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DOES THE MOON INFLUENCE THE YIELD OF HARD YELLOW CORN? FINDINGS FROM THE DRY TROPICS
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2023 Background: The hard yellow corn (Zea mays L.) is essential in the livestock sector. In Peru, the variety Marginal 28-T is cultivated with the moon´s calendar, although relationships of moon phases with yellow corn have not been demonstrated.
Percy Díaz-Chuquizuta +3 more
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Revisiting the Spawning Pattern of Nyale Worms (Eunicidae) Using the Metonic Cycle
Ilmu Kelautan, 2021 Mass spawning dates of nyale worms (Eunicidae) have been scientifically predictable since 2019. The month of spawning is consistently following the pattern of the February full moon, while the date of spawning is consistently on the 20th of the lunar ...
Imam Bachtiar, Shingo Odani
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Slightly more births at full moon
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, 2021 A popular belief holds that the number of births highly increases when the moon is full. To test this belief, we use a 50-year data set of 38.7 million births in France.
Chambat, Frédéric +2 more
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Cells, 2022 This study characterizes the spawning phenomena of the honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra), which is a lunar-synchronized spawner that spawns a few days after full moon.
Takafumi Amagai +3 more
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BMC Zoology, 2020 Background Many animals in coral reefs exhibit lunar cycles in their reproduction, showing synchronous gametogenesis and spawning at a particular moon phase. How these lunar reproductive cycles are endogenously regulated remains unknown, although changes
Kodai Fukunaga +4 more
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Moonlight diminishes seabird attraction to artificial light
Conservation Science and Practice, 2023 Rescue programs aiming to mitigate light‐induced mortality of seabird fledglings have reported that fewer birds are grounded (and rescued) during full moon nights. Two non‐mutually exclusive hypotheses have been proposed as explanations: (1) reduction of
Airam Rodríguez +5 more
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THE CRESCENT MOON VISIBILITY RELEVANT TO SYNODICAL HALF MONTH’S [PDF]
مجلة جامعة الانبار للعلوم الصرفة, 2012 The modern astronomic programs were development to calculate the sun and moon coordinates, moon phases (new moon and full moon), synodical half months and difference between them and time of synodical month and elongation angle from the sun at the moment
FARID MUSAAB MAHDI, ABDALRAHMAN HUSSEIN
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Lunar Phases and Emergency Department Visits for Renal Colic Due to Ureteral Calculus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BACKGROUND:Urolithiasis affects an estimated 5% of the population and the lifetime risk of passing a stone in the urinary tract is estimated to be 8-10%.
Andy W Yang +3 more
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LunAero: Automated “smart” hardware for recording video of nocturnal migration
HardwareX, 2020 Moon watching is a method of quantifying nocturnal bird migration by focusing a telescope on the moon and recording observations of flying birds silhouetted against the lunar surface.
Wesley T. Honeycutt +3 more
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Influence of the lunar cycle on plasma melatonin, vitellogenin and sex steroids rhythms in Senegal sole, Solea senegalensis [PDF]
, 2010 24 p., il., y bibliografíaThe effect of the moon light cycle on plasma melatonin rhythms was examined in Senegal sole (Solea senegalensis) exposed to natural outdoor or artificial indoor lighting conditions.
Duncan, Neil +4 more
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