نتایج جستجو برای: litter quality

تعداد نتایج: 764857  

2010
S. A. Oh Y. J. Park S. J. Yoon W. S. Kwon Y. H. Kim E. A. Mohamed Y. A. You

The prediction of sperm fertility is of paramount importance for breeding animals. Multiple laboratory approaches have been developed for this purpose, but they have yielded equivocal results. The objective of this study was to develop and standardize to a method for predicting fertility in vivo in boars using the in vitro penetration assay. To increase the sensitivity and reduce false-negative...

Journal: :Ecology letters 2008
William K Cornwell Johannes H C Cornelissen Kathryn Amatangelo Ellen Dorrepaal Valerie T Eviner Oscar Godoy Sarah E Hobbie Bart Hoorens Hiroko Kurokawa Natalia Pérez-Harguindeguy Helen M Quested Louis S Santiago David A Wardle Ian J Wright Rien Aerts Steven D Allison Peter van Bodegom Victor Brovkin Alex Chatain Terry V Callaghan Sandra Díaz Eric Garnier Diego E Gurvich Elena Kazakou Julia A Klein Jenny Read Peter B Reich Nadejda A Soudzilovskaia M Victoria Vaieretti Mark Westoby

Worldwide decomposition rates depend both on climate and the legacy of plant functional traits as litter quality. To quantify the degree to which functional differentiation among species affects their litter decomposition rates, we brought together leaf trait and litter mass loss data for 818 species from 66 decomposition experiments on six continents. We show that: (i) the magnitude of species...

2007
Rachael O’Dowd Jacqueline C Kent Jane M Moseley Mary E Wlodek Mary E. Wlodek

Human intrauterine growth restriction is often associated with uteroplacental insufficiency and a decline in nutrient and oxygen supply to the fetus. This study investigated the effects of uteroplacental insufficiency and intrauterine growth restriction (Restricted) or reducing litter size for normally grown pups (Reduced Litter) on maternal mammary development and function, milk composition, o...

Journal: :American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology 2008
Rachael O'Dowd Jacqueline C Kent Jane M Moseley Mary E Wlodek

Human intrauterine growth restriction is often associated with uteroplacental insufficiency and a decline in nutrient and oxygen supply to the fetus. This study investigated the effects of uteroplacental insufficiency and intrauterine growth restriction (Restricted) or reducing litter size for normally grown pups (Reduced Litter) on maternal mammary development and function, milk composition, o...

2012
C. K. Adams D. Saenz

Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera (L.) Small) is an aggressive invasive tree species that can be abundant in parts of its non-native range. This tree species has the capability of producing monocultures, by outcompeting native trees, which can be in or near wetlands that are utilized by breeding amphibians. Existing research suggests that leaf litter from invasive Chinese tallow reduces surviva...

2013

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of two housing systems on external and internal egg characteristics of a commercial laying bird. Two hundred and eighty pullet of Nera layers were divided into two even group kept in different housing systems (deep litter vs cage). External and internal egg quality traits were examined at 26, 30, 34 and 38wk. Data were then collected on egg w...

2014
Katja Wehner Stefan Scheu Mark Maraun

The availability of high quality resources is an important factor driving community structure and reproductive mode of animals. Parthenogenetic reproduction prevails when resources are available in excess, whereas sexuality correlates with resource shortage. We investigated the effect of resource availability on the community structure of oribatid mites in a laboratory experiment. Availability ...

2017
Sangsub Cha Hee-Myung Chae Sang-Hoon Lee Jae-Kuk Shim

The atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level is expected to increase substantially, which may change the global climate and carbon dynamics in ecosystems. We examined the effects of an elevated atmospheric CO2 level on the growth of Quercus acutissima and Fraxinus rhynchophylla seedlings. We investigated changes in the chemical composition of leaf litter, as well as litter decomposition. Q. acuti...

2017
Eileen F. Wheeler Kenneth D. Casey Richard S. Gates Hongwei Xin Patrick A. Topper Yi Liang

Poultry producers in the United States have attempted to maintain barn aerial ammonia (NH3) levels below 25 ppm to improve air quality, and more recently to decrease aerial emissions to the atmosphere. Our objective was to investigate the influence of litter management strategies on NH3 emissions from commercial broiler barns employing new bedding, acid-treated built-up litter (sodium bisulphat...

A. Salahi S. Mashayekhi

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the profitability of hatchery litter recycling into poultry feedstuff supplement. The data were collected in 2011 in 4 provinces, by direct interviewing of all hatcheries which used the hatchery litter drying machine. Net Present Value (NPV), Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) methods were applied for this analysis. In the studi...

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