The Kole wetlands of Thrissur, Kerala, support resident and migratory waterbirds within a seasonally flooded agricultural landscape. This study examined associations between waterbird assemblages and soil and water conditions at five sites: Palakkal, Pullu, Pullazhi, Adat and Puz...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i101036
Aims: To assess the life forms and biological spectrum of a grassland community at Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, and compare the observed spectrum with Raunkiaer’s normal spectrum and selected grassland communities. Study Design: A field-based ecological assessment using floristi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i101034
Abubakar Ali Shidiki, Tchoutezou Guy Herman Zanguim, Nyong Princely Awazi, Titus Fondo Ambebe & Martin Tchamba·Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology·2026
Protected areas in Central Africa face sustained hunting pressure that can affect wildlife populations, local livelihoods, and the functioning of forest ecosystems. This study assessed hunting practices and bushmeat distribution networks in and around Deng-Deng National Park (DDN...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i101035
The ichthyofauna of Ibikpe Creek, a previously unsurveyed tropical freshwater system in Uruan Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Niger Delta, Nigeria, was investigated monthly from June to December 2025 at three sampling stations. Sampling was conducted using unbaited gill n...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i101033
Nigerian cities are being remade through slum clearance, road and waterfront redevelopment, land reclamation and master-planned expansion, yet the ecological consequences of these renewal processes for plants and animals have rarely been examined as a coherent body of evidence. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i101032
Keralam's 590-kilometre coastline hosts nine of the state's fourteen districts, an exceptionally dense coastal population, and a hydrogeologically distinctive combination of narrow lateritic and alluvial coastal aquifers, an extensive 1,500-kilometre backwater and estuarine netwo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i101031
Petroleum-producing estuaries of the Niger Delta support shellfish harvesting while receiving complex, spatially variable mixtures of hydrocarbons and other contaminants. Shellfish can integrate biologically accessible exposure, but their interpretation is complicated by differen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i101029
Crop residue burning (CRB) is widely used for rapid field clearing after harvest and can produce short-term particulate pollution as well as changes in soil properties. This study examined these effects in Chandrakona-II, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, using two complementary da...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i101030
Heavy metal contamination of freshwater ecosystems poses significant risks to aquatic organisms, human health and the sustainability of freshwater resources. This study assessed the concentrations, spatial variation, pollution status and potential ecological risks associated with...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i91027
Coal-fired thermal power plants remain one of the largest anthropogenic sources of mercury, yet the extent to which they raise methylmercury, the bioaccumulative and neurotoxic form, in nearby lakes, reservoirs, rivers, wetlands and coastal waters is contested. Atmospheric deposi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i91028
Aims: This study assessed the prevalence and geographical distribution of microscopy-confirmed malaria among children aged 6–59 months in Nigeria, examined selected environmental associations and spatial clustering, modelled cluster-level malaria probability, and identified geogr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i91026
Microplastic contamination of agricultural soils has moved from a largely conceptual concern to an empirically documented component of terrestrial pollution. Agricultural plastic films, sewage sludge, compost and other organic amendments, irrigation water, atmospheric deposition,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i91025
Aims: This study investigated the seasonal abundance, spatial distribution, and environmental determinants of African trypanosome vectors (ATVs) in Omo Biosphere Reserve (OBR) and Oba Hills National Park (OHNP), southwestern Nigeria. Study Design: The study was conducted from Nov...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i91024
The Yamuna River is an ecologically important freshwater system that is increasingly affected by urbanisation, sewage discharge, industrial effluents, and other anthropogenic pressures. Such disturbances can alter water quality and adversely affect aquatic communities. Because fi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i91023
Aims: To determine whether the spatial distribution of soil textural classes across the Yadgir and Gurmitkal blocks can predict groundwater recharge conditions observed at borewell sites, using an infiltration-capacity-based suitability ranking. Study Design: Spatial soil-texture...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i91019