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In livestock farming, maintaining dry bedding is considered to be important for maximising animal performance and welfare. A better understanding of the mechanisms that regulate drying has the potential to improve bedding management and reduce production costs. A custom...

Abstract Continued population growth and urbanization is shifting research to consider the quality of urban green space over the quantity of these parks, woods, and wetlands. The quality of urban green space has been hitherto measured by expert assessments, including in...

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A devastating mass mortality event (MME) very likely caused by the protozoan Haplosporidium pinnae first detected in 2016 in the Western Mediterranean Sea, is pushing the endemic bivalve Pinna nobilis to near extinction. Populations recovery, if possible, will rely on l...

This work was supported by J. E. Purkyně Fellowship of the Czech Academy of Sciences (https://www.avcr.cz) (IJ), Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science and the University of Helsinki (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-institute-of-sustainability-science) (RAC), ...