Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

J Syvitski, CN Waters, J Day, JD Milliman… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Growth in fundamental drivers—energy use, economic productivity and population—can
provide quantitative indications of the proposed boundary between the Holocene Epoch and …

Scenarios for global aquaculture and its role in human nutrition

JA Gephart, CD Golden, F Asche, B Belton… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Global demand for freshwater and marine foods (ie, seafood) is rising and an increasing
proportion is farmed. Aquaculture encompasses a range of species and cultivation methods …

Scientists' warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis

JS Albert, G Destouni, SM Duke-Sylvester… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
Freshwater ecosystems provide irreplaceable services for both nature and society. The
quality and quantity of freshwater affect biogeochemical processes and ecological dynamics …

[图书][B] Porkopolis: American animality, standardized life, and the factory farm

A Blanchette - 2020 - books.google.com
In the 1990s a small midwestern American town approved the construction of a massive
pork complex, where almost 7 million hogs are birthed, raised, and killed every year. In …

Avian gut microbiomes taking flight

KH Bodawatta, SM Hird, K Grond, M Poulsen… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Birds harbor complex gut bacterial communities that may sustain their ecologies and
facilitate their biological roles, distribution, and diversity. Research on gut microbiomes in …

Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture

R Gilroy, A Ravi, M Getino, I Pursley, DL Horton… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Background: The chicken is the most abundant food animal in the world. However, despite
its importance, the chicken gut microbiome remains largely undefined. Here, we exploit …

[图书][B] The anthropocene: A multidisciplinary approach

JA Thomas, M Williams, J Zalasiewicz - 2020 - books.google.com
Humans rank with the powerful forces of nature transforming Earth. Since the mid-20th
century, population growth, industrialization, and globalization have had such deep and …

Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum

L Glendinning, RD Stewart, MJ Pallen, KA Watson… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Chickens are a highly important source of protein for a large proportion of the
human population. The caecal microbiota plays a crucial role in chicken nutrition through the …

A systematic review of precision livestock farming in the poultry sector: Is technology focussed on improving bird welfare?

E Rowe, MS Dawkins, SG Gebhardt-Henrich - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Precision livestock farming (PLF) is the use of technology to help farmers
monitor and manage their animals and their farm. This technology can help to improve …

The wild species genome ancestry of domestic chickens

RA Lawal, SH Martin, K Vanmechelen, A Vereijken… - BMC biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Hybridisation and introgression play key roles in the evolutionary history of
animal species. They are commonly observed within several orders in wild birds. The …