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ecology, etc ; cognition; energy; food quality; uncertainty; Show all 5 Subjects
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... To solve the adaptive problem of food uncertainty, humans have evolved cognitive mechanisms for preferring energy dense foods which are sensitive to ecological cues. In the current studies, ecological cues were used to determine if individuals alter their preferences for energy dense foods when exposed to safe, resource scarce, or violent ecological cues. In addition, the Anticipated Food Scarcity ...
microbial ecology, etc ; ammonium; fungi; phosphates; pollution; public health; saprophytes; sediments; shrimp; wastewater; China; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Antibiotic pollution imposes urgent threats to public health and microbial-mediated ecological processes. Existing studies have primarily focused on bacterial responses to antibiotic pollution, but they ignored the microeukaryotic counterpart, though microeukaryotes are functionally important (e.g., predators and saprophytes) in microbial ecology. Herein, we explored how the assembly of sediment m ...
microbial ecology, etc ; Fusobacteriaceae; Oncorhynchus mykiss; fish; food microbiology; lactic acid; marinating; microbiome; nucleotide sequences; raw fish; trimethylamine; tyramine; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Marinades are increasingly used to manufacture raw fish products. In corresponding meats, marinating is known to have a major effect on the composition of the microbiome, but the effect of marinating on fish is not known as well. This knowledge gap prompted our study of the microbial ecology and amine formation in marinated and unmarinated modified atmosphere commercially packaged rainbow trout fi ...
... Basidiomycota brown rot fungus (Fomitopsis pinicola) and two white rot fungi (Phlebia radiata, Trichaptum abietinum) were cultivated on thin slices of spruce wood individually and in interspecies combinations. Within 12 months, F. pinicola substantially decomposed spruce wood observed as mass loss, also in three-species combinations. However, white rot fungi through hyphal interactions negatively ...
soil ecology, etc ; adsorption; clay fraction; energy content; glucose; meta-analysis; microbial carbon; nitrogen; soil organic carbon; soil pH; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition and stabilisation are largely affected by microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE), which is defined as the proportion of substrate carbon (C) uptake that microbes use for growth. Microbial CUE varies due to substrate quality and availability differences, but this may also depend on soil properties, such as pH, soil organic C (SOC) and clay content. We conducte ...
ecology, etc ; ambient temperature; conidia; data collection; fungi; germination; hazelnuts; integrated pest management; mathematical models; mycelium; pathogens; relative humidity; Italy; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Monostichella coryli is the causal agent of the hazelnut anthracnose. The increase in the incidence in hazelnut orchards observed during recent years in Central Italy is increasing the need for information and studies on its biology and ecology, and how environmental factors (e.g., temperature) influence its development. For this purpose, seven isolates from different provenances of M. coryli were ...
soil ecology, etc ; clay; cropland; ecotones; grasslands; land use; sand; silt; soil microorganisms; soil organic matter; total nitrogen; total phosphorus; China; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Studies of community assembly and species interactions are updating our view of the mechanisms underpinning microbial diversity in single-type ecosystems, yet they are rarely conducted in ecotones, such as the agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China (APEN) undergoing frequent land-use conversions. In this study, soil microbial assembly processes and co-occurrence patterns were examined in differen ...
ecology, etc ; Coenobitidae; Diogenidae; Emerita talpoida; Lithodidae; Paguridae; codon usage; cytosine; mitochondria; mitochondrial genome; monophyly; physiology; polyphyly; ribosomal RNA; thymine; transfer RNA; Show all 16 Subjects
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... The infraorder Anomura is a species-rich clade of decapod crustaceans recognized by its remarkable disparity in terms of morphology, anatomy, ecology, physiology, and behavior. This study assembled and characterized the complete mitochondrial genomes of two anomuran species, the hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus and the mole crab Emerita talpoida. The AT-rich mitochondrial genomes of C. clypeatus an ...
soil ecology, etc ; Acidobacteria; Actinobacteria; afforestation; alpha-Proteobacteria; carbon; community structure; eroded soils; fungi; microbial communities; soil microorganisms; soil respiration; soil water; China; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Soil moisture (SM) is one of the most limited factors on the Loess Plateau, but its effects on the microbial community and respiration are still unclear. To investigate the effects of stepwise wetting and constant SM on the soil microbial community and respiration rates, eroded soil under afforestation on the Loess Plateau was examined. The soils were sampled and incubated with constant gravimetri ...
soil ecology, etc ; Gemmatimonas; Streptomyces; bacterial communities; community structure; corn; field experimentation; nitrates; nitrification; soil; soil acidification; soil amendments; soil bacteria; sucrose alpha-glucosidase; wheat; Show all 15 Subjects
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... Excessive N fertilization causes the deterioration of soil microbiome. It is therefore imperative to explore the response of the microbial community in excessively N-fertilized soil to reduce subsequent N supply (RCN) and organic fertilization (OF). Hence, this study used an excessively N-fertilized plot to conduct field experiment of wheat and maize rotation over four years to assess the effects ...
... Intensive agricultural crop production can lead to a decline in biological soil characteristics and functions, such as soil microbial biomass and activity, carbon and nutrient cycling and soil suppressiveness, important for the sustainable production of food and feed. There is a need to understand how those soil functions can be improved by agricultural practices. In a long-term field study, we as ...
... Synthetic fibers released from sewage sludge and tire particles released from traffic are among the most common types of microplastics in soil. In soil, microplastics may interact with chemicals, such as plant protection products used in agriculture. Most studies on the interactions of microplastics and chemicals focused on aquatic environments and only few addressed soil arthropods. To increase t ...
... Soil respiration, the second largest CO₂ flux in terrestrial ecosystems, involves the microbial respiration of litter from aboveground sources, belowground litter and root respiration, from rhizodeposition. In the subtropical forests of the Ailao Mountain, a chamber with automated CO₂ efflux was set up with two treatments: a control treatment with litterfall to measure the total soil respiration ( ...
... Due to higher microbial activity and diversity, organic farming serves as a sustainable alternative in preventing several soil-borne plant diseases. However, there are limited studies that have shown direct relationship between soil bacterial composition and its effect on disease suppressive potential under different farming systems. Thus, the objective of the study was to understand the effect of ...
... Despite recent advances in the ecology of lichens from a community perspective, much remains unknown at the species level particularly in arid regions. In this context, the current study investigated the differential effects of five lichen species dominating South Mediterranean arid ecosystem (Diploschistes diacapsis (Ach.) Lumbsch, Squamarina cartilaginea (With.) P. James, Fulgensia bracteata (Ho ...
... Microplastics (MPs) can affect soil organic carbon (C) cycling in paddy soil by changing microbial function and soil properties. In this study, a laboratory incubation experiment was applied to explore the effect of polyethylene (PE) MP on methane (CH₄) and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from paddy soils after rice straw addition. Moreover, the microbial functional genes encoding CH₄ oxidation and ...
... Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) yield is often reduced by calcium (Ca) deficiency. Ca deficiency of peanut plants is likely to occur in most acidified soils (ASs, pH < 5.5) and some neutral soils (NSs, pH 6.5–7.5) in China. Liming is widely used to supply Ca and increase peanut yield. Nevertheless, the effects of liming on the chemical and microbial properties of peanut soils are still unclear, particul ...
... This contribution to the special issue on transformative learning is an analytical essay that bridges discourses of boundary crossing and urban sustainability. Part I establishes a baseline for understanding the nature of learning that occurs. It begins with interdisciplinary education, accounting for structures, pedagogies, and competencies. It then turns to transdisciplinary education, accountin ...
... We note the continuing widespread use of regressions of mathematically dependent (derived or confounded) variables [e.g. comparisons of standardized ratios: X/Y versus Z/Y, or the part versus the whole: X versus (X + Y)] in all disciplines of biology and ecology. These may lead to ‘spurious' correlations as even random numbers would produce similarly statistically significant results. We developed ...
... Emerging data in a range of non-human animal species have highlighted a latent ability to combine certain pre-existing calls together into larger structures. Currently, however, the quantification of context-specific call combinations has received less attention. This is problematic because animal calls can co-occur with one another simply through chance alone. One common approach applied in langu ...