Search Results - "Mitchell, E. A. D"
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Environmental fate and exposure; neonicotinoids and fipronil
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international (01-01-2015)“…Systemic insecticides are applied to plants using a wide variety of methods, ranging from foliar sprays to seed treatments and soil drenches. Neonicotinoids…”
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Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international (01-01-2015)“…Since their discovery in the late 1980s, neonicotinoid pesticides have become the most widely used class of insecticides worldwide, with large-scale…”
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Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international (01-01-2015)“…Issue Title: Worldwide Integrated Assessment of the Impact of Systemic Pesticides on Biodiversity and Ecosystems…”
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A worldwide survey of neonicotinoids in honey
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (06-10-2017)“…Growing evidence for global pollinator decline is causing concern for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services maintenance. Neonicotinoid pesticides…”
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Testate Amoebae Like It Hot: Species Richness Decreases Along a Subalpine-Alpine Altitudinal Gradient in Both Natural Calluna vulgaris Litter and Transplanted Minuartia sedoides Cushions
Published in Microbial ecology (01-04-2016)“…Most groups of higher organisms show a decrease in species richness toward high altitude, but the existence of such a pattern is debated for micro-eukaryotes…”
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Spatio-temporal heterogeneity of riparian soil morphology in a restored floodplain
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (17-10-2013)“…Floodplains have been intensively altered in industrialized countries, but are now increasingly being restored. It is therefore important to assess the effect…”
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Relationship between Testate Amoeba (Protist) Communities and Atmospheric Heavy Metals Accumulated in Barbula indica (Bryophyta) in Vietnam
Published in Microbial ecology (01-01-2007)“…We studied the relationships between testate amoeba communities and heavy metal (Pb, Cd, Zn, Ni, Cu, Mn, and Fe) concentrations in the moss Barbula indica…”
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Structure of microbial communities in Sphagnum peatlands and effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment
Published in Microbial ecology (01-08-2003)“…Little is known about the structure of microbial communities in Sphagnum peatlands, and the potential effects of the increasing atmospheric C0₂ concentration…”
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Effects of Experimental Lead Pollution on the Microbial Communities Associated with Sphagnum fallax (Bryophyta)
Published in Microbial ecology (01-08-2007)“…Ecotoxicological studies usually focus on single microbial species under controlled conditions. As a result, little is known about the responses of different…”
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Climatic modifiers of the response to nitrogen deposition in peat-forming Sphagnum mosses: a meta-analysis
Published in The New phytologist (01-07-2011)“…Peatlands in the northern hemisphere have accumulated more atmospheric carbon (C) during the Holocene than any other terrestrial ecosystem, making peatlands…”
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Morphological, hydrological, biogeochemical and ecological changes and challenges in river restoration – the Thur River case study
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (27-06-2014)“…River restoration can enhance river dynamics, environmental heterogeneity and biodiversity, but the underlying processes governing the dynamic changes need to…”
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Glasshouse vs field experiments: do they yield ecologically similar results for assessing N impacts on peat mosses?
Published in The New phytologist (01-07-2012)“…Peat bogs have accumulated more atmospheric carbon (C) than any other terrestrial ecosystem today. Most of this C is associated with peat moss (Sphagnum)…”
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Heterogeneity of soil carbon pools and fluxes in a channelized and a restored floodplain section (Thur River, Switzerland)
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (01-01-2011)“…Due to their spatial complexity and dynamic nature, floodplains provide a wide range of ecosystem functions. However, because of flow regulation, many riverine…”
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Effect of lead pollution on testate amoebae communities living in Sphagnum fallax: An experimental study
Published in Ecotoxicology and environmental safety (01-01-2008)“…We studied the effects of lead pollution on testate amoebae communities living on Sphagnum fallax by growing this moss under controlled conditions. A…”
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Seasonal patterns of testate amoeba diversity, community structure and species–environment relationships in four Sphagnum-dominated peatlands along a 1300 m altitudinal gradient in Switzerland
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-12-2013)“…Altitudinal gradients are useful to study the potential effects of climate change on ecosystems. Historically, studies on elevation gradients have primarily…”
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Indicators for taxonomic and functional aspects of biodiversity in the vineyard agroecosystem of Southern Switzerland
Published in Biological conservation (01-02-2014)“…•52 Indicators for high and mid-to-high biodiversity values were selected in vineyard agroecosystem.•24 Indicator species (46%) accounted for functional…”
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The importance of Saprinus semistriatus (Coleoptera: Histeridae) for estimating the minimum post-mortem interval
Published in Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) (01-01-2018)“…•Presence of Saprinus semistriatus on hanging and ground pig cadavers.•S. semistriatus indicator for certain decomposition stage.•Forensic usefulness of S…”
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curse of taxonomic uncertainty in biogeographical studies of free-living terrestrial protists: a case study of testate amoebae from Amsterdam Island
Published in Journal of biogeography (01-08-2009)“…A current debate in microbial biogeography contrasts two views concerning the distribution of free-living microorganisms. The first view assumes a ubiquitous…”
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Testate amoeba analysis of lake sediments: impact of filter size and total count on estimates of density, species richness and assemblage structure
Published in Journal of paleolimnology (01-04-2010)“…Testate amoebae are informative about palaeoecological conditions, but the methods generally used for their analyses in lake sediments differ from those used…”
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Relationships among testate amoebae (Protozoa), vegetation and water chemistry in five Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in Europe
Published in The New phytologist (01-01-2000)“…To study the relationships between groups of organisms and the degree to which these relationships are consistent across major climatic gradients, we analysed…”
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