A5081095368- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Energy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Dutch Social and Cultural Studies
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications
- Environmental Policies and Emissions
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Metallurgy and Material Science
- Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- Forest Management and Policy
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
Leiden University
1998-2025
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
2017-2018
The global lion (Panthera leo) population decline is partly a result of retaliatory killing in response to livestock depredation. Nairobi National Park (NNP) small protected area Kenya surrounded by human-dominated landscape. Communities around the park use flashlights deter lions from their bomas. We investigated installation LED flashlight technique during 2007–2016.We interviewed 80 owners bomas with (n = 43) and without 37) surroundings NNP verified reported attacks on against predation...
ABSTRACT Variation in climatic conditions is expected to impact the distribution and abundance of herbivore species, which may, turn, influence African lions ( Panthera leo ) ranging behaviour. This necessitates proactive management lion populations, as ecosystems may exhibit site‐specific responses these variations. Using satellite GPS‐GSM data from 10 collared three different national parks Kenya—Meru, Nairobi, Lake Nakuru—we calculated monthly home ranges distance moved studied how were...
Green infrastructure (GI) is increasingly addressed in urban planning and research to enhance sustainability resilience through the provisioning of ecosystem services (ES). Yet, few applications exist models for multifunctional GI high spatial thematic detail that simultaneously align with stakeholder interests. We address these gaps by developing presenting a spatially explicit model inform planners on priority areas development. This was made possible analyses multiple scales, enabling us...
Abstract Humans alter the environment at unprecedented rates through habitat destruction, nutrient pollution and application of agrochemicals. This has recently been proposed to act as a potentially significant driver pathogen-carrying mosquito species (disease vectors) that pose health risk humans livestock. Here, we use unique set locations along large geographical gradient show landscapes disturbed by variety anthropogenic stressors are consistently associated with vector-dominated...
Abstract The influence of the nitro group on aromatic π‐system pyrene has been studied by comparing spectroscopic and photochemical properties three mononitropyrenes. Whereas UV mass spectra 1‐ 4‐nitropyrene show an interaction normal for nitro‐aromatic compounds, this is not observed 2‐nitropyrene. lack reflected in a spectrum very similar to that with low abundance M ‐ NO. behaviour compounds governed degree interaction. 1‐Nitropyrene shows nitro‐nitrite rearrangement leading...
Social carnivores frequently live in fission-fusion societies, where individuals that share a common territory or home range may be found alone, subgroups, altogether. Absolute group size and subgroup is expected to vary according resource distribution, but for species are susceptible anthropogenic pressures, other factors important drivers. African lions (
Dutch water boards have a well-established program for monitoring pesticide contamination of surface waters. These data been processed into graphic format accessible online and designed to provide insight presence in waters trends over time: the Pesticides Atlas (http://www.pesticidesatlas.nl). With this tool one can easily get maps where is being measured it might possibly constitute an environmental problem years. Presently, results periods 1997/1998 until 2005/2006 are available at level...
Grazing livestock in openly accessible areas is a common practice the multiple-use forests of India; however, its compatibility with reintroduction tigers to these requires examination. Here, we investigated diet livestock-dominated buffer zone Panna Tiger Reserve, India. We hypothesised that presence feral cattle, along open-access grazing practices forests, would increase incidence predation on by tigers, even when wild prey are available. used generalised linear models test whether versus...
Abstract Mega-urban regions (MURs) are important consumers or traders of resources from, producers wastes destined for, the global hinterlands. These roles, coupled with their concentration, clustering and centrality effects, mean MURs have a disproportionately large effect on sustainability production-consumption systems (PCSs). Actions taken within influence PCSs, vice versa; but that is complicated by complex governance intersections. Three cases used to illustrate innovation in MUR-PCS...
European badger populations in the Netherlands suffered strong declines 1900s, becoming endangered 1980s. Despite mitigation actions, recovery of population has been slow. Here, we use ecological niche modelling, relating 1515 sett (burrow) localities to data on topographic, groundwater table, soil type and land‐cover variables, investigate factors defining habitat suitability. Niche modelling mobile animals such as badgers is challenging, relevant features that determine suitability...
Critical loads of cadmium, lead and mercury were computed by 18 countries the LRTAP Convention. These national data collated into a single database for purpose identifying sensitive areas in Europe. Computing exceedances, i.e. comparing critical to atmospheric deposition, shows that cadmium was not widespread risk 2000, from deposition has decreased since 1990 but still remains high without much change 2000 most countries.
Abstract A number of European countries run large‐scale pesticide monitoring schemes in watersheds aimed at identifying and evaluating the presence residues environment. These provide national regional scale assessments concentrations within context environmental quality assessment, aiming to ensure some degree ecological protection. The present study is joint effects mixtures detected programs, using a process‐based mixture model that was parameterized for Daphnia magna . In total, over 15...
Abstract The influence of tiger-specific (sex, age group), environmental (seasons, photoperiod) and anthropogenic (human use regimes) factors on the movements spatial distribution tigers using human-dominated buffer zone Panna Tiger Reserve, India was studied. Generalised linear mixed models were used to test significance relationships between covariates influencing tiger presence. We report that – group (generation) sex seasons day/night significantly explain observed variations in zone....
The Malay Archipelago, also known as Malesia, the triangle Peninsula–Philippines–New Guinea, encompassing Indonesia, is tectonically one of world’s most active areas with an intricate history amalgamation terranes. For plants it means that ancestral species must have dispersed to area, which presently holds about 70 % endemic estimated total up 45 000 species. One possible dispersal routes mentioned runs from SE Asian mainland via Philippines. This was considered likely for montane and...