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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"Sumatra"”.
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Batik cloths from Jambi, Sumatra
I set about exploring the history of Jambi batik with a view to establishing its nature, characteristics, methods of manufacture and function in its social context. A central aim of the study was to establish an accurate description of batiks from Jambi which could serve as a guide to museum …
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Birds in coffee agroforestry systems of West Lampung, Sumatra
In the Sumberjaya district of West Lampung, Indonesia, there has been widespread replacement of rainforest by robusta coffee. However, few studies have explored the relationship between birds and coffee gardens in Southeast Asia. This study examines the use of coffee gardens and other habitats by …
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Soundscapes of Sumatra: an analysis of the susceptibility of vocal fauna to ecological edge effects within a historically disturbed lowland forest, Sumatra, Indonesia.
… within a historically logged lowland forest in Sumatra. As well as the susceptibility of the diversity of vocal fauna and two endangered gibbon species Hylobates lar and Symphalangus syndactylus to the variations in microclimate forest structure and anthropogenic disturbance. With the aim of …
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The private trade of the British in West Sumatra 1735-1770
… a permanent post on the West Coast of Sumatra in 1685, in order to ensure continued supplies of Indonesian pepper after the Dutch had effectively excluded the British from the pepper trade of West Java by expelling them from Bantam in 1682. The Company's Court of Directors in London had …
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A 3D Analysis of the Indo-Australian Slab Subducting Beneath Sumatra
… and progressively migrates northwest toward Sumatra by 24 Ma, which aligns well with the timing of renewed magmatism along the Sunda arc described by Lai et al. (2023).
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The 2004 and 1861 Tsunami Deposits on Simeulue Island, Western Sumatra
… tsunamis along the subduction zone along western Sumatra represent a significant seismic hazard that is not well understood. I present the results of mapping, paleoseimologic, and geochronologic studies of tsunami deposits exposed on Simeulue Island, western Sumatra, to document the timing of past …
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THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND THE CONTEST FOR NORTH SUMATRA 1858-1896
… study describes the painful transition of North Sumatra from a number of independent states to a part of Netherlands India. This is seen not as a simple conflict of Netherlands imperialism and Indonesian parochialism, but as a three-sided contest in which the independent commercial interest of …
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Reservoir simulation study of the upper reservoir KSB field, north Sumatra, Indonesia
Includes bibliographical references.
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A fault-controlled geothermal system in Tarutung (North Sumatra, Indonesia)investigated by seismological analysis
… shape and the characteristics of the strike-slip Sumatran fault. Within the Tarutung basin, the seismicity is distributed more broadly which coincides with the margin of the basin. An extensional duplex system in the Tarutung basin is derived from the seismicity and focal mechanism analysis which …
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Toba Batak Marriage and Alliance: Family Decisions in an Urban Context (Kinship, Sumatra, Indonesia)
I examine the Toba Batak asymmetric alliance system from an interpretive perspective, arguing that structure is rooted in the context and social action. Detailed case study data on marriage decisions by middle-class families in Medan, Indonesia, demonstrate that alliance systems are more than the …
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Economic feasibility and impact analysis of an improved ferry service between Java and Sumatra
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1988.
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Investigations in Land Use Modelling: Comparing Analytical Techniques, Data Volumes, and Policy Scenarios in Sumatra
… policy scenarios for protected areas in southern Sumatra. The parameters estimated from a large dataset are found to be substantially different than those from a small dataset. The linear-in-parameters multinomial logit and neural network specifications as estimated on the large dataset are not …
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The effects of forest degradation on arboreal apes within Sikundur, the Gunung Leuser Ecosystem, Northern Sumatra.
… of this project show that Sikundur in Northern Sumatra, a degraded tropical forest, is highly climatically variable. This climatic variability in turn alters how and when siamang range within the forest canopy. Due to the structural and climatic heterogeneity of the Sikundur landscape, different …
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The effect of habitat management on biodiversity and ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia
… in Tropical Agriculture (BEFTA) Programme in Sumatra, Indonesia. Study sites are based across four habitat types, including three different levels of understory management in mature oil palm plantations and a recently-replanted oil palm site. We investigated the effect of these management …
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Spatial efficiency of urban centers as a basis for regional development : a case study of South Sumatra.
Thesis. 1979. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Sleeping trees and sleep-related behaviours of siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) living in a degraded lowland forest, Sumatra, Indonesia.
… lowland forest in Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. Siamang were shown to sleep at the end of branches in tall, stable, emergent trees, high above the mean canopy height. Sleeping trees had an optimum percentage of canopy connectivity and number of large branches, as well as being …
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A multiscale analysis and quantification of human impacts on Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) habitat in Riau, Sumatra
… hotspots and endangered species such as the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae). While Riau Province, Sumatra, produces approximately 20% of the world's palm oil, tigers still inhabit parts of Riau, though their habitat and prey are understudied. Thus, in this research, I aim to assess …
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The Influence of Forest Structure on Sumatran Orangutan Nesting and Densities in the Lowland Dipterocarp Forests of North Sumatra
… from transects conducted at two sites in North Sumatra; Sikundur (a naturally recovered site) and Sei Betung (reforested site). Selection patterns for tree and forest structure variables showed no significant difference across sites when modelling nest trees against forest trees. Nest trees had …
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