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Factors influencing Barley Stripe Mosaic Virus-mediated gene silencing in wheat [PDF]
, 2010 Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a technology that has been used primarily to target the virus genome in infected plants. However, if the virus genome carries inserts derived from the host plant, the system could be employed to target the mRNAs ...
Cakir, Cahid, Tör, Mahmut
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Broad-Scale Relations between Conservation Reserve Program and Grassland Birds: Do Cover Type, Configuration and Contract Age Matter? [PDF]
, 2010 The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary cropland set-aside program where environmentally-sensitive cropland is retired to a conservation practice.
Bucholtz, Shawn +3 more
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Mesopredator predation risk limits northern bobwhite nesting habitat
Ecosphere, 2023 Predators can significantly limit the amount of available habitat for vulnerable prey. Encouraging spatial segregation of predators and prey through habitat management prescriptions may be a useful tool to increase productivity and abundances of prey ...
Jonathan P. Harris, Timothy J. O'Connell
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On reversing the northern bobwhite population decline: 20 years later
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2013 The northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) decline has become a cause célébre of wildlife conservation during the past 2 decades. With few exceptions, current broad‐scale population trends show ongoing erosion in bobwhite numbers across most of the ...
Fidel Hernández +4 more
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Demographic response of Northern Bobwhite to hardwood canopy management in pine savanna
Ecosphere, 2022 Disruption of historic fire regimes has led to the expansion of hardwoods into pine savanna ecosystems in the southeastern United States. Management strategies that reduce mature mesophytic oaks in pine savanna that was previously fire suppressed may ...
Kristen M. Malone +2 more
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Lead Poisoning in a Northern Bobwhite in Georgia [PDF]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2000 A northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) was observed with partial paralysis on 3 March 1997 and found dead on 8 March 1997 on Di-Lane Plantation Wildlife Management Area (Burke County, Georgia, USA). The juvenile male was necropsied by the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (Athens, Georgia) and diagnosed with lead toxicosis.
L A, Lewis, S H, Schweitzer
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Reviewing the effects of food provisioning on wildlife immunity [PDF]
, 2018 While urban expansion increasingly encroaches on natural habitats, many wildlife species capitalize on anthropogenic food resources, which have the potential to both positively and negatively influence their responses to infection.
Babayan, Simon A. +2 more
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Multi‐attribute preferences for northern bobwhite habitat restoration among Texas landowners
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2019 Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) abundance has declined range‐wide over the long term due to factors such as habitat loss and deterioration. Private land management is critical to bobwhite conservation because most bobwhites occur on private lands,
Rene X. Valdez +4 more
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The Journal of Poultry Science, 2018 Glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 is released from the intestinal L cells in response to food ingestion and stimulates insulin secretion from the pancreatic B cells, by binding to its specific receptor (GLP-1R), which is expressed on the pancreatic B cells ...
Takafumi Watanabe +3 more
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Acute toxicity of gossypol in northern bobwhites [PDF]
Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2019 Gossypol, a secondary metabolite found in cotton (Gossypium spp.), is known to be toxic to a variety of animals, particularly monogastric mammals and commercial poultry (Gallus domesticus). Gossypol toxicosis in poultry include reduced weight, decreased egg production, and egg yolk discolouration.
Amy L. Farthing +4 more
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