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The construction of a hydroelectric power station on Zeya River near the town of Zeya (Amur Region, Russian Far East) in the early 1970s spurred the development of a new urban settlement in the town for construction workers. Natural conditions of this area supported the persistence of populations of...

Tick pests and vectors of human and animal diseases are a permanent component of urban fauna. The present paper addresses the conditions required for persistence of tick populations in urban environment. All urban tick populations originate from populations in natural habitats around towns. Some of ...

Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Abstract The development of any urban area has been followed by dramatic changes in floral and faunal biodiversity, which also touches upon vectors of human and animal diseases, and provides strong impacts on wildlife-p...