Long-distance migration in birds is relatively well studied in nature; however, one aspect of this phenomenon that remains poorly understood is the pattern of distribution presented by species during arrival to and establishment of wintering areas. Some studies suggest that the selection of areas in winter is somehow determined by climate, given its influence on both the distribution of bird sp...

Though, according even to the most pessimistic forecasts, Hungary is expected to remain amongst the regions with good quality grapevine growing conditions in the future, the expected frequency and the impact of extreme climatic events are rather serious warning signs. In this study first some impactful climatic indicators are analyzed which are of high importance in grapevine production. Histor...

Bioclimatic models are widely used tools for assessing potential responses of species to climate change. One commonly used model is BIOCLIM, which summarises up to 35 climatic parameters throughout a species’ known range, and assesses the climatic suitability of habitat under current and future climate scenarios. A criticism of BIOCLIM is that the use of all 35 parameters may lead to over-fitti...

Phenotypic plasticity has been suggested as the main mechanism for species persistence under a global change scenario, and also as one of the main mechanisms that alien species use to tolerate and invade broad geographic areas. However, contrasting with this central role of phenotypic plasticity, standard models aimed to predict the effect of climatic change on species distributions do not allo...

Increasing concentrations of atmospheric C O 2 and other greenhouse gases are expected to contribute to a global warming. This paper examines the potential implications of a climatic change corresponding to a doubling of atmospheric concentrations of CO2 on crop production opportunities throughout Ontario, a major food producing region in Canada. The climate is projected to become warmer and dr...

The major reasons for environmental contamination are population explosion, increase in industrial and other urban activities. One of the consequent effect of these activities is heavy metal pollution. It is one of the serious issue to be discussed by the scientists and academicians that how to solve this problem to protect the environment. As heavy metals are non-biodegradable so they require ...

Precipitation erosivity propels detrimental hydrological happenings with substantial eco-friendly and socio-economic influences. The conception of the precipitation-vegetation interface is very vital for implementing acclimatization mitigation techniques terrestrial bionetworks. Numerous investigations have reconnoitered spatial correlation context along season-precipitation quantity gradient. ...