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Grass functional traits reflect the long history of fire and grazers in the savannas of Texas

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Understanding relationships among grass traits, fire, and herbivores may help improve conservation strategies for savannas that are threatened by novel disturbance regimes. Emerging theory, developed in Africa, emphasizes that functional traits of savanna grasses reflect the distinct ways that fire and grazers consume biomass ...
Ashish N. Nerlekar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Value of Single Source and Backgrounded Cattle as Measured by Health and Feedlot Profitability [PDF]

open access: yes
Commingling cattle in the feedlot increases the odds of cattle getting sick. However, backgrounded cattle are less susceptible to diseases which allow the generalizing statements like "backgrounding is just like single source".
Abidoye, Babatunde O., Lawrence, John D.
core   +1 more source

Effects of culling on badger abundance : implications for tuberculosis control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Culling is often considered as a tool for controlling wildlife diseases that can also infect people or livestock. Culling European badgers Meles meles can cause both positive and negative effects on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle ...
Ballantyne E.E.   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Stomatal distribution and post‐fire recovery: Intra‐ and interspecific variation in plants of the pyrogenic Florida scrub

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Amphistomy, the presence of stomata on both leaf surfaces, can increase photosynthesis yet is uncommon across vascular plants. The relative infrequency of amphistomy is often attributed to high costs, such as transpirational water loss.
Genevieve Triplett, Aaron S. David
wiley   +1 more source

PRICE DISCOVERY FOR STOCKER CATTLE FUTURES AND OPTIONS [PDF]

open access: yes
Low trading volume in the CME stocker cattle contracts has made hedgers and speculators reluctant to use the contracts. Traders need decision tools to discover prices or to evaluate quoted prices that may not contain all the information in the market ...
Diersen, Matthew A., Klein, Nicole L.
core   +1 more source

The Lore of Low Methane Livestock:Co-Producing Technology and Animals for Reduced Climate Change Impact [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Methane emissions from sheep and cattle production have gained increasing profile in the context of climate change. Policy and scientific research communities have suggested a number of technological approaches to mitigate these emissions.
A Gilg   +54 more
core   +1 more source

Research advances in dysphagia animal models

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This review systematically summarizes the establishment, evaluation, and detection of dysphagia animal models in stroke, Parkinson's disease (PD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in three kinds of experimental animals (including rodents, nonhuman primates, and other mammals), providing a basis for the selection of appropriate animal models of ...
Junhui Bai   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Value of USDA Situation and Outlook Information in Hog and Cattle Markets [PDF]

open access: yes
This study investigates the impact of six major USDA reports in hog and cattle markets: Cattle; Cattle on Feed; Cold Storage; Hogs and Pigs; Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook (LDPO); and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). A TARCH-
Good, Darrel L.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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