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Fertilization may impact ecosystem processes that sustain agriculture, such as nutrient cycling, by altering the composition of soil microbial communi...

The desert locust Schistocerca gregaria has been considered a major pest since ancient times, as locust swarms holding millions of insects move throug...

Although application of fertilizers and pesticides to farmland is known to impact non-target organisms in adjacent semi-natural habitats, little is kn...

Diet selection studies of two wild species (Bison bison and Antilocapra americana) and domestic cattle and sheep were used to compare the ecological r...

Rivers in Northern Nigeria flowing north-eastwards into Lake Chad traverse, as they pass through the Sudan Savannah zone, wide seasonal flood-plains t...

The following is based largely on the author's summary. As little information was available on mosquitos breeding in tree holes in West Africa, a stud...

Plant species diversity (PSD) regulates ecosystem structure and functions, and is a key issue we need to consider when design vegetation restoration p...

Climate change, intensified tourism and trade activity have resulted in several exotic mosquito species invading the temperate zone, with considerable...

Climate change may increase the occurrence of droughts and fires in the Amazon. Most of our understanding on how fire affects tropical ecosystems is b...

Until recently, the northern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina rugosa Ogilby, 1890) provided a seasonal source of protein for indigenous communities in t...