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1. A 2000-year sediment record reveals rapidly changing sedimentation and land use since the 1960s in the Upper Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem

Author:
Christopher L. Dutton; Amanda L. Subalusky; Troy D. Hill; Julie C. Aleman; Emma J. Rosi; Kennedy B. Onyango; Kanuni Kanuni; Jenny A. Cousins; A. Carla Staver; David M. Post
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.664 pp. 148-160
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
basins; carbon; dry season; ecosystems; environmental factors; land use; mercury; nitrogen; paleoecology; people; pollution load; rivers; sediments; watersheds; wetlands; wildebeest; Eastern Africa; Nile River
Abstract:
... The Mara River basin is a trans-boundary basin of international importance. It forms the headwaters of the Nile River and serves as the primary dry season water source for an estimated 1.1 million rural people and the largest remaining overland migration of 1.4 million wildebeest in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem. Changes throughout the basin are impacting the quantity and quality of the Mara River, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.421

2. A hidden harvest from semi-arid forests: landscape-level livelihood contributions in Zagros, Iran

Author:
Ali Mahdavi; Sven Wunder; Vahid Mirzaeizadeh; Mehdi Omidi
Source:
Forests, trees and livelihoods 2019 v.28 no.2 pp. 108-125
ISSN:
2164-3075
Subject:
crops; dry season; foods; forests; fruits; fuelwood; goats; grazing; household income; households; livelihood; livestock feeds; pastoralism; pistachios; poverty; savannas; sheep; trees; vegetables; Iran
Abstract:
... In a forest-scarce country like Iran, the open semi-arid Zagros forests are the single-most important forest region, yet their contribution to rural livelihoods remains inadequately understood. Here our primary focus is on analyzing the quantitative contributions of these oak-pistachio tree savannas to rural household incomes in Malekshahi County, Ilam Province, considering both cash and subsisten ...
DOI:
10.1080/14728028.2019.1571447

3. A machine learning approach to map tropical selective logging

Author:
M.G. Hethcoat; D.P. Edwards; J.M.B. Carreiras; R.G. Bryant; F.M. França; S. Quegan
Source:
Remote sensing of environment 2019 v.221 pp. 569-582
ISSN:
0034-4257
Subject:
Landsat; algorithms; artificial intelligence; data collection; dry season; ecosystem services; logging; monitoring; remote sensing; tropical forests; Amazonia; Brazil
Abstract:
... Hundreds of millions of hectares of tropical forest have been selectively logged, either legally or illegally. Methods for detecting and monitoring tropical selective logging using satellite data are at an early stage, with current methods only able to detect more intensive timber harvest (>20 m³ ha⁻¹). The spatial resolution of widely available datasets, like Landsat, have previously been conside ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rse.2018.11.044

4. A multivariate statistical approach to the integration of different land-uses, seasons, and water quality as water resources management tool

Author:
Mariana Antonio de Souza Pereira; Priscila Sabioni Cavalheri; Michel Ângelo Constantino de Oliveira; Fernando Jorge Correa Magalhães Filho
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2019 v.191 no.9 pp. 539
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Escherichia coli; cluster analysis; coliform bacteria; data collection; decision making; dissolved oxygen; dry season; land use; nitrogen; nutrients; oxygen; phosphorus; planning; population density; principal component analysis; rural areas; sanitation; spring; surface water; temperature; topography; total nitrogen; total phosphorus; urban areas; urbanization; variance; water management; water pollution; water quality; winter
Abstract:
... The externalities generated by disorderly urbanization and lack of proper planning becomes one of the main factors that must be considered in water resource management. To address the multiple uses of water and avoid conflicts among users, decision-making must integrate these factors into quality and quantity aspects. The water quality index (WQI), using the correlation matrix and the multivariate ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-019-7647-1

5. A natural orchestra: how are anuran choruses formed in artificial ponds in southeast Brazil?

Author:
Marina H.L. Duarte; Ernesto P. Caliari; Yasmin P. Viana; Luciana B. Nascimento
Source:
Amphibia-reptilia v.40 no.3 pp. 373-382
ISSN:
0173-5373
Subject:
Phyllomedusa; Physalaemus; Rhinella; acoustics; aquatic environment; climatic factors; dry season; humidity; monitoring; ponds; temperature; vocalization; wet season; Brazil
Abstract:
... Choruses are commonly observed phenomena in both terrestrial and aquatic environments and are the product of species vocalizing contemporaneously usually at dawn and dusk. This study analyzes the composition and temporal distribution of anuran choruses at a recently built artificial pond in Southeast Brazil. Data were collected using Passive Acoustic Monitoring devices set to record 24-hours per d ...
DOI:
10.1163/15685381-20191079

6. A pilot study on the foraging behaviour of heifers in intensive silvopastoral and monoculture systems in the tropics

Author:
L. Améndola; F. J. Solorio; J. C. Ku-Vera; R. D. Améndola-Massioti; H. Zarza; K. F. Mancera; F. Galindo
Source:
Animal 2019 v.13 no.3 pp. 606-616
ISSN:
1751-732X
Subject:
animal welfare; dry season; ecosystem services; food quality; forage; foraging; grazing systems; heifers; humidity; legumes; rumination; shade; silvopastoral systems; temperature; trees; tropics; wet season
Abstract:
... Intensive silvopastoral systems (ISS) are a sustainable alternative to monoculture systems (MS). The presence of trees and legumes improves animal welfare due to the increased food quality and quantity and the presence of shade while providing a variety of environmental services. As cattle behaviour is greatly affected by environmental conditions, knowledge on the behavioural trade-offs that cattl ...
DOI:
10.1017/S1751731118001532
PubMed:
29983122

7. A spatial database of lowland cropping systems in Benin, Mali and Sierra Leone

Author:
Joel Huat; Elliott Dossou-Yovo; Moumini Guindo; Hermane Avohou; Théo Furlan; Fatogoma Sanogo; Amadou Touré
Source:
Data in Brief 2019 v.24 pp. 103876
ISSN:
2352-3409
Subject:
agronomic traits; databases; dry season; farmers; irrigation; meteorological data; rain; relative humidity; rice; site preparation; socioeconomics; soil; temperature; wet season; Benin; Mali; Sierra Leone
Abstract:
... This paper presents data collected in 2013, 2014 and 2015 on the cultural practices and agronomic performance of cropping systems in 500 lowland rice fields located in five regions of three West African countries, Benin, Mali and Sierra Leone. Data were collected in two stages. In the first stage, the main regions containing inland valleys were identified in each of the three countries and the mos ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dib.2019.103876

8. Activity of Aerial Insectivorous Bats in Two Rice Fields in the Northwestern Llanos of Venezuela

Author:
Yara Azofeifa; Sergio Estrada-Villegas; Jesús Mavárez; Jafet M. Nassar
Source:
Acta chiropterologica 2019 v.21 no.1 pp. 149-163
ISSN:
1733-5329
Subject:
Emballonuridae; Molossus; Mormoopidae; Myotis; Noctilionidae; acoustics; dry season; edge effects; field experimentation; foraging; forests; habitats; insect pests; insectivores; landscapes; monitoring; open space; paddies; rice; ripening; species richness; temperate zones; wet season; Venezuela
Abstract:
... Even though agricultural lands provide abundant food to aerial insectivorous bats (AIB), our understanding of how spatio-temporal factors affect their foraging behavior in these habitats is limited and mostly restricted to temperate regions. In this study, we examined species richness, composition and patterns of activity of AIB in rice fields in the northwestern Llanos of Venezuela. Between 2013 ...
DOI:
10.3161/15081109ACC2019.21.1.012

9. Aerosol variability induced by atmospheric dynamics in a coastal area of Senegal, North-Western Africa

Author:
Suzanne Crumeyrolle; Patrick Augustin; Laura-Hélèna Rivellini; Marie Choël; Véronique Riffault; Karine Deboudt; Marc Fourmentin; Elsa Dieudonné; Hervé Delbarre; Yevgeny Derimian; Isabelle Chiapello
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2019 v.203 pp. 228-241
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
aerosols; air; anthropogenic activities; case studies; coasts; data collection; dry season; dust; particulates; physicochemical properties; radiative forcing; relative humidity; remote sensing; shorelines; wind; Senegal
Abstract:
... During the first Intensive Observation Period (IOP1) of the SHADOW (SaHAran Dust Over West Africa) campaign carried out during March–June 2015, the Mbour site (Senegal) was reinforced with a large setup of in-situ and remote sensing instruments to measure the aerosol optical, physical and chemical properties as well as the atmospheric dynamical features over the site. Here, we use this dataset to ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.01.041

10. Agronomic effects of biochar and wastewater irrigation in urban crop production of Tamale, northern Ghana

Author:
Edmund Kyei Akoto-Danso; Delphine Manka’abusi; Christoph Steiner; Steffen Werner; Volker Häring; George Nyarko; Bernd Marschner; Pay Drechsel; Andreas Buerkert
Source:
Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems 2019 v.115 no.2 pp. 231-247
ISSN:
1385-1314
Subject:
Cambisols; biochar; biomass production; cation exchange capacity; crop production; dry season; fertigation; malnutrition; mineral fertilizers; mineralization; plant nutrition; rice hulls; risk; seasonal variation; soil organic carbon; soil water; urban population; wastewater; wastewater irrigation; water quality; water reuse; wet season; Ghana
Abstract:
... Agricultural production needs to increase, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, many rural people are undernourished, and the urban population is growing rapidly. It is worrisome that on many West African soils with low cation exchange capacity and soil organic carbon content, mineral fertilization is rather inefficient. Under these conditions, wherever available untreated wastewater is used for ir ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10705-018-9926-6

11. Air quality trends of the Kathmandu Valley: A satellite, observation and modeling perspective

Author:
Parth Sarathi Mahapatra; Siva Praveen Puppala; Bhupesh Adhikary; Kundan L. Shrestha; Durga Prasad Dawadi; Shankar Prasad Paudel; Arnico K. Panday
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2019 v.201 pp. 334-347
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
aerosols; air pollution; air quality; altitude; case studies; dry season; lidar; meteorology; models; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; mountains; satellites; Nepal
Abstract:
... Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal and a ‘hotspot’ of urban air pollution in South Asia. Its bowl-shaped structure (altitude 1300 m above sea level (masl); floor area 340 km2) surrounded by tall mountains provides a unique case study for analyzing pollution trapped by topography and local meteorology. In the absence of long-term in-situ observations, for the first time the columnar aerosol loa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.043

12. Alkylphenol ethoxylate metabolites in coastal sediments off southwestern Taiwan: Spatiotemporal variations, possible sources, and ecological risk

Author:
Ruei-Feng Shiu; Jheng-Jie Jiang; Hui-Yu Kao; Meng-Der Fang; Yu-Jen Liang; Chih-Cheng Tang; Chon-Lin Lee
Source:
Chemosphere 2019 v.225 pp. 9-18
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
European Union; aquatic environment; coastal sediments; coasts; dry season; endocrine-disrupting chemicals; environmental policy; metabolites; nonylphenols; octylphenols; pollutants; principal component analysis; risk; rivers; spatial variation; surfactants; temporal variation; water waves; wet season; Taiwan
Abstract:
... Alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEOs) are one of the most widely used classes of surfactants, but they are also ubiquitous environmental pollutants and known endocrin-disrupting chemicals. This study is the first to investigate the spatiotemporal variations and possible sources of APEOs and their metabolites, including nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEOs) and octylphenol ethoxylates (OPEOs), in coastal sedim ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.136

13. Allodiaptomus nongensis, a new diaptomid copepod (Copepoda: Calanoida) from a tributary of the Mekong River, with notes on its consumption by local people in Central Laos

Author:
La-orsri SANOAMUANG; Santi WATIROYRAM
Source:
Journal of limnology 2019 v.78 no.2 pp. 1884
ISSN:
1129-5767
Subject:
Calanoida; body length; dry season; fish; fisheries; indigenous species; males; new species; rivers; Cambodia; China; India; Laos; Mekong River; Thailand; Vietnam
Abstract:
... A new calanoid copepod, Allodiaptomus nongensis n. sp., is herein described based on samples collected from the Xe Lanong River (a tributary of the Mekong River), and 13 other localities in Central Laos. This is the sixth species of the genus Allodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936. The other five members in the genus were recorded from India, South China, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The features that sta ...
DOI:
10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1884

14. Annual Reproductive Activity and Morphology of the Reproductive System of an Andean Population of Atractus (Serpentes, Colubridae)

Author:
Luis Eduardo Gualdrón-Durán; María Fernanda Calvo-Castellanos; Martha Patricia Ramírez-Pinilla
Source:
South american journal of herpetology 2019 v.14 no.1 pp. 58-70
ISSN:
1808-9798
Subject:
Colubridae; adults; climate; dry season; females; habitats; histology; juveniles; kidneys; males; morphometry; oviducts; phenology; rain; snakes; spermatozoa; testes; vagina; wet season; Andes region; Colombia
Abstract:
... The reproductive activity of most of tropical Andean snakes is unknown, especially for fossorial species. An undescribed species of Atractus from Cordillera Oriental of Colombia occupies a habitat that undergoes two rainy seasons and two dry seasons. This strongly seasonal climate suggests that the reproductive phenology of the species might be seasonal or continuous with reproductive peaks relate ...
DOI:
10.2994/SAJH-D-16-00054.1

15. Ant species richness and interactions in canopies of two distinct successional stages in a tropical dry forest

Author:
Reuber Antoniazzi; Raphael N. S. L. Garro; Wesley Dáttilo; Sérvio P. Ribeiro; Frederico S. Neves
Source:
Naturwissenschaften 2019 v.106 no.5-6 pp. 20
ISSN:
0028-1042
Subject:
Formicidae; biotic factors; canopy; dry season; nectaries; species richness; tree crown; tree height; trees; tropical dry forests
Abstract:
... Canopy ecology is a fast-growing field, but still a scientific frontier in many ecological aspects. For instance, the hypothesis that tree traits shape patterns in ant-plant interactions lacks data, notably for tropical canopies in different successional stages. In this study, we investigated canopy traits, such as tree height, the presence of extrafloral nectaries (EFNs), connectivity among tree ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00114-019-1614-0

16. Application of multi-method approach to assess groundwater–surface water interactions, for catchment management

Author:
T. Madlala; T. Kanyerere; P. Oberholster; Y. Xu
Source:
International journal of environmental science and technology 2019 v.16 no.5 pp. 2215-2230
ISSN:
1735-1472
Subject:
aquifers; atmospheric deposition; case studies; dry season; hydrograph; ions; land use; river flow; rivers; socioeconomic development; sodium chloride; surface water; water management; water quality; water quantity; watershed management; watersheds; South Africa
Abstract:
... Globally, the dependence of river systems to delayed discharge of subsurface water to augment flows during dry seasons is well documented. Discharge of fresh subsurface water can dilute concentrated river flow quality during reduced flow. Observed and reported results on the Berg River’s declining water quantity and quality are a concern to the regions socio-economic growth and environmental integ ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13762-018-1819-3

17. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in tropical sand dune and restinga at Peró Beach in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

Author:
Fábio São Pedro da Silva; Itamar Garcia Ignácio; Orivaldo José Saggin Júnior; Camila Maistro Patreze
Source:
Fungal ecology 2019 v.40 pp. 150-158
ISSN:
1754-5048
Subject:
Glomus macrocarpum; biomass; dry season; dunes; ecosystems; mycorrhizal fungi; soil; vegetation cover; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; wet season; Brazil
Abstract:
... The diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (sub-phylum Glomeromycotina) in two contrasting coastal ecosystems (dunes and restinga) at Peró Beach, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil was evaluated at the end of the rainy (May) and dry (November) seasons, in 2014. A total of 22 species belonging to ten genera and five families were recorded. Glomus macrocarpum and Rhizoglomus microaggregatum had large b ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.funeco.2018.12.003

18. Are underground organs able to store water and nutrients? A study case in non-arboreal species from the Brazilian Cerrado

Author:
Bianca Helena Porfírio da Silva; Davi Rodrigo Rossatto
Source:
Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology 2019 v.31 no.3 pp. 413-421
ISSN:
2197-0025
Subject:
Neotropics; calcium; cerrado; dry season; ecophysiology; herbs; leaves; nutrient content; nutrients; plant physiology; potassium; rain; savannas; shrubs; trees; water content; water shortages; wood density; Brazil
Abstract:
... In seasonal systems, species have specific traits to deal with water shortage. This is the case for plants in Neotropical savannas, where the dry season can endure 3 to 5 months without rain. Ecophysiological strategies to deal with the dry period are well known for savanna trees, however little is known for non-arboreal species such herbs and subshrubs concerning their water use strategies. In th ...
DOI:
10.1007/s40626-019-00155-9

19. Assessing Relation of Soil Hydrophobicity and Soil Water Content and Determining Threshold Moisture of Organic Soil Samples

Author:
R. Mousavi Zadeh Mojarad; S. H. Tabatabaei; B. Ghorbani; N. Nourmahna
Source:
̒Ulūm-i āb va khāk 2019 v.23 no.3 pp. 289-298
ISSN:
2476-5554
Subject:
droplets; dry season; hydrophilicity; hydrophobicity; runoff; soil organic matter; soil water; volumetric water content; water content; wet season; wetlands
Abstract:
... Soil water content is the most effective factor associated with the hydrophobic and hydrophilic changes in a soil. Water repellency in soils, is not a permanent feature; it can be reached in the dry season and reduced or eliminated in the wet season It can be said that in terms of moisture, there is a critical region that is defined as the threshold moisture content, where in lower moisture, the s ...

20. Assessing recent impacts of climate change on design water requirement of Boro rice season in Bangladesh

Author:
ARM Towfiqul Islam; Shuanghe Shen; Shenbin Yang; Zhenghua Hu; Ronghao Chu
Source:
Theoretical and applied climatology 2019 v.138 no.1-2 pp. 97-113
ISSN:
0177-798X
Subject:
Weibull statistics; agricultural industry; climate change; crop production; developmental stages; dry season; evapotranspiration; freshwater; irrigation water; meteorological data; models; rain; relative humidity; rice; solar radiation; spatial variation; water requirement; water resources; wind speed; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... Water requirement is sensitive to the impacts of climate change, especially in Bangladesh because of limited freshwater availability in the dry season, despite the fact that the country’s agriculture sector requires large quantities of water for the crop production. Hence, gaining a better understanding of changes in water requirements in Bangladesh during dry periods is important in the managemen ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00704-019-02818-8

21. Assessing the Freshwater Quality of a Large-Scale Mining Watershed: The Need for Integrated Approaches

Author:
Daniel Mercado-Garcia; Eveline Beeckman; Jana Van Butsel; Nilton Deza Arroyo; Marco Sanchez Peña; Cécile Van Buggendhoudt; Nancy De Saeyer; Marie Anne Eurie Forio; Karel A. C. De Schamphelaere; Guido Wyseure; Peter Goethals
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.9 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
altitude; aquatic habitat; citizen participation; corporate social responsibility; dry season; ecotoxicology; environmental knowledge; environmental monitoring; gold; groundwater; land use; mining; mountains; politics; pollutants; stakeholders; water quality; watersheds
Abstract:
... Water quality assessments provide essential information for protecting aquatic habitats and stakeholders downstream of mining sites. Moreover, mining companies must comply with environmental quality standards and include public participation in water quality monitoring (WQM) practices. However, overarching challenges beyond corporate environmental responsibility are the scientific soundness, polit ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11091797

22. Assessing the effect of abiotic variables and zooplankton on picocyanobacterial dominance in two tropical mesotrophic reservoirs by means of evolutionary computation

Author:
M.I.A. Rocha; F. Recknagel; R.T. Minoti; V.L.M. Huszar; B. Kozlowsky-Suzuki; H. Cao; F.L.R.M. Starling; C.W.C. Branco
Source:
Water research 2019 v.149 pp. 120-129
ISSN:
0043-1354
Subject:
Cladocera; Copepoda; Cyanobacteria; Rotifera; biotic factors; climate change; dry season; electrical conductivity; environmental factors; models; nauplii; pH; water supply; water temperature; winter; zooplankton; Brazil
Abstract:
... Evolutionary computation has been applied to predict the occurrence of massive cyanobacteria proliferations; in the present study, this tool was further used to explore the factors responsible for maintaining picocyanobacterial dominance. Aiming to increase the understanding of factors that promote dominance of picocyanobacteria in tropical reservoirs, we chose two reservoirs used for water suppli ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2018.10.067

23. Assessing the potential of trees to sustain soil fertility in the banana agroforestry system in Uganda

Author:
Godfrey Ssebulime; Kenneth Nyombi; Godfrey Kagezi; Samuel Mpiira; Simon Byabagambi; Wilberforce Tushemereirwe; Eldad Karamura; Isaac Kiyingi; Hussein Kivumbi Balimunsi; Charles Staver
Source:
Agroecology and sustainable food systems 2019 v.43 no.6 pp. 662-677
ISSN:
2168-3573
Subject:
Albizia coriaria; Artocarpus heterophyllus; Ficus natalensis; Mangifera indica; agroforestry; bags; bananas; dry season; pruning; soil fertility; sprouting; trees; wet season; Uganda
Abstract:
... Low indigenous soil fertility is cited as a major problem in Uganda, where trees are integrated with bananas. Dominant trees were subjected to pruning regimes; 0, 25 and 50%. Litter decomposition was assessed using 480 bags (4 bags per tree × 4 trees × 3 regimes × 5 sites × 2 seasons). Decomposition was in order Ficus natalensis > Albizia coriaria > Mangifera indica > Artocarpus heterophyllus and ...
DOI:
10.1080/21683565.2019.1566190

24. Assessment of air pollution and health hazard associated with sawmill and municipal waste burning in Abeokuta Metropolis, Nigeria

Author:
Olusegun Oguntoke; Folayemi O. Emoruwa; Matthew A. Taiwo
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.32 pp. 32708-32722
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
air pollution; air quality; ammonia; analysis of variance; burning; carbon monoxide; computer software; dry season; geographic information systems; health hazards; human health; hydrogen sulfide; municipal solid waste; nitrogen dioxide; pollutants; samplers; sawmills; sulfur dioxide; waste disposal sites; Nigeria
Abstract:
... Indiscriminate disposal and open burning of sawmill and municipal solid wastes constitute hazards to the quality of the immediate environment and human health. This study assessed the levels of pollutants emitted by burning sawmill and municipal wastes, and their potential hazards. Nine selected sawmills and 6 municipal solid-waste dumps in Abeokuta metropolis were investigated. During waste burni ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04310-2

25. Association benefits between harvester termites (Trinervitermes trinervoides) and num-num plants (Carissa bispinosa) in a semi-arid savanna setting

Author:
Gosego Nampa; Mduduzi Ndlovu
Source:
Journal of arid environments 2019 v.171 pp. 104005
ISSN:
0140-1963
Subject:
Carissa; Trinervitermes; canopy; conservation areas; copper; dry season; ecosystems; fruiting; leaves; magnesium; nutrients; plant-insect relations; potassium; predation; savannas; shrubs; sodium; soil nutrients; sulfur; termite mounds; trees; South Africa
Abstract:
... Few plant-insect interactions have been documented in semi-arid savannas. The reciprocal benefits that termites derive from plants in the ecosystem remain poorly studied. We studied the association between Carissa bispinosa (thorny shrub), and Trinervitermes trinervoides, termite mounds in Nylsvley nature reserve, South Africa and further assessed whether the association changed in its importance ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.104005

26. Attribution Analysis for Runoff Change on Multiple Scales in a Humid Subtropical Basin Dominated by Forest, East China

Author:
Qinli Yang; Shasha Luo; Hongcai Wu; Guoqing Wang; Dawei Han; Haishen Lü; Junming Shao
Source:
Forests 2019 v.10 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; anthropogenic activities; basins; decision making; dry season; forests; land use change; planning; rivers; runoff; semiarid zones; spring; water management; watersheds; wet season; winter; China
Abstract:
... Attributing runoff change to different drivers is vital in order to better understand how and why runoff varies, and to further support decision makers on water resources planning and management. Most previous works attributed runoff change in the arid or semi-arid areas to climate variability and human activity on an annual scale. However, attribution results may differ greatly according to diffe ...
DOI:
10.3390/f10020184

27. Bacterial community composition shaped by water chemistry and geographic distance in an anthropogenically disturbed river

Author:
Peng Wang; Jun Zhao; Hanyu Xiao; Wenjing Yang; Xiaofang Yu
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.655 pp. 61-69
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; bacteria; bacterial communities; bacterial growth; community structure; dry season; freshwater; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; hydrochemistry; nitrate nitrogen; rivers; toxicity; wet season; China
Abstract:
... ‘Core bacterial communities’, bacterial species that are found consistently throughout a river continuum, have previously been identified. However, variations in core and non-core bacterial community structure, as well as the relationships between these communities and water chemistry or geographic distance have not been well studied. Here, we sampled in the entire course of the Le'an River, China ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.234

28. Beyond the Amazon Forest: Richness and Abundance of Bats in the Understory of Savannahs, Campinaranas and Terra Firme Forest

Author:
William D. De Carvalho; Luiz A. Costa Gomes; Isaí J. De Castro; Ana C. Martins; Carlos E. Lustosa Esbérard; Karen Mustin
Source:
Acta chiropterologica 2019 v.20 no.2 pp. 407-419
ISSN:
1733-5329
Subject:
Chiroptera; biomass; community structure; dry season; flowers; fruits; habitat fragmentation; habitat preferences; habitats; landscapes; nets (equipment); predation; primary productivity; rain forests; savannas; species abundance; species richness; understory; wet season; Amazonia
Abstract:
... The Amazon region is made up of a mosaic of important habitats scattered throughout the rainforests, which differ in vegetation structure, basal area, primary productivity, biomass and production of flowers and fruits. Consequently, species richness and abundance also vary between these habitat types, in part explaining the high levels of richness found in the Amazon region. Here, we sampled bats ...
DOI:
10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.2.011

29. Biochemical and histological alterations in Aequidens metae (Pisces, Cichlidae) and Astyanax gr. bimaculatus (Pisces, Characidae) as indicators of river pollution

Author:
Wilson Corredor-Santamaría; Alexander Torres-Tabares; Yohana M. Velasco-Santamaría
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.692 pp. 1234-1241
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Aequidens; Astyanax; antioxidant activity; aquatic environment; biomarkers; cities; dry season; fish; fish health; gills; histology; histopathology; indigenous species; industrial effluents; industrial wastewater; landfills; lipids; liver; rivers; urban runoff; water pollution; water quality; wet season; Colombia
Abstract:
... The water quality from rivers near to cities has decreased drastically over the decades due to the environmental pollution. The Ocoa River on its way through the Villavicencio city, Colombia, receives large volumes of domestic and industrial wastewater. In order to establish the effect of the contamination, biochemical and histopathology biomarkers were evaluated in the gills and the liver of two ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.187

30. Birds of a feather flock together: Functionally similar vertebrates positively co‐occur in Guianan forests

Author:
Thomas Denis; Cécile Richard‐Hansen; Olivier Brunaux; Stéphane Guitet; Bruno Hérault
Source:
Ecosphere 2019 v.10 no.3 pp. e02566
ISSN:
2150-8925
Subject:
body size; dry season; environmental impact; flocks; frugivores; mutualism; probabilistic models; seed predation; tropical rain forests; vertebrates
Abstract:
... Medium‐ and large‐sized vertebrates play a key role in shaping overall forest functioning. Despite this, vertebrate interactions, from competition to mutualism, remain poorly studied, even though these interactions should be taken into account in our conservation and management strategies. Thus, we tackled the question of vertebrate co‐occurrence in tropical rainforests: Are (negative or positive) ...
DOI:
10.1002/ecs2.2566

31. Bobcat and rabbit habitat use in an urban landscape

Author:
Sean P Dunagan; Tim J Karels; Joanne G Moriarty; Justin L Brown; Seth P D Riley
Source:
Journal of mammalogy 2019 v.100 no.2 pp. 401-409
ISSN:
1545-1542
Subject:
Lynx rufus; Sylvilagus; dry season; females; forage; grasslands; habitat preferences; habitats; landscapes; rabbits; shrublands; surveys; urban areas; urbanization; California
Abstract:
... Mammals are known to vary in their sensitivity to urbanization. In heavily urbanized southern California, bobcats (Lynx rufus) prey on rabbits (Sylvilagus spp.) that forage for lush vegetation in developed areas. We collected data on the density of rabbits in adjacent urban and natural areas using visual line surveys. We also measured habitat use for seven GPS-collared female bobcats to determine ...
DOI:
10.1093/jmammal/gyz062

32. Brook lamprey survival in the dry riverbed of an intermittent stream

Author:
Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano; Robert A. Leidy; Stephanie M. Carlson
Source:
Journal of arid environments 2019 v.166 pp. 83-85
ISSN:
0140-1963
Subject:
Lampetra; dry environmental conditions; dry season; ephemeral streams; fish; hyporheic zone; larvae; rivers; semiarid zones; stream channels; surface water
Abstract:
... Intermittent streams account for approximately one half of the global river network, and are especially common in arid and semi-arid regions. These systems are inhabited by several fish species that are adapted to their natural flow intermittency. While many fish species rely on permanent pools or perennial reaches to survive during the dry season, our knowledge regarding fish survival strategies ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.04.016

33. CMADS-Driven Simulation and Analysis of Reservoir Impacts on the Streamflow with a Simple Statistical Approach

Author:
Ningpeng Dong; Mingxiang Yang; Xianyong Meng; Xuan Liu; Zhaokai Wang; Hao Wang; Chuanguo Yang
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.1 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; data collection; dry season; prediction; statistical analysis; stream flow; temporal variation; uncertainty; water storage; watersheds; wet season; China
Abstract:
... The reservoir operation is a notable source of uncertainty in the natural streamflow and it should be represented in hydrological modelling to quantify the reservoir impact for more effective hydrological forecasting. While many researches focused on the effect of large reservoirs only, this study developed an online reservoir module where the small reservoirs were aggregated into one representati ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11010178

34. CO2, CO, hydrocarbon gases and PM2.5 emissions on dry season by deforestation fires in the Brazilian Amazonia

Author:
Simone Simões Amaral; Maria Angélica Martins Costa; Turibio Gomes Soares Neto; Marillia Pereira Costa; Fabiana Ferrari Dias; Edson Anselmo; José Carlos dos Santos; João Andrade de Carvalho
Source:
Environmental pollution 2019 v.249 pp. 311-320
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; biomass; burning; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; deforestation; dry season; emissions; emissions factor; fires; forests; gases; greenhouse gases; methane; particulates; public policy; Amazonia; Brazil
Abstract:
... The rate of deforestation in Brazil increased by 29% between 2015 and 2016, resulting in an increase of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of 9%. Deforestation fires in the Amazonia are the main source of GHG in Brazil. In this work, amounts of CO2, CO, main hydrocarbon gases and PM2.5 emitted during deforestation fires, under real conditions directly in Brazilian Amazonia, were determined. A brief di ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.023

35. Calypogeia vietnamica sp. nov. (Calypogeiaceae, Hepaticae) from North Vietnam and Diversification in Calypogeia Taxa with Blue Oil Bodies

Author:
Vadim Bakalin; Anna Vilnet; Ksenia Klimova; Van Sinh Nguyen
Source:
Herzogia 2019 v.32 no.1 pp. 219-229
ISSN:
0018-0971
Subject:
Hepaticopsida; Rhododendron; dry season; forests; humid tropics; lipid bodies; monsoon season; mountains; new species; Indochina; Vietnam
Abstract:
... Bakalin, V., Vilnet, A., Klimova, K. & Nguyen, V. S. 2019. Calypogeia vietnamica sp. nov. (Calypogeiaceae, Hepaticae) from North Vietnam and diversification in Calypogeia taxa with blue oil bodies. – Herzogia 32: 219 –229. Calypogeia vietnamica is described from the northern fringes of mountainous Indochina. The species belongs to the peculiar group of Calypogeia with blue oil bodies that is taxon ...
DOI:
10.13158/heia.32.1.2019.219

36. Capability of Sentinel-2 MSI data for monitoring and mapping of soil salinity in dry and wet seasons in the Ebinur Lake region, Xinjiang, China

Author:
Jingzhe Wang; Jianli Ding; Danlin Yu; Xuankai Ma; Zipeng Zhang; Xiangyu Ge; Dexiong Teng; Xiaohang Li; Jing Liang; Ivan Lizaga; Xiangyue Chen; Lin Yuan; Yahui Guo
Source:
Geoderma 2019 v.353 pp. 172-187
ISSN:
0016-7061
Subject:
algorithms; arid lands; desertification; dry season; electrical conductivity; farming systems; lakes; land degradation; land restoration; least squares; models; monitoring; reflectance; remote sensing; salinity; satellites; semiarid zones; soil salinity; soil salinization; sustainable development; water quality; wet season; China
Abstract:
... Soil salinization is one of the most important causes for land degradation and desertification and is an important threat to land management, farming activities, water quality, and sustainable development in arid and semi-arid areas. Soil salinization is often characterized with significant spatiotemporal dynamics. The salt-affected soil is predominant in the Ebinur Lake region in the Northwestern ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.06.040

37. Changing patterns in the distribution of the Mayaro virus vector Haemagogus species in Trinidad, West Indies

Author:
Renee Ali; Azad Mohammed; Jayaraj Jayaraman; Naresh Nandram; Rachel Shui Feng; Raul Diosany Lezcano; Roshan Seeramsingh; Brent Daniel; Diane D. Lovin; David W. Severson; Adesh Ramsubhag
Source:
Acta tropica 2019 pp. 105108
ISSN:
0001-706X
Subject:
Haemagogus; Mayaro virus; Primates; Zika virus; adults; alternative hosts; birds; disease incidence; dominant species; dry season; ecology; enzootic diseases; evergreen forests; forest types; humans; insect vectors; larvae; montane forests; ovitraps; pandemic; risk; rodents; secondary forests; small mammals; taxonomic keys; trapping; vector control; viruses; wet season; zoonoses; Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago
Abstract:
... The Mayaro virus disease (MAYVD) is an emerging mosquito borne zoonosis that was first reported on the island of Trinidad in 1954. The viral agent for this disease is known to presently be endemic to Central and South America. The enzootic cycle of the Mayaro virus (MAYV) is not fully characterized, though primates are thought to be the main reservoir with Haemagogus species of mosquitoes as the p ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105108

38. Characteristics of groundwater discharge to river and related heavy metal transportation in a mountain mining area of Dabaoshan, Southern China

Author:
Ya Wang; Rong Dong; Yongzhang Zhou; Xin Luo
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.679 pp. 346-358
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
acid mine drainage; aquifers; cadmium; cobalt; copper; dry season; groundwater; heavy metals; iron; lead; manganese; mining; nickel; radionuclides; radon; river water; rivers; water pollution; wet season; zinc; China
Abstract:
... Groundwater discharge to river and the related heavy metal transportation were estimated for Dabaoshan, a mountain mining area where extensive mining activities had been conducted over 40 years. In the lower reach of the mining area, shallow aquifers were contaminated by varies heavy metals due to the discharge of acid mine drainage. Polluted aquifers act as long-term pollution sources to the surr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.273

39. Characterization and Trends of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Fire Emissions in the Brazilian Cerrado during 2002–2017

Author:
Guilherme Augusto Verola Mataveli; Maria Elisa Siqueira Silva; Daniela de Azeredo França; Nathaniel Alan Brunsell; Gabriel de Oliveira; Francielle da Silva Cardozo; Gabriel Bertani; Gabriel Pereira
Source:
Remote Sensing 2019 v.11 no.19 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; cerrado; data collection; dry season; ecosystems; emissions; land cover; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; monitoring; particulates; remote sensing; savannas; wildfires; Brazil
Abstract:
... Fire occurrence is a major disturbance in the Brazilian Cerrado, which is driven by both natural and anthropogenic activities. Despite increasing efforts for monitoring the Cerrado, a biome-scale study for quantifying and understanding the variability of fire emissions is still needed. We aimed at characterizing and finding trends in Particulate Matter with diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs11192254

40. Characterization and source identification of tetracycline antibiotics in the drinking water sources of the lower Yangtze River

Author:
Zhiyuan Wang; Qiuwen Chen; Jianyun Zhang; Jianwei Dong; Hanlu Yan; Cheng Chen; Ranran Feng
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2019 v.244 pp. 13-22
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
breeding; cluster analysis; drinking water; dry season; metabolites; nonpoint source pollution; oxytetracycline; pollution control; pollution load; sewage; space and time; wastewater; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... The occurrence and spatio-temporal patterns of five tetracyclines (TCs) and six of their degradation products were investigated in twenty-eight drinking water sources along the lower Yangtze River (LYR) over dry, normal and flood seasons. Tetracycline (TC), oxytetracycline (OTC) and doxytetracycline (DXC) were the dominant antibiotics detected with the highest occurrence. The maximum concentration ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.070

41. Characterization of land surface energy fluxes in a tropical lowland rice paddy

Author:
Dibyendu Chatterjee; Rahul Tripathi; Sumanta Chatterjee; Manish Debnath; Mohammad Shahid; Pratap Bhattacharyya; Chinmaya Kumar Swain; Rojalin Tripathy; Bimal K. Bhattacharya; Amaresh Kumar Nayak
Source:
Theoretical and applied climatology 2019 v.136 no.1-2 pp. 157-168
ISSN:
0177-798X
Subject:
Bowen ratio; aerodynamics; air quality; canopy; dry season; eddy covariance; energy flow; energy transfer; evapotranspiration; fallow; field experimentation; freshwater; latent heat flux; models; momentum; paddies; rice; skin temperature; soil temperature; vapor pressure deficit; wet season; India
Abstract:
... A field experiment was conducted in 2015 to study the land surface energy fluxes from tropical lowland rice paddy in eastern India with an objective to determine the mass, momentum, and energy exchange rates between rice paddies and the atmosphere. All the land surface energy fluxes were measured by eddy covariance (EC) system (make Campbell Scientific) in dry season (DS, 1–125 Julian days), dry f ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00704-018-2472-y

42. Chemical composition, in vitro ruminal dry matter degradability and dry matter intake of some selected browse plants

Author:
Hilda Kwena Mokoboki; Amenda Nthabiseng Sebola; Khuliso Emmanuel Ravhuhali; Lindani Nhlane; Pedro González-Redondo
Source:
Cogent food & agriculture 2019 v.5 no.1 pp. 1587811
ISSN:
2331-1932
Subject:
Acacia; Leucaena leucocephala; Melia azedarach; Moringa oleifera; Searsia; agriculture; ambient temperature; crude protein; diet; dry matter intake; dry season; metabolizable energy; neutral detergent fiber
Abstract:
... Many browse plants are undervalued due to insufficient knowledge about their potential feeding value. The study was conducted to evaluate the chemical composition, in vitro ruminal dry matter degradability (DRD) and dry matter intake of Melia azedarach, Leucaena leucocephala, Searsia lancea, Moringa oleifera and Acacia hebeclada. Matured leaves were collected and dried at room temperature and then ...
DOI:
10.1080/23311932.2019.1587811

43. Climate Change and Intense Irrigation Growth in Western Bahia, Brazil: The Urgent Need for Hydroclimatic Monitoring

Author:
Raphael Pousa; Marcos Heil Costa; Fernando Martins Pimenta; Vitor Cunha Fontes; Vinícius Fonseca Anício de Brito; Marina Castro
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
climate change; cropland; dry season; irrigated farming; irrigation; monitoring; rain; river flow; supply balance; time series analysis; water resources; water security; wet season; Brazil
Abstract:
... In Western Bahia, one of the most active agricultural frontiers of the world, cropland area and irrigated area are increasing at fast rates, and water conflicts have been happening at least since 2010. This study makes a hydroclimatic analysis of the water resources in Western Bahia, from both supply and demand viewpoints. Time series of precipitation for the period 1980–2015 and river disch ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11050933

44. Climate change lengthens southeastern USA lightning‐ignited fire seasons

Author:
Jennifer M. Fill; Corey N. Davis; Raelene M. Crandall
Source:
Global change biology 2019 v.25 no.10 pp. 3562-3569
ISSN:
1354-1013
Subject:
climate change; coastal plains; data collection; dry season; fire regime; fire season; fire severity; lightning; rain; seasonal variation; storms; wildfires; Southeastern United States
Abstract:
... Trends in average annual or seasonal precipitation are insufficient for detecting changes in the climatic fire season, especially in regions where the fire season is defined by wet–dry seasonal cycles and lightning activity. Using an extensive dataset (1897–2017) in the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States, we examined changes in annual dry season length, total precipitation, and (since ...
DOI:
10.1111/gcb.14727

45. Climbing the mountain fast but smart: Modelling rubber tree growth and latex yield under climate change

Author:
Xueqing Yang; Sergey Blagodatsky; Carsten Marohn; Hongxi Liu; Reza Golbon; Jianchu Xu; Georg Cadisch
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.439 pp. 55-69
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Hevea brasiliensis; aboveground biomass; altitude; belowground biomass; carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; climate change; dry season; greenhouse gas emissions; humid tropics; income; land use change; landscapes; latex; models; plant density; plantations; planting; prediction; rubber; surveys; temperature; tree growth; trees; China
Abstract:
... Pará rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg) plantations have expanded into regions with sub-optimal growth conditions: distinct dry seasons and temperatures cooler than in humid tropics. The impact of these new marginal environments and future climate change on rubber tree development and latex yield is largely unknown. This hampers reliable prediction of farmers’ revenues and extent of carbon sequ ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.02.028

46. Competing droughts affect dust delivery to Sierra Nevada

Author:
S.M. Aarons; L.J. Arvin; S.M. Aciego; C.S. Riebe; K.R. Johnson; M.A. Blakowski; J.M Koornneef; S.C. Hart; M.E. Barnes; N. Dove; J.K. Botthoff; M. Maltz; E.L. Aronson
Source:
Aeolian research 2019 pp. -
ISSN:
1875-9637
Subject:
climate; drought; dry season; dust; growing season; isotopes; mountains; neodymium; soil water; strontium; summer; temporal variation; terrestrial ecosystems; Asia; United States
Abstract:
... The generation and transport of mineral dust is strongly related to climate on seasonal, year-to-year, and glacial-interglacial timescales. The modern dust cycle is influenced by soil moisture, which is partly a function of drought duration and severity. The production and transport of dust can therefore be amplified by global and regional droughts, thereby moderating ecosystem vulnerability to di ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aeolia.2019.100545

47. Conservation agriculture based sustainable intensification: Increasing yields and water productivity for smallholders of the Eastern Gangetic Plains

Author:
Saiful Islam; Mahesh K. Gathala; Thakur P. Tiwari; Jagadish Timsina; Alison M Laing; Sofina Maharjan; Apurba K. Chowdhury; Prateek M Bhattacharya; Tapamay Dhar; Biplab Mitra; Sanjay Kumar; Pawan K Srivastwa; Swaraj K. Dutta; Renuka Shrestha; Sarita Manandhar; Shukra Raj Sherestha; Prakash Paneru; Nur-E-Alam Siddquie; Akbar Hossain; Rashadul Islam; Anup Kumar Ghosh; Mohammad Atiqur Rahman; Ujjwal Kumar; Karnena Koteswara Rao; Bruno Gérard
Source:
Field crops research 2019 v.238 pp. 1-17
ISSN:
0378-4290
Subject:
Corchorus; Lens culinaris; Oryza sativa; Triticum; Vigna radiata; Zea mays; agricultural conservation practice; climate; conventional tillage; corn; crop rotation; crops; direct seeding; dry season; farmers; grain yield; irrigation; irrigation water; jute; lentils; mung beans; natural resources; no-tillage; plant establishment; puddling; rain; rice; site preparation; soil; sustainable agricultural intensification; wet season; wheat; South Asia
Abstract:
... In the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) region of South Asia cropping systems are predominantly rice-based and comprise rice and non-rice crops (e.g. maize, wheat, lentil, mungbean, jute) in rotation. There are large gaps between potential crop yields and those achieved in farmers’ fields, primarily due to poor crop and soil management practices. Increasing climate variability and injudicious use of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fcr.2019.04.005

48. Contrasted ecological niches shape fungal and prokaryotic community structure in mangroves sediments

Author:
Patricia Luis; Geoffroy Saint‐Genis; Laurent Vallon; Carine Bourgeois; Maxime Bruto; Cyril Marchand; Eric Record; Mylène Hugoni
Source:
Environmental microbiology 2019 v.21 no.4 pp. 1407-1424
ISSN:
1462-2912
Subject:
Ascomycota; Avicennia marina; Basidiomycota; Chloroflexi; Euryarchaeota; Proteobacteria; Rhizophora stylosa; bacteria; coastal sediments; community structure; dry season; ecological differentiation; environmental factors; forest ecosystems; fungal communities; fungi; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; mangrove sediments; niches; organic matter; trees; vegetation cover
Abstract:
... Mangroves are forest ecosystems located at the interface between land and sea where sediments presented a variety of contrasted environmental conditions (i.e. oxic/anoxic, non‐sulfidic/sulfidic, organic matter content) providing an ideal ecosystem to study microbial communities with niche differentiation and distinct community structures. In this work, prokaryotic and fungal compositions were inve ...
DOI:
10.1111/1462-2920.14571

49. Contrasting responses of the coral Acropora tenuis to moderate and strong light limitation in coastal waters

Author:
Julia Strahl; Melissa M. Rocker; Katharina E. Fabricius
Source:
Marine environmental research 2019 v.147 pp. 80-89
ISSN:
0141-1136
Subject:
Acropora tenuis; acclimation; calcification; coastal water; corals; dry season; energy balance; light intensity; nutrients; photons; photosynthesis; reefs; rivers; sediments; water quality; wet season; Great Barrier Reef
Abstract:
... Coastal water quality and light attenuation can detrimentally affect coral health. This study investigated the effects of light limitation and reduced water quality on the physiological performance of the coral Acropora tenuis. Branches of individual colonies were collected in 2 m water depth at six inshore reefs at increasing distances from major river sources in the Great Barrier Reef, along a s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.04.003

50. Cross-correlation analysis of invasive mango mealybug and its associated natural enemies in relation to meteorological factors: implications for biological control

Author:
Chrysantus Mbi Tanga; Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed; Govender Prem; Daisy Salifu; Sunday Ekesi
Source:
Biocontrol science and technology 2019 v.29 no.4 pp. 325-349
ISSN:
1360-0478
Subject:
Rastrococcus iceryoides; Rastrococcus invadens; agroecosystems; autocorrelation; biological control; coevolution; crop losses; dry season; mangoes; models; natural enemies; parasitism; parasitoids; predator-prey relationships; predators; rain; relative humidity; snow; temperature; time series analysis; Tanzania
Abstract:
... Damage caused by invasive downey snow line mealybug, Rastrococcus iceryoides Green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) has been reported to vary between 30% to complete crop loss where no control measure is applied. The current studies seek to determine factors influencing R. iceryoides population outbreaks, parasitoid – host and predator–prey relationships as well as predict optimal management strategies ...
DOI:
10.1080/09583157.2018.1562037