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Machine-learning techniques can enhance dairy cow estrus detection using location and acceleration data (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Bell, M., Liu, X., & Liu, G. (2020). Machine-learning techniques can enhance dairy cow estrus detection using location and acceleration data. Animals, 10(7), Article 1160. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10071160

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The aim of this study was to assess combining location, acceleration and machine learning technologies to detect estrus in dairy cows. Data were obtained from 12 cows, which were monitored con... Read More about Machine-learning techniques can enhance dairy cow estrus detection using location and acceleration data.

Soil as an extended composite phenotype of the microbial metagenome (2020)
Journal Article
Neal, A. L., Bacq-Labreuil, A., Zhang, X., Clark, I. M., Coleman, K., Mooney, S. J., …Crawford, J. W. (2020). Soil as an extended composite phenotype of the microbial metagenome. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 10649. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67631-0

© 2020, The Author(s). We use a unique set of terrestrial experiments to demonstrate how soil management practises result in emergence of distinct associations between physical structure and biological functions. These associations have a significant... Read More about Soil as an extended composite phenotype of the microbial metagenome.

Refining trace metal temperature proxies in cold-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals (2020)
Journal Article
Stewart, J. A., Robinson, L. F., Day, R. D., Strawson, I., Burke, A., Rae, J. W., …Pryer, H. (2020). Refining trace metal temperature proxies in cold-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 545, Article 116412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116412

© 2020 The Author(s) The Li/Mg, Sr/Ca and oxygen isotopic (δ18O) compositions of many marine biogenic carbonates are sensitive to seawater temperature. Corals, as cosmopolitan marine taxa with carbonate skeletons that can be precisely dated, represen... Read More about Refining trace metal temperature proxies in cold-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals.

Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: Co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation (2020)
Journal Article
Abdi, M. K., Hardy, I. C., Jucker, C., & Lupi, D. (2020). Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: Co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(4), 642-660. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa047

© 2020 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020, 130, 642-660 Sclerodermus brevicornis is a parasitoid that exhibits cooperative multi-foundress brood production. Prior work showed that the time lag to paralysis... Read More about Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: Co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation.

Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: Co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts (2020)
Journal Article
Abdi, M. K., Lupi, D., Jucker, C., & Hardy, I. C. (2020). Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: Co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(4), 627-641. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa046

© 2020 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020, 130, 627-641 Explanations for the highest levels of sociality typically invoke the concept of inclusive fitness. Sclerodermus, a genus of parasitoid hymenopterans,... Read More about Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: Co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts.

Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae (2020)
Journal Article
Abdi, M. K., Jucker, C., De Marchi, B., Hardy, I. C., & Lupi, D. (2021). Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 169(1), 64-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12946

© 2020 The Netherlands Entomological Society Biological control efficiency can be improved by developing effective mass-rearing systems to produce large numbers of high-quality parasitoids. This study explored an alternative host for rearing Sclerode... Read More about Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae.

Suberin plasticity to developmental and exogenous cues is regulated by a set of MYB transcription factors (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Shukla, V., Han, J., Cléard, F., Legendre-Lefebvre, L., Gully, K., Flis, P., …Barberon, M. Suberin plasticity to developmental and exogenous cues is regulated by a set of MYB transcription factors

Suberin is a hydrophobic biopolymer that can be deposited at the periphery of cells, forming protective barriers against biotic and abiotic stress. In roots, suberin forms lamellae at the periphery of endodermal cells where it plays crucial roles in... Read More about Suberin plasticity to developmental and exogenous cues is regulated by a set of MYB transcription factors.

A generalised model for generalised transduction: the importance of co-evolution and stochasticity in phage mediated antimicrobial resistance transfer (2020)
Journal Article
Arya, S., Todman, H., Baker, M., Hooton, S., Millard, A., Kreft, J. U., …Stekel, D. J. (2020). A generalised model for generalised transduction: the importance of co-evolution and stochasticity in phage mediated antimicrobial resistance transfer. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96(7), https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa100

© FEMS 2020. Antimicrobial resistance is a major global challenge. Of particular concern are mobilizable elements that can transfer resistance genes between bacteria, leading to pathogens with new combinations of resistance. To date, mathematical mod... Read More about A generalised model for generalised transduction: the importance of co-evolution and stochasticity in phage mediated antimicrobial resistance transfer.

Minerals and potentially toxic elements in corn silage from tropical and subtropical Brazil (2020)
Journal Article
Motta, A. C. V., Araujo, E. M., Broadley, M. R., Young, S. D., Barbosa, J. Z., Prior, S. A., & Schmidt, P. (2020). Minerals and potentially toxic elements in corn silage from tropical and subtropical Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 49, Article e20190214. https://doi.org/10.37496/rbz4920190214

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided th... Read More about Minerals and potentially toxic elements in corn silage from tropical and subtropical Brazil.

UK consumers' willingness to pay for laying hen welfare (2020)
Journal Article
Dunne, C., & Siettou, C. (2020). UK consumers' willingness to pay for laying hen welfare. British Food Journal, 122(9), 2867-2880. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-12-2019-0914

© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: This study investigates UK consumers’ perception and willingness to pay (WTP) for egg attributes associated with laying hen welfare, namely with beak-trimming practices and injurious feather pecking (IP).... Read More about UK consumers' willingness to pay for laying hen welfare.