OBJECTIVES : We investigated the management of travel fatigue and jet lag in athlete populations by evaluating studies that have applied non-pharmacological interventions (exercise, sleep, light and nutrition), and ...

Several studies have developed photogrammetric techniques for indirect mass estimation of seals. Unfortunately, these techniques are often narrowly delineated for specific field scenarios or species. Many require ...

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The shikimic acid pathway is one of the major biosynthetic pathways in higher plants responsible for the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids (tryptophan, tyrosine and phenylalanine) and multiple secondary metabolites, ...

QUESTION: Do anthropogenic activities facilitate the distribution of exotic plants along steep altitudinal gradients? LOCATION: Sani Pass road, Grassland biome, South Africa. METHODS: On both sides of this road, presence ...

Babesiosis is a typical zoonotic, emerging disease caused by a tick-borne intraerythrocytic protozoan of Babesia spp. that also can be transmitted by blood transfusion. Babesiosis imposes an increasing public-health threat. ...

Climate change is projected to lead to warmer temperatures, especially in southern Africa, where the warming is predicted to be 2°C higher than the global increase. Given the high burden of disease already associated with ...

CONTEXT : People and wildlife are coming into greater contact worldwide because of the increasing human footprint. Although some species tolerate certain levels of human activities, others are vulnerable to human disturbance, ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emanating from the surfaces of human skin are of great interest to researchers in medical and forensic fields, as well as to biologists studying the ecology of blood-feeding insect vectors ...

Humans have played a major role in altering savanna structure and function, and growing land-use pressure will only increase their influence on woody cover. Yet humans are often overlooked as ecological components. Both ...