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Effects of selective harvest on antler size of white‐tailed deer in Texas, USA
Wildlife Monographs, EarlyView.We conducted 20 years of experiments on the selective harvest of white‐tailed deer by antler size, judged inferior, in 2 areas of South Texas, USA. Selective harvest increased the phenotypic antler size of older males in one study area but not the other. There was little evidence of evolution resulting from selective harvesting. Abstract There has been
Don A. Draeger +8 more
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Wildlife and domestic populations frequently share diseases with a potential for cross‐species transmission, posing significant threats to animal and human health, economy and biodiversity conservation.
Rémi Fay +7 more
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The hormone insulin‐like growth factor 1 (IGF‐1) is a key player in the insulin/IGF signalling (IIS) pathway. Extensive biogerontological research demonstrates that this evolutionarily conserved nutrient‐sensing pathway plays a causal role in the regulation of growth ...
Sanjana Ravindran +7 more
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Modeling Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Diversified Farms: The Case of Dairy Sheep Farming in Greece [PDF]
Agricultural activity has been identified as a considerable source of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Emissions from ruminant livestock farms are produced particularly due to CH4 emissions from enteric fermentation.
Sintori, Alexandra, Tsiboukas, Kostas
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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Synthetic dairy products are promoted as an environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional dairy goods. This paper examines the potential economic, employment and land use impacts of large‐scale synthetic dairy production on Aotearoa New Zealand—the world's leading dairy exporter. Using a global, economy‐wide model, we simulate a case
Niven Winchester, Dominic White
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Chain analysis for small ruminant production. An overview the livestock sector and case study in Maghreb : [Preprint] [PDF]
, 2009 Chain analysis aims at understanding the variability of food supply and increasing opportunities for income generation through increased trade. Chain analysis should propose trade facilitation measures that would contribute to enhanced competition, to ...
Alary, Véronique +2 more
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‘Let's Turn the Grass Into Meat’: Animal Husbandry as Women's Work in Cold War North Korea
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In postcolonial North Korea, the future of the nation was said to be a function of the feedlot. Unobtainable on the battlefields of the recently ended Korean War, liberation and unification of the peninsula became a question of competitive developmentalism.
Sunho Ko, Derek J. Kramer
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Essential Trace and Toxic Element Content in Lacaune Sheep Milk during Lactation. [PDF]
Foods, 2023 Antunović Z +5 more
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Organic farm incomes in England and Wales 2005/06 (OF 0373) [PDF]
, 2008 Results from research work carried out for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) by the Organic Research Group at the Institute of Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University on the economic performance of organic farms in 2005/06 ...
Jackson, Andrew, Lampkin, Nicolas
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Insights from the Presidential Addresses to the Agricultural Economics Society
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Society's published presidential addresses have embraced a wide range of subject matter, reflecting a ‘road well travelled’ in agricultural economics. The areas covered include the development and use of data and statistics, lessons from history, sectoral analysis, land economics, international trade and international development.
David Blandford
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