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Introduction of a male-harming mitochondrial haplotype via ‘Trojan Females’ achieves population suppression in fruit flies

eLife, 2017
Pests are a global threat to biodiversity, ecosystem function, and human health. Pest control approaches are thus numerous, but their implementation costly, damaging to non-target species, and ineffective at low population densities.
Jonci Nikolai Wolff, Neil J Gemmell, Daniel M Tompkins, Damian K Dowling   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

When an iconic native animal is overabundant: The koala in southern Australia

Conservation Science and Practice, 2020
Management of overabundant native species is challenging at the best of times but is even more so when it involves an iconic species that is threatened in part of its range.
Desley A. Whisson, Kita R. Ashman
doaj   +1 more source

Indole-3-Carboxylic Acid From the Endophytic Fungus Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae LPS-1 as a Synergist Enhancing the Antagonism of Jasmonic Acid Against Blumeria graminis on Wheat

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
The discovery of natural bioactive compounds from endophytes or medicinal plants against plant diseases is an attractive option for reducing the use of chemical fungicides.
Yawei Que, Donghai Huang, Shuangjun Gong, Xuejiang Zhang, Bin Yuan, Minfeng Xue, Wenqi Shi, Fansong Zeng, Meilin Liu, Tingting Chen, Dazhao Yu, Xia Yan, Zhengyi Wang, Lijun Yang, Libo Xiang   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical management of wildlife. Lethal versus nonlethal control of white‐tailed deer

Conservation Science and Practice, 2020
Calls for ethical management of wildlife in the international conservation community are increasing. However, it is not clear what this actually entails. Using a case of lethal (hunting) and nonlethal control (fertility control) of “chronically abundant”
Christian Gamborg, Peter Sandøe, Clare Palmer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential of Castor Seed (Ricinus communis) Powder-Formulated Feed in the Fertility Control of Wild-Caught Female African Giant Rats (Cricetomys gambianus)

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development
The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of Castor seed powder-formulated feed in the fertility control of wildly caught female African giant rats (AGR).
Hafiz Ayinde Badmus, Adeola Adefoluke Ala   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural and diffusion effects in the Dutch fertility transition, 1870-1940

Demographic Research, 2014
Background: Ever since the Princeton European Fertility Project, structural and diffusion effects on fertility behavior have been juxtaposed. However, we still hardly know what the relative effects were of shifting socio-economic conditions and shifts in
Hilde Bras
doaj   +1 more source

The use of DiazaConTM to limit fertility in grey squirrels

Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2011
The grey squirrel is an invasive alien species introduced to Great Britain in the late 19th Century and to Northern Italy during the early 20th Century.
Mayle, B., Ferryman, M., Peace, A., Yoder, C. A., Miller, L. A., Cowan, D.   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Religion and the economics of fertility in south India [PDF]

, 2000
This thesis provides an account of the interplay between the economic, demographic and religious factors which influence women's age at first marriage, their adoption of contraception and their fertility, in a group of rural communities in southern India.
Iyer, S.
core   +2 more sources

Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider, Kris‐Ann Schultz, Nora Schnitzler, Michael Abele, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Ines B. Brecht, Maja Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Michaela Kuhlen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Yves Reguerre, Calogero Virgone, Daniel Orbach   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outdoor air pollution and diminished ovarian reserve among infertile Korean women

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2021
Background Mounting evidence implicates an association between ambient air pollution and impaired reproductive potential of human. Our study aimed to assess the association between air pollution and ovarian reserve in young, infertile women.
Hannah Kim, Seung-Ah Choe, Ok-Jin Kim, Sun-Young Kim, Seulgi Kim, Changmin Im, You Shin Kim, Tae Ki Yoon   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source