AIM Clinical forms of Lyme disease in Gorski Kotar have occurred only sporadically, in contrast to the northwestern Croatia and the neighboring areas of Slovenia, which are well-known Lyme borreliosis endemic regions. Our aim was to assess the level of sero-prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in a high-risk population of forestry workers in the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar, Croa...

otostegia persica (burm.) boiss. is the medicinal plant of lamiaceae family that has long been used traditionally in treatment of severe diarrhea, common cold, flatulence, headache, sore, fever, skin allergies, and blood fat and sugar. this research was conducted in 2013 for one year to identify some ecological characteristics and potential allelopathicof o. persica in hormozgan province. the c...

The objective of this study is to estimate the daily extreme precipitation distribution in an Asian monsoon region considering orographic precipitation in mountainous areas. For this purpose, the APHRODITE data set and precipitation observations from 150 raingauges throughout Thailand were used as the main input. First, a bias-correction for underestimated precipitation in the APHRODITE data se...

Global climate warming disproportionately affects high-latitude and mountainous terrestrial ecosystems. Warming is accompanied by permafrost thaw, shorter winters, earlier snowmelt, more intense soil freeze-thaw cycles, drier summers, longer fire seasons. These environmental changes in turn impact surface water groundwater flow regimes, quality, greenhouse gas emissions, stability, vegetation c...

Present study is an attempt to examine the suitability of soil moisture products available from Aqua-AMSR-E for their application in monsoon simulations at different temporal scales ranging from medium range to climate scales. For this purpose we have analysed the AMSR-E soil moisture products over 18 locations in India to evaluate their suitability for assimilation in numerical models. It has ...

A scientific definition of the type of mountain area and an exploration of the spatial correlation between different types of mountain areas and regional land use at the county level are important for reasonable land resource utilization and regional sustainable development. Here, a geographic information system was used to analyze digital elevation model data and to define the extent of mounta...