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Uptake of Radionuclides by Bryophytes in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone [PDF]

Toxics, 2023
The “Chernobyl nuclear disaster” released huge amounts of radionuclides, which are still detectable in plants and sediments today. Bryophytes (mosses) are primitive land plants lacking roots and protective cuticles and therefore readily accumulate ...
Brigitte Schmidt, Felix Kegler, Georg Steinhauser, Ihor Chyzhevskyi, Sergiy Dubchak, Caroline Ivesic, Marianne Koller-Peroutka, Aicha Laarouchi, Wolfram Adlassnig   +8 more
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Wildfires in the Chornobyl exclusion zone—Risks and consequences [PDF]

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2021
Abstract Following the 1986 Chornobyl accident, an area approaching 5000 km2 surrounding the nuclear plant was abandoned, creating the Chornobyl exclusion zone (CEZ). Although this area likely contains the most radioactive terrestrial ecosystem on earth, the absence of humans and associated activities for nearly 35 years since the ...
Sviatoslav Levchuk, Valery Kashparov, Mike Wood   +2 more
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Vegetation changes within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2023
The article presents data from the study of vegetation dynamics in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone 30 years after the nuclear disaster and the resettlement of its local people.
Didukh Yakiv P., Pashkevych Nataliia, Kolomiychuk Vitaliy P., Vyshnevskiy Denys   +3 more
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Ionizing radiation and melanism in Chornobyl tree frogs [PDF]

Evolutionary Applications, 2022
Human actions are altering ecosystems worldwide. Among human‐released pollutants, ionizing radiation arises as a rare but potentially devastating threat to natural systems.
Pablo Burraco, Germán Orizaola
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The occurrence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus ticks in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Borrelia miyamotoi spirochete is carried by Ixodidae ticks and causing Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD), a relapsing fever illness reported worldwide, often in the same geographic areas where Lyme disease is endemic.
Beata Fiecek, Kateryna Slivinska, Magdalena Świsłocka-Cutter, Agata Stasiak, Joanna Werszko, Tomasz Chmielewski, Grzegorz Karbowiak   +6 more
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Brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone [PDF]

Праці Теріологічної школи, 2016
A study in 2012–2016 using camera traps confirmed the presence of brown bear in the Chornobyl exclusion zone (Ukraine). The presence of ca. 2–3 individuals was established in an area of up to 80 km2 near the village of Tovstyi Lis. Bears were observed on
Sergii Gashchak, Yevgenii Gulyaichenko, Nicholas A. Beresford, Michael D. Wood   +3 more
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Blood parasites and bacteria of Muroidea rodents of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
The Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (ChEZ) is a unique area in the world. It combines two things: the largest man-made disaster site in the world and a radioecological observatory.
Vladyslava Storozhuk, Hans-Peter Fuehrer, Bita Shahi Barogh, Barbara Eigner, Alla Lypska, Olena Burdo, Denys Vyshnevskyi, Olena Semenko, Caroline F. Frey, Maryna Galat   +9 more
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Shining a light on elusive lynx: Density estimation of three Eurasian lynx populations in Ukraine and Belarus. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
We estimated density of three lynx populations in previously unsurveyed areas in Ukraine and Belarus, including the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, using camera trapping and spatial capture–recapture (SCR) methods. Our results can help the range‐wide assessments of the species status and serve as a baseline for future conservation interventions, as well as ...
Palmero S, Smith AF, Kudrenko S, Gahbauer M, Dachs D, Weingarth-Dachs K, Kashpei I, Shamovich D, Vyshnevskiy D, Borsuk O, Korepanova K, Bashta AT, Zhuravchak R, Fenchuk V, Heurich M.   +14 more
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Timing Is Everything: The Effect of Exposure to Pollution on Wildlife Gut Microbiota Is Contingent on Season. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Exposure to environmental pollutants can disrupt the gut microbiota, but how pollutants impact natural, seasonal changes in wildlife gut microbiota remains unknown. We quantified how exposure to radionuclides affected temporal changes in the gut microbiota of bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) inhabiting the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ ...
Vasylenko A, Tukalenko E, Lavrinienko A, Mousseau TA, Mappes T, Watts PC.   +5 more
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Signatures of Radiation-Induced Stress and Putative Selection on Immune Targets in Chornobyl Wolves. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Investigating the physiological and evolutionary consequences of contaminant exposure in wild populations is critical for understanding long‐term ecological impacts of anthropogenic change. However, how and why species persist, even thrive, in highly contaminated regions in the absence of humans remains a topic of much debate.
Love CN, Lance SL, Hinton TG, Rochette N, Beasley JC, Shamovich D, Byrne ME, Nadel B, Webster SC, Campbell-Staton SC.   +9 more
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