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Omnivory does not preclude strong trophic cascades

Ecosphere, 2019
Omnivory has been cited as an explanation for why trophic cascades are weak in many ecosystems, but empirical support for this prediction is equivocal. Compared to predators that feed only on herbivores, top omnivores—species that feed on both herbivores
Ashkaan K. Fahimipour, David A. Levin, Kurt E. Anderson   +2 more
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Effects of Lycium barbarum Residue Substituting Dietary Maize on Fecal Microbiota and Growth Performance of Crossbred Simmental Cattle

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
The bioactive substances we extracted from Lycium barbarum residue (LBR) have a typical polysaccharide structure. When 1.80% LBR was used to replace maize in the diet, the average daily gain of rossbred Simmental was significantly increased, and anti‐inflammatory ability was improved. In addition, LBR improved the fecal microbial composition, increased
Kun Cai, Mingtan Li, Lihang He, Ning Ma, Haoyu Liu, Chi Xu, Xianhua Wu, Zeguang Xing, Qian Xing, Yuankai Qu, Xi Ma   +10 more
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Heterotis niloticus (African Bonytongue) Domestication: Potentials, Efforts, and Challenges

Fishes
Heterotis niloticus is a fascinating freshwater fish species popularly referred to as the African bonytongue. It offers great potential for aquaculture due to its rapid growth, flesh quality, adaptability to low oxygen environments, and high market value.
Johnny Ogunji, Onyedikachi Evulobi, Stanley Iheanacho, Sven Wuertz   +3 more
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Comparative Meta‐Analysis of Antimicrobial Peptides in Aquatic and Terrestrial Livestock Species

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
A global meta‐analysis of 58 studies (926 effect sizes and 29 species across five taxa) revealed that dietary antimicrobial peptides generally improve growth performance, blood metabolites, and immune responses. The greatest benefits were observed in omnivorous livestock, such as pigs and chickens. Dose‐duration effects were evident. An optimal outcome
Lily Liu, Xu Luo, Qin Zhang, Jinhai Wang, Alan E. Wilson   +4 more
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Comparison of vegan and non-vegan diets on memory and sleep quality

Clinical Nutrition Open Science, 2022
Summary: Background and aims: It is widely acknowledged that the quality of nutrition affects many aspects of physical and mental performance. A vegan diet is associated with superior cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions.
Pinar Sengul
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The Divisive Power of Humour: Comedy, Taste and Symbolic Boundaries [PDF]

, 2013
Using British and Dutch interview data, this article demonstrates how people from different social classes draw strong symbolic boundaries on the basis of comedy taste.
Bellevance G, Bourdieu P, Bourdieu P, Featherstone M, Hanenberg P, Janssen S, Kennedy J, Logan B, Peterson RA, Thornton S, Wilmut R   +10 more
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Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Troodontidae is a clade of small‐to medium‐sized maniraptoran theropods that mainly lived in Laurasia (modern Asia, North America and Europe) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are believed to have had a variety of diets. The uniqueness of troodontid teeth suggests that they diverged from the typical flesh‐based diet of non‐avian ...
Yui Chi Fan, Case Vincent Miller, Michael Pittman   +2 more
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Vegan Diet Is Associated With Favorable Effects on the Metabolic Performance of Intestinal Microbiota: A Cross-Sectional Multi-Omics Study

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Background and Aim: Plant-based diets are associated with potential health benefits, but the contribution of gut microbiota remains to be clarified. We aimed to identify differences in key features of microbiome composition and function with relevance to
Magdalena Prochazkova, Eva Budinska, Marek Kuzma, Helena Pelantova, Jaromir Hradecky, Marie Heczkova, Nikola Daskova, Nikola Daskova, Miriam Bratova, Istvan Modos, Petra Videnska, Petra Splichalova, Solomon A. Sowah, Solomon A. Sowah, Maria Kralova, Marina Henikova, Eliska Selinger, Krystof Klima, Karel Chalupsky, Radislav Sedlacek, Rikard Landberg, Tilman Kühn, Tilman Kühn, Jan Gojda, Monika Cahova   +24 more
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Aquaculture Asia, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp.1-34, October - December 2006 [PDF]

, 2006
Rural aquaculture: recent developments in Chinese inland aquaculture, by Peter Edwards. Reducing feed costs in aquaculture: is the use of mixed feeding schedules the answer for semi-intensive practices? by Sena S.

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Classifying avian drinking behaviour: ecological insights and implications in a changing world

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water is a fundamental currency of life, and its availability significantly influences animal behaviour, physiology and distributions. However, our knowledge around the dependence on water for drinking and the direct and indirect mechanisms driving related behaviours remains partial in the context of changing climates. Here, we review patterns
Shannon R. Conradie, Marc T. Freeman
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