The Hordeum marinum species group consists of two annual grasses of western Eurasian
saline meadows or marshes. The two grasses split in the Quaternary about two million years …

In this study, multivariate spatial clustering on monthly normalized difference vegetation
index (NDVI) maps is used to classify ecological regions over the western Palaearctic. This …

The ecology and distribution of B. anthracis in Australia is not well understood, despite the
continued occurrence of anthrax outbreaks in the eastern states of the country. Efforts to …

Background The emerging highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1 (" HPAI-H5N1")
has spread broadly in the past decade, and is now the focus of considerable concern. We …

We explored a new approach to tracking population losses in poorly known species across
broad spatial scales, based on integration of tools from ecological niche modeling with data …

Background The purpose of this study is to create distribution models of two sand fly
species, Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) and P. alexandri (Sinton), across the Middle East …

The unprecedented size of the human population, along with its associated economic
activities, has an ever‐increasing impact on global environments. Across the world …

Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic infection (also called kala-azar in
South Asia) caused by Leishmania donovani that is a considerable threat to public health in …

More than 100 years after its formal description, Chagas disease remains a major public
health concern in Latin America with a yearly burden of 430,000 Disability-Adjusted Life …

Triatoma brasiliensis macromelasoma is revalidated based on the results of previous
multidisciplinary studies on the Triatoma brasiliensis complex, consisting of crossing …