Oecologia 2020 Feb 01
Age and sex differences in numerical responses, dietary shifts, and total responses of a generalist predator to population dynamics of main prey.
Masoero G, Laaksonen T, Morosinotto C, Korpimäki E
Fluctuations in the abundance of main prey species might shape animal communities, by inducing numerical responses and dietary shifts in predators. Wh ...
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J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2020 Jan 29
Prevalence and factors associated with hypovitaminosis D in adolescents from a sunny country: findings from the ERICA survey.
de Oliveira CL, Cureau FV, Cople-Rodrigues CDS, Giannini DT, Bloch KV, Kuschnir MCC, de Carvalho KMB, Schaan BD
Vitamin D play a role in bone and metabolic health in life long, however hypovitaminosis D is common in different settings. The aim of this study was ...
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Plant Sci.
Biochemical and molecular responses during overwintering of red clover populations recurrently selected for improved freezing tolerance.
Bertrand A, Rocher S, Claessens A, Bipfubusa M, Papadopoulos Y, Castonguay Y
Low freezing tolerance reduces the persistence of red clover under northern climate. The incidence of winter damages in perennial crops could increase ...
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Ecol Evol
Phenotypic plasticity, but not adaptive tracking, underlies seasonal variation in post-cold hardening freeze tolerance of Drosophila melanogaster.
Stone HM, Erickson PA, Bergland AO
In temperate regions, an organism's ability to rapidly adapt to seasonally varying environments is essential for its survival. In response to seasonal ...
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Food Chem
Dairy farming system markers: The correlation of forage and milk fatty acid profiles from organic, pasture and conventional systems in the Netherlands.
Liu N, Pustjens AM, Erasmus SW, Yang Y, Hettinga K, van Ruth SM
The relationships between the fatty acid (FA) composition in forage and milk (F&M) from different dairy systems were investigated. Eighty milk samples ...
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