BACKGROUND: Relating the geographical distribution of intermediate freshwater snail hosts (viz. vectors of schistosomes) to local environmental attributes offers value for understanding the epidemiological landscape of schistosomiasis transmission in...
Research on urban soils has traditionally neglected two significant dimensions: the spatial heterogeneity emerging within megacity resulting from varying urbanization rates, and the dynamic responses of soil microbial communities to ongoing urban exp...
The JunÃn Lake basin, a critical high-altitude ecosystem in the central Peruvian Andes, faces severe contamination from potentially toxic elements (PTEs) driven by mining activities, agriculture, and urbanization. This study evaluates the spatial dis...
Nepeta persica is a medicinal plant with significant pharmacological potential, primarily attributed to its high nepetalactone content. Understanding the environmental drivers of nepetalactone biosynthesis is essential for optimizing both cultivation...
Historic land-use practices are important for understanding present-day patterns of ecological productivity and resilience. A longstanding challenge, however, has been how to discern different land-use activities across landscapes from archaeological...
Panax notoginseng is a well-known research species in China. The issue of continuous crop barriers has led to a reduction in suitable habitats in Wenshan. In the context of global warming, it is far from adequate to merely predict the suitability dis...
Declining water quality poses serious environmental and public health risks, with chlorophyll-a serving as a key biological indicator of harmful algal blooms. This study evaluates the use of a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network to forecast ...
The biodiversity function of the desert steppe ecosystem faces many challenges under the pressure of climate change and human activities. Accurate and efficient assessment of plant diversity is critical for guiding desert steppe restoration efforts. ...
Aquatic ecosystems vital to biodiversity and climate change-such as coral reefs, kelp forests, and mangrove forests-are often cluttered with natural obstacles. To navigate these complex habitats, fish have evolved relatively small body sizes and outs...
Drone-based aerial monitoring can play a pivotal role in scaling up efforts to monitor species at risk. In this study, we assessed the population size, occupancy, and spatial interactions of gharials and muggers in the Eastern Rapti River and its tri...
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