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The impacts of large wild grazers on soil carbon persistence are strongly modulated by the environmental context

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Wild animals, particularly large mammalian grazers, can influence ecosystem carbon dynamics and soil carbon sequestration. However, we lack a mechanistic understanding of how wild grazer communities influence soil carbon persistence, specifically in terms of the size of
Olli P. Hyvärinen, Mariska te Beest, Elizabeth le Roux, Graham I. H. Kerley, Nicola Findlay, Walter D. C. Schenkeveld, Guusje Koorneef, Katja Heister, Jeppe A. Kristensen, Victor Trouw, Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt   +10 more
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From foraging to decomposition: Large vertebrates as biotic drivers of trace element cycling across landscapes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We highlight an overlooked pathway in ecosystem functioning: the role of animal carcass decomposition in trace element cycling. By linking animal life cycles to landscape‐scale processes, we explain how large animals redistribute scarce elements and influence spatial heterogeneity, with implications for ecosystem functioning and restoration.
Elke Wenting, Henk Siepel, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Michael S. Strickland, Laurel Lynch, Harry Olde Venterink, Philip S. Barton   +6 more
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A scoping review of lablab production in Tanzania: global perspectives on roles, challenges, and opportunities

Frontiers in Agronomy
Lablab (Lablab purpureus) is a resilient, multipurpose legume with potential to improve food and feed security, enhance soil fertility, and support climate-resilient agriculture in Tanzania’s dryland regions; however, comprehensive syntheses of its ...
Leonard R. Ndibalema, Leonard R. Ndibalema, Edmond Alavaisha, Edmore Masama, Mkabwa L. K. Manoko, Charles O. Joseph   +5 more
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Herbivore thermoregulation, movement behaviour and survival during a severe drought in Namibia

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Summary of behavioural and physiological responses of plains zebra (Equus quagga) and blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) during the cool drought, hot drought, and recovery periods in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Arrows illustrate relative changes in movement, while temperature diagrams depict seasonal variation in minimum (Tmin) and maximum ...
Kimberlie B. Vera, Marie L. J. Gilbertson, Robyn S. Hetem, W. Maartin Strauss, Axel Hartmann, Hendrina Joel, Yen‐Hua Huang, Claudine C. Cloete, J. Werner Kilian, Pauline L. Kamath, Henriette van Heerden, John K. E. Mfune, Wendy C. Turner   +12 more
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Exploring sustainable forage and feed practices for enhanced livestock nutrition, agricultural productivity, environmental health and climate resilience

This presentation on Climate-Smart Forage and Feed Innovations was co-developed with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) Malawian team to accelerate the spillover process of validated AICCRA technologies ...
Gosling, Amanda, Cramer, Laura K., Nyoka, Betserai Isaac   +2 more
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Identification and whole genome sequencing analysis of Bacillus subtilis K35-1, a highly efficient cellulose in forage degrading bacterium

BMC Microbiology
This study reports the isolation and characterization of Bacillus subtilis K35-1, a novel cellulolytic strain with exceptional forage degradation capabilities. From eight B.
Dan Wu, Jing Feng, Dongxu Wen, Hongzhuang Wang, Sijia Lu, Kun Li, Rizwana Sultan, Bin Li   +7 more
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The ‘Great Frost’ of 1708–9 in Britain and the Condescensions of Posterity

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the ‘great frost’ of 1709 and its impact on economic life in Britain, challenging a popular view that, based on gross domestic product (GDP) estimates, it was catastrophic. It shows that the annual GDP figures for the period have such wide error margins that they cannot establish the scale of the disruption; that the ...
Julian Hoppit
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From the predator to the prey: a case study of the vulnerability of Harmonia axyridis to aggressive competitors

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The level of aggressiveness of an individual is a factor that shapes intraguild predation (IGP) interactions. In Nabis americoferus, high aggressiveness leads to an increase in attack rate and IGP against Harmonia axyridis. Moreover, the absence of extraguild prey seems to exacerbate IGP. In docile N.
Pierre Royer, Kent Marcial Catubis, François Dumont, Eric Lucas   +3 more
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Public good and the practice of private land conservation

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Adam K. Janke
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Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg‐derived bacterial semiochemicals

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg‐derived airborne semiochemicals. Egg‐borne bacterial symbionts, and Serratia marcescens in particular, produce odorants which attract gravid female flies and elicit oviposition.
Emmanuel Hung, Anya Gould, Stephanie Zaborniak, Caelen Watson, Regine Gries, Sukhmani Kaur, Kyra Stephens, Augustus Negraeff, Ryan Lam, Alpha Hui, Pantea Zamani, Aryan Monfared, Gerhard Gries   +12 more
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