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The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project [PDF]

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2017
The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts.html)—has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database of ...
Lawrence N. Hudson   +514 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Effects of Traditional Orchard Abandonment and Landscape Context on the Beneficial Arthropod Community in a Mediterranean Agroecosystem [PDF]

open access: yesInsects, 2023
Agricultural abandonment is one of the main land-use changes in Europe, and its consequences on biodiversity are context- and taxa-dependent. While several studies have worked on this topic, few have focused on traditional orchards, especially in ...
Víctor de Paz   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Effect of Organic Farming and Agricultural Abandonment on Beneficial Arthropod Communities Associated with Olive Groves in Western Spain: Implications for Bactrocera oleae Management [PDF]

open access: yesInsects, 2022
Agricultural abandonment and intensification are among the main land-use changes in Europe. Along with these processes, different proposals have been developed to counteract the negative effects derived from agricultural intensification, including ...
Víctor de Paz   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Seeds as Potential Sources of Phenolic Compounds and Minerals for the Indian Population [PDF]

open access: yesMolecules, 2022
Seeds are major sources of nutrients and bioactive compounds for human beings. In this work, the chemical composition and physicochemical properties of 155 Indian seeds (belonging to 49 families) are reported.
Pravin Kumar Sahu   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Soil and Freshwater Bioassays to Assess Ecotoxicological Impact on Soils Affected by Mining Activities in the Iberian Pyrite Belt [PDF]

open access: yesToxics, 2022
This study aims to use geochemical, mineralogical, ecotoxicological and biological indicators for a comprehensive assessment of the ecological risks related to the mobility, ecotoxicity and bioavailability of potentially harmful elements in the Lousal ...
Óscar Andreu-Sánchez   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Implementation of Antibiotic Discovery by Student Crowdsourcing in the Valencian Community Through a Service Learning Strategy [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Antibiotic misuse is a public health problem due to the appearance of resistant strains in almost all human pathogens, making infectious diseases more difficult to treat.
Sergi Maicas   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Antimycobacterial and HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Activity of Julianaceae and Clusiaceae Plant Species from Mexico. [PDF]

open access: yesEvid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2015
The extracts of 14 Julianaceae and 5 Clusiaceae species growing in Mexico were tested in vitro (50 µg/mL) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and HIV reverse transcriptase (HIV‐RT). The Julianaceae bark and leaf extracts inhibited M. tuberculosis (>84.67%) and HIV‐RT (<49.89%). The Clusiaceae leaves extracts also inhibited both targets (>58.3% and
Gómez-Cansino R   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Comparison of soil quality indexes calculated by network and principal component analysis for carbonated soils under different uses

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
There is an urgent need to conserve and improve the quality of agricultural soils in the coming decades. Decision tools capable of providing reliable information about soil quality are needed, and soil quality index (SQI) is one of the most used ...
Juan Pedro Martín-Sanz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study of the biochemical activity and plant growth promoting bacteria in soils polluted with oxyfluorfen

open access: yesCogent Food & Agriculture, 2023
There is currently a great deal of information available about the toxic effects of oxyfluorfen on soil biochemical activity and microbial biodiversity.
Salvadora Navarro-Torre   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of foliar fertilization of biostimulants obtained from sewage sludge on olive yield

open access: yesCogent Food & Agriculture, 2022
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of foliar fertilization of two biostimulants (BS1 and BS2) obtained from sewage sludge by fermentative processes using Bacillus licheniformis during four consecutive seasons in an olive tree crop ...
Manuel Tejada   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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