Ecologies MDPI

02/09/2026

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💧 Development and Evaluation of the Plankton Biological Integrity Index (P-IBI) in Dry and Wet Seasons for Dianchi Lake

👥 Jia-Le Cao et al.
🔗 Read at: https://brnw.ch/21x5nrw

As an important component of lake ecosystems, plankton are often used as indicators to evaluate the health of aquatic ecosystems, such as lakes and reservoirs. The plankton integrity index (P-IBI) is a highly utilized method for evaluating the ecological health of the lakes. This study took Dianchi....

31/08/2026

🐻 Activity Patterns of Black Bears (Ursus americanus) and Their Relationship with the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) in the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

👥 Jesse R. Wong-Smer et al.
🔗 Read at: https://brnw.ch/21x5jC5

The daily activity patterns of wild animal species are driven by environmental conditions and plant productivity although the degree of dependence varies according to their ecological niche. Bear ecology is intrinsically linked to seasonal vegetative availability. As omnivores with high metabolic de...

28/08/2026

🌱 Filial Effects of Ephemeral Cycad Seedlings Contribute Nitrogen to the Parents’ Rhizosphere

👤 Thomas E. Marler
🔗 Read at: https://brnw.ch/21x5hkH

Most cycad seeds germinate under the parent plant, and seedlings die before recruitment to the juvenile stage. Decomposition of the senesced organs releases the nutrients to influence nutrient cycling. The aim of this study was to quantify the soil nitrogen that accumulates from seedling turnover. S...

26/08/2026

🌳 Accelerating Warming in Armenia (South Caucasus) Shifts the Climate–Growth Relationships of Fagus orientalis L.

👥 Anush Stepanyan et al.
🔗 Read at: https://brnw.ch/21x5dBa

The radial growth of the tree stem reflects tree responses to climate change. This study examines the response of Fagus orientalis to more than half a century of climate dynamics in Armenia using a dendrochronological approach. Two forest stands were analyzed: one geographically isolated stand in th...

24/08/2026

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🐺 The Perspectives of Key Stakeholders on the Reintroduction of Apex Predators to the United Kingdom

👥 Shannon Wilson and Marco Campera
🔗 Read at: https://brnw.ch/21x59Y7

Apex predators were extirpated from the UK hundreds of years ago. Practitioners have recently advocated for reintroductions of predators in the UK given their role as keystone species. For a reintroduction to take place, a survey of public desirability needs to be conducted. We aimed to understand t...

21/08/2026

🦠 Diversity of Culturable Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial Consortia and Species Capable of Hydrocarbon Degradation Isolated from Marine Environments

👥 Alena I. Eskova and Irina V. Isaeva
🔗 Read at: https://brnw.ch/21x56pn

19/08/2026

🌳 Ecological Correspondence Between Morphological Variation and Germplasm Movement Zones of Cedrela odorata L. in Southeastern Mexico

👥 Manuel Lorenzo Nuñez-Piedra et al.
🔗 Read at: https://brnw.ch/21x52Im

This study analyzed seven foliar traits of Cedrela odorata L. (Meliaceae) in 87 individuals across three germplasm movement zones in Tabasco, Mexico (VIII: humid; XIV: intermediate; XXI: dry) to assess differentiation and climatic relationships. Leaf length, area, petiolule length, leaflet number, r...

17/08/2026

🧬 Environmental Stress in Wild Armored Catfish Pterygoplichthys spp. Through CYP1A Gene Expression

👥 Guadalupe Gómez-Carrasco et al.

"Aquatic ecosystems are currently facing anthropogenic pollution, mainly derived from agricultural, industrial, and urban runoff, including heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAs), pesticides, fertilizers, and untreated wastewater discharges"

🔗 Read more at: https://brnw.ch/21x4ZbC

Aquatic ecosystems are currently facing anthropogenic pollution, mainly derived from agricultural, industrial, and urban runoff, including heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAs), pesticides, fertilizers, and untreated wastewater discharges. To understand the impact of environmental co...

14/08/2026

🌳 Phytosociology of Ecological Transition Ecosystems in Anauá National Forest, Roraima State, Brazil

👥 Tiago Monteiro Condé et al.
🔗 Read at: https://brnw.ch/21x4VxT

The northern Brazilian Amazon has ecological transition ecosystems with high diversity and endemism of tree species and few botanical collections. We evaluated the phytosociology between Dense Ombrophilous Forest (Ds) and Forested Campinarana (Ld) within Anauá National Forest in Roraima, Brazil. A ...

12/08/2026

🍋 Citrus Aphids in Algarve Region (Portugal): Species, Hosts, and Biological Control

👥 Paulo Eduardo Branco Paiva et al.

"Aphids affect citrus by causing leaf deformations and reducing fruit production."

🔗 Read at: https://brnw.ch/21x4RL7

Aphids affect citrus by causing leaf deformations and reducing fruit production. Additionally, aphids are a great concern due to their ability to transmit Citrus tristeza virus (CTV), the cause of tristeza, one of the main citrus diseases. In the last four years, citrus orchards in the south of Port...