Pollution characteristics, risk assessment, and source apportionment of heavy metals in road dust in Bei**g, China

C Men, R Liu, F Xu, Q Wang, L Guo, Z Shen - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
To analyze the spatial distribution patterns, risks, and sources of heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr,
Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Fe), 36 road dust samples were collected from an urbanized area of …

Granivore abundance shapes mutualism quality in plant–scatterhoarder interactions

R Zwolak, D Clement, A Sih, SJ Schreiber - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conditional mutualisms involve costs and benefits that vary with environmental factors, but
mechanisms driving these dynamics remain poorly understood. Scatterhoarder–plant …

Pollution evaluation, human health effect and tracing source of trace elements on road dust of Dhanbad, a highly polluted industrial coal belt of India

S Mondal, G Singh - Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021 - Springer
Dust samples were collected from roads of five distinct types of land use zones (National
Highway, residential areas, sensitive areas, mining areas, and busy traffic areas) of …

Physiological, behavioral, and life-history adaptations to environmental fluctuations in the edible dormouse

T Ruf, C Bieber - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The edible dormouse (Glis glis, formerly Myoxus glis) is a small arboreal mammal inhabiting
deciduous forests in Europe. This rodent shows behavioral and physiological adaptations to …

The role of urban habitats in the abundance of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris, L.) in Finland

J Jokimäki, V Selonen, A Lehikoinen… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Because the amount of urban areas has increased, it is important to investigate the
abundance of wildlife species in relation to urban environments. Analyzing the impact of …

Geochemical map**, risk assessment, and source identification of heavy metals in road dust using positive matrix factorization (PMF)

M Faisal, Z Wu, H Wang, Z Hussain, C Shen - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Heavy metals in road dust pose a significant threat to human health. This study investigated
the concentrations, patterns, and sources of eight hazardous heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn …

Simulations reveal the power and peril of artificial breeding sites for monitoring and managing animals

CJW McClure, BP Pauli, JA Heath - Ecological Applications, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Despite common use, the efficacy of artificial breeding sites (eg, nest boxes, bat houses,
artificial burrows) as tools for monitoring and managing animals depends on the …

Determination of heavy metal contamination and pollution indices of roadside dust in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

MH Kabir, MH Rashid, Q Wang, W Wang, S Lu… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban roadside dust samples from Dhaka City in Bangladesh were collected from a planned
residential area (PRA), spontaneous residential area (SRA), commercial area (CA), and …

Habitat fragmentation changes top‐down and bottom‐up controls of food webs

R Wang, X Zhang, YS Shi, YY Li, J Wu, F He… - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Top‐down and bottom‐up controls regulate the structure and stability of ecosystems, but
their relative roles in terrestrial systems have been debated. Here we studied a hydro …

Food abundance and weather modify reproduction of two arboreal squirrel species

V Selonen, R Wistbacka, E Korpimäki - Journal of Mammalogy, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The importance of weather in relation to food resources, in determining reproduction,
remains poorly understood for mammals, particularly for species that do not depend on food …