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Relationship between foraging behavior and predatory gain of Neoseiulus bicaudus under different prey densities

Biological Control
Foraging behavior determines natural enemies’ predation capacity and biological control efficacy. Prey density significantly affects their foraging behavior. Studying predator foraging under different prey densities with movement process analysis reveals
Chen Fang, Xinjie Zhang, Siqiong Tang, Jiamin Gu, Jie Su, Huiying Liu, Jianping Zhang   +6 more
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Mulching Increases Water Use Efficiency, Production and Profitability in Forage Cactus–Maize Intercropping Systems

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the growth, forage production, soil water balance, water indices, biological efficiency and competitive capacity of forage cactus and maize in monoculture and intercropping, with or without mulch. The experiment was conducted in Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil, using the cactus clone ‘Orelha de Elefante Mexicana’ (OEM ...
Kaique Renan da Silva Salvador, Mário Adriano Ávila Queiroz, Cleber Pereira Alves, José Edson Florentino de Morais, Carlos André Alves de Souza, Agda Raiany Mota dos Santos, Ênio Gomes Flôr Souza, Jose Madson da Silva, Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates, Randerson Cavalcante Silva, Adriano do Nascimento Simões, Hugo Rafael Bentzen Santos, Luciana Sandra Bastos de Souza, Thieres George Freire da Silva   +13 more
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Borax Promotes Fertility of Brassica napus Better Than Other Boron Species at Suboptimal Supply

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Continuous and sufficient boron (B) supply is essential for achieving maximum yield in Brassica napus. Increasing incidences of environmental water limitation are linked to reduced plant B availability and increased B deficiencies.
Jiline B. Tölle, Thomas D. Alcock, Gerd Patrick Bienert   +2 more
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Freeze‐dried Lactobacillus spp. improved average daily liveweight gain and reduced methane intensity in growing lambs

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Direct fed microbials (DFM) are natural and safe enteric methane mitigants for ruminant livestock systems. While previous studies have demonstrated the effect of Lactobacillus spp. on methane mitigation, challenges remain in effectively delivering DFM in extensive grazing systems. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the
Sreemol Suthan Nair, Stephanie K Muir, S Richard O Williams, Aodán S ó Neachtain, Subhash Chandra, Pablo S Alvarez‐Hess, Long Cheng, Joe L Jacobs   +7 more
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Unravelling the decision making of foraging vultures: insights from a field experiment

Royal Society Open Science
Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) integrates both the consumer and the resource, yet their simultaneous assessment is uncommon. Vultures represent an ideal model for OFT studies because carrion requires no capture effort and minimal handling, allowing them ...
Eneko Arrondo, Jorge Martinez Carracedo, Patrick McAllister, Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Martina Scacco, Roberto Pascual-Rico, Ainara Cortés-Avizanda, José Antonio Donázar, Marcos Moleón, José Antonio Sánchez-Zapata   +9 more
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Indirect effects of fast‐growing urban development on wildlife in a coastal protected area of Costa Rica

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We studied the effects of urban growth on wildlife near Parque Nacional Marino las Baulas, Costa Rica. Since 1991, buildings increased 1007%, mainly in the buffer zone. We identified eight native species extracting garbage from containers, with raccoons (Procyon lotor) comprising most detections (84%), and four other species being potential sea turtle ...
Keilor E. Cordero‐Umaña, Kortney Stevens, Adam Yaney‐Keller, Javier López Navas, Frank V. Paladino, James R. Spotila, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo   +6 more
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Generalist‐pollinated Arabis alpina exhibits floral scent variation at multiple scales

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Plants that depend on animals for reproduction often use complex floral traits to attract pollinators. Floral scent is recognized as part of the pollinator attraction module and can be shaped by plant‐pollinator interactions. In recent decades, research has started to reveal the dynamic properties of floral scent, identifying patterns of spatial and ...
Hanna Thosteman, Katherine Eisen, Clara McNaughton Montgomery, Xuefei Cheng, Loretta Pace, Magne Friberg   +5 more
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Foraging in a non-foraging task: Fitness maximization explains human risk preference dynamics under changing environment.

PLoS Computational Biology
Changes in risk preference have been reported when making a series of independent risky choices or non-foraging economic decisions. Behavioral economics has put forward various explanations for specific changes in risk preference in non-foraging tasks ...
Yasuhiro Mochizuki, Norihiro Harasawa, Mayank Aggarwal, Chong Chen, Haruaki Fukuda   +4 more
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The effects of seasonality and parasitism on diet and habitat selection in the common periwinkle

Oikos, EarlyView.
The common periwinkle Littorina littorea is an ecologically important grazer, known for its strong influence on algal communities and its role in structuring ecosystems. It serves as the first intermediate host for several trematode species in the Baltic Sea, especially for the fluke Cryptocotyle lingua.
Friederike Gronwald, Claudia Bommarito, Dakeishla M. Díaz‐Morales, Alessandro Manfrin, Cindy Martinez Reyes, Milen Nachev, Bernd Sures, Florian Weinberger   +7 more
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Shark scavenging behavior in the presence of competition

Current Zoology, 2010
The distribution of organisms within a community can often be determined by the degree of plasticity or degree of specialization of resource acquisition.
Shannon P. GERRY, Andrea J. SCOTT
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