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Energy landscapes of Kodiak brown bears: a comparison of accelerometer and global positioning system-derived estimates
Within optimal foraging theory animals should maximize their net energy gain while minimizing energetic costs. Energetic expenditure in wild animals...
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Management-related energy, nutrient and worktime efficiencies of the wood fuel production and supply chain: modelling and assessment
Key messageThe modelling approach presented and tested in the present study relates local management decisions with efficiency indicators of the...
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Precision nitrogen management in rainfed durum wheat cultivation: exploring synergies and trade-offs via energy analysis, life cycle assessment, and monetization
Fertilization with variable rate technology (VRT) is a pivotal technique of precision agriculture proposed for eco-friendly farming practices. Yet...
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Optimization of LED fishing lamp allocation based on numerical modeling in Pacific saury fishery
Artificial light plays an important role in commercial light fisheries as a means to attract fish, such as the Pacific saury and squid. To gain an...
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Deciphering the regulatory role of PheSnRK genes in Moso bamboo: insights into hormonal, energy, and stress responses
The SnRK (sucrose non-fermentation-related protein kinase) plays an important role in regulating various signals in plants. However, as an important...
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Growth regulation of Desmostachya bipinnata by organ-specific biomass, water relations, and ion allocation responses to improve salt resistance
Salt resistance strategies in Desmostachya bipinnata may be a function of coordinated organ specific responses for growth and developmental stages....
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Clean Energy Using Hydroelectric Generation from Rivers
In today’s world, many countries, especially develo** countries, are facing energy crisis, an increase in industrialization for development...
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Biotopic Allocation of Morpho-Ecological Groups of Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) to the Main Forest Types in the Bol’shaya Laba River Basin (Northwestern Caucasus)
AbstractThis paper discusses earthworm communities inhabiting forests in the Bol’shaya Laba River basin. The biotopic allocation of morpho-ecological...
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Local control of resource allocation is sufficient to model optimal dynamics in syntrophic systems
Syntrophic systems are common in nature and include forms of obligate mutualisms in which each participating organism or component of an organism...
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Drought re-routes soil microbial carbon metabolism towards emission of volatile metabolites in an artificial tropical rainforest
Drought impacts on microbial activity can alter soil carbon fate and lead to the loss of stored carbon to the atmosphere as CO 2 and volatile organic...
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Perch time allocation and feeding efficiency of flycatching Rhinolophus formosae: an optimal foraging behavior?
BackgroundFlycatching bats are species-rare and comprise predominantly horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae). Their hang-and-wait foraging mode and long...
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An Investigation of the Environmental Impacts and Energy-Economic Analysis for Sugar Beet and Sugarcane Production Systems
This study evaluates energy indicators, productivity, economic justification and environmental emissions of sugar beet and sugarcane cultivation in...
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Biomass Energy in Malaysia: Current Scenario, Policies, and Implementation Challenges
The energy demand in Malaysia has shown a dramatic increase over the last few years: with natural gas and coal being the primary contributors....
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Biorefineries: An Integrated Approach for Sustainable Energy Production
Biorefineries represent an integrated approach to facilitate biomass conversion to produce useful fuels, energy, and bulk chemicals from biomass. It...
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The allocation between egg size and clutch size depends on local nest survival rate in a mean of bet-hedging in a shorebird
BackgroundThe allocation of resources between offspring size and number is a central question of life-history theory. Although several studies have...
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Decarbonizing the European Energy Sector: Frameworks, Examples and How Education Plays a Key Role
Traditional engineering courses at leading universities still frequently focus on specific fields such as the design and building of machines,...
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Scaling the Food–Energy–Water Concept in Tokyo
This chapter is about the FEW Nexus in Tokyo. The nexus is by its nature complex and complicated, with multiple intertwined parts. To manage...
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Optimizing light regimes for neutral lipid accumulation in Dunaliella salina MCC 43: a study on physiological status and carbon allocation
Dunaliella salina is a favourable source of high lipid feedstock for biofuel and medicinal chemicals. Low biomass output from microalgae is a...
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Techno-economic and Life Cycle Assessments of Microbial Process in Renewable Energy Production
Energy security, environmental concerns, and the increasing demand of a growing population present opportunities for adopting alternative pathways...
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The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link: farm technologies and human energy requirements
In the quest to reduce global under- and malnutrition, which are particularly high among smallholder farmers, agriculture-nutrition linkages are...
