Frequency of Aedes sp. Linnaeus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Associated Entomofauna in Bromeliads from a Forest Patch within a densely Urbanized Area

The existing Kai Tak Nullah flows from Po Kong Village Road along Choi Hung Road and Tung Tau Estate into Kai Tak Development Area before discharging into the Victoria Harbour. Historically its upstream has been subject to flooding under storm conditions and this has had serious repercussions for the adjacent urban areas. A study has been commissioned by the Drainage Services Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China to investigate the flood mechanisms and to provide flood alleviation measures by improving the capacity of the Kai Tak Nullah. In addition to flood alleviation, there is a strong public aspiration to rehabilitate the Kai Tak Nullah by a comparatively natural river design. Since the Kai Tak Nullah is located within a heavily urbanized area, traffic and environmental impacts are also highly concerned. The final flood alleviation scheme has thus had to strike a balance among the aforesaid factors with assistance from the hydraulic modelling utilizing InfoWorks Collection Systems (CS) software. This paper presents the public engagement exercise, design considerations, methodologies, and recommendations regarding the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Kai Tak Nullah.

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Understory use by terrestrial small mammals in an unflooded forest patch in the Pantanal floodplain

Mammalia ◽

10.1515/mammalia-2020-0016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Nayara Yoshie Sano ◽

Heitor Miraglia Herrera ◽

Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfirio ◽

Filipe Martins Santos

Keyword(s):

Small Mammals ◽

Small Mammal ◽

Understory Vegetation ◽

Monodelphis Domestica ◽

Forest Patch ◽

Habitat Features ◽

Species Characteristics ◽

Local Habitat

AbstractTo date, there have been no studies that have evaluated small mammal utilization of the understory of forests. In this study, we described the use of vertical strata by small mammals in patches of unflooded forests, known as “cordilheiras”, in the Nhecolândia sub-region of the Pantanal, Brazil. We collected all species using the ground and understory, including the terrestrial didelphid Monodelphis domestica. We suppose that local habitat features (e.g., Acuri palms), rather than intrinsic species characteristics, may be more conducive to the use of understory vegetation by small mammals in the Nhecolândia region.

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Characterization of Animal Sporotrichosis in a Highly Urbanized Area

Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1016/j.cimid.2021.101651 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 101651

Author(s):

Elisa Helena Paz Andrade ◽

Simone Magela Moreira ◽

Marcelo Teixeira Paiva ◽

Hassan Melo Zibaoui ◽

Lauranne Alves Salvato ◽

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Keyword(s):

Urbanized Area

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Integration of Satellite Data with High Resolution Ratio: Improvement of Spectral Quality with Preserving Spatial Details

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s18124418 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (12) ◽

pp. 4418 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Aleksandra Sekrecka ◽

Michal Kedzierski

Keyword(s):

High Ratio ◽

Data Sets ◽

Spectral Quality ◽

Local Statistics ◽

Panchromatic Image ◽

Urbanized Area ◽

Fusion Methods ◽

Spatial Quality ◽

Different Levels

Commonly used image fusion techniques generally produce good results for images obtained from the same sensor, with a standard ratio of spatial resolution (1:4). However, an atypical high ratio of resolution reduces the effectiveness of fusion methods resulting in a decrease in the spectral or spatial quality of the sharpened image. An important issue is the development of a method that allows for maintaining simultaneous high spatial and spectral quality. The authors propose to strengthen the pan-sharpening methods through prior modification of the panchromatic image. Local statistics of the differences between the original panchromatic image and the intensity of the multispectral image are used to detect spatial details. The Euler’s number and the distance of each pixel from the nearest pixel classified as a spatial detail determine the weight of the information collected from each integrated image. The research was carried out for several pan-sharpening methods and for data sets with different levels of spectral matching. The proposed solution allows for a greater improvement in the quality of spectral fusion, while being able to identify the same spatial details for most pan-sharpening methods and is mainly dedicated to Intensity-Hue-Saturation based methods for which the following improvements in spectral quality were achieved: about 30% for the urbanized area and about 15% for the non-urbanized area.

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The wildcat Felis silvestris in northern Turkey: assessment of status using camera trapping

Oryx ◽

10.1017/s0030605310001328 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 112-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Özgün Emre Can ◽

İrfan Kandemi̇r ◽

İnci̇ Togan

Keyword(s):

Population Size ◽

Camera Traps ◽

Sampling Effort ◽

Felis Silvestris ◽

Forest Patch ◽

Western Turkey ◽

Lack Of Information ◽

The Status ◽

Capture Recapture ◽

Estimate Population Size

AbstractThe wildcat Felis silvestris is a protected species in Turkey but the lack of information on its status is an obstacle to conservation initiatives. To assess the status of the species we interviewed local forestry and wildlife personnel and conducted field surveys in selected sites in northern, eastern and western Turkey during 2000–2007. In January–May 2006 we surveyed for the wildcat using 16 passive infrared-trigged camera traps in Yaylacı k Research Forest, a 50-km2 forest patch in Yenice Forest in northern Turkey. A total sampling effort of 1,200 camera trap days over 40 km2 yielded photo-captures of eight individual wildcats over five sampling occasions. Using the software MARK to estimate population size the closed capture–recapture model M0, which assumes a constant capture probability among all occasions and individuals, best fitted the capture history data. The wildcat population size in Yaylacı k Research Forest was estimated to be 11 (confidence interval 9–23). Yenice Forest is probably one of the most important areas for the long-term conservation of the wildcat as it is the largest intact forest habitat in Turkey with little human presence, and without human settlements, and with a high diversity of prey species. However, it has been a major logging area and is not protected. The future of Yenice Forest and its wildcat population could be secured by granting this region a protection status and enforcing environmental legislation.

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