Climate change and urbanisation are among the most pervasive and rapidly growing threats
to biodiversity worldwide. However, their impacts are usually considered in isolation, and …

Urban environments are evolutionarily novel and differ from natural environments in many
respects including food and/or water availability, predation, noise, light, air quality …

Purpose Biochar is used for the stabilization of Pb in soil because of its abundant surface
functional groups and excellent pore structure. However, little is known about the long-term …

Stressing agents can cause morphophysiological and behavioural changes in several
animals, including birds, which are good study models for environmental biomonitoring. The …

Heavy metals enter river basins through industrial effluents, agricultural wastes, surface run-
offs, and other human activities, negatively impacting aquatic and terrestrial life by …

Coastal seabirds serve as sentinels of ecosystem health due to their vulnerability to
contamination from human activities. However, our understanding on how contaminant …

Azoles represent the most used family of organic fungicides worldwide and they are used in
agriculture to circumvent the detrimental impact of fungi on yields. Although it is known that …

Purpose In this study, green waste compost (GWC) and peat were selected as adsorbents
for the adsorption of lead ions from aqueous solution, and the governing mechanisms were …

Simple Summary We analyzed the ectoparasite community of a monomorphic and non-
social bird, the burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia, breeding in rural and urban habitats …

Simple summary Protocols were adjusted and established for biomarker assessment in two
blood fractions: plasma and the post-mitochondrial fraction (S9). Basal biomarker values …