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Scale-Dependent Habitat Selection of Nesting Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Foraging habitat selection of nesting Great Egrets ( Ardea alba ) and Snowy Egrets ( Egretta thula ) was investigated within an estuary with extensive impounded salt marsh habitat.
Collazo, Jaime A.   +2 more
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Use of Restricted Nursing and a Bovine Appeasing Substance on the Welfare, Growth Performance, and Response to Vaccination of Beef Calves at Weaning

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
The effects of restricted nursing (RN) and the administration of a bovine appeasing substance (BAS) on days −8 and 0 in relation to weaning were evaluated. Both strategies were effective in improving the growth performance of beef calves. Regarding welfare, BAS ‐especially on day 0‐ was more effective than RN.
Denise E. Mussalafo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Lycium barbarum Residue Substituting Dietary Maize on Fecal Microbiota and Growth Performance of Crossbred Simmental Cattle

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
The bioactive substances we extracted from Lycium barbarum residue (LBR) have a typical polysaccharide structure. When 1.80% LBR was used to replace maize in the diet, the average daily gain of rossbred Simmental was significantly increased, and anti‐inflammatory ability was improved. In addition, LBR improved the fecal microbial composition, increased
Kun Cai   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary characteristics, influencing factors of livestock and poultry meat production in China and its future trends

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
By reviewing the development history, this study summarizes the main factors and corresponding pathways that affect the evolution of meat production in China from both internal and external perspectives. Based on this, we predict future development trends.
Pengcheng Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Basic human things”: Investigating vehicle residents' continually fractured (information) landscapes

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This ethnographic study explores vehicle residents' information practices in the United States (US). Vehicle residents are people whose primary means of housing is a vehicle. This work builds on previous research encompassing transitions and fractured (information) landscapes. Using fractured information landscapes as the theoretical framework,
Kaitlin E. Montague
wiley   +1 more source

String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a Business‐Oriented Concept of Natural Capital and Its Measurement in Organizations

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing importance of sustainability in corporate governance, driven by emerging regulations such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the forthcoming ISO 14054, has renewed interest in the concept of natural capital.
Vera Amicarelli   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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