Edoardo Politano

TL;DR: Both adult and larval anurans of several species were highly adaptable, being able to thrive in anoxic and slightly acidic water with dissolved oxygen from 0.50-1.50 mg l -1 and pH from 5.9-7.2.

TL;DR: The large-scale effects of habitat alteration produced by oil-industry related pollution on the habitat use of four species of freshwater turtles were studied in the River Niger Delta, southern Nigeria between 1996 and 2004 and it is concluded that the most likely consequence at the community level is an increase in the intensity of interspecific competition for space between Pelusios niger and Pelusio castaneus in the polluted areas.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the observed trends may suggest an imminent reduction of large-bodied herbivores and, as a cascade effect, also of super-predators in African moist forests.