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Optimized removal of trivalent arsenic from aquatic environments using Prosopis juliflora seed biomass [PDF]

Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: With urban populations struggling with wastewater and water sources contaminated by metalloids, the demand for sustainable and effective methods for removing heavy metals is growing ever more urgent.
M. Samimi, J. Nouri
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Energy Channel Coupling by Mid‐Trophic Level Fish Challenges the Landscape Theory for Food Web Architecture in a Large Tropical Lake Ecosystem

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
Lake Turkana, a large tropical East African Great Lake, is an ideal model for examining how consumer fish species may mediate the coupling of fast and slow energy channels within food webs. We explored the ecological niche dynamics of five important Lake Turkana fish species across ontogeny and used a Bayesian isotope mixing model approach to identify ...
Madison F. Muehl, Jill A. Olin, James L. Keyombe, Josephine Y. Aller, Robert M. Cerrato   +4 more
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Encroachment on Water Corridors Drives Farmers–Giraffe Conflicts Along River Tana Ecosystem in Eastern Kenya

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
Human–wildlife conflict in Garissa County, Kenya, is intensified by the degradation of historical water corridors, driven mainly by Prosopis juliflora invasion, farmland expansion, and riverbank erosion. This study identifies conflict hotspots near water sources and croplands, and shows that supplementary feeding effectively reduces giraffe incursions ...
Mohamed H. Ali, George Muriuki, Abdullahi H. Ali, Harun Gitari   +3 more
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Antioxidant activity and antimicrobial properties of Entada leptostachya and Prosopis juliflora extracts

Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development, 2018
Background: Natural phytoconstituents produced by plants for their sustenance have been reported to reduce disease. Objectives: This study determined the phytoconstituents, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of crude methanolic extracts of Entada ...
Mercy C. Ruto, Christine M. Ngugi, Patrick G. Kareru, Kipyegon Cheruiyot, Sylvester O. Rechab, Edwin S. Madivoli, Jackson K. Mutembei, Pius K. Kairigo, Ernest G. Maina   +8 more
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Invasive plant species for compost production: Review of environmental and economic insights

Journal of Environmental Quality, Volume 55, Issue 4, July/August 2026.
Abstract Invasive plant species pose significant ecological and economic challenges, threatening biodiversity and altering soil properties, while conventional control methods are often costly and resource‐intensive. This review examines the potential of composting invasive plant biomass as a viable and sustainable alternative that aligns with circular ...
Qaiser Javed, Mohammed Bouhadi, Ayesha Ansar, Monika Jakubus, Ana Čehić Marić, Yakov Kuzyakov, Smiljana Goreta Ban, Dean Ban, David Heath, Babar Iqbal, Jianfan Sun, Marko Černe   +11 more
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1255-1310, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Integrated Soil Salinisation Management Strategies in Agriculture

Modern Agriculture, Volume 4, Issue 1, June 2026.
This review synthesises integrated water, agronomic, and biochemical strategies for managing soil salinisation, presenting a decision framework for selecting cost‐effective amendments based on initial soil assessment and long‐term sustainability monitoring. ABSTRACT Soil salinisation poses a global threat to agricultural sustainability, affecting about
Yingying Xing, Xuning Liu, Xiukang Wang
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Strategies for dry forest recovery: Fifteen years of Caribbean experimentation across scales

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 6, June 2026.
Slow recovery of degraded Caribbean dry tropical forests can be accelerated by combining herbivore removal at landscape scales with enrichment planting of rare tree species under the cover of remnant forest patches. Long‐legacy effects on soils and forest taxonomical and functional diversity require long‐term management and community engagement ...
Milena Holmgren, Paulo Bertuol, Julianka Clarenda, Quirijn Coolen, Adolphe O. Debrot, Caren Eckrich, Floor Edixhoven, Roxanne Liana Francisca, Klaas Metselaar, Bram Surkyn, Asha Vergeer, Pim van Hooft   +11 more
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Higher transpiration in plant invasive species impacts soil water

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Studies on plant invasives are largely focused on their impacts on plant community structure, native biodiversity, ecosystem services, and economy, but their ecosystem effects as high water-spenders are underestimated. Here, we report contrasting results
Rishabh Kaushik, Maharaj K. Pandit, Kumar Manish   +2 more
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Biomedical properties of Prosopis juliflora

Plant Science Today
Plants are the repositories of the bioactive principles which are known for their usage in modern and traditional medicine. The bioactive principles act as armoured knights by either preventing or slowing down the degenerative diseases. The efficacy and therapeutic value of the phytocompounds make them very much suitable to serve as leads for drug ...
D Amirtham, K A Sanmugasundaram, K B Sujatha   +2 more
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