Biomonitoring metals and metalloids in wild mammals: invasive versus non-invasive sampling

C Jota Baptista, F Seixas, JM Gonzalo-Orden… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Heavy metal and metalloid pollution is a matter of concern in animal, human and
environmental health (One Health) and also in wildlife conservation worldwide. Studying …

Leptospira sp. infection in bats: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

SB Esteves, NC Gaeta, JMN Batista… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bats are the only flying mammalian animals and are distributed worldwide. Bats are well‐
known hosts of several zoonotic viruses and bacteria, including Leptospira sp. Here, we …

Land use, season, and parasitism predict metal concentrations in Australian flying fox fur

CA Sánchez, MT Penrose, MK Kessler… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban-living wildlife can be exposed to metal contaminants dispersed into the environment
through industrial, residential, and agricultural applications. Metal exposure carries lethal …

A systematic review of trace elements in the tissues of bats (Chiroptera)

F Giunta, BV Hernout, TA Langen, MR Twiss - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Bats constitute about 22% of known mammal species; they have various ecological roles
and provide many ecosystem services. Bats suffer from several threats caused by …

An investigation on environmental pollution due to essential heavy metals: a prediction model through multilayer perceptrons

M Sari, IE Yalcin, M Taner, T Cosgun… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This research is to predict heavy metal levels in plants, particularly in Robinia pseudoacacia
L., and soils using an effective artificial intelligence approach with some ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of chronic cadmium exposure identified in the critically endangered Christmas Island flying-fox (Pteropus natalis)

LA Pulscher, R Gray, R McQuilty, K Rose… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Christmas Island flying-fox (Pteropus natalis) is the last native mammal on
Christmas Island and its population is in decline. Phosphate mining occurs across much of …

Domestic cats as environmental lead sentinels in low-income populations: a One Health pilot study sampling the fur of animals presented to a high-volume spay …

S Aeluro, TJ Kavanagh - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
Non-human animals serve as sentinels for numerous issues affecting humans, including
exposure to toxic heavy metals like lead. Lead plays a role in perpetuating cycles of poverty …

Forecasting contamination in an ecosystem based on a network model

M Sari, IE Yalcin, M Taner, T Cosgun… - … monitoring and assessment, 2023 - Springer
This paper aims to predict heavy metal pollution based on ecological factors with a new
approach, using artificial neural networks (ANNs), by significantly removing typical obstacles …

A comparison of nutritional value of native and alien food plants for a critically endangered island flying-fox

LA Pulscher, ES Dierenfeld, JA Welbergen, KA Rose… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Habitat loss and alteration are two of the biggest threats facing insular flying-foxes. Altered
habitats are often re-vegetated with introduced or domestic plant species on which flying …

Modeling the effects of essential heavy metals on environmental pollution: A linear and nonlinear prediction model via cascade forward‐neural network

U Yolcu, IE Yalcin, ME Uras… - Mathematical Methods in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The use of artificial neural networks (ANN) in studies with different content is increasing day
by day, and its impact and acceptability are also increasing. The importance of using ANN in …