Results of the pioneer survey of potential bat hibernacula in Albania (2012–2015) by Philippe Théou, Ervis Loce, Marina Đurović

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The impact of revitalization treatments on biological activity of soil under afforestation on post-agricultural land by Anna Augustyniuk-Kram, Karol J. Kram

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Lesion Distribution and Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis in Elk and White-Tailed Deer in South-Western Manitoba, Canada by Todd K. Shury, Doug Bergeson

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Revision of the millipede family Dalodesmidae in Madagascar, with descriptions of two new Malagasy species of Dalodesmus Cook, 1896 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) by Thomas Wesener, Nesrine Akkari, Sergei I. Golovatch

“….), originally described from an unspecified locality in central Madagascar, with a male type and additional males identified as D. hova recorded from the Andasibe National Park (= Périnet) in east-central Madagascar. …”
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Draft genome dataset of Streptomyces griseoincarnatus strain R-35 isolated from tidal pool sedimentsMendeley DataNCBI by Danielle Dana Mitchell, Jo-Marie Vreulink, Alaric Prins, Marilize Le Roes-Hill

“…The marine isolate, Streptomyces griseoincarnatus strain R-35, was isolated from marine sediments collected from the Glencairn Tidal Pool, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa. The genomic DNA was sequenced using the Ion Torrent GeneStudio™ S5 platform, and the de novo assembly was performed using the SPAdes assembler on the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) Lengau Cluster located at the CSIR, Rosebank, South Africa. …”
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A quantitative module of avalanche hazard – comparing forecaster assessments of storm and persistent slab avalanche problems with information derived from distributed snowpack simu... by F. Herla, P. Haegeli, S. Horton, P. Mair

“…</p> <p>We applied our approach to 10 winter seasons in Glacier National Park, Canada, and compared the numerical predictions to human hazard assessments. …”
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Decoding the anomalies: a genome-based analysis of Bacillus cereus group strains closely related to Bacillus anthracis by Thuto Gomolemo Magome, Marius Surleac, Marius Surleac, Ayesha Hassim, Cornelius Carlos Bezuidenhout, Henriette van Heerden, Kgaugelo Edward Lekota

“…Taxonomic challenges persist due to inconsistent classification methods, particularly for B. cereus isolates that resemble B. anthracis in genetic clustering.MethodsThis study investigated B. cereus group isolates from blood smears of animal carcasses in Kruger National Park, uncovering an unusual isolate with B. cereus features based on classical microbiological tests yet B. anthracis-like genomic similarities with an Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) of ≥95%. …”
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Mapping and assessment of land cover change and ecological stability: a case of three transects in Slovakia by Jana Vojteková, Matej Vojtek, Martin Boltižiar, František Petrovič, Matej Masný, Bohuslava Gregorová

“…In the case of the Záhorie: Rudava – Buková transect it is similar, but the CES values do not reach such high values as in the case of the Poloniny: Stakčín – Ruské transect, which is mainly influenced by the fact that the Poloniny: Stakčín – Ruské transect passes through a protected area of the Poloniny National Park. In the case of the Turiec: Martin – Moškovec transect, there is no correspondence between the CAI and CES values, as the CAI values are less than 1 (the highest value is 0.46), which represents a landscape with a minimal intensity of changes due to human activity. …”
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A long‐term study on food choices and nutritional goals of a leaf‐eating primate by Patrick Lauer, Colin A. Chapman, Patrick Omeja, Jessica M. Rothman, Urs Kalbitzer

“…Our major aims were to find effective methods to estimate animals' food choices and to investigate long‐term food choices and underlying nutritional goals of the red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) in Kibale National Park, Uganda, an endangered folivore. We used simulations of different foraging conditions to evaluate the applicability of electivity indices in biologically relevant scenarios to help interpret our results. …”
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Wildlife policy, the food system and One Health: a complex systems analysis of unintended consequences for the prevention of emerging zoonoses in China, the Democratic Republic of... by Zhuoyu Wang, Tarra L Penney, Mala Ali Mapatano, Chloe Clifford Astbury, Janielle Clarke, Kathleen Chelsea Togño, Shital Desai, Anastassia Demeshko, Russel Aguilar, Angran Li, Zhilei Shi, Cary Wu, Marc K Yambayamba, Hélène Carabin, Valentina De Leon, Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, Kirsten Melissa Lee, Krishihan Sivapragasam, Mary Wiktorowicz

“…In each country, we identified a case of a policy with the potential to become an FTF: wildlife farming in China, the establishment of a new national park in the DRC, and international conservation agenda-setting in the Philippines. …”
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How do leaf functional traits influence above-ground tree carbon in tropical hill forests of Bangladesh? by Ariful Khan, Md Rezaul Karim, Mohammed A.S. Arfin-Khan, Md. Shamim Reza Saimun, Fahmida Sultana, Sharif A. Mukul

“…., specific leaf area (SLA), leaf dry matter content (LDMC), leaf width, and leaf thickness—on above-ground tree carbon (AGTC) stocks in two forest protected areas (PA) in northeast Bangladesh: Khadimnagar National Park (KNP) and Rema Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary (RKWS). …”
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Investigating LiDAR Metrics for Old-Growth Beech- and Spruce-Dominated Forest Identification in Central Europe by Devara P. Adiningrat, Andrew Skidmore, Michael Schlund, Tiejun Wang, Haidi Abdullah, Marco Heurich

“…The findings can aid forest and national park managers in developing a practical and efficient old-growth forest identification and monitoring method using LiDAR.…”
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Plastics’ circular economy for the Galápagos Islands? Exploring plastics governance with implications for social and ocean equity in a UNESCO World Heritage Site by Juan José Alava, Juan José Alava, María José Barragán-Paladines, Jessica Vandenberg, Gabriela Alonso-Yanez, Marcia Moreno-Báez, Nastenka Calle, Judith Denkinger, Judith Denkinger, Ibrahim Issifu, Eduardo Espinoza, Nikita Gaibor, Mauricio Velásquez, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor

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Eco-anthropologie et primatologie pour la conservation de la biodiversité : un projet collaboratif dans le Parc National de Moukalaba-Doudou, Gabon by Naoki Matsuura, Yuji Takenoshita, Juichi Yamagiwa

“…As the outcome of cooperation between primatologists and an ecological anthropologist, this article discusses possibilities for synthesizing the two academic domains and realizing biodiversity conservation in African tropical forests based on a collaborative project in and around the Moukalaba-Doudou National Park in Gabon.Primatologists describe in detail their relationships with local people which allow them to conduct effective field research. …”
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The Primate Habituation Programme, Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic: An overview by Terence Fuh Neba, Anna Feistner, Angelique Todd

“…Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas (DSPA), including Dzanga-Ndoki National Park (DNNP), are located in SW Central African Republic (CAR) and are managed by the government and WWF. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variations in 94-GHz Radar Backscatter From a Springtime Snowpack by William D. Harcourt, Duncan A. Robertson, David G. Macfarlane, Brice R. Rea, Mike R. James, Mark Diggins, Blair Fyffe

“…We deployed both the second generation All-weather Volcano Topography Imaging Sensor (AVTIS2) 94 GHz radar and a Riegl LPM-321 Terrestrial Laser Scanner in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, in March 2021 over 3 days. AVTIS2 is a tripod-mounted, real-aperture radar system which mechanically scans across a scene of interest to map normalized radar cross section <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(\sigma ^{0})$</tex-math></inline-formula> and 3-D point clouds. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Tourism Activities on the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Among Communities of Rubanda DistrictUganda. by Ahabwe, John Brighton

“…The found out that Rubanda District is near Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which is famous for gorilla trekking. …”
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Rocket launches threaten global biodiversity conservation by Lee Ping Ang, Fanhao Kong, Enrique Hernández-Rodríguez, Qiuyu Liu, Carlos Cerrejόn, Mariano J. Feldman, Lei Shu, Li-Xin Ye, Lei Gao, Lee Ling Ang, Xiangbo Yin

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Elliptical Fourier analysis of molar outlines in Late Pliocene Parapapio whitei from Makapansgat Limeworks, South Africa by Alexander C. Kim, Frank L’Engle Williams

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Night flight facilitates late breeding catch-up in a long-distance migratory seabird by Katrina Siddiqi-Davies, Joe Wynn, Oliver Padget, Sarah Bond, Jóhannis Danielsen, Annette L. Fayet, Lewis Fisher-Reeves, Robin Freeman, Natasha Gillies, Holly Kirk, Lou Maurice, Greg Morgan, Martyna Syposz, Akiko Shoji, Tim Guilford

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