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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"Refuges"”.
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Teenagers' Experiences of Domestic Violence Refuges
Refuges have been central to UK domestic violence service provision since the 1970s. Early studies focused on the needs of adult women but increasingly, children and teenagers have also become the business of refuges. Much of the existing research regarding users’ experiences of refuges has, …
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Women's Refuges in Britain and Northern Ireland, 1971-2010
… examines the movements to establish women’s refuges in Britain and Northern Ireland between 1971, when the first refuge opened in London, and 2010, when the arrival of the coalition government reformulated, once again, the political environment in which they operated. Emerging alongside the …
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Assessment of a voluntary nonlead ammunition outreach program on midwestern national wildlife refuges
… while deer hunting on 54 National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs). This project used a mixed methods approach incorporating 12 structured observations of presentations given at four managed hunts, 29 semi-structured interviews of program staff, and an online survey of 325 NWR staff. Objectives were …
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The Breeding Ecology of Least Bitterns (Ixobrychus exilis) at Agassiz and Mingo National Wildlife Refuges
Habitat selection and reproductive effort of least bitterns (Ixobrychus exilis) were monitored in 2001 and 2002 at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (Mingo) in southeast Missouri and 2001 through 2004 at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge (Agassiz) in northwest Minnesota. The main objective was to study …
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Knowledge and Meanings of Wilderness and Wildlife Refuges among Okefenokee Visitors on guided Intrepretive Tours
… federal wilderness areas and national wildlife refuges. Tours into the Okefenokee Swamp Wilderness are conducted by a National Wildlife Refuge concessionaire. Interpretive tour guides participated in a training session on the purposes and values of wilderness and wildlife refuges. Visitors who …
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A Herpetofaunal Inventory Study of two National Wildlife Refuges in the Mississippi Delta and Associated Evaluation of Trapping Efficacy
… at Panther Swamp and Hillside National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) and to quantify trapping efficacy as a result of various methodologies under different habitat variables. The primary methods employed were two varieties of drift fence trap arrays consisting of 100-foot sections of silt fencing with …
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Population/Biomass Estimates and Relative Abundance Indices of Adult Common Carp in Arrowwood and Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuges
… and Sand Lake (South Dakota) National Wildlife Refuges. Population/biomass estimates were undertaken at three different areas within each refuge. A consistent pattern was evident throughout the population/biomass estimates, with the larger, more open areas having the highest biomass, and the …
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A spark for collective action: Challenges and opportunities for self-governance in temporary fisher-designed Fish Refuges in Mexico
… have voluntarily created no-fishing areas (“Fish Refuges” or “Zonas de Refugio Pesquero”) in collaboration with the government fisheries agency and a non-governmental organization, Niparajá, in the absence of the design principles. This work is based on an in-depth study of these Fish Refuges …
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Historical refuges and recolonization routes in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, inferred through phylogeographic analysis of the spotted wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)
Phylogeography has recently benefited from incorporation of coalescent modeling to test competing scenarios of population history of a species. Ecological niche modeling has also been useful in inferring areas of likely suitable habitat during past climate conditions. Several studies have examined …
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Western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) emergence and abundance in transgenic cornfields with structured and seed blend refuges
… adults in Bt cornfields planted with structured refuges as blocks at the west end of each plot or as seed blend refuges. The spatial and temporal distribution of western corn rootworm emergence and live collected adults were analyzed in four refuge treatments (20% structured refuge, 5% structured …
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The movement behavior and reproductive ecology of western corn rootworm beetles (coleoptera: chrysomeliae) in Bt cornfields with structured and seed blend refuges
… (IRM) plan requiring the planting of non-Bt refuges as structured blocks or randomly distributed (seed blends) within Bt cornfields. Refuges allow susceptible larvae to develop without exposure to Cry proteins expressed elsewhere in the field. The modest populations of susceptible beetles …
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Population abundance and genetic structure of black bears in coastal North Carolina and Virginia using noninvasive genetic techniques
… structure of black bears at 3 national wildlife refuges [Great Dismal Swamp (GDSNWR), Pocosin Lakes (PLNWR), and Alligator River (ARNWR)]. Density estimates were derived from DNA samples collected noninvasively at each of the 3 refuges for 2 consecutive summers. Hair samples were analyzed for …
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Some aspects of the behaviour,ecology and vectorial capacity of glossina brevipalpis newstead and other flies in the Luangwa valley of Zambia
… for G. brevipalpis was found to be artificial refuges which worked better in the hot dry season from mid-August to mid-December. Tsetse flies started entering refuges from 09:00 h and left after 16:00 h and this is the time in which tsetse flies rest because the environmental conditions negate …
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Some aspects of the behaviour,ecology and vectorial capacity of glossina brevipalpis newstead and other flies in the Luangwa valley of Zambia
… for G. brevipalpis was found to be artificial refuges which worked better in the hot dry season from mid-August to mid-December. Tsetse flies started entering refuges from 09:00 h and left after 16:00 h and this is the time in which tsetse flies rest because the environmental conditions negate …
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Cleanliness and Godliness: A sociological study of the Good Shepherd Convent refuges for the social reformation and Christian conversion of prostitutes and convicted women in nineteenth century Britain
… revealed by the long-span history of convent refuges. It goes on to consider the problems that tradition posed in the later institutions. The historical account, ordered around a primary sociological concern with transformation, discloses the struggle between the nuns, the secular authorities, …
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Honey bee habitat at the University of Illinois campus
… in the numbers of pollinators, and pollinator refuges are needed to confront risks associated with the effects brought about by the pollinator shortage. This research studies the potential of using current No-Mow Zones and prairie zones at the University of Illinois as pollinator refuges and …
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Applications of Biological Integrity within the National Wildlife Refuge System Region 5
… Service, 1999),” by uniting the eclectic mix of refuges nationwide under the same mission, “to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United …
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Ireland: The Land of A Hundred Thousand Welcomes? Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Ireland: An Examination of the Ideological Mechanisms of Exclusion.
… nations, wanders the world, homeless except for refuges which may at any moment prove to be temporary.” (Marrus 1985: 3). Unfortunately, these words are still applicable today. Few can deny that there is now a refugee crisis.
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EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ON OREGON SCHOOL CHILDREN ACTIVELY COMMUTING TO SCHOOL
… sidewalks, bike lanes, crosswalks, crossing refuges, traffic calming devices, speed monitoring devices, and constructing/repairing off-road walking or bicycling paths have on rates of students walking to school. Program information was also evaluated to determine if ORSTS programs that make …
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EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ON OREGON SCHOOL CHILDREN ACTIVELY COMMUTING TO SCHOOL
… sidewalks, bike lanes, crosswalks, crossing refuges, traffic calming devices, speed monitoring devices, and constructing/repairing off-road walking or bicycling paths have on rates of students walking to school. Program information was also evaluated to determine if ORSTS programs that make …
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