Paying attention to the spatial placement of the elements (man-made or natural) based on the landscape pattern and ecological processes in urban design would have a considerable impact on both human and the nature. In a way that the discords in the placement of patchs in respect to each other, or in respect to visual corridors and urban matrixes lead to the unwanted results in the cities. The e...

This work analyses the biodiversity of the Aspilota-group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) in three Mediterranean Natural parks: Natural Park of La Font Roja, Natural Park of Las Lagunas de la Mata-Torrevieja and Natural Park of La Tinença de Benifassà. Samples were carried out from April 2004 to December 2007. In total, 822 specimens, belonging to 52 species, were collected. Alpha, beta an...

Reclaimed wastewater for irrigation is an opportunity for recovery of this natural resource. In this study, microbial risk from the use of treated wastewater for irrigation of recreational parks in the city of Chihuahua, evaluating the effect of distribution distance, season, and presence of storage tanks, was analyzed. Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and multidrug-resistant bacteria were recover...

Introduction Park visitors' travel choices and behavior are longstanding concerns for the National Park Service. Travel behaviors can affect natural and cultural resources and the quality of the visitor experience. Driving park roadways has been central to the Ameri can national park experience since the earliest days of park preservation. As historian David Louter (2006) argued in his book Win...

With current new urban developments, no balance can be found between green spaces and open areas present within urban networks and natural land patterns since urban networks are dominating ecological networks. Accordingly, one of the major tasks of urban and regional planners is the optimal land use allocation to urban green spaces. Therefore, to achieve this goal in this research, locations of...

Institut für Pflanzenschutz, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Peter Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190 Wien, Austria Institut für Bodenforschung, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Peter Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190 Wien, Austria School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009; Science Directorate, Botanic Gardens and Par...

The genus Pseudonapomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae) includes the main leafminer pests for monocots. Three new species are described that were captured using Malaise traps in "Tinença de Benifassà", "Font Roja" and "Lagunas de La Mata-Torrevieja" (Spain) Natural Parks: Pseudonapomyza curvata n. sp., P. longitata n. sp., and P. sicicornis n. sp. Systematics. Ecological data are discussed.

Anja Kaczmarczyk1,2, Bryn Funnekotter1,2, Akshay Menon1,2, Pui Ye Phang1,2, Arwa Al-Hanbali1,2, Eric Bunn2,3 and Ricardo L. Mancera1 1Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Western Australian Biomedical Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth 2Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Fraser Avenue, West Perth 3School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Univers...

School of Geography and the Environment, OUCE, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK, CE3C – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, National Museum of Natural History, Uni...

Anaplasma phagocytophilum DNA was detected by real-time PCR, which targeted the msp2 gene, in 2.9% of questing Ixodes ricinus ticks (adults and nymphs; n = 2,862), collected systematically from selected locations in Bavaria, Germany, in 2006. Prevalence was significantly higher in urban public parks in Munich than in natural forests.