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Selecting Promising Soil Quality Indicators for Monitoring Soil Management Effects Based on 10 European Long‐Term Field Experiments

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background: Soil quality can be measured through soil quality indicators that reflect soil processes. Aim: The aim of this study was to (1) identify a limited set of soil quality indicators that are most sensitive to agricultural soil management and that are widely applicable regardless of pedo‐climatic conditions, and (2) link common ...
Giulia Bongiorno, Marie Wesselink, Wim van den Berg, Zhanguo Bai, Ron de Goede, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira, Luuk Fleskens, Matjaz Glavan, Wiepie Haagsma, Paul Mäder, Alicia Morugan‐Coronado, Harry Verstegen, Zoltan Toth, Wijnand Sukkel, Else K. Bünemann   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of a rhythmic firing pattern in the enteric nervous system that generates rhythmic electrical activity in smooth muscle [PDF]

, 2018
The enteric nervous system (ENS) contains millions of neurons essential for organization of motor behavior of the intestine. It is well established that the large intestine requires ENS activity to drive propulsive motor behaviors.
Brookes, Simon J, Costa, Marcello, Dinning, Phil G, Hibberd, Timothy J, Hu, Hongzhen, Keating, Damien J, Sorensen, Julian, Spencer, Nick J, Travis, Lee, Wattchow, David A, Wiklendt, Lukasz   +10 more
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Rumen methanogenic archaea and their correlation with enteric methane emission in ruminant animals: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Livestock, especially ruminants, are a major source of global methane emissions, primarily produced by methanogenic archaea during enteric fermentation. We performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis to account for factors that could influence the relationship between ruminal methanogenic populations and methane emissions, such ...
Arlan Araujo Rodrigues, Igor Machado Ferreira, Fiorella Viquez Umana, Juliana Silva de Oliveira, Hilario C. Mantovani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Justice in coexistence: Pastoralism and large carnivores on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The conflict between livestock husbandry and large carnivore conservation presents significant challenges in grassland ecosystems worldwide. Achieving sustainable coexistence among herders, livestock and large carnivores requires reconciling diverse perspectives and interests through equitable, inclusive and fair processes that address both ...
Yufang Gao, Yue Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of Host-Specific Bacteroidales 16S rDNA Sequences from Human Sewage and Ruminant Feces [PDF]

, 2011
The need to identify the source of fecal contamination of water has led to the development of various fecal source identification methods, a field known as microbial source tracking (MST). One promising method of MST focuses on fecal members of the order
Allsop, Ashelford, Ashelford, Bernhard, Dick, Dorai-Raj, Dore, Fiksdal, Hayashi, Hutchison, Kildare, Kobayashi, Kreader, Lamendella, Leven, Maidak, Mieszkin, Okabe, Ozutsumi, Paster, Rajendhran, Suau, Tajima, von Wintzingerode, Wery, Whitford   +25 more
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Enhanced propionate and butyrate metabolism in cecal microbiota contributes to cold-stress adaptation in sheep

Microbiome
Background During cold stress, gut microbes play crucial roles in orchestrating energy metabolism to enhance environmental adaptation. In sheep, hindgut microbes ferment carbohydrates to generate short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) as an energy source ...
Xindong Cheng, Yanping Liang, Kaixi Ji, Mengyu Feng, Xia Du, Dan Jiao, Xiukun Wu, Chongyue Zhong, Haitao Cong, Guo Yang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Instantaneous control of interacting particle systems in the mean-field limit

, 2019
Controlling large particle systems in collective dynamics by a few agents is a subject of high practical importance, e.g., in evacuation dynamics. In this paper we study an instantaneous control approach to steer an interacting particle system into a ...
Burger, Martin, Pinnau, Rene, Roth, Andreas, Totzeck, Claudia, Tse, Oliver   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Virtual Elastic Tether: A New Approach for Multi‐Agent Navigation in Confined Aquatic Environments

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater navigation is a challenging area in the field of mobile robotics due to inherent constraints in self‐localization and communication in underwater environments. Some of these challenges can be mitigated by using collaborative multi‐agent teams.
Kanzhong Yao, Xueliang Cheng, Keir Groves, Barry Lennox, Ognjen Marjanovic, Simon Watson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between Rumen Microbial Differences and Phenotype Traits among Hu Sheep and Crossbred Offspring Sheep

Animals
This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of three–way hybrid sheep and Hu sheep on serum indicators, rumen fermentation, rumen enzyme activity, and microorganisms in sheep. Healthy and similar birth weights from three groups (Hu, n = 11; Charolais × Australian White × Hu, CAH, n = 11; Charolais × Dorper × Hu, CDH, n = 11) were selected ...
Haibo Wang, Jinshun Zhan, Haobin Jia, Haoyun Jiang, Yue Pan, Xiaojun Zhong, Shengguo Zhao, Junhong Huo   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Can Fecal T3 Metabolite Level Fluctuations in European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) Give Insights on Body Condition and Thermal Stress?

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
European roe deer fecal samples were assayed to investigate the potential fluctuations of fecal thyroid hormone metabolites (FTMs) in response to environmental (e.g., the temperature, local densities) and individual (e.g., sex, age, body, and nutritional conditions) variables.
Valeria Pasciu, Roberta Chirichella, Francesca D. Sotgiu, Maria Nieddu, Elena Baralla, Marco Apollonio, Fiammetta Berlinguer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source