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Felicity Hayes Gina MillsHarry Harmens Kirsten Wyness 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2011,159(10):2420-2426
Few studies have investigated effects of increased background ozone in the absence of episodic peaks, despite a predicted increase throughout the northern hemisphere over the coming decades. In this study Leontodon hispidus was grown with Anthoxanthum odoratum or Dactylis glomerata and exposed in the UK to one of eight background ozone concentrations for 20 weeks in solardomes. Seasonal mean ozone concentrations ranged from 21.4 to 102.5 ppb. Ozone-induced senescence of L. hispidus was enhanced when grown with the more open canopy of A. odoratum compared to the denser growing D. glomerata. There was increased cover with increasing ozone exposure for both A. odoratum and D. glomerata, which resulted in an increase in the grass:Leontodon cover ratio in both community types. Carry-over effects of the ozone exposure were observed, including delayed winter die-back of L. hispidus and acceleration in the progression from flowers to seed-heads in the year following ozone exposure. 相似文献
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Organic farming is a whole-farm management approach believed to encourage biodiversity by excluding the input of agrochemicals and introducing specific management regimes for non-crop habitats. We examined the impact of the hedgerow management regime encouraged for organic farms on small mammal populations, since small mammal numbers influence a range of species at higher trophic levels and, in particular, are key to the conservation of a range of mammalian and avian predators. We compared differences in management and structure of non-crop habitats at the farm-scale between organic and conventional farms, and used within-farm variations in hedgerow size to predict the effect of hedgerow size on small mammals on both farm types. There were no significant differences in the proportion of non-crop habitats between organic and conventional farms, although management differences produced larger hedgerows on organic farms and greater diversity of hedgerow growth stages. However, a difference in hedgerow size between the farm types did not have a significant effect on small mammal abundance or diversity. We conclude that increased hedgerow size is not benefiting small mammal populations on organic farms: significant gains in small mammal numbers may be more effectively achieved by increasing the area of non-crop habitats rather than by improving management regimes. 相似文献
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Victoria A. Braithwaite Felicity Huntingford Ruud van den Bos 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2013,26(1):7-23
Increasing public concern for the welfare of fish species that human beings use and exploit has highlighted the need for better understanding of the cognitive status of fish and of their ability to experience negative emotions such as pain and fear. Moreover, studying emotion and cognition in fish species broadens our scientific understanding of how emotion and cognition are represented in the central nervous system and what kind of role they play in the organization of behavior. For instance, on a macro neuro-architecture level the brains of fish species look dramatically different from those of mammals, while such a dramatic difference does not (always) occur at the level of emotion- and cognition-related behavior. Here, therefore, we discuss the evidence of emotion and cognition in fish species related to underlying neuro-architecture and the role that emotion and cognition play in the organization of behavior. To do so we use a framework encompassing a number of steps allowing a systematic approach to these issues. Emotion and cognition confer on human and non-human animals the capacity to compliment and/or override immediate reflexes to stimuli and so allow a large degree of flexibility in behavior. Systematic research on behavior that in mammals is indicative of emotion and cognition has been conducted in only a few fish species. The data thus far indicate that in these species brain-behavior relationships are not fundamentally different from those observed in mammals. Furthermore, data from other studies show evidence that behavior patterns related to emotion and cognition vary between fish species as well within fish species, related to sex and life history stage for example. From a welfare perspective, knowledge of such variability will potentially help us to design optimal living conditions for fish species kept by humans. 相似文献
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S H Lamm 《Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association》1985,35(5):454-455
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Traditional obstetric practice relies upon history-based assessment to screen for preeclampsia and guide preventative therapies but is hampered by low sensitivity, high false-positive rates and low treatment rates. First-trimester screening algorithms represent the most efficacious approach for risk prediction and could target early initiation of aspirin to well-defined high-risk populations. A large randomised controlled trial has demonstrated the clinical benefits of this approach, but widespread practice implementation has remained elusive.Methods
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis summarising studies linking first-trimester preeclampsia screening algorithms with the initiation of preventative therapy and examined their effect on pre-term preeclampsia rates compared with standard maternity care. Odds ratios were calculated together with 95% confidence intervals.Results
7 studies with a total of 377,790 participants were included. Within singleton populations, early initiation of aspirin in response to a high-risk screening algorithm result reduced the prevalence of pre-term preeclampsia by 39% compared with routine antenatal care (odds ratio 0.61; 95% CI: 0.52–0.70). There were significant reductions in the prevalence of preeclampsia at <32–34 weeks, preeclampsia at any gestation and stillbirth.Conclusion
First-trimester screening algorithms for preeclampsia aligned with early initiation of preventative therapy with aspirin reduce the prevalence of pre-term preeclampsia. 相似文献8.
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Paul?WoodcockEmail author David?P.?Edwards Rob?J.?Newton Felicity?A.?Edwards Chey?Vun?Khen Simon?H.?Bottrell Keith?C.?Hamer 《Die Naturwissenschaften》2012,99(4):275-283
Nitrogen isotope signatures (δ15N) provide powerful measures of the trophic positions of individuals, populations and communities. Obtaining reliable consumer
δ15N values depends upon controlling for spatial variation in plant δ15N values, which form the trophic ‘baseline’. However, recent studies make differing assumptions about the scale over which
plant δ15N values vary, and approaches to baseline control differ markedly. We examined spatial variation in the δ15N values of plants and ants sampled from eight 150-m transects in both unlogged and logged rainforests. We then investigated
whether ant δ15N values were related to variation in plant δ15N values following baseline correction of ant values at two spatial scales: (1) using ‘local’ means of plants collected from
the same transect and (2) using ‘global’ means of plants collected from all transects within each forest type. Plant δ15N baselines varied by the equivalent of one trophic level within each forest type. Correcting ant δ15N values using global plant means resulted in consumer values that were strongly positively related to the transect baseline,
whereas local corrections yielded reliable estimates of consumer trophic positions that were largely independent of transect
baselines. These results were consistent at the community level and when three trophically distinct ant subfamilies and eight
abundant ant species were considered separately. Our results suggest that assuming baselines do not vary can produce misleading
estimates of consumer trophic positions. We therefore emphasise the importance of clearly defining and applying baseline corrections
at a scale that accounts for spatial variation in plant δ15N values. 相似文献