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Interaction Network Between Frugivorous Birds and Plants in Karst Habitats. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The results suggested that interaction networks in a nature reserve were temporally complex and variable. A network approach could offer an important monitoring tool for detecting crucial ecosystem functions of bird–plant associations. ABSTRACT The karst region of southwest China is characterized by fragmented habitats featuring high plant diversity ...
Wang G, Wang Y, Zhou C, Zhang H, Wei L, Nong D, Jim CY, Zhou Q.   +7 more
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Trait-independent habitat associations explain low co-occurrence in native and exotic birds on a tropical volcanic island. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
We investigated bird assemblages in La Réunion island, Mascarenes. We showed how habitat separates native and introduced exotic bird species independently from their ecological traits. This study stands as a landmark for species‐habitat relationships prior to the establishment of a major protected area intended to the conservation of endemic ecosystems.
Barnagaud JY, Flores O, Balent G, Tassin J, Barbaro L.   +4 more
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Gene Flow and Abundance of a Tropical Fruit Fly in a Horticultural Landscape Mosaic in Eastern Australia Is Limited by Cleared Grazing Land and Area-Wide Management. [PDF]

Evol Appl
ABSTRACT Landscape ecology and genetics provide important analytical frameworks for investigating the effect of environmental features on ecological processes. Few empirical studies, however, have simultaneously tested how landscape characteristics influence spatial patterns of gene flow and abundance of pest insects in heterogeneous environments.
Ryan JL, Clarke AR, Piper AM, Fuller S, Prentis PJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Scale-Up of Tailor-Made Onsite Enzyme Blend From Cassava Peels for Industrial Bioethanol Production. [PDF]

ScientificWorldJournal
Bioethanol production is one of the key alternatives for fossil fuel use due to climate change. The study seeks to upscale tailor‐made onsite enzyme blends for the bioconversion of cassava peels to bioethanol in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process using cassava peels‐degrading fungi.
Budu M, Boakye P, Bentil JA.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Robotic Tankette for Intelligent BioEnergy Agriculture: Design, Development and Field Tests [PDF]

, 2018
In recent years, the use of robots in agriculture has been increasing mainly due to the high demand of productivity, precision and efficiency, which follow the climate change effects and world population growth. Unlike conventional agriculture, sugarcane
Barbosa, Evelyn S., Faria, Henrique D., From, Pål J., Leite, Antonio C., Loureiro, Gabriel S. M., Xaud, Marco F. S.   +5 more
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Isolation and characterisation of Sri Lankan yeast germplasm and its evaluation for alcohol production [PDF]

, 2006
Use of inferior yeast cultures represents one of the reasons for low fermentation efficiencies in Sri Lankan alcohol distilleries that use sugarcane molasses. The present study isolated and characterised yeast strains found in natural environments in Sri
Chandrasena, G., Keerthipala, A. P., Walker, G. M.   +2 more
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Contesting ‘Global Sisterhood’: The Global Women's Health Movement, the United Nations and the Different Meanings of Reproductive Rights (1970s–80s)

Gender &History, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 811-829, October 2023., 2023
Abstract The article contributes to a genealogy of the global articulation of reproductive rights principles, as established at the 1994 United Nations (UN) Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo and the UN Women's Conference held in Beijing the following year.
Maud Anne Bracke
wiley   +1 more source

Thermographic non-destructive evaluation for natural fiber-reinforced composite laminates [PDF]

, 2018
Natural fibers, including mineral and plant fibers, are increasingly used for polymer composite materials due to their low environmental impact. In this paper, thermographic non-destructive inspection techniques were used to evaluate and characterize ...
Avdelidis, Nicolas P., Fernandes, Henrique, Ibarra-Castanedo, Clemente, Maldague, Xavier P. V., Santulli, Carlo, Sarasini, Fabrizio, Sfarra, Stefano, Zhang, Hai   +7 more
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Extending Seqenv: a taxa-centric approach to environmental annotations of 16S rDNA sequences [PDF]

, 2017
Understanding how the environment selects a given taxon and the diversity patterns that emerge as a result of environmental filtering can dramatically improve our ability to analyse any environment in depth as well as advancing our knowledge on how the ...
Hamonts, Kelly, Ijaz, Ali Z., Ijaz, Umer Z., Jeffries, Thomas C., SinghIjaz, Brajesh K.   +4 more
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125th anniversary review: fuel alcohol: current production and future challenges [PDF]

, 2011
Global research and industrial development of liquid transportation biofuels are moving at a rapid pace. This is mainly due to the significant roles played by biofuels in decarbonising our future energy needs, since they act to mitigate the deleterious ...
Walker, Graeme M.
core   +3 more sources