High-level nitrofurantoin resistance in a clinical isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae: a comparative genomics and metabolomics analysis by Maytham Hussein, Zetao Sun, Jane Hawkey, Rafah Allobawi, Louise M. Judd, Vincenzo Carbone, Rajnikant Sharma, Varsha Thombare, Mark Baker, Gauri G. Rao, Jian Li, Kathryn E. Holt, Tony Velkov

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Antioxidant Capacity, Inflammatory Response, Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality of Hu Sheep in Response to Dietary Soluble Protein Levels with Decreased Crude Protein Content by Xin Zhang, Zhenbin Zhang, Yiquan Sun, Yang Liu, Xinhuang Zhong, Jun Zhu, Xiang Yu, Yue Lu, Zhiqi Lu, Xuezhao Sun, Huanyong Han, Mengzhi Wang

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Papel hidrológico-ambiental de pastizales nativos e introducidos en la cuenca alta del río Chuvíscar, Chihuahua, México by Óscar Alejandro Viramontes-Olivas, Víctor Manuel Reyes-Gómez, Alfredo Rangel-Rodríguez, Carlos Ortega-Ochoa, Ricardo A. Soto-Cruz, Javier Camarillo-Acosta, Tuotcha Lebgue-Keleng

“…Abstract In the upper basin of the Chuviscar river, extreme weather conditions prevail, as well as water shortages, soil erosion and the presence of native and introduced grasslands, making it imperative to know the function of these in the conservation and infiltration of soil and water, respectively. …”
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Characterization of the Ruminal Microbiome of Water Buffaloes <i>(Bubalus bubalis)</i> Kept in Different Ecosystems in the Eastern Amazon by Gerlane Nunes Noronha, Melanie K. Hess, Ken G. Dodds, André Guimarães Maciel e Silva, Shirley Motta de Souza, Jamile Andréa Rodrigues da Silva, Diego Assis das Graças, Thomaz Cyro Guimarães de Carvalho Rodrigues, Welligton Conceição da Silva, Éder Bruno Rebelo da Silva, Peter H. Janssen, Hannah M. Henry, Suzanne J. Rowe, Vinicius Costa Gomes de Castro, José de Brito Lourenço-Júnior

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Fiber fractions, multielemental and isotopic composition of a tropical C4 grass grown under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide by Adibe L. Abdalla Filho, Geovani T. Costa Junior, Paulo M.T. Lima, Amin Soltangheisi, Adibe L. Abdalla, Raquel Ghini, Marisa C. Piccolo

“…Background Brazil has the largest commercial herd of ruminants with approximately 211 million head, representing 15% of world’s beef production, in an area of 170 million hectares of grasslands, mostly cultivated with Brachiaria spp. Although nutrient reduction due to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration has already been verified in important crops, studies evaluating its effects on fiber fractions and elemental composition of this grass genus are still scarce. …”
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Transpiration rates from mature <i>Eucalyptus grandis</i>&thinsp; × &thinsp;<i>E. nitens</i> clonal hybrid and <i>Pinus elliottii</i> plantations near the Two Streams Research Catc... by N. D. Kaptein, C. S. Everson, C. S. Everson, A. D. Clulow, A. D. Clulow, M. L. Toucher, M. L. Toucher, I. Germishuizen

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Extrusion of lupines with or without addition of reducing sugars: Effects on the formation of Maillard reaction compounds, partition of nitrogen and Nε-carboxymethyl-lysine, and pe... by E. Manzocchi, A. Ferlay, S. Mendowski, G. Chesneau, P. Chapoutot, S. Lemosquet, G. Cantalapiedra-Hijar, P. Nozière

“…The diets consisted on a DM basis of 20% raw or extruded lupines and 80% basal mixed ration of corn silage, silage and hay from permanent grasslands, pelleted concentrate, and a vitaminized mineral mix. …”
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Understanding drivers of changing fire activities: from the perspective of causality by Wu, Sifeng

“…And the forest-savanna transition model showed the synergetic effects between the two drivers that can make the transitioning process from forest to savannas and grasslands in a shorter time and to a more degraded state. …”
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Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016 by G. R. van der Werf, J. T. Randerson, L. Giglio, T. T. van Leeuwen, T. T. van Leeuwen, Y. Chen, B. M. Rogers, M. Mu, M. J. E. van Marle, M. J. E. van Marle, D. C. Morton, G. J. Collatz, R. J. Yokelson, P. S. Kasibhatla

“…This net increase was the result of a substantial increase in burned area (37 %), mostly due to the inclusion of small fires, and a modest decrease in mean fuel consumption (−19 %) to better match estimates from field studies, primarily in savannas and grasslands. For trace gas and aerosol emissions, differences between GFED4s and GFED3 were often larger due to the use of revised emission factors. …”
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Application of an improved distributed hydrological model based on the soil–gravel structure in the Niyang River basin, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by P. Wang, P. Wang, P. Wang, Z. Zhou, J. Liu, C. Xu, C. Xu, K. Wang, Y. Liu, J. Li, Y. Li, Y. Jia, H. Wang

“…Because of plate movements and climatic effects, the surface soils of bare lands and grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) are thin, and the soil below the surface contains abundant gravel. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of terrestrial evapotranspiration from different models under extreme condition over conterminous United States by Xingjiao Yu, Long Qian, Wen’e Wang, Xiaotao Hu, Jianhua Dong, Yingying Pi, Kai Fan

“…Specifically, GLEAM3.6b showed higher performance for the grasslands; REA showed improved performance in mixed forests, open shrubs, and wetlands, and Syn fared better in forests and croplands. …”
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Fetal Hepatic Lipidome Is More Greatly Affected by Maternal Rate of Gain Compared with Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation at day 83 of Gestation by Ana Clara B. Menezes, Carl R. Dahlen, Kacie L. McCarthy, Cierrah J. Kassetas, Friederike Baumgaertner, James D. Kirsch, Sheri T. Dorsam, Tammi L. Neville, Alison K. Ward, Pawel P. Borowicz, Lawrence P. Reynolds, Kevin K. Sedivec, J. Chris Forcherio, Ronald Scott, Joel S. Caton, Matthew S. Crouse

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Desarrollo post-embrionario, fecundidad y consumo de alimento de Dichroplus exilis (Orthoptera: Acrididae) bajo condiciones controladas by Christian Bardi, Yanina Mariottini, Maria L De Wysiecki, Carlos E Lange

“…This study was conducted to determine the postembryonic life cycle stages, fertility and food consumption of this species under controlled conditions (30°C, 14L-10D, 40% RH).Individuals employed belong to the laboratory-hatched first generation (F1), from adults (n=64, &#9792;=28, &#9794;=36) collected in natural grasslands near Rafaela, Santa Fe province in North- Eastern Argentina. …”
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Synergy between TROPOMI sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and MODIS spectral reflectance for understanding the dynamics of gross primary productivity at Integrated Carbon Observ... by H. Balde, H. Balde, H. Balde, H. Balde, G. Hmimina, Y. Goulas, G. Latouche, K. Soudani

“…Using concurrent measurements of daily TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) SIF (daily SIFd); daily MODIS Terra and Aqua spectral reflectance; vegetation indices (VIs, notably normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), near-infrared reflectance of vegetation (NIRv), and photochemical reflectance index (PRI)); and daily tower-based GPP across eight major different PFTs, including mixed forests, deciduous broadleaf forests, croplands, evergreen broadleaf forests, evergreen needleleaf forests, grasslands, open shrubland, and wetlands, the strength of the relationships between tower-based GPP and SIF<span class="inline-formula">_d</span> at 40 Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) flux sites was investigated. …”
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Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation and Rate of Gain in Beef Heifers II: Effects on Concentration of Trace Minerals in Maternal Liver and Fetal Liver, Muscle, Allantoic, and Amniot... by Kacie L. McCarthy, Ana Clara B. Menezes, Cierrah J. Kassetas, Friederike Baumgaertner, James D. Kirsch, Sheri T. Dorsam, Tammi L. Neville, Alison K. Ward, Pawel P. Borowicz, Lawrence P. Reynolds, Kevin K. Sedivec, J. Chris Forcherio, Ronald Scott, Joel S. Caton, Carl R. Dahlen

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Application of the RothC Model in Simulating Effect of Climate Change on CO2 Emissions and Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in Semi-arid Climate of Khorasan-e-Razavi by Saba Bagherifam, Mohammad Amir Delavar, Payman Keshavarz, Parviz Karami

“…This model is one of the most widely used models for the study of soil organic carbon turnover and has been evaluated in a variety of ecosystems including grasslands, forests and croplands and in various climate regions. …”
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Distribución, abundancia y éxito reproductivo del alcaudón dorsirrojo (Lanius collurio Linnaeus, 1758) en Bizkaia (País Vasco). by Aitor Galarza, Javier Fernández-López, Iker Novoa, Igor Aginako

“…The results of this study suggest that the distribution of the species seems to be seriously limited by the availability of farmland and cattle activity, responsible for the creation of heterogeneous grasslands and meadows where shrikes can find hunting substrates.…”
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Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation and Rate of Gain in Beef Heifers I: Effects on Dam Hormonal and Metabolic Status, Fetal Tissue and Organ Mass, and Concentration of Glucose and... by Ana Clara B. Menezes, Kacie L. McCarthy, Cierrah J. Kassetas, Friederike Baumgaertner, James D. Kirsch, Sheri T. Dorsam, Tammi L. Neville, Alison K. Ward, Pawel P. Borowicz, Lawrence P. Reynolds, Kevin K. Sedivec, J. Chris Forcherio, Ronald Scott, Joel S. Caton, Carl R. Dahlen

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The patterns of soil nitrogen stocks and C&thinsp; : &thinsp;N stoichiometry under impervious surfaces in China by Q. Ding, H. Shao, C. Zhang, C. Zhang, C. Zhang, X. Fang

“…The <span class="inline-formula">C:N</span> ratio of ISA (<span class="inline-formula">10.33±2.62</span>) was 26 %–34 % higher than that of natural ecosystems (forests, grasslands, etc.) but close to the <span class="inline-formula">C:N</span> of PSA. …”
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The biogeography of relative abundance of soil fungi versus bacteria in surface topsoil by K. Yu, J. van den Hoogen, Z. Wang, C. Averill, D. Routh, G. R. Smith, G. R. Smith, R. E. Drenovsky, K. M. Scow, F. Mo, M. P. Waldrop, Y. Yang, W. Tang, W. Tang, F. T. De Vries, R. D. Bardgett, P. Manning, F. Bastida, S. G. Baer, E. M. Bach, C. García, Q. Wang, L. Ma, B. Chen, B. Chen, X. He, S. Teurlincx, A. Heijboer, A. Heijboer, J. A. Bradley, T. W. Crowther

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