme cold temperatures. By contrast, animals from temperate zones face high summer and below 0°C temperatures in winter. Here, we present recent data on mitochondrial ROS production in animals from both climatic environments, and a concept of mitochondrial proton leak as part of thermal adaptation in bot...

This chapter gives a brief analysis of basic factors influencing highland climates and peculiarities of atmospheric circulation caused by mountain systems. Special attention is paid to characteristics of highland climate which are manifested in regimes of temperature, precipitation, wind, solar radiation, etc. Typical and exclusive features of highland climates in different large-scale climatic...

The first documented transmission of Chikungunya within Europe took place in Italy during the summer of 2007. Chikungunya, a viral infection affecting millions of people across Africa and Asia, can be debilitating and no prophylactic treatment exists. Although imported cases are reported frequently across Europe, 2007 was the first confirmed European outbreak and available evidence suggests tha...

Riparian zones can provide a protective buffer between streams and adjacent land-based activities by removing nitrate from shallow groundwater flowing through them. Catchment-scale waterquality models are useful tools for predicting catchment behaviour under various climatic conditions and land-use scenarios. In this paper, we use the Riparian Nitrate Model (RNM) to investigate the potential ro...

An analysis andmulti-model approach, based on a statistically derived Global Environmental Stratification (GEnS) and using a downscaled ensemble (n = 63) of CIMP5 Earth System Models applied across four representative concentration pathways (RCP), has been used to project the impact of climate change on spatial distribution of bioclimatic zones and ecosystems within the biodiverse rich Xishuang...

Gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants are one of the major causes of productivity loss.This study was carried out to determine the correlation between the prevalence, seasonal incidence and geographical distribution January 12, 2011of abomasal worm infection of native sheep in 3 different climatic zones of Iran, suitable for animal husbandry. From March 2008 to February 2009 the content...