The ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of
pathogen spillover from wildlife to human hosts, particularly in densely populated urban …

Climate change is the epitome of a global issue. Cities and their inhabitants face locally
specific, yet still globally shared and interconnected problems from heat waves, storms …

Tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) in wetlands of South-West Western Australia (SW WA) are
commonly parasitised by the nematode Ophidascaris pyrrhus. Host-parasite interactions are …

Phlebotomus neglectus is one of the most important vectors of visceral leishmaniasis in
Southeast Europe and Asia Minor. It was aimed to study the impact of climate change on the …

Urbanization has been shown to strongly affect community composition of various taxa with
potentially strong shifts in ecological interactions, including those between hosts and …

Depositing eggs in an area with adequate temperature is often crucial for mothers and their
o spring, as the eggs are immobile and therefore cannot avoid exposure to sub-optimal …

Ozone is a significant causative agent of mortality in cities. Urban environments are
expressly vulnerable to global warming because of the extensive emission of air pollutants …

Sandfly species are rare Mediterranean fauna elements in Hungary. While Phlebotomus
species prefer warm summers and mild winters, larvae and imagoes are sensitive to solar …

Methods: It was studied how the depth of rodent burrows could determine the occurrence of
five European Phlebotomus species based on their known physiological cold tolerances …

ABSTRACT The diversification of Mediterranean Phlebotomus species occurred during the
Neogene and Quaternary periods. The climatic and geographical history of the …