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Impact of open-air dumping of urban solid waste on soil toxicity and properties in a tropical environmentNARA Subscribed
Open dumping (OD) is uncontrolled dumping of solid waste (SW) in an environment. It involves the illegal practice of dumping waste in areas not designated for waste management, such as open lands, flowing water bodies, or exposed waste piles. OD can contain a complex mixture of organic fractions, and various contaminants that, when infiltrated into the soil through leachate, compromise its stability and resistance. These conta...
Discovery of Knock‐Down Resistance in the Major African Malaria Vector Anopheles funestusNARA Subscribed
A major insecticide resistance mechanism in insect pests is knock‐down resistance ( kdr ) caused by mutations in the voltage‐gated sodium channel ( Vgsc ) gene. Despite being common in most malaria Anopheles vector species, kdr mutations have never been observed in Anopheles funestus , the principal malaria vector in Eastern and Southern Africa, with resistance mainly being conferred by detoxification enzymes. In a parallel st...
Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threatsNARA Subscribed
Aim Ecological and anthropogenic factors shift the abundances of dominant and rare tree species within local forest communities, thus affecting species composition and ecosystem functioning. To inform forest and conservation management it is important to understand the drivers of dominance and rarity in local tree communities. We answer the following research questions: (1) What are the patterns of dominance and rarity in tree...
Bonnethead and Caribbean sharpnose sharks frequent coastal waters, rendering them vulnerable to overexploitation, with the bonnethead shark listed as endangered by the IUCN. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been suggested as a management strategy to regulate shark-exploitation. Moreover, it’s essential to identify key areas where nursery grounds (NG) and adult habitats overlap to prioritize conservation zones within MPAs. Al...
Fruit sizing using AI: A review of methods and challengesNARA Subscribed
Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impactNARA Subscribed
Recognizing the imperative to evaluate species recovery and conservation impact, in 2012 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) called for development of a “Green List of Species” (now the IUCN Green Status of Species). A draft Green Status framework for assessing species’ progress toward recovery, published in 2018, proposed 2 separate but interlinked components: a standardized method (i.e., measurement aga...
The tropical Atlantic is home to multiple coupled climate variations covering a wide range of timescales and impacting societally relevant phenomena such as continental rainfall, Atlantic hurricane activity, oceanic biological productivity, and atmospheric circulation in the equatorial Pacific. The tropical Atlantic also connects the southern and northern branches of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and receives...