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Shaping Liquid Crystal Rubbers by Chemical Potential Gradient

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.
Depositing a low molecular weight liquid crystal drop onto a uniformly aligned LCE leads to non‐uniform swelling, enabling temporary shape changes and bending actuation. These deformations are quantitatively modeled for different alignment conditions, and methods to permanently lock desired shapes are explored.
Mahesha Kodithuwakku Arachchige, Zakaria Siddiquee, Rohan Dharmarathna, Antal Jákli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring shallow geothermal aquifers with active‐source distributed acoustic sensing: A prognostic feasibility study on the University of Leeds Geothermal Campus

Near Surface Geophysics, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Kingdom's shallow aquifers offer significant but underdeveloped geothermal energy resource. Seismic methods can help address this by improving the understanding of aquifer heterogeneity and potentially allowing long‐term monitoring of thermal plumes.
Adam D. Booth, Roger A. Clark, Andy Nowacki, Ravi Myanger, Joseph Kelly, Sjoerd de Ridder, Arka Dyuti Sarkar, Fleur Loveridge, Richard Collier, Emma Bramham, David Healy   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elevation‐dependent soil and plant responses to a decade of warming and species removal

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding how ecosystems retain or release carbon under warming is a critical challenge. Dominant plant species, which contribute the most biomass, can mediate ecosystem responses to warming by modifying microclimate and nutrient cycling. To investigate how warming and shifts in plant dominance interact to affect carbon and nutrient dynamics, we ...
Anna Wootton, Olivia K. Vought, Isabel E. Thornberry, Carol Adair, Karin Rand, Maxwell Landsman‐Gerjoi, Aimée T. Classen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asymmetric transferability of trait–environment relationships between native and exotic plant species in Singaporean forests differing in land‐use history

Oikos, EarlyView.
Functional traits allow ecologists to synthesise general rules of community assembly. In joint species distribution modelling, traits are increasingly used to explain species–environment relationships, with the intention of being able to generalise predictions to other species in other systems.
Hao Ran Lai, Kwek Yan Chong, Louise Neo, David A. Wardle, Peter A. Vesk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodal collaborative UAV framework for single rubber tree parsing. [PDF]

Plant Phenomics
Yin W, Zhang J, Wang H, Zhang Y, Zhan J, Liu J, Lin H, Zeng J, Peng W, Zhou G, Zhang H, Wang X.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion, Rachel Gaulton, Maria Erica Jamil, Marion Pfeifer, Johan Willem Ferry Slik, Stephen G. Willis, F. Merlin Franco   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

RubberFormer: a transformer-based detection benchmark for rubber tree powdery mildew. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Li Y, Zhu J, Zhu X, Zhou L, Chen Q, Zhang Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer, Daniel J. Ingram, Namrata B. Anirudh, Ardiantiono, Susan M. Cheyne, Leejiah J. Dorward, Abdul Kadir, Michaela G. Y. Lo, Courtney L. Morgans, Jatna Supriatna, Nurul L. Winarni, Freya A. V. St. John, Matthew J. Struebig   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Transcription Factors HbWRKY29 and HbPTI5 cooperatively enhance rubber tree resistance to powdery mildew. [PDF]

Mol Plant Pathol
Lu Y, Liu Q, Xia L, Peng S, Wang M, Liang X, Zhang Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Robust β‐myrcene block copolymer elastomeric vitrimers

Polymer International, EarlyView.
Myrcene‐based vitrimeric elastomers were compared: statistical (poly(styrene‐stat‐myrcene‐stat‐AAEMA)] versus ‘hard–soft’ diblock (poly(styrene)‐block‐poly(myrcene‐co‐AAEMA)). The diblock's ability to anchor the glassy poly(styrene) blocks in a self‐assembled microstructure was effective – leading to four times higher tensile stress and ten times ...
Chong Yang Du, Farhad Asempour, Milan Marić   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source