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Human-deer interactions form an integral segment of the complex social, ecological and economic network that is important to keep in balance. As observed elsewhere, deer introductions can lead to conflict among stakeholders. ...

Arsenic (As) has been ranked first place in the Substance Priority List of hazardous substances for environmental health by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the USA during the last 20 years. ...

The size of an animal population is determined by the birth rate, mortality, and movement of individuals between populations. These demographic parameters, in turn, are affected by internal and external factors. Internal ...

The hermit beetle (Osmoderma eremita sensu lato) is a flagship species for invertebrate conservation in Europe. Protecting this species will also aid in the preservation of other saproxylic communities on veteran trees. ...

Density, adult sex ratio and fecundity are biologically important population parameters, whose estimation is also essential for wildlife management and conservation. These parameters describe population viability and predict ...

Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases, especially Lyme borreliosis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. spirochetes and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) caused by the TBE-virus (TBEV), are a growing problem in northern ...

During the recent decades, alterations in the northern Atlantic climate conditions have resulted in major modifications in the environmental conditions of the Baltic Sea that allows for a unique opportunity to assess species ...

A key need in conservation biology is to identify the ecological traits of a species that make it vulnerable. This thesis focuses on population traits and extinction risk of dragonflies and damselflies (order Odonata) in ...

In low-productive tundra systems, both small and large herbivores exert strong control over plant biomass and community composition. They may also modulate ecosystem process rates, including availability and cycling of ...

Arctic, boreal and temperate latitudes are characterised by conspicuous shifts in photoperiod and temperature, which restricts ecosystem productivity and compels resident taxa to anticipate and coordinate physiological ...