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Eels as Hosts for Parasitic Mussels: The Importance of Endangered Species Co‐Management

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
The ability of Unionid mussels to utilize eels as hosts has not been investigated thoroughly, particularly in Europe; therefore, we investigated the transformation success of Europe's seven most common unionid species after infestation on the European eel (Anguilla anguilla).
Sebastian L. Rock, Martin E. Österling
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Introduced Pastures in Colombian Lowland Ranching

open access: yesAgricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of higher‐nutrient grass varieties, such as Brachiaria, offers long‐term economic benefits for ranchers while enhancing soil health and pasture productivity in Latin America's lowland climates. Despite widespread adoption, the field‐level impacts remain largely unexplored.
Jose María Martínez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity–food trade‐offs when agricultural land is spared from production

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes, the world's predominant land use, could involve sparing, or setting aside, agricultural land from production, implying biodiversity–food trade‐offs. Employing bird species and agricultural data in two panel data sets, we evaluate the extent of set‐aside's trade‐offs in England between 1992 ...
Charles Palmer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers' pro‐social motivations and willingness‐to‐accept in markets with public goods

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract To explain how some farmers' decisions may diverge from profit‐maximization, we incorporate proactive social preferences for public goods in an expected utility framework, in addition to reactive risk preferences to uncertainty. We offer empirical evidence that proactive preferences influence farmers' decisions alongside reactive preferences ...
Jill Fitzsimmons   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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