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Effects of Dietary Non-Fibrous Carbohydrate to Neutral Detergent Fiber Ratio on Apparent Digestibility, Fecal Microbiota, and Plasma Metabolomics in Yili Horses

Animals
This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary NFC/NDF ratio on nutrient apparent digestibility, fecal fermentation parameters, microbial diversity, and plasma metabolomics in Yili horses. Twenty-four healthy Yili horses with similar body weights
Mengfei Li, Zihao Xu, Long Sun, Zhiqiang Cheng, Yingying Yu, Yong Chen, Fengming Li, Changjiang Zang   +7 more
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
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Appendix C. Statistical analyses for cover, biomass, richness, diversity, evenness, herbivore abundance, and herbivore biomass. [PDF]

, 2016
Statistical analyses for cover, biomass, richness, diversity, evenness, herbivore abundance, and herbivore ...
Susan L. Williams (2816413), Matthew E. S. Bracken (264791), Emily Jones (823034)   +2 more
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Effects of Concentrate Supplementation Under Grazing Conditions on Milk Yield and Milk Nutritional Composition in Yili Mares

Agriculture
Under grazing conditions, it is difficult for lactating Yili mares to meet their nutritional requirements and those of their suckling foals solely through the consumption of natural pasture.
Zihao Xu, Mengfei Li, Long Sun, Zhiqiang Cheng, Yingying Yu, Yong Chen, Fengming Li, Changjiang Zang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rumen fermentation and microbial diversity of sheep fed a high-concentrate diet supplemented with hydroethanolic extract of walnut green husks [PDF]

Animal Bioscience
Objective This study aimed to assess the impact of a hydroethanolic extract of walnut green husks (WGH) on rumen fermentation and the diversity of bacteria, methanogenic archaea, and fungi in sheep fed a high-concentrate diet.
Huan Wei, Jiancheng Liu, Mengjian Liu, Huiling Zhang, Yong Chen   +4 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
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Can inducible resistance in plants cause herbivore aggregations? Spatial patterns in an inducible plant/herbivore model [PDF]

, 2015
Many theories regarding the evolution of inducible resistance in plants have an implicit spatial component, but most relevant population dynamic studies ignore spatial dynamics.
Underwood, Nora, Anderson, Kurt E, Inouye, Brian D   +2 more
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Growth performance, nutrient digestibility, fecal microbial diversity and volatile fatty acid, and blood biochemical indices of suckling donkeys fed diets supplemented with multienzymes

BMC Veterinary Research
Background As the foal grows, the amount of breast milk produced by the donkey decreases. In such cases, early supplemental feeding is particularly important to meet the growth needs of the foal.
Chao Li, Xuan Yue Li, Xiao Bin Li, Chen Ma, Hui Chen, Fan Yang   +5 more
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Dynamics of biotic resistance to plant invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biotic resistance, the reduction in invasion success caused by native communities, plays an important role in the long‐term dynamics of biological invasions. A large body of empirical research on biotic resistance has accumulated since the last comprehensive review on the subject 20 years ago, enabling us to achieve a refined understanding of ...
Christine S. Sheppard, Joshua I. Brian, Wayne Dawson, Petr Dostál, Franz Essl, Michal Gruntman, Tina Heger, Mark van Kleunen, Mialy Razanajatovo, Lena C. Reimann, Frank M. Schurr, Montserrat Vilà, Florencia A. Yannelli, Marina Golivets   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distinct defense strategies allow different grassland species to cope with root herbivore attack [PDF]

, 2019
Root-feeding insect herbivores are of substantial evolutionary, ecological and economic importance. Plants can resist insect herbivores through a variety of tolerance and resistance strategies.
Erb, Matthias, Hervé, Maxime, Hervé, Maxime R, Hervé, Maxime R.   +3 more
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