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Rubbish dumps as invasive plant epicentres
(Springer, 2018-09)
It is widely known that disturbed areas favour plant species invasion. However, the presence and impacts of introduced plants at rubbish dumps and landfills are less clear. We conducted a literature review to evaluate ...
More massive but potentially less healthy: Black vultures feeding in rubbish dumps differed in clinical and biochemical parameters with wild feeding birds
(PeerJ Inc., 2018-04)
Background: Organic waste is one of the most important anthropogenic food subsidies used by different species. However, there is little information about the health impact that rubbish dumps produce on species foraging in ...
Comparison of lead contamination among related scavenging birds sharing food sources: a call for caution when using surrogate species
(Wiley, 2020-01)
Lead contamination is a global problem affecting a large number of bird species around the world. Among the different avian guilds, vultures and facultative scavengers are particularly threatened by this toxic metal. ...
Bodies in the tip: Deaths and politicised deaths in Buenos Aires's refuse
(Manchester University Press, 2019-02)
The appearance of corpses in rubbish tips is not a recent phenomenon. In Argentina, tips have served not only as sites for the disposal of bodies but also as murder scenes. Many of these other bodies found in such places ...
Archaeobotany of archaeological sites from Northwest Argentina (1750-1450 B.P.): ceremonial use or rubbish dumps?.
(Springer, 2005-12)
The archaeobotanical macroremains discussed in this study were recovered from six mound structures at Campo del Pucar´a (Andalgal´a, Catamarca, northwest Argentina), a site inhabited between ca. 1750 and 1450 b.p. (a.d. ...
A recently established Kelp Gull colony in a freshwater environment supported by an inland refuse dump in Patagonia
(Csiro Publishing, 2012-05)
Populations of several species of gull are increasing worldwide as a result of a plentiful supply of anthropogenic food in urbanised environments. In light of this, we decided to examine the importance of anthropogenic ...
Incidental consumption of plastic and other anthropogenic materials by Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) in a garbage dump in EcuadorConsumo incidental de plástico y otros materiales antropogénicos por parte de Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) en un vertedero de basura de Ecuador
(Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, 2021)
Parasitic fauna of a yellow-legged gull colony in the island of Escombreras (South-eastern Mediterranean) in close proximity to a landfill site: potential effects on cohabiting species
(De Gruyter, 2015-06)
We identified the ectoparasites and helminth fauna of yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis michahellis), breeding near to a solid waste landfill, and compared infection levels with those of other yellow-legged gull ...
Plan para mejoramiento del transporte y vertido de rsu, cantón El Guabo, El Oro
(2019)
The current investigation unveils the current situation of Canton El Guabo, about the collection, transport and final dumping system of RSU; globally, solid waste management has been a problem, to the high volumes of waste ...
Biomonitoring of atmospheric trace elements in agricultural areas and a former uranium mine
(De Gruyter, 2014-09)
Most biomonitoring studies worldwide have evaluated the air quality in industrial and urban areas, and even in mining areas to a lesser extent. However, air quality investigations in agricultural areas are scarce. In the ...