Changes in the occurrence range of hosts cause the expansion of the ornate dog tick Dermacentor reticulatus (Fabricius, 1794) in Poland

G Karbowiak - Biologia, 2022 - Springer
The turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries brought changes in the range of many
pathogens and their vectors. An example is the Dermacentor reticulatus tick. So far …

Estimating and explaining the spread of COVID-19 at the county level in the USA

AR Ives, C Bozzuto - Communications biology, 2021 - nature.com
The basic reproduction number, R0, determines the rate of spread of a communicable
disease and therefore gives fundamental information needed to plan public health …

Red deer in Lithuania: History, status and management

L Balčiauskas, Y Kawata - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The history, current population status and (un) sustainable management of red deer (Cervus
elaphus) in Lithuania are reviewed on the basis of 57 publications and, additionally …

[HTML][HTML] Hunters as citizen scientists: Contributions to biodiversity monitoring in Europe

B Cretois, JDC Linnell, M Grainger, EB Nilsen… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Monitoring biodiversity characteristics at large scales and with adequate resolution requires
considerable effort and resources. Overall, there is clearly a huge scope for European …

Linking habitat composition, local population densities and traffic characteristics to spatial patterns of ungulate‐train collisions

KD Jasińska, M Żmihorski… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The total length of railways worldwide exceeds 1 million kilometres and recent railway
development directly impacts wildlife because of animal‐train collisions. Few studies …

Temporal pattern of moose-vehicle collisions

T Borowik, M Ratkiewicz, W Maślanko… - … research part D …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wildlife-vehicle collisions have become an increasing problem in recent decades as they
seriously affect both animals and road users, leading to fatalities, substantial economic …

Habitat-related differences in winter presence and spring—Summer activity of roe deer in Warsaw

KD Jasińska, M Jackowiak, J Gryz, S Bijak, K Szyc… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Preliminary research conducted in Warsaw in the 1970s and 2000s showed that roe deer
(Capreolus capreolus) stayed in forest habitat and avoided anthropogenic areas. Activity …

The declining occurrence of moose (Alces alces) at the southernmost edge of its range raise conservation concerns

T Janík, W Peters, M Šálek, D Romportl… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The border region between Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany harbors the most
south‐western occurrence of moose in continental Europe. The population originated in …

Fallow Deer (Dama dama) Population and Harvest Changes in Europe since the Early 1980s

H Bijl, S Csányi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fallow deer is one of the most common and widespread cervid species in Europe. To make
informed management decisions on any scale, it is essential to have long-term data on the …

Stem damage modifies the impact of wind on Norway spruces

G Snepsts, M Kitenberga, D Elferts, J Donis, A Jansons - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bark stripping caused by cervids can have a long-lasting negative effect on tree vitality. Such
trees of low vitality might be more susceptible to other disturbances. The amplifying effects of …