Environmental disasters offer the unique opportunity for landscape-scale ecological and
evolutionary studies that are not possible in the laboratory or small experimental plots. The …

Irradiation of plants and animals can result in disruption of ecological relationships between
the components of ecosystems. Such effects may act as triggers of perturbation and lead to …

A study of urban nature that draws together different strands of urban ecology as well as
insights derived from feminist, posthuman, and postcolonial thought. Postindustrial …

In the initial aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl accident there were detrimental effects
recorded on wildlife, including, mass mortality of pine trees close to the reactor, reduced …

Human actions are altering ecosystems worldwide. Among human‐released pollutants,
ionizing radiation arises as a rare but potentially devastating threat to natural systems. The …

There is substantial interest in understanding the ecological impacts of the nuclear accidents
at the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants. However, population‐level …

Growing evidence indicates that human activities are causing cancer rates to rise in both
human and wildlife populations. This is due to the inability of ancestral anti‐cancer defences …

Following the 1986 Chornobyl accident, an area approaching 5000 km2 surrounding the
nuclear plant was abandoned, creating the Chornobyl exclusion zone (CEZ). Although this …

The linear no-threshold (LNT) risk model is the current human health risk assessment
paradigm. This model states that adverse stochastic biological responses to high levels of a …

The health effects associated with chronic low-dose, low-dose rate (LD-LDR) exposures to
environmental radiation are uncertain. All dose-effect studies conducted outside controlled …