THE EFFECT OF INCREASING TOPSOIL DISTURBANCE ON SURFACE-ACTIVE INVERTEBRATE COMPOSITION AND ABUNDANCE UNDER GRAZING AND CROPPING REGIMES ON VERTISOLS IN NORTH-WEST NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA

The Effect of Increasing Topsoil Disturbance on Surface-Active Invertebrate Composition and Abundance under Grazing and Cropping Regimes on Vertisols in North-West New South Wales, Australia

Agricultural intensification practices involve varying degrees of disturbance to the soil ecosystem.This study evaluated six agricultural management regimes with increasing levels of topsoil disturbance, on the composition and abundance of Bloomer Set surface-active invertebrates on Vertisols at a sub-catchment scale.Two grazing (native and introdu

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The evolution of reproductive strategies in turtles

Optimal egg size theory assumes that changes in the egg and clutch are driven by selection, resulting in adjustments for the largest possible production of offspring with the highest fitness.Evidence supports the idea that large-bodied turtles tend to produce larger clutches with small and round eggs, while smaller species produce small clutches wi

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Coherence of evidence from systematic reviews as a basis for evidence strength - a case study in support of an epistemological proposition

Abstract Background This article aims to offer, on the basis of Coherence theory, the epistemological proposition that mutually supportive evidence from multiple systematic reviews may successfully refute radical, philosophical scepticism.Methods A case study including Screens seven systematic reviews is presented with the objective of refuting rad

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