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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Ecological change"”.
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Entangled Eden: ecological change and the Lake Huron Commercial Fisheries, 1835-1978
This project examines ecological change in Lake Huron during the nineteenth and twentieth century and investigates the causative role of the commercial fisheries in that change. The repeated failures of various regional and international efforts designed to improve management of the lake’s …
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Ecological change in the urban forest of six Midwest, USA cities over twenty-five years
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Forestry, 2010
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From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms: Socio-Ecological Change and Making Food in the Holland Marsh
… technologies responsible for driving landscape change and the production of nature in the Holland Marsh are highlighted. Conceptually, I problematize the idea that the agricultural landscape is natural by drawing on Neil Smiths (2008 [1984]) provocative production of nature thesis. I combine …
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Salt of the Earth: Salt as a Driver for Social-Ecological Change in the Communities of the Olifants River Estuary
… and richness. This thesis will look at socio-ecological issues linked to the Olifants River Estuary, and the fishing communities of Ebenheaser, more specifically Papendorp, which is situated approximately 350km north of Cape Town . The issues present can be described in two scales: The first, …
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Affective Roots: Memory, emotions and viscerality within organic agri-food networks in Tamil Nadu, India
… visible the ways different actors feel socio-ecological change. Adopting the lens of Feminist Political Ecology and drawing on the fields of historical anthropology and feminist ethics, this thesis highlights: (1) the enduring nature of epistemic injustice within agri-food relations, (2) how …
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Using a new monitoring framework for Regional Councils to assess the integrity of prioritised ecosystems in Hawke’s Bay farmland : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters of Applied Science at Lincoln University
… and mammal biodiversity at a selection of 10 ecologically prioritised native forest sites across Hawke’s Bay. My research offers insights into the framework’s ability to measure ecological change, by using it to assess the ecological differences between fenced and unfenced forests. Vascular …
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The ecology and distribution of rockboring pelecypods off Del Monte Beach, Monterey, California
… one of which would be subjected to radical ecological change after isolation from the open sea by a proposed breakwater project. Most species found are common to both transects. Their distribution is variable and depends to a great extent on the character of the substrate, which varies from …
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Hydrologic regimes in a changing climate : characteristics and responses of wetland and off-channel habitat along the Telkwa River and the implications for juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
… were examined. It was found that long-term changes to local climate are having an impact on the hydrologic regime by reducing glacier mass, and altering intra-annual and annual discharge. However, with respect to WOHs, a significant ecological change in response to the altered hydrologic …
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A Palaeoecological survey of French Island, Victoria's past environment from 9000 years ago
… conditions in southeast Australia due to climate change and land management strategies. Increasing understanding of long-term environmental changes through palaeoecological research has the potential to improve fire and ecosystem management into the future. This study focuses on French Island, …
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A Palaeoecological survey of French Island, Victoria's past environment from 9000 years ago
… conditions in southeast Australia due to climate change and land management strategies. Increasing understanding of long-term environmental changes through palaeoecological research has the potential to improve fire and ecosystem management into the future. This study focuses on French Island, …
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A study of the necessary and optimal conditions for success in the most challenging human endeavors : modem day Manhattan Projects are needed for overcoming contemporary global challenges
… These challenges are global climate and ecological change, poor human health management, violence (or the absence of peace), and poverty and hunger. If our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are to survive in a peaceful world where fruitful progress can occur, these …
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DYNAMICS OF SOCIOECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY BASED ON NATIONAL FOOTPRINT ACCOUNTS (1961-2014)
… the National Footprint Accounts, Biocapacity and Ecological Footprint per capita for 123 nations between 1961 and 2014. Using a simplified description of the joint trajectories of these components, I perform cluster analysis. The patterns that emerge allow me to describe the dynamics of …
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Investigating the physical and ecological drivers of change in a coastal ecosystem: from individual to population scale impacts.
… undergoing unprecedented rates of environmental change. Many of these changes are anthropogenically-driven and linked to long-term, climate-related phenomena. This thesis focusses on ecological change in soft sediment intertidal habitats. One of the largest harbours in Europe, Poole Harbour, is …
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Viðbrögð virknihópa plantna viðáburðargjöf ogútilokun beitar á íslenska hálendinu
… the Icelandic highlands have undergone a drastic ecological change. This is partly due to climate and geological factors, but the introduction of large herbivores at the end of the 9th century had a strong influence on the ecosystems, especially those in the highlands. Nowadays, grazing practices …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas? : an ecological economics case study of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
… tourism in protected areas. The thesis takes an ecological economics approach to the question of operationalising the concept of sustainable tourism in protected areas. The reasons for selecting an ecological economics approach are discussed. An ecological economics model is developed in order to …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas? : an ecological economics case study of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
… tourism in protected areas. The thesis takes an ecological economics approach to the question of operationalising the concept of sustainable tourism in protected areas. The reasons for selecting an ecological economics approach are discussed. An ecological economics model is developed in order to …
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Environmental factors influencing the breeding and health of a predator endemic to southern Africa: the endangered Black Harrier Circus Maurus
… the limiting and regulating factors driving changes in animal populations. This is particularly important for rare species as small population size increases extinction risk. Birds are amongst the most studied animals in this context. As a group that occupies a high trophic level, raptors are …
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Struggling against the Sea in Ban Khun Samut Chin: Environmental Knowledge, Community Identity and Livelihood Strategies in a Village Fighting Severe Coastal Erosion on the Gulf of Thailand
… Gulf of Thailand has been dealing with a local ecological crisis, the rapid erosion of their coastline and potential loss of the entire territory of their village. The case study examines the community’s interactions with development agents and their engagement with broader political and …
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Multidimensional Spatial Characterization of Plant Invasions in 'El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar' Biosphere Reserve
Invasive species are considered an agent of ecological change with more significant effects than global warming. Exotic plant invasions threaten biodiversity and ecosystem viability worldwide. Their effects in the Sonoran Desert ecosystems are a growing concern among ecologists and land managers. …
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Exploring Youth-TEK Linkages in the New Rurality
Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is an adaptive system of knowledge maintained through cultural transmission among and between generations. TEK adaptations can be important for enabling communities to respond to socio-ecological change. Currently, emphasis has been given to the …
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