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Long-term effects of antibiotic treatments on honeybee colony fitness: a modelling approach.

Published online: 20 Mar 2021

Authors: Bulson, L. & Becher, M. A. & McKinley, T. J. & Wilfert, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Gut microbiome disequilibrium is increasingly implicated in host fitness reductions, including for the economically important and disease-challenged w...

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Can heavy metal pollution induce soil bacterial community resistance to antibiotics in boreal forests?

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Rabow, S. & Soares, M. & Rousk, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The emergence of microbial antibiotic resistance is a central threat to global health, food security, and development. It has been shown that heavy me...

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Combatting plant diseases with ant chemicals: a review and meta-analysis.

Published online: 09 Feb 2022

Authors: Offenberg, J. & Jensen, I. C. & Hansen, R. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant diseases are a growing threat to plant production and food security. An accumulating number of studies show that ants and their bacterial symbio...

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Evil and allies: opportunistic gulls as both spreaders and sentinels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in human-transformed landscapes.

Published online: 10 Dec 2024

Authors: Martín-Vélez, V. & Montalvo, T. & Giralt, D. & Ramírez, F. & Giménez, J. & Morral-Puigmal, C. & Planell, R. & Sabate, S. & Bota, G. & Navarro, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human-transformed residuals, especially those derived from human waste (dumps), farmland, and livestock are involved in the emergence of antibiotic-re...

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A study of gene dispersal via pollen in Nicotiana tabacum using introduced genetic markers.

Published online: 02 May 1996

Authors: Paul, E. M. & Capiau, K. & Jacobs, M. & Dunwell, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agrobacterium tumefaciens was used to introduce two marker genes (kanamycin resistance and β-glucuronidase) into tobacco. These plants were grown in a...

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Evaluating the economic benefits and costs of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals.

Published online: 03 Oct 2019

Authors: Ryan, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Antimicrobial drugs are used in food animal production for several purposes: to treat a disease outbreak, to prevent disease, and to enhance feed effi...

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Antimicrobial resistance in wildlife.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Vittecoq, M. & Godreuil, S. & Prugnolle, F. & Durand, P. & Brazier, L. & Renaud, N. & Arnal, A. & Aberkane, S. & Jean-Pierre, H. & Gauthier-Clerc, M. & Thomas, F. & Renaud, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spread of antimicrobial resistance is of major concern for human health and leads to growing economic costs. While it is increasingly hypothesized...

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Individual study: treatment of adult Valcheta frogs Pleurodema somuncurense for chytrid fungus.

Published online: 12 Mar 2020

Authors: Arellano, M. L. & Velasco, M. A. & Aguirre, T. M. & Zarini, O. & Belasen, A. M. & James, T. Y. & Kacoliris, F. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Treatment of an ex-situ colony of Valcheta frog with chloramphenicol solution was not successful in eliminating chytrid fungus.

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A field study with genetically engineered alfalfa inoculated with recombinant Sinorhizobium meliloti: effects on the soil ecosystem.

Published online: 18 Feb 2000

Authors: Donegan, K. K. & Seidler, R. J. & Doyle, J. D. & Porteous, L. A. & Digiovanni, G. & Widmer, F. & Watrud, L. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Three genotypes of alfalfa [lucerne] (Medicago sativa) plants (parental, transgenic α-amylase-producing and transgenic lignin peroxidase-producing) we...

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Rearing background and exposure environment together explain higher survival of aquaculture fish during a bacterial outbreak.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Räihä, V. & Sundberg, L. R. & Ashrafi, R. & Hyvärinen, P. & Karvonen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parasitic diseases represent one of the greatest challenges for aquaculture worldwide and there is an increasing emphasis on ecological solutions to p...

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