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How effectively might agricultural input subsidies improve nutrition? A case study of Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP)
Agricultural input subsidy programmes (AISP) are often considered an important means of improving agricultural productivity and food security in...
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Factors associated with food security among small-holder farming households in Lesotho
BackgroundFood insecurity and malnutrition are persistent challenges worldwide and Lesotho is not an exception. Hunger and poverty have worsened with...
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Are you really what you eat? Stomach content analysis and stable isotope ratios do not uniformly estimate dietary niche characteristics in three marine predators
Calculation of dietary niche characteristics using stable isotopes has become a popular approach to understand the functional role of taxa across...
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Dental Topographic Analysis of Living and Fossil Lorisoids: Investigations into Markers of Exudate Feeding in Lorises and Galagos
Studies integrating patterns of molar morphology and diet are particularly useful to address questions of evolutionary history and diet in extinct...
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Life in a Central European warm-temperate to subtropical open forest: Paleoecology of the rhinocerotids from Ulm-Westtangente (Aquitanian, Early Miocene, Germany)
The Ulm-Westtangente locality has yielded the most abundant vertebrate fauna from the Aquitanian stage in Germany. Its dating to the Mammal Neogene...
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Designing function-specific minimal microbiomes from large microbial communities
Microorganisms exist in large communities of diverse species, exhibiting various functionalities. The mammalian gut microbiome, for instance, has the...
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How Can Phenotypic Evolution be Characterized Over Time and Through Environmental Changes?
Rapid phenotypic evolution is observed in response to rapid environmental changes. These phenotypic variations can occur at different scales, from...
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Longitudinal study of stool-associated microbial taxa in sibling pairs with and without autism spectrum disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Recently, gut dysbiosis...
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Genetic analysis of protein efficiency and its association with performance and meat quality traits under a protein-restricted diet
BackgroundAn essential component in the development of sustainable pig production is the reduction of nitrogen excretion in fattening pigs. Pig feeds...
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Food system disruption: initial livelihood and dietary effects of COVID-19 on vegetable producers in India
Disruption to food systems and impacts on livelihoods and diets have been brought into sharp focus by the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to investigate...
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Food patch selection by the largest European herbivore
The scaling relationship between digestive system and body mass shapes foraging strategies in herbivores. The Jarman–Bell principle and the forage...
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Individual specialization and temporal consistency in resource use by adult olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea)
During ontogenetic development, several types of marine vertebrates commonly switch their habitats and resources used. Stable isotopes of carbon and...
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Application of item response theory modelling to measure an aggregate food security access score
Food security measurement is of paramount importance as it guides governance, policy formulation and intervention projects targeting and monitoring...
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Cranial morphology of captive mammals: a meta-analysis
BackgroundCaptive facilities such as zoos are uniquely instrumental in conservation efforts. To fulfill their potential as bastions for conservation,...
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Fecal steroids as a potential tool for conservation paleobiology in East Africa
Conservation paleobiology seeks to leverage proxy reconstructions of ecological communities and environmental conditions to predict future changes...
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Archaeological sharks: changes in the trophic ecology between late Holocene and modern shark communities in South Brazil
Sharks are essential components of marine communities, and their removal might simplify ecosystems and lead to unpredictable and detrimental effects...
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Cephalopod diet of juvenile male southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina at Marion Island, South Indian Ocean
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina have a circumpolar distribution and migrate across broad geographic regions. Therefore, they can provide...
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Life-history traits of batoids (Superorder Batoidea) in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Life-history traits provide a way to estimate the vulnerability of both individuals and populations of a species to disturbance (e.g.,...
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Map** sex differences in the effects of protein and carbohydrates on lifespan and reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster: is measuring nutrient intake essential?
Understanding how diet affects reproduction and survival is a central aim in evolutionary biology. Although this relationship is likely to differ...
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Diet, Dentition, and Jaw Shape in Aotus
Early research hypothesized that Aotus was a member of a specialized guild of hard-fruit and seed-eating “sclerocarpic harvesters” based largely on...