Sparse seagrass meadows are critical dugong habitat: A novel rapid assessment of habitat-wildlife associations using paired drone and in-water surveys by Nicole E. Said, Christophe Cleguer, Paul Lavery, Amanda J. Hodgson, Connor Gorham, Julian A. Tyne, Ankje Frouws, Simone Strydom, Johnny Lo, Holly C. Raudino, Kelly Waples, Kathryn McMahon

“…This study provided evidence of critical seagrass habitat, which is important knowledge for the protection and conservation of dugongs and their foraging habitat. The methods developed in this study could be employed in environmental impact assessments to predict and confirm potential seagrass forage habitat.…”
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Multi-decade northward shift of loggerhead sea turtle pelagic habitat as the eastern North Pacific Transition Zone becomes more oligotrophic by Dana K. Briscoe, Dana K. Briscoe, Larry B. Crowder, George H. Balazs, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Alberto Abreu, Catherine A. Lee Hing, Masanori Kurita, Masanori Mori, Denise M. Parker, Marc R. Rice, Tomomi Saito, Bianca S. Santos, Calandra N. Turner Tomaszewicz, Noah Yamaguchi, Jeffrey J. Polovina

“…Over the same period, the average latitude of loggerhead sea turtle foraging habitat in the NPTZ has shifted northwards by 450–600 km. …”
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Assessing environmental change and population declines of large wading birds in southwestern India by K.M. Aarif, Aymen Nefla, K.A. Rubeena, Yanjie Xu, Zakher Bouragaoui, M. Nasser, C.T. Shifa, T.R. Athira, K. Jishnu, Jasmine Anand, Seerangan Manokaran, P.P. Moosa, Anu Gopinath, Omer R. Reshi, K.M. Rajaneesh, H. Byju, Thadickal V. Joydas, Karuppasamy P. Manikandan, Mohd Irfan Naikoo, Christian Sonne, Sabir Bin Muzaffar

“…Thus, large waders have adapted to these long-term, anthropogenically driven, environmental changes by shifting to agroecosystems and estuaries as their alternate foraging habitats. These population declines indicate consistent decline in ecosystem health of wetlands. …”
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Plant cell wall chemistry: implications for ruminant utilisation by X. Li

“…Ruminants are dependent on forages as their main sources of energy and other nutrients. …”
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A Preliminary Survey of Mycotoxins Identified from Florida Bahiagrass Pastures by Hui-Ling Liao, Ko-Hsuan Chen, Florencia Marcon, Robert (Robbie) Jones, Brittany Justesen, Joseph Walter, Ann Blount, Cheryl Mackowiak, Doug Mayo, Marcelo Wallau

“…The focus then turned to what the animals were consuming, and forages were implicated. In general, the forages in Florida are just fine; however, sometimes under certain circumstances the fungi live in our forages may produce “secondary metabolites”. …”
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Common vetch (<i>Vicia sativa</i>) multi-podded mutants for enhanced commercial seed production by Aleksandar Mikić, Vojislav Mihailović, Đura Karagić, Branko Milošević, Dragan Milić, Sanja Vasiljević, Snežana Katanski, Dalibor Živanov

“…In comparison to other annual forage legumes, such as pea (Pisum sativum L.), advances in breeding vetches (Vicia spp.) are rather modest. …”
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Strategies for Cost-Effective Supplementation of Beef Cattle by Matt Hersom, W. E. Kunkle

“…Forage should provide the majority of the nutrition for the beef herd. …”
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Strategies for Cost-Effective Supplementation of Beef Cattle by Matt Hersom, W. E. Kunkle

“…Forage should provide the majority of the nutrition for the beef herd. …”
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Weed Management in Pastures and Rangeland--2020 by Brent Sellers, Pratap Devkota

“… Weeds in pastures and rangeland cost ranchers in excess of $180 million annually in Florida by reducing forage yield, lowering forage quality, and causing animal injury through toxicity or specialized plant organs (thorns and spines). …”
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Weed Management in Pastures and Rangeland--2020 by Brent Sellers, Pratap Devkota

“… Weeds in pastures and rangeland cost ranchers in excess of $180 million annually in Florida by reducing forage yield, lowering forage quality, and causing animal injury through toxicity or specialized plant organs (thorns and spines). …”
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Diversity and Functional Insights into Endophytic Fungi in Halophytes from West Ordos Desert Ecosystems by Xingzhe Wang, Yan Zhang, Jingpeng Li, Yiteng Ding, Xiaodan Ma, Peng Zhang, Haijing Liu, Jie Wei, Yuying Bao

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A medium-throughput protease assay for screening green plant material by Christina Stonoha-Arther, Andrew Molodchenko, Andrew Molodchenko, Kevin Panke-Buisse

“…For flowers, vegetables and forages, this process can severely impact quality. …”
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Morphological Characters, Yield, and Chemical Composition Potentials of Desho Grass (Pennisetum glaucifolium H.) Intercropped with Vetch Species in the Highlands of Ethiopia by Tiruset Tesfaye, Bimrew Asmare, Yeshambel Mekuriaw, Beyadglign Hunegnaw

“…This experiment was conducted with the objective of evaluating the effects of intercropping vetch species and harvesting age on the morphological characteristics, forage yield, and chemical composition of sole and intercropped forages. …”
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Managing Nitrogen Inputs and Outputs on a Dairy Farm by Rebecca Hellmuth, George Hochmuth

“… In dairy production systems, nitrogen flows through both the forage crops and the dairy cows. Forage crops use nitrogen mineralized from manure for plant growth. …”
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Pasture Stocking Density and the Relationship to Animal Performance by Matt Hersom

“…The stocking density of Florida pastures can impact beef cattle production, forage production, and enterprise profitability. The overall goal of managing grazing animals is to utilize the forage that a pasture already produces to its optimum potential. …”
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Managing Nitrogen Inputs and Outputs on a Dairy Farm by Rebecca Hellmuth, George Hochmuth

“… In dairy production systems, nitrogen flows through both the forage crops and the dairy cows. Forage crops use nitrogen mineralized from manure for plant growth. …”
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Pasture Stocking Density and the Relationship to Animal Performance by Matt Hersom

“…The stocking density of Florida pastures can impact beef cattle production, forage production, and enterprise profitability. The overall goal of managing grazing animals is to utilize the forage that a pasture already produces to its optimum potential. …”
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Evaluation of herbaceous legumes for crop-livestock systems in eastern Indonesia by Kendrick Cox, Jacob Nulik, Neal Dalgliesh, Esnawan Budisantoso, Paskalis Fernandes, Jefrianus Praing, Philip Dida, Jak Uran, Marcel Meomuku, Debora Kana Hau, Tony Basuki, Lindsay Bell

“…Clitoria ternatea regrew consistently after cutting and forage removal providing potential for extended forage production as growing conditions allow.…”
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Mid-term fertilisers and lime effect on grassland in the hilly-mountain region in Balkan by Vladimir Zornić, Vesna Đurović, Mirjana Petrović, Snežana Babić, Dalibor Tomić, Nedeljko Racić, Jasmina Milenković

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Metabolomics combined with physiology and transcriptomics reveal the regulation of key nitrogen metabolic pathways in alfalfa by foliar spraying with nano-selenium by Pengbo Sun, Gentu Ge, Lin Sun, Jian Bao, Muqier Zhao, Junfeng Hao, Yuhan Zhang, Guoshun Liu, Zhijun Wang, Yushan Jia

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