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Spatial and temporal activity patterns among sympatric tree-roosting bat species in an agriculturally dominated great plains landscape

PLoS ONE, 2023
In agroecosystems, bats can provide a critical ecosystem service by consuming night-flying insect pests. However, many bats also face intense population pressures from human landscape modification, global change and novel diseases.
Christopher T. Fill, Craig R. Allen, John F. Benson, Dirac Twidwell   +3 more
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Effects of Field and Landscape Scale Habitat on Insect and Bird Damage to Sunflowers

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
Agriculture-dominated landscapes harbor significantly diminished biodiversity. Woody vegetation along field margins can provide farmers with ecosystem services and benefit biodiversity. However, when crops are damaged by the biodiversity harbored in such
Sara M. Kross, Sara M. Kross, Sara M. Kross, Breanna L. Martinico, Ryan P. Bourbour, Jason M. Townsend, Jason M. Townsend, Chris McColl, T. Rodd Kelsey   +8 more
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Insect pest control in agriculture. Changing scale: from field to landscape [PDF]

Perspective, 2013
Over the last 20 years, insect pest pressure on agriculture has been increasing. This growing pressure is explained by the expansion of monocropping and the intensification of farming practices, which are altering landscapes and reducing biodiversity.
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Flow and stability of natural pest control services depend on complexity and crop rotation at the landscape scale [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2013
Summary Increasing landscape complexity can enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems. However, policies based on conversion of arable land into semi‐natural habitats to increase landscape complexity and ecosystem services can be difficult to implement.
Rusch, Adrien, Bommarco, Riccardo, Jonsson, Mattias, Smith, Henrik G., Ekbom, Barbara   +4 more
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Blood Biomarkers and Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Gout: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic illustrating gout disease progression from asymptomatic hyperuricemia to chronic tophaceous disease, highlighting the limitations of conventional imaging and biochemical diagnostics and the potential of engineered SERS platforms for ultrasensitive blood‐based detection of urate‐related biomarkers across disease stages, with the color gradient
Isuri Perera, Chiranjeevi Kanike, Appurva Tiwari, Hongyan Wu, Larry D. Unsworth, Ben Bin Xu, Xuehua Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Presumptions: Toward Mechanistic Clarity in Metal‐Free Carbon Catalysts for Electrochemical H2O2 Production via Data Science

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Metal‐free carbon catalysts enable the sustainable synthesis of hydrogen peroxide via two‐electron oxygen reduction; however, active site complexity continues to hinder reliable interpretation. This review critiques correlation‐based approaches and highlights the importance of orthogonal experimental designs, standardized catalyst passports ...
Dayu Zhu, Hsi‐wen Wu, Xiao Wang, Jie Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D Anodic Alumina Nanoarchitectures: A Decade of Progress from Foundational Science to Functional Metamaterials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ordered three‐dimensional anodic aluminum oxide (3D‐AAO) nanoarchitectures with longitudinal and transverse pores enable architecture‐driven metamaterials. The review maps fabrication advances, including hybrid pulse anodization, and shows how 3D‐AAO templates tailor properties across magnetism, energy, catalysis, and sensing.
Marisol Martín‐González
wiley   +1 more source

Apple pest and pathogen reduction in landscapes with large patch size and small area of orchards: a national-scale analysis

Landscape Ecology, 2023
Abstract Context The composition and configuration of habitats in agricultural landscapes may determine crop damage resulting from pests or pathogens either by directly affecting their population dynamics or through indirect effects on their natural enemies.
Etienne, Lucas, Franck, Pierre, Rusch, Adrien, Lavigne, Claire   +3 more
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Self‐Assembled Monolayers in p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells: Molecular Design, Interfacial Engineering, and Machine Learning–Accelerated Material Discovery

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights the role of self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) in perovskite solar cells, covering molecular engineering, multifunctional interface regulation, machine learning (ML) accelerated discovery, advanced device architectures, and pathways toward scalable fabrication and commercialization for high‐efficiency and stable single‐junction and
Asmat Ullah, Ying Luo, Stefaan De Wolf
wiley   +1 more source

Local vs. Landscape Effects of Woody Field Borders as Barriers to Crop Pest Movement

Ecology and Society, 1998
Maintenance of woody borders surrounding crop fields is desirable for biodiversity conservation. However, for crop pest management, the desirability of woody borders depends on the trade-off between their effects at the local field scale and the ...
Rod Bhar, Lenore Fahrig
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