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A global meta‐analysis of non‐lethal mammal browsing control in forests

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increasing resource demand, desire to sequester atmospheric carbon, and conservation goals are driving a need for forests to be managed more effectively in the face of numerous challenges. One such challenge is damage perpetrated by browsing mammals, which can cause substantial financial and ecological impacts.
James B.H. Grimsdale, Daniel W.A. Noble, Geoffrey M. While, Dean Williams, Julianne O'Reilly‐Wapstra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Butters rich either in trans-10-C18:1 or in trans-11-C18:1 plus cis-9, trans-11 CLA differentially affect plasma lipids and aortic fatty streak in experimental atherosclerosis in rabbits

Animal, 2007
Dairy fat contains high amounts of saturated fatty acids (FA), which are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Manipulation of dairy cows nutrition allows to decrease the saturated FA content of milk fat, and is associated with increases ...
A. Roy, J.-M. Chardigny, D. Bauchart, A. Ferlay, S. Lorenz, D. Durand, D. Gruffat, Y. Faulconnier, J-L. Sébédio, Y. Chilliard   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land birds on atolls: diversity, origin, and function

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oceanic islands are global hotspots of avian biodiversity and endemism. Their isolation and distinct environmental conditions have uniquely shaped the evolutionary trajectories of island birds, while, in turn, land bird communities have become critical providers of ecological functions to island ecosystems.
Sebastian Steibl, Alex S. Wegmann, Nick D. Holmes, Caitlin E. Andrews, Gérard Rocamora, Simon Ducatez, James C. Russell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant-herbivore interactions or colonization history: what drives changes in plant chemical defenses after invasion? [PDF]

, 2013
Biological invasions offer a good opportunity to study the changes in plant-herbivore interactions at ecological and evolutionary levels, because introduced plants encounter a complete novel biotic environment.
Vilatersana, Roser, Castells, Eva
core   +1 more source

Exploratory Lipidomic Comparison of Neutral and Polar Lipid Profiles Between Mare and Cow Milk Under a Shared Grazing Environment

Agriculture
This exploratory study used UHPLC-HRMS/MS-based non-targeted lipidomics to compare milk lipid profiles between eight Yili mares and eight Xinjiang Brown cows maintained under a shared grazing environment.
Di Wen, Hui Chen, Lin Zhu, Yong Chen, Changjiang Zang, Fengming Li   +5 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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Resolving the biome debate: ecological and palaeo‐data concur that the extensive tree‐limited grassy biomes of central and north‐western Madagascar are largely anthropogenic

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For millennia, human activities have transformed ecosystems globally. Determining which landscapes are predominantly anthropogenic is crucial to conservation and habitat restoration. Madagascar, a critically‐threatened biodiversity hotspot, is a prominent example.
Grant S. Joseph, Sean Hixon, Colleen L. Seymour, Laurie R. Godfrey, Miguel Pedrono, Karen E. Samonds, Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo, Brooke E. Crowley   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Herbivores and fences

, 2023
Fenced areas are often illustrative of the role of herbivores in shaping vegetation [1]. Here is an example from Schönbuch Nature Park (south west of Stuttgart, Germany), where you can see how the vegetation is shaped by different densities of red deer (Cervus elaphus). Is this park-like landscape (Fig.
openaire   +1 more source

Effects of added exogenous hormones on lactation-related physiological functions of equine mammary epithelial cells

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
This study aimed to optimize the culture conditions for equine mammary epithelial cells (EMECs) by investigating the effects of fetal bovine serum (FBS), hydrocortisone (HYD), insulin (INS), and epidermal growth factor (EGF) on cell growth and function ...
Chao Li, Shengchen Zheng, Jianwei Lin, Qian Li, Kailun Yang, Xiaobin Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increase in plant productivity in the tundra in Sweden is not related to increasing presence of warm‐adapted vascular plant species

Ecography, EarlyView.
Over the past decades, Arctic and alpine biomes have warmed faster than the global average. Substantial vegetation changes have been reported as a response to this warming, including increased productivity and the spread of warm‐adapted (thermophilic) species that are less resistant to grazing pressure into higher latitudes and altitudes.
Tim Horstkotte, Jakob Assmann, Henrik Hedenås, Signe Normand, Johan Olofsson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source