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Selenium Biofortification of Vegetables Grown in Calcareous Soil: A Pot Experiment Using 77Se as a Tracer (2024)
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Baset, A. B. K., Hawrami, K. A. M., Bailey, E. H., & Young, S. D. (2024). Selenium Biofortification of Vegetables Grown in Calcareous Soil: A Pot Experiment Using 77Se as a Tracer. Biological Trace Element Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-024-04483-z

Dietary selenium (Se) is vital for human health and can be provided through consumption of Se-rich vegetables. Soil Se is often poorly available and so biofortification using Se-enriched fertilizers is used to enhance dietary intake. This study aimed... Read More about Selenium Biofortification of Vegetables Grown in Calcareous Soil: A Pot Experiment Using 77Se as a Tracer.

Root RADAR: how 'rhizocrine' signals allow roots to detect and respond to their soil environment and stresses (2024)
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Pandey, B. K., George, T. S., Cooper, H. V., Sturrock, C. J., Bennett, T., & Bennett, M. J. (2024). Root RADAR: how 'rhizocrine' signals allow roots to detect and respond to their soil environment and stresses. Journal of Experimental Botany, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae490

Agricultural intensification coupled with changing climate are causing soils to become increasingly vulnerable to stresses such as drought, soil erosion and compaction. The mechanisms by which roots detect and respond to soil stresses remains poorly... Read More about Root RADAR: how 'rhizocrine' signals allow roots to detect and respond to their soil environment and stresses.

Trialling floral-baited traps to survey flower-visiting insects in tropical crops: Findings from an oil palm case study (2024)
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Popkin, M., Harianja, M. F., Luke, S. H., Setyawan, Y. P., Naim, M., Caliman, J., & Turner, E. C. (2024). Trialling floral-baited traps to survey flower-visiting insects in tropical crops: Findings from an oil palm case study. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13525

Monitoring pollinating arthropods in crop systems can provide important information about pollinator populations and potential yield but can be hampered by accessibility to flowers in some systems, or by the timing of flowering and pollinator visits.... Read More about Trialling floral-baited traps to survey flower-visiting insects in tropical crops: Findings from an oil palm case study.

Private, non-profit, and plantation: Oil palm smallholders in management-assistance programs vary in socio-demographics, attitudes, and management practices (2024)
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Reiss-Woolever, V., Wakhid, W., Ikhsan, M., Caliman, J.-P., Naim, M., Azmi, E., Shufiyan, S., Howes, J., Azmi, R., Lim, Y. Y., Abdul Jan, S. Z., Barrock, I., Azhar, B., Drewer, J., Ward, C., Jones, J., Luke, S., Turner, E., Hidayat, P., & Buchori, D. (in press). Private, non-profit, and plantation: Oil palm smallholders in management-assistance programs vary in socio-demographics, attitudes, and management practices. PLoS ONE,

Opening up Responsible Research and Innovation: Learning from human and more-than-human knowledge-holders (2024)
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Price, C., Burdett, M., & Bott, T. (2024). Opening up Responsible Research and Innovation: Learning from human and more-than-human knowledge-holders. Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 12(1), 91-101. https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v12i1.1720

Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is increasingly being implemented by researchers, and in the UK, its use is encouraged by funders such as UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The aim of RRI is to ensure that research and its impacts are opene... Read More about Opening up Responsible Research and Innovation: Learning from human and more-than-human knowledge-holders.

Holocene summer temperature reconstruction from plant sedaDNA and chironomids from the northern boreal forest (2024)
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Mayfield, R. J., Rijal, D. P., Heintzman, P. D., Langdon, P. G., Karger, D. N., Brown, A. G., & Alsos, I. G. (2024). Holocene summer temperature reconstruction from plant sedaDNA and chironomids from the northern boreal forest. Quaternary Science Reviews, 345, Article 109045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109045

Climate-induced ecotonal shifts are expected to occur in the (sub)arctic and boreal zones in the coming decades. Understanding how these ecosystems have previously responded to climate change can provide greater insight into how ecosystems may develo... Read More about Holocene summer temperature reconstruction from plant sedaDNA and chironomids from the northern boreal forest.

FreshLanDiv: A Global Database of Freshwater Biodiversity Across Different Land Uses (2024)
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Shen, M., van Klink, R., Sagouis, A., Petsch, D. K., Abong'o, D. A., Alahuhta, J., Al‐Shami, S. A., Armendáriz, L. C., Bae, M., Begot, T. O., Belliard, J., Benstead, J. P., Bomfim, F. F., Bredenhand, E., Budnick, W. R., Callisto, M., Calvão, L. B., Camacho‐Rozo, C. P., Cañedo‐Argüelles, M., Carvalho, F. G., …Chase, J. M. (2024). FreshLanDiv: A Global Database of Freshwater Biodiversity Across Different Land Uses. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(12), Article e13917. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13917

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Freshwater ecosystems have been heavily impacted by land-use changes, but data syntheses on these impacts are still limited. Here, we compiled a global database encompassing 241 studies with species abundance data (from multiple biologica... Read More about FreshLanDiv: A Global Database of Freshwater Biodiversity Across Different Land Uses.

Insecticide exposure can increase burrow network production and alter burrow network structure in soil dwelling insects (Agriotes spp.) (2024)
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Booth, S. W., Kurtz, B., Heer, M. I., Mooney, S. J., & Sturrock, C. J. (2024). Insecticide exposure can increase burrow network production and alter burrow network structure in soil dwelling insects (Agriotes spp.). Pedobiologia, 107, Article 151000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2024.151000

Insecticide treated seeds are commonly used to reduce yield losses from burrowing insect damage such as wireworms. Using temporal X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) of soil-filled bioassays, we aimed to quantify changes in burrow network production and s... Read More about Insecticide exposure can increase burrow network production and alter burrow network structure in soil dwelling insects (Agriotes spp.).

Microplastics pollution in sediments of the Thames and Medway estuaries, UK: Organic matter associations and predominance of polyethylene (2024)
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Trusler, M. M., Moss-Hayes, V. L., Cook, S., Lomax, B. H., & Vane, C. H. (2024). Microplastics pollution in sediments of the Thames and Medway estuaries, UK: Organic matter associations and predominance of polyethylene. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 208, Article 116971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116971

Microplastics at 10 sites along a 77 km transect of the river Thames estuary (UK) and 5 sites along 29 km of the Medway estuary were separated from sediment and analysed by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. Microplastics were observed at all sites. Highest Tham... Read More about Microplastics pollution in sediments of the Thames and Medway estuaries, UK: Organic matter associations and predominance of polyethylene.