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id="post-49352" class="post-49352 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-agriculture category-biological-sciences tag-habitat-fragmentation tag-pd-1 tag-phenotyping tag-temperature-extremes tag-warming-and-biodiversity"> <figure class="entry-featured-image"> <a href="https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/12/11/agricultural-and-biological-sciences-top-5-trending-papers-for-december-2018/" rel="bookmark" title="Agricultural and Biological Sciences Top 5 Trending Papers for December 2018"> <img width="810" height="314" src="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri1.png?w=810" class="attachment-nucleare-normal-post size-nucleare-normal-post wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri1.png?w=810 810w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri1.png?w=200 200w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri1.png?w=300 300w, 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<figcaption><p><i class="fa fa-file-text"></i></p></figcaption> </a> </figure> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/12/11/agricultural-and-biological-sciences-top-5-trending-papers-for-december-2018/" rel="bookmark">Agricultural and Biological Sciences Top 5 Trending Papers for December 2018</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta small-part"> <span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-clock-o space-left-right"></i><a href="https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/12/11/agricultural-and-biological-sciences-top-5-trending-papers-for-december-2018/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2018-12-11T10:49:54+00:00">December 11, 2018</time><time class="updated" datetime="2018-12-21T02:16:52+00:00">December 21, 2018</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user space-left-right"></i><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.mendeley.com/author/mendeleyteam/">mendeleyteam</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>During December we analysed millions of academic papers in Agricultural and Biological Sciences to discover the top 5 articles being read by Mendeley users in the Agricultural and Biological Sciences discipline. We believe these papers will have an impact on the influential academic papers of tomorrow.</p> <p>Mendeley Trending considers the number of people reading a specific paper, the change in number of new readers within a timeframe and how recently the paper was published.</p> <p>Some of these papers can be viewed on the <a href="https://www.mendeley.com/guides/web/02-paper-search">Mendeley Web Catalog page</a>, and to access others you may need to click on ‘Get full text’ to view it on the publisher’s site.</p> <ul> <li>Topics in this list: Phenotyping, Warming and Biodiversity, Pd-1, Habitat Fragmentation, Temperature Extremes</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.mendeley.com/papers/translating-highthroughput-phenotyping-genetic-gain">A) Translating High-Throughput Phenotyping into Genetic Gain (135 Readers)</a></p> <p>Inability to efficiently implement high-throughput field phenotyping is increasingly perceived as a key component that limits genetic gain in breeding programs…</p> <p>Araus J. et al. in Trends in Plant Science (2018)</p> <p><img data-attachment-id="49354" data-permalink="https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/12/11/agricultural-and-biological-sciences-top-5-trending-papers-for-december-2018/agr2/" data-orig-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agr2.png" data-orig-size="600,299" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="agr2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agr2.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agr2.png?w=600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-49354" src="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agr2.png?w=809" alt="agr2" srcset="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agr2.png 600w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agr2.png?w=200&h=100 200w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agr2.png?w=300&h=150 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.mendeley.com/papers/changes-temperature-alter-relationship-between-biodiversity-ecosystem-functioning">B) Changes in temperature alter the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (92 Readers)</a></p> <p>Empirical evidence for the response of ecosystem functioning to the combined effects of warming and biodiversity loss is scarce. We show that warming…</p> <p>García F. et al. in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)</p> <p><img data-attachment-id="49355" data-permalink="https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/12/11/agricultural-and-biological-sciences-top-5-trending-papers-for-december-2018/agri3/" data-orig-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri3.png" data-orig-size="600,299" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="agri3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri3.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri3.png?w=600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-49355" src="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri3.png?w=809" alt="agri3" srcset="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri3.png 600w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri3.png?w=200&h=100 200w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri3.png?w=300&h=150 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.mendeley.com/papers/pantumor-genomic-biomarkers-pd1-checkpoint-blockadebased-immunotherapy">C) Pan-tumor genomic biomarkers for PD-1 checkpoint blockade–based immunotherapy (257 Readers)</a></p> <p>Programmed cell death protein–1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand–1 (PD-L1) checkpoint blockade immunotherapy elicits durable antitumor effects…</p> <p>Cristescu R. et al. in Science (2018)</p> <p><img data-attachment-id="49356" data-permalink="https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/12/11/agricultural-and-biological-sciences-top-5-trending-papers-for-december-2018/agri4/" data-orig-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri4.png" data-orig-size="600,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="agri4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri4.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri4.png?w=600" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-49356" src="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri4.png?w=809" alt="agri4" srcset="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri4.png 600w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri4.png?w=200&h=100 200w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri4.png?w=300&h=150 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.mendeley.com/papers/habitat-fragmentation-lasting-impact-earths-ecosystems">D) Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems (1879 Readers)</a></p> <p>We conducted an analysis of global forest cover to reveal that 70% of remaining forest is within 1 km of the forest’s edge, subject to the degrading effects…</p> <p>Haddad N. et al. in Science Advances (2015)</p> <p><img data-attachment-id="49357" data-permalink="https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/12/11/agricultural-and-biological-sciences-top-5-trending-papers-for-december-2018/agri5/" data-orig-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri5.png" data-orig-size="600,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="agri5" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri5.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri5.png?w=600" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-49357" src="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri5.png?w=809" alt="agri5" srcset="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri5.png 600w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri5.png?w=200&h=100 200w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri5.png?w=300&h=150 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.mendeley.com/research/temperature-extremes-effect-plant-growth-development">E) Temperature extremes: Effect on plant growth and development (809 Readers)</a></p> <p>Temperature is a primary factor affecting the rate of plant development. Warmer temperatures expected with climate change and the potential for more extreme temperature events will impact plant productivity…</p> <p>Jerry L. H. et al. in Weather and Climate Extremes (2015)</p> <p><img data-attachment-id="49358" data-permalink="https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/12/11/agricultural-and-biological-sciences-top-5-trending-papers-for-december-2018/agri6/" data-orig-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri6.png" data-orig-size="600,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="agri6" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri6.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri6.png?w=600" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-49358" src="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri6.png?w=809" alt="agri6" srcset="https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri6.png 600w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri6.png?w=200&h=100 200w, https://blog.mendeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/agri6.png?w=300&h=150 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p> <p>That’s it for open access Agricultural and Biological Sciences papers this month. 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