Bobcats appear to interpret humans as the apex predator on the landscape regardless of the presence of dominant or subordinate species. Understanding the influence of humans as "super predators'', as well as the importance of environmental factors that impact intraguild carnivore interactions across ...
Whereas most work to understand impacts of humans on biodiversity on coastal areas has focused on large, conspicuous organisms, we highlight effects of tourist access on the diversity of microscopic marine animals (meiofauna). We used a DNA metabarcoding
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and respective shutdowns dramatically altered human activities, potentially changing human pressures on urban-dwelling animals. Here, we use such COVID-19-induced variation in human presence to evaluate, a
Here, we emphasise the importance of soil biodiversity and its functioning in urban environments, with a focus on its links with human health. We first provide an overview of soil biodiversity in urban ecosystems. We then highlight why soil biodiversity is key for human health in urban ecosystem...
shore)werechosendependingonanthropogenicactivities.Atotalof112macro-benthostaxawere recordedinNabqdominatedwithPlanaxissalcatus,Neritaspp.,BarbatiatrapezinaandOphiocoma scolopendrina.Theanthropogenicactivitiesdon’tonlyaffectthepresenceandabsenceofspecies,butalso ...
Regarding the geological conditions, the presence of wells, sinkholes, and highly permeable materials, such as gravel deposits, facilitates groundwater contamination. On the other hand, the existence of drainage ditches, streams, ponds, and lakes increases the probability that rainfall or irrigation ...
GR:Numerous studies have documented the negative impact human presence has on wildlife. Animals avoid areas frequented by people. This is why we must avoid building trails in important habitats. Strolling along a desert stream bank might be pleasing for people, but it is frightening for wildlife...
Emphasis on the presence, rather than absence, of disease has dominated medical thinking since ancient times, with the term public health first appearing in the early 1900s [5]. The paradigm-shift from the idea of ‘miasmas’ and evil spells – originally believed to have caused the Black ...
Many organs can be affected in the organism, especially the liver, depending on the chemical. Enzymes play an important role in metabolism and the presence of some enzymes, especially “mixed” oxygen in the liver, is currently used as an indication of the organism's contact with some foreign...
They have a remarkable ability to orient themselves in their environment. When food is scarce, they grow into multicellular, gigantic, pulsating networks of protoplasm that can move and reproduce. This ability to transition between single-celled and multicellular states sugge...