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Decades of Enclosure Protection Exert Composite Effects on Grassland Grasshopper Communities

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Decades of enclosure protection have altered grasshopper community structure, with species‐specific effects on population dynamics. For the low‐mobility grasshopper Chorthippus fallax, abundance did not differ strongly between exclosure‐protected and overgrazed areas, but its egg development duration was longer in exclosures. The two C.
Dan‐dan Feng, Hui‐feng Zhao, Ya‐hui Men, Jing Li, Mei‐ling Yang, Cai‐qing Yang, Bing Chen, Ai‐bing Zhang   +7 more
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Unleashing potential: Boosting physical activity in children with developmental disabilities via a family-dog-assisted intervention

Human-Animal Interactions
In the context of a global crisis, where over 80% of children fail to meet minimum standards of physical activity, children with developmental disabilities may face an even greater health disparity. Despite being disproportionately less physically active
S. Darling, S.H. Wanser, D. Jiang, J.M. Schuna, M.A.R. Udell, M. MacDonald   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smoke signals: Measuring wildlife smoke exposure with animal‐borne and stationary sensors

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Wildfires are becoming larger, more frequent and more severe, producing smoke plumes that degrade air quality hundreds of kilometres away and for days to weeks after an active fire. Despite public health and safety concerns regarding wildfire smoke, we know little about how free‐ranging wildlife experience or respond to these exposures.
Adam F. Parlin, Mark A. Ditmer, Zachary L. Steel, Jeremy Alder, Kent R. Hersey, Virginia Stout, B. Wesley Alexander, Brock R. McMillan, Randy T. Larsen, Melia DeVivo, Andria M. Townsend, James W. Cain III, Mark A. Peyton, Beth Gardner, George Wittemyer   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nitrogen fertilizer requirements of silage maize and sorghum–sudangrass grown after 4 years of alfalfa production in a semi‐arid environment

Grassland Research
Background This 2‐year study sought to determine the influence of N application rates following alfalfa termination on biomass production and quality of the succeeding crops of maize (Zea mays L.) and sorghum–sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ...
Juan K. Q. Solomon, Akwasi Opoku, Anuoluwapo M. Ogunleye   +2 more
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Strategic priorities for rehabilitation of desertified areas [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Desertification is a global socio-ecologial - economic problem. Desertification has affected the South of Russia, including the territory of Kalmykia. The problem of desertification poses a threat to all sectors of the Republic’s economy, especially the ...
Bakinova Tatyana, Naminova Kermen, Sanan Orosov, Vladimir Batyrov, Galina Konieva   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential vs. Realized Large Carnivore Density: The Influence of Livestock on Carnivore Carrying Capacity Estimation

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
In an unfenced mixed‐use savanna landscape in Namibia, we compared realized densities of leopards and cheetahs estimated using spatial capture–recapture models with prey‐based carrying capacity predictions. Leopard densities exceeded predictions based on wild prey alone but closely matched livestock‐supplemented models, suggesting that vulnerable ...
Kathan Bandyopadhyay, Bogdan Cristescu, Stuti Anjaria, Stijn Verschueren, John L. Koprowski, Joseph D. Holbrook, Jeffrey L. Beck, Laurie Marker   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple-use Management of Western U.S. Rangelands: Wild Horses, Wildlife, and Livestock

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2018
Since 1959, the U.S. Congress has legislated the treatment and management of wild horses (Equus ferus caballus ) and burros (E. asinus ; WHB). While the legislation has ensured WHB a place as western rangeland icons, subsequent congressional actions, in ...
Rick E. Danvir
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing verbenone‐based repellents for ambrosia beetle management in eastern apple orchards

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Non‐native ambrosia beetles (Xylosandrus germanus, X. crassiusculus, Anisandrus maiche) damage high‐density apple orchards across the eastern United States, motivating the search for selective, semiochemical‐based repellent strategies. Across Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania, three verbenone formulations, sachets, SPLAT® VERB and a test SPLAT ...
Kelsey N. Tobin, Julie Baniszewski, Grzegorz Krawczyk, Michael E. Reding, Christopher M. Ranger, Monique J. Rivera   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Factors Affecting Logging Injury Incidents in Idaho and the Potential for Real-Time Location-Sharing Technology to Improve Safety

Safety, 2018
Human factors, including inadequate situational awareness, can contribute to fatal and near-fatal traumatic injuries in logging, which is among the most dangerous occupations in the United States.
Soren M. Newman, Robert F. Keefe, Randall H. Brooks, Emily Q. Ahonen, Ann M. Wempe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Basal body temperature as a biomarker of reproductive state in ewes: A multi‐method comparison

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
This study quantified body temperature dynamics throughout reproductive stages in crossbred ewes based on complementary monitoring techniques. Five ewes from a semi‐extensive farming system were included in two sub‐trials: animals were first assessed in the prepubertal stage and, subsequently, an oestrous cycle was induced by intravaginal progesterone ...
E Pérez‐García, J Nieto de la Losa, JA Abecia, J Plaza, C Palacios Riocerezo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source