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A meta-analysis of climate change effects on forage quality in grasslands: specificities of mountain and Mediterranean areas by Dumont, B., Andueza, D., Niderkorn, V., Lüscher, A., Porqueddu, C., Picon-Cochard, C.

“…Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), global mean temperature and interannual variability in temperature and rainfall are expected to increase significantly by the…”
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Multifunctional benefits of sainfoin mixtures: Effects of partner species, sowing density and cutting regime by Malisch, C. S., Suter, D., Studer, B., Lüscher, A.

“…Grass–legume mixtures have proven successful at improving the sustainability of grasslands. Their ability to suppress unsown species is particularly important…”
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Simultaneous hermaphrodites reproducing in pairs self‐fertilize some of their eggs: an experimental test of predictions of mixed‐mating and Hermaphrodite's Dilemma theory by Lüscher, A., Milinski, M.

“…Theory predicts (1) that mixed‐mating systems (i.e. reproduction through both selfing and outcrossing) should usually not evolve and (2) that reproducing…”
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Soil microbial community structures are shaped by agricultural systems revealing little temporal variation by Fox, A., Widmer, F., Lüscher, A.

“…Many studies in soil microbial ecology are undertaken with a single sampling event, with the influence of temporal progression rarely being considered. Under…”
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Influence of HLA Supertypes on Susceptibility and Resistance to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection by MacDonald, Kelly S., Fowke, Keith R., Kimani, Joshua, Dunand, Viviane A., Nagelkerke, Nico J. D., Blake Ball, T., Oyugi, Julius, Njagi, Ephantus, Gaur, Lakshmi K., Brunham, RobertC, Wade, Judy, Luscher, Mark A., Krausa, Peter, Rowland-Jones, Sarah, Ngugi, Elizabeth, Bwayo, Job J., Plummer, Francis A.

“…Certain human leukocyte antigens, by presenting conserved immunogenic epitopes for T cell recognition, may, in part, account for the observed differences in…”
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Potential of legume-based grassland-livestock systems in Europe: a review by Lüscher, A., Mueller-Harvey, I., Soussana, J. F., Rees, R. M., Peyraud, J. L.

“…European grassland‐based livestock production systems face the challenge of producing more meat and milk to meet increasing world demands and to achieve this…”
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Multi-Low-Dose Mucosal Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac239 Challenge of Cynomolgus Macaques Immunized with “Hyperattenuated” SIV Constructs by WILLER, David O, YONGJUN GUAN, LUSCHER, Mark A, BING LI, PILON, Rick, FOURNIER, Jocelyn, PARENTEAU, Monique, WAINBERG, Mark A, SANDSTROM, Paul, MACDONALD, Kelly S

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Long-term responsiveness to free air CO2 enrichment of functional types, species and genotypes of plants from fertile permanent grassland by Luscher, A, Hendrey, G.R, Nosberger, J

“…To test inter- and intraspecific variability in the responsiveness to elevated CO₂, 9-14 different genotypes of each of 12 perennial species from fertile…”
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Rhizosphere activity, grass species and N availability effects on the soil C and N cycles by Personeni, E., Lüscher, A., Loiseau, P.

“…We examined whether grass species and soil nitrogen (N) availability could enhance Carbon (C) and N turnover during root litter decay in grassland. Three…”
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Do belowground vertical niche differences between deep- and shallow-rooted species enhance resource uptake and drought resistance in grassland mixtures? by Hoekstra, N. J, Suter, M, Finn, J. A, Husse, S, Lüscher, A

“…BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We investigated whether spatial differences in belowground niches between shallow- and deep-rooted species result in increased resource…”
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Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1)–Specific CD4+ T Cell Immunity to gag in HIV-1–Infected Individuals with Differential Disease Progression: Reciprocal Interferon-γ and Interleukin-10 Responses by Ostrowski, Mario A., Gu, Jenny X., Kovacs, Colin, Freedman, John, Luscher, Mark A., MacDonald, Kelly S.

“…The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)–specific CD4+ T cell response was investigated in 33 untreated HIV-1–infected individuals, using highly…”
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Nitrogen fertilization and developmental stage alter the response of Lolium perenne to elevated CO2 by Daepp, Markus, Nösberger, Josef, Lüscher, Andreas

“…Summary •  Plant response to elevated atmospheric CO2 may depend on the carbon sink strength, determined by the availability of resources other than CO2, and…”
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Stimulation of symbiotic N2 fixation in Trifolium repens L. under elevated atmospheric pCO2 in a grassland ecosystem by Zanetti, S. (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland.), Hartwig, U.A, Luscher, A, Hebeisen, T, Frehner, M, Fischer, B.U, Hendrey, G.R, Blum, H, Nosberger, J

“…Symbiotic N2 fixation is one of the main processes that introduces N into terrestrial ecosystems. As such, it may be crucial for the sequestration of the extra…”
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Effects of mixing forage species contrasting in vertical and temporal nutrient capture on nutrient yields and fertilizer recovery in productive grasslands by Husse, S., Lüscher, A., Buchmann, N., Hoekstra, N. J., Huguenin-Elie, O.

“…Background and aims Mixing grasses with N2-fixing legumes benefits grassland yields. We examined if grass/forb/legume mixtures combining species with…”
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Nitrogen fixation and transfer in grass-clover leys under organic and conventional cropping systems by Oberson, A., Frossard, E., Bühlmann, C., Mayer, J., Mäder, P., Lüscher, A.

“…Background and aim Symbiotic dinitrogen (N₂) fixation is the most important external N source in organic systems. Our objective was to compare symbiotic N₂…”
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Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) Infection of a Rhesus Macaque Induces SIV-Specific CD8+ T Cells with a Defect in Effector Function That Is Reversible on Extended Interleukin-2 Incubation by Xiong, Y, Luscher, M A, Altman, J D, Hulsey, M, Robinson, H L, Ostrowski, M, Barber, B H, MacDonald, K S

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Size-dependent discrimination of mating partners in the simultaneous hermaphroditic cestode Schistocephalus solidus by Luscher, A.

“…The cestode Schistocephalus solidus is a simultaneous hermaphrodite that reproduces in the gut of birds, or for this study in an in vitro system that simulates…”
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Does nitrogen nutrition restrict the CO2 response of fertile grassland lacking legumes? by Zanetti, S, Hartwig, U.A, Van Kessel, C, Luscher, A, Hebeisen, T, Frehner, M, Fisher, B.U, Hendrey, G.R, Blum, H, Nosberger, J

“…The extent of the response of plant growth to atmospheric CO₂ enrichment depends on the availability of resources other than CO₂. An important growth-limiting…”
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Peptide binding to class I MHC on living cells and quantitation of complexes required for CTL lysis by Christinck, E. Rosemary, Luscher, Mark A, Barber, Brian H, Williams, David B

“…Antigenic peptides are presented to CD8+T lymphocytes by class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. Peptides specifically bind to purified class…”
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Diversity-Interaction Modeling: Estimating Contributions of Species Identities and Interactions to Ecosystem Function by Kirwan, L., Connolly, J., Finn, J. A., Brophy, C., Lüscher, A., Nyfeler, D., Sebastià, M.-T.

“…We develop a modeling framework that estimates the effects of species identity and diversity on ecosystem function and permits prediction of the…”
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