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Season, Body Condition and Developmental Stage Influence the Gut Microbiota of the Sole Living Rhynchocephalian Reptile (Sphenodon punctatus)

Ecology and Evolution
Seasonality plays a crucial role for many species, especially reptiles. In multiple reptile species, seasonality has been linked to shifts in the gut microbiota, influenced by factors, such as ambient temperature, food availability and shifting host ...
Carmen Hoffbeck, Danielle M. R. L. Middleton, Nicola J. Nelson, Michael W. Taylor   +3 more
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USING FUTURES PRICES TO FORECAST THE SEASON-AVERAGE U.S. CORN PRICES

, 2004
Linwood A. Hoffman, Hoffman, Linwood A.
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Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
wiley   +1 more source

Iowa Influenza Surveillance Network Final Report 2006-2008 [PDF]

, 2007
The Iowa Influenza Surveillance Network (IISN) tracks the overall activity, age groups impacted, outbreaks, type and strain, and severity of seasonal influenza. In the 2006-2007 season the network had more than 90 reporting sites that included physicians,

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Milk urea concentration in Holstein and Simmental cows

Mljekarstvo, 2011
Determining the urea concentration in milk is a useful indicator of the nutritional protein status of the organism as well as of the ratio between the energy and the protein in ruminant rations, with increasing practical usage.
Darija Bendelja, Zvonimir Prpić, Nataša Mikulec, Zdenko Ivkić, Jasmina Havranek, Neven Antunac   +5 more
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Epidemiology of Ticks and Tick‐Borne Hemopathogens of Cattle in Two Selected Districts of Northwest Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Background Ticks and tick‐borne haemopathogens are major obstacles to cattle production causing significant economic losses in Ethiopia. Objective The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiology of ticks and tick‐borne haemopathogens in ...
Aschalew Shitu Yenew, Shimelis Dagnachew Nigatu, Zewdu Seyoum, Mersha Chanie   +3 more
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An All-Season Real-Time Multivariate MJO Index: Development of an Index for Monitoring and Prediction

, 2004
M. Wheeler, H. Hendon
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
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Annual fecundity, batch fecundity, and oocyte atresia of Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) in Alaskan waters [PDF]

, 2007
Annual potential fecundity, batch fecundity, and oocyte atresia were estimated for Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) collected in Alaskan waters during 1993−94.
Gunderson, Donald R., Maslenikov, Katherine P., McDermott, Susanne F.   +2 more
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Estimating growing-season root zone soil moisture from vegetation index-based evapotranspiration fraction and soil properties in the Northwest Mountain region, USA [PDF]

, 2019
Nawa Raj Pradhan
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