Author:Okanga, Sharon; Cumming, Graeme; Hockey, PhillipDate:2013BACKGROUND:The close relationship between vector-borne diseases and their environment is well documented, especially for diseases with water-dependent vectors such as avian malaria. Mosquitoes are the primary vectors of avian malaria and also ...Read morecb
Author:Heydinger, John MooreDate:2014The ecosystem services concept has become inextricably linked to the economic valuation approach. Such an approach rests upon a triple incoherency, inadequately accounting for relationships between natural components, social and natural ...Read more
Author:Kennedy, KristenDate:2013Connectivity is defined as the degree to which a landscape facilitates an organisms' movement. It is considered a vital element of landscape structure with key implications for metapopulation survival and ecological processes such as pollination. ...Read more