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Relationship between home range and population density in mammals: the role of sociality, territoriality and habitat dimensionality

Ecography, EarlyView.
Organisms' energy requirements increase with body mass, leading to larger home range areas and lower population density. Previous research has highlighted the differential scaling of these variables in mammals, where species with large home ranges have higher density than expected due to increased home range overlap. Here we investigate this phenomenon
Luca Santini, Gianni Jacucci, Marlee A. Tucker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

RESPOSTA DE DUAS CULTIVARES DE ARROZ DE TERRAS ALTAS EM CONVIVÊNCIA COM Brachiaria brizantha

Revista Caatinga, 2009
The objective of this work was to evaluate to the sowing time of the Brachiaria brizantha forage intercrop with two upland rice cultivars on the agronomics characteristics of both species.
Abdias Alves De Oliveira, Adriano Jakelaitis, João Paulo De Souza Quaresma, Fábio Kempim Pittelkow, Ricardo Araújo   +4 more
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Macroecological relationships of ant diversity with increasing aridity in Australian tropical savannas: contrasting responses of epigaeic and hypogaeic assemblages

Ecography, EarlyView.
Studies using climatic gradients play a key role in our understanding of the importance of rainfall and temperature as factors regulating species diversity and distribution, and thus of likely responses to climate change. However, such studies currently consider above‐ground species only, ignoring the diverse hypogaeic (subterranean) invertebrate fauna.
François Brassard, Giovanny Destour, Tristan Klaftenberger, Alan N. Andersen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Assessment and Benchmarking of Metaheuristic Algorithms for Dynamic Photovoltaic Array Reconfiguration Under Diverse Shading Environments

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, which are essential for renewable energy systems, are vulnerable to partial shading, resulting in considerable power losses and operational inefficiencies. The dynamic reconfiguration of PV arrays has become an effective strategy to mitigate these effects by adaptively modifying the array topology to ...
Manoharan Premkumar, Ravichandran Sowmya, Jagarapu S. V. Siva Kumar, Mustafa Abdullah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vaginal host–microbe signatures linked to placental outcomes in mares

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Ascending placentitis is a leading cause of late‐term pregnancy loss in mares. Although pathogens are presumed to ascend from the caudal reproductive tract, the association between the vaginal microbiome and placentitis has not been systematically examined.
Machteld van Heule, Babiche Heil, Jamie K. Norris, Kristene Gedye, Xiaoxiao Lin, Ward De Spiegelaere, Peter Daels, Pouya Dini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oscillometric assessment of bronchodilator response in horses with severe asthma during remission

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background During clinical remission of severe equine asthma (SEA), affected animals can be challenging to distinguish from healthy horses. In humans, the degree of bronchodilation achieved with a β2‐adrenergic bronchodilator is helpful in differentiating asthmatics from healthy subjects.
Séléna de Wasseige, Sophie Mainguy‐Seers, Jean‐Pierre Lavoie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining the pollinator garden: is conceptual flexibility a feature or a bug?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Ecologists often aim to reduce conceptual ambiguity by attempting to create rigid shared lexicons. These efforts imply that ambiguity is undesirable. In some contexts, however, conceptual flexibility comes with under‐discussed benefits. Here, we use the lens of pollinator gardening to explore how conceptual flexibility is built into participatory ...
Atticus W Murphy, Nicholas N Dorian, Emily Minor, Paul J CaraDonna, Sean R Griffin, Heather Holm, Amy M Iler, Gwen E Kirschke, J Scott MacIvor, Katherine R Urban‐Mead, Elsa Youngsteadt, Elizabeth E Crone   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate change effects on biomass and greenhouse gas emissions are ameliorated by nontoxic endophytes in southeastern USA transition zone tall fescue pastures

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
Tall fescue produces more biomass and less carbon dioxide from the soil when it contains its beneficial fungal endophyte. Increased temperatures projected with climate change reduce fescue biomass, while altered rainfall frequency does not. Altering rainfall frequency and increasing temperatures can reduce carbon dioxide emissions from soil.
Rebecca K. McGrail, Jonathan D. Moore, A. Elizabeth Carlisle, Jim A. Nelson, Rebecca L. McCulley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring variations in potential carbon and nitrogen mineralization in managed grasslands among the diversity of soils in North Carolina

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
Under steady–state conditions, potential nitrogen mineralization in soil under grasslands is closely tied to potential carbon mineralization. This study provides supporting evidence that field–specific nitrogen fertilizer recommendations could be indicated by using a simple and rapid analysis of soil–test biological activity.
Alan J. Franzluebbers
wiley   +1 more source