Xie, Xiao Zhang, Hui Wang, Chengyou Wu, Jinming Wei, Qiwei Du, Hao Li, Junyi Ye, Huan
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundThe Yangtze River is the third largest river in the world and suffers from extensive anthropogenic impacts. The fishes in the Yangtze River are essential for the sustainable development of freshwater fisheries and the conservation of aquatic biodiversity in China. However, the fishery resources in the Yangtze River Basin have shown rapid ...
Old, Julie M. Lin, Simon H. Franklin, Michael J. M.
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundWombats are large, nocturnal herbivores that build burrows in a variety of habitats, including grassland communities, and can come into conflict with people. Counting the number of active burrows provides information on the local distribution and abundance of wombats and could prove to be an important management tool to monitor population...
Zhang, Jian Hu, Liangliang Guo, Liang Ren, Weizheng Zhao, Lufeng Wang, Ningjing Zhang, Entao Tang, Jianjun Chen, Xin
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundUnderstanding how traditional agriculture systems have been maintained would help design sustainable agriculture. In this study, we examined how farmers have used two types of local trees (Torreya grandis) for stable yield and maintaining genetic diversity in the “globally important agricultural heritage torreya tree system”. The two type...
Deoniziak, Krzysztof Osiejuk, Tomasz S.
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundUrbanisation has been shown to influence many aspects of animal vocal communication. Much attention has been paid to anthropogenic noise, which is often described as one of the most challenging disturbances for urban dwellers. While a large body of literature describes associations between vocal behavior of avian populations and backgroun...
Agula, Caesar Mabe, Franklin Nantui Akudugu, Mamudu Abunga Dittoh, Saa Ayambila, Sylvester Nsobire Bawah, Ayaga
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundFarming practices vary from farmer to farmer and from place to place depending on a number of factors including the agroclimatic condition, infrastructure (e.g. irrigation facilities) and management mechanisms (private versus state management). These together affect the functioning and sustainability of the ecosystems. For the sustainabil...
Mukhia, Sumira Mandal, Palash Singh, D. K. Singh, Devendra
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundMaintenance of biodiversity is an integral part of sustainable forest management. Epiphytic bryophytes are an important element of biodiversity. Thus, this work aims to study the role of different physical and biochemical factors in affecting the growth and proliferation of epiphytic liverworts. Fifty trees in three different plots, distr...
Osaki, Aya Sashika, Mariko Abe, Go Shinjo, Kohei Fujimoto, Ayako Nakai, Mariko Shimozuru, Michito Tsubota, Toshio
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundIn Japan, invasive raccoons cause severe ecological and social problems by transmitting pathogens to humans, livestock, and native species, causing substantial crop damage, and competing with native species. Possible competition between invasive raccoons and native raccoon dogs is of concern in Japan because Japanese raccoon dogs have a l...
Wege, Mia de Bruyn, P. J. Nico Hindell, Mark A. Lea, Mary-Anne Bester, Marthán N.
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundTo understand and predict the distribution of foragers, it is crucial to identify the factors that affect individual movement decisions at different scales. Individuals are expected to adjust their foraging movements to the hierarchical spatial distribution of resources. At a small local scale, spatial segregation in foraging habitat happ...
Wang, Kun Zhai, Xiajie
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundHumans have dramatically changed natural ecosystems around the world as their capacity to manage their environment for multiple uses has evolved in step with agricultural, industrial and green revolutions. Numerous natural ecosystems have been replaced by various artificial or semi-artificial ecosystems, the ecosystem has changed. To a ce...
Villalobos, Soraya Sevenello-Montagner, José Manuel Vamosi, Jana C.
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BMC Ecology
BackgroundThe occurrence and frequency of plant–pollinator interactions are acknowledged to be a function of multiple factors, including the spatio-temporal distribution of species. The study of pollination specialization by examining network properties and more recently incorporating predictors of pairwise interactions is emerging as a useful fram...
