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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Land-use effects"”.
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Land Use Effects On Lake Water Quality In Central Florida
Land use affects the water quality of lakes. Different land use types yield different effects due to varying amounts and constituents of runoff. In this study, the effects of surrounding land use on the water quality of 50 lakes in Seminole County, Florida was assessed. Using GIS, I placed buffers …
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Longitudinal multilevel models analyzing the trends of land use effects on non-driving travel choice
Land use and transportation researchers have conducted numerous studies about land use effects on travel mode choice, and probed for effective policies to reduce driving, since less driving and more non-driving are widely recognized as more sustainable travel behaviors to resolve many …
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Land-use effects on plant biodiversity and carbon cycling in seasonally dry tropical forests in north-eastern Brazil
… present thesis analyses the effect of different land-use practices and intensities on the plant diversity and organic carbon stocks in an area of Caatinga seasonally dry tropical forest. The data assessment was carried out on 45 permanent study plots in the Caatinga dry forests (Itacuruba and …
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Herbaceous species diversity, redundancy and resilience of Mopaneveld across different land-uses
… study aimed to quantify the effect of various land-use practices on herbaceous plant community structure, which included productivity (biomass) as well as richness, evenness and diversity at species- and functional level. The objectives of this study were to i) determine to what extent …
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Hydrological responses to moorland land-use change
Most documented investigations of the effects of land-use change on hydrological systems have considered the modification of forest areas. In this thesis, a headwater area in the North York Moors is used to examine the consequences of maintaining a land management regime which has received …
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Impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation policies on agricultural land
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are widely acknowledged to be responsible for much of the global warming in the past century. A number of approaches have been proposed to mitigate GHG emissions. Since the burning of fossil-based fuels is an important source of GHGs, the policies on GHG-mitigation …
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Effects of Land Use on Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) at Multiple Levels and Efficacy of Artificial Shelters as a Monitoring Tool
… forest cover. However, quantitative evidence of land use effects on hellbenders is lacking. I used a multilevel approach to understanding whether hellbenders respond to land use by examining physiological indices, demographics and patterns of species occurrence as endpoints. My study area …
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Biofilm development in streams draining from contrasting land use systems.
… to investigate the influence of different land use systems and their effect on colonizing and developing aquatic biofilms. On conclusion of the experiment, a model was developed to explain the growth and development of a biofilm in an aquatic environment. The model is separated into three …
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Relationships of piñon juniper woodland expansion and climate trends in the Walker Basin, Nevada
Landscapes are in constant flux. Vegetation distributions have changed inconjunction with climate, driven by factors such as Milankovitch cycles and atmosphericcomposition. Until recently, these changes have occurred gradually. Human populationsare altering Earth's systems, including atmospheric …
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Variability of physical, chemical and hydraulic parameters in soils of Mt. Kilimanjaro across different land uses
… water storage. Climate change and anthropogenic land use changes often decrease important functioning of soil systems. In order to understand the soil complexity, sophisticated technologies to measure soil properties and processes at high spatial resolutions are needed. This study addresses the …
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Transportation infrastructure impacts on house prices and firms location: the effect of a new metro line in suburbs of Madrid
… areas in a number of significant ways. Those effects may be classified as: transportation-related effects, land-use effects and effects on jobs and business activities. Commuter rail and metro stations can have both positive and negative effects. On the positive side metro stations increase …