Nature-based solutions to increase rice yield: An experimental assessment of the role of birds and bats as agricultural pest suppressors in West Africa

Sottomayor, Madalena; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Meyer, Christoph F J; De Lima, Ricardo F; Rocha, Ricardo; Rainho, Ana

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2024.109067

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Review of Adrienne Williams Boyarin. The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess: The Polemics of Sameness in Medieval English Anti-Judaism. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020. Pp. 352. $79.95 (cloth). (2022)
Journal Article
Irwin, D. (2022). Review of Adrienne Williams Boyarin. The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess: The Polemics of Sameness in Medieval English Anti-Judaism. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020. Pp. 352. $79.95 (cloth). Journal of British Studies, 61(2), 456-458. https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2022.47

The impact of COVID-19 on children, young people, and families in Sihanoukville, Cambodia: the mitigating work of M’Lop Tapang (2024)
Journal Article
Kelly, A., Guest, K., Chamroeun, U., Sinat, D., Saroeun, Y., & Rowland, A. (in press). The impact of COVID-19 on children, young people, and families in Sihanoukville, Cambodia: the mitigating work of M’Lop Tapang. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing,

Globally, children have been adversely affected by the wide variety of impacts of SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus | COVID-19). Vulnerable children who depend on the support of education and health and social care systems were left unprotected as these system... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on children, young people, and families in Sihanoukville, Cambodia: the mitigating work of M’Lop Tapang.

Clarity in the law is needed to stop physical punishment of children (2024)
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Rowland, A. (in press). Clarity in the law is needed to stop physical punishment of children. BMJ, 385, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q943

Monitoring Multidirectional Speed Training (2023)
Book Chapter
Quinn, M., & Atkins, S. (2023). Monitoring Multidirectional Speed Training. In P. Jones, & T. Dos’Santos (Eds.), Multidirectional Speed in Sport: Research to Application (306-319). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003267881

Monitoring of multidirectional speed training is important not only for the development of the range of relevant qualities (speed, change-of-direction speed, agility, deceleration ability, etc.) but also for monitoring loading of high-intensity multi... Read More about Monitoring Multidirectional Speed Training.

Nature-based solutions to increase rice yield: An experimental assessment of the role of birds and bats as agricultural pest suppressors in West Africa (2024)
Journal Article
Sottomayor, M., Palmeirim, A. F., Meyer, C. F. J., De Lima, R. F., Rocha, R., & Rainho, A. (2024). Nature-based solutions to increase rice yield: An experimental assessment of the role of birds and bats as agricultural pest suppressors in West Africa. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 370, Article 109067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109067

Rice is widely consumed as a staple food, being cultivated worldwide. However, in West Africa, production is not enough to satisfy demand. Rice often suffers intensive damage by herbivorous arthropods that affect quality and quantity of the grain. Bi... Read More about Nature-based solutions to increase rice yield: An experimental assessment of the role of birds and bats as agricultural pest suppressors in West Africa.