Of beta diversity, variance, evenness, and dissimilarity [PDF]
, 2017 The amount of variation in species composition among sampling units or beta diversity has become a primary tool for connecting the spatial structure of species assemblages to ecological processes.
Ricotta, Carlo
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Ecology of Aedes Mosquitoes, the Major Vectors of Arboviruses in Human Population
Dengue Fever - a Resilient Threat in the Face of Innovation, 2018 Aedes aegypti (Stegomyia) has been human vectors for many human diseases globally. In recent years, dengue virus has been diagnosed in different regions such as Asia and Latin America vectored by Aedes spp. mosquitoes.
E. Kweka +6 more
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An overview of recent research in marine biological invasions [PDF]
, 2017 The Topical Collection on Invasive Species includes 50 articles addressing many tenets of marine invasion ecology. The collection covers important topics relating to propagule pressure associated with transport vectors, species characteristics ...
Briski, Elizabeta, Chan, Farrah T.
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Ecology of urban malaria vectors in Niamey, Republic of Niger
Malaria Journal, 2016 BackgroundUrbanization in African cities has major impact on malaria risk. Niamey, the capital of the Republic of Niger, is situated in the West African Sahel zone.
R. Labbo +8 more
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Terminology mining in social media [PDF]
, 2009 The highly variable and dynamic word usage in social media presents serious challenges for both research and those commercial applications that are geared towards blogs or other user-generated non-editorial texts.
Karlgren, Jussi, Sahlgren, Magnus
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Ecological immunology of mosquito-malaria interactions: Of non-natural versus natural model systems and their inferences [PDF]
, 2009 There has been a recent shift in the literature on mosquito/Plasmodium interactions with an increasingly large number of theoretical and experimental studies focusing on their population biology and evolutionary processes.
Tripet, F
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Predicting Distribution of Aedes Aegypti and Culex Pipiens Complex, Potential Vectors of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Relation to Disease Epidemics in East Africa. [PDF]
, 2013 The East African region has experienced several Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreaks since the 1930s. The objective of this study was to identify distributions of potential disease vectors in relation to disease epidemics.
Abdo-Salem S +40 more
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Antibiotic Pollution in the Environment: From Microbial Ecology to Public Policy
Microorganisms, 2019 The ability to fight bacterial infections with antibiotics has been a longstanding cornerstone of modern medicine. However, wide-spread overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to unintended consequences, which in turn require large-scale changes of ...
S. Kraemer, A. Ramachandran, G. Perron
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Woodpeckers can act as dispersal vectors for fungi, plants, and microorganisms
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Bird‐mediated dispersal is presumed to be important in the dissemination of many different types of organisms, but concrete evidence remains scarce. This is especially true for biota producing microscopic propagules.
Niko R Johansson +2 more
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Complex genome evolution in Anopheles coluzzii associated with increased insecticide usage in Mali. [PDF]
, 2015 In certain cases, a species may have access to important genetic variation present in a related species via adaptive introgression. These novel alleles may interact with their new genetic background, resulting in unexpected phenotypes.
Brisco, Katherine +7 more
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