Kevin Li

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted an experiment in an oil palm company estate in Sumatra, Indonesia, and reported the results of the first two years of the experiment and calculated plantation gross margins, which indicated that the initial effects of this experiment are encouraging to consider less intensive management practices as economically and ecologically viable options for oil palm plantations.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors leveraged global genetic diversity across 3.4 million individuals from four major clines of global ancestry (approximately 21% non-European) to power the discovery and fine-mapping of genomic loci associated with tobacco and alcohol use, to inform function of these loci via ancestry-aware transcriptome-wide association studies, and evaluate the genetic architecture and predictive power of polygenic risk within and across populations.

TL;DR: A greater understanding of the role of pollinator species and their nonlinear relationships to yield, as well as the complexity of biotic, management, and climate drivers of successful pollination can contribute to a more sustainable oil palm production system that values ecosystem services gained from biodiversity, while also improving producer livelihoods.

TL;DR: Vandermeer et al. as discussed by the authors describe the regulation from above of three coffee herbivores, a leaf herbivore (the green coffee scale, Coccus viridis), a seed predator (the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei), and a plant pathogen by various natural enemies, emphasizing the remarkable complexity involved.

TL;DR: Relationships between total soil or bioaccessible lead (Pb), measured using an in vitro bioaccessibility assay, and children's blood lead levels (BLL) were investigated in an urban neighborhood in Philadelphia, PA, with a history of soil Pb contamination.