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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Woodlots"”.
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The contribution of Eucalyptus woodlots initiative to livelihoods of small-scale timber growers in Vhembe district, Limpopo Province
The Eucalyptus woodlots provide material benefits that could support the livelihoods of the communities. These trees are very important to the rural households; they provide an array of products, particularly timber and fuelwood. However, there is lack of information on contribution of Eucalyptus …
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Effect of a supplemental food supply on the reproductive attainment of the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
… food supplemented Experimental and two Control woodlots near the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, from December 1972 to June 1974. Mast, the major fall-winter food for the squirrel, was scarce to absent in the Fall of both 1972 and 1973. Due to …
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The influence of woodlot size and location in suburban and rural matrices on bird species richness and individual abundance
… were more likely to be present in smaller woodlots, whereas in spring, they were somewhat more common in larger woodlots. Tufted Titmouse may exploit the habitat structure of smaller woodlots in fragmented landscapes to increase access to foraging habitat. Conservation strategies that …
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Farm forestry decision-making strategies of the Guraghe Households, Southern-Central Highlands of Ethiopia
… explain farmers readiness to expand eucalypt woodlots. The model so constructed correctly predicted 84.1 % of the households that established additional eucalypt woodlots mainly for cash generation. The total number of eucalypt trees owned by households is significantly related to the attitude …
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The behavior of displaced gray squirrels
… to 7,120 feet from their home woodlot to other woodlots on the College Farm of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Twenty-three (43%) remained where released. Nine (17%) homed. Four were displaced a second time; none returned. No squirrel homed more than 3,624 feet. More females …
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Horizontal starch gel electrophoresis as a technique for examining gray squirrel population genetics
… electropherograms were compared among several woodlots using chi-square contingency tables. On the basis of these frequencies, no differences were found among the woodlot populations of gray squirrels examined in this study.
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Assessing Landscape Change in Highland Peru with an Emphasis on Tree Cover Change, 1948-2012
… smallholder intensification in the form of new woodlots, field borders and dooryard trees. The remote sensing results show there was a significant increase in larger patches of trees beyond the view of the photographs. Many of these new large patches were associated with government sponsored …
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Influence of the social hierarchy on gray squirrel behavior
… at feeding stations, gray squirrels in two woodlots were ranked in a social hierarchy by the percentile rank formula and by the linear method. Correlations of rank in the social hierarchy with age, size of home range, and feeding activity under inclement wind conditions were tested …
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Telemetric determination of movements and behavior of released pheasants
… most frequently observed in, or adjacent to, woodlots. The spring-released pheasants exhibited a more gradual decline in numbers observed on the study area than the fall released birds. Breeding activity was thought to be partly responsible for the increase in spring observations. Three hens …
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Competition Between Fox (Sciurus Niger) and Gray (S. Carolinensis) Squirrels (Illinois, Habitat Selection, Behavior)
… survival and reproduction in supplemented woodlots lend support to the idea that food availability limits squirrel densities during some winters. Although a limiting resource (food) and potential competitive mechanisms (different foraging abilities and agonistic behavior) were identified …
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The Effect of Habitat Fragmentation on Forest Mammals: An Experimental Analysis of Three Squirrel Distributions in the Agricultural Landscape of East Central Illinois
… were successful in two of the three isolated woodlots, including the woodlot with the highest density of resident fox squirrels, indicating that if gray squirrels can reach these sites, they are capable of persisting within them. This finding was contrary to the hypotheses that gray squirrel …
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Maple Sugar Bush Management and Biodiversity Conservation in Eastern Ontario, Canada
… for conserving biodiversity on private woodlots, a list of biodiversity indicators, and a manual for monitoring them. I monitored three of the biodiversity indicators (spring ephemerals, birds, and frogs) on three of the larger sugar bushes in the Eastern Ontario and established that the …
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Wildfire Management in the Southside Region of Canada’s Montane Cordillera - A Systems Modelling Application on Firebreak Strategies
… timber supply areas, provincial parks, woodlots and community forests. Simulation results show that firebreaks are effective in significantly reducing the area burned in different parts of the landscape. The performance of different strategies shows large variation. Although this has not …
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An Analysis of the Ecology and Public Perception of Coarse Woody Debris in Virginia
… suggests that landowners of coniferous woodlots could be effectively educated with presentations. Given that brochures were more effective for females than males, brochures addressing natural resource issues might be the most appropriate, cost effective method of education at events that …
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An integrated rural energy strategy for the Upper Tugela Location, KwaZulu
… There appear to be few attempts to establish woodlots at present in the Upper Tugela Location. Equitable access to local supplies of wood are curtailed. Renewable sources of energy such as thermal and photovoltaic solar energy, micro-hydro and wind generated power, and afforestation have been …
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Foraging ecology and sampling of Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) and its host Halyomorpha halys (Stal) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in wild host trees
… thin windbreaks, and at the edge of contiguous woodlots. Consistent habitat effects on T. japonicus detections were not found between sampling years, but provided the first documentation of the seasonal activity of T. japonicus in the USA. A study of host plant effects on T. japonicus detection …
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Protozoan, helminth and arthropod parasites of the gray squirrel in southwestern Virginia
… were constructed and placed in campus woodlots and monitored for a year. A list of the arthropod species occurring in these nests is given. Several new host records, a number of distributional records and one new species were evidenced in this study.
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A Systems Approach to Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on Agroforestry: A Case Study in Western Tanzania
… to data from field research on rotational woodlots conducted in Tabora, Tanzania from 1996 to 2002 by the World Agroforestry Centre. Four sets of experimental simulations were conducted with the WaNuLCAS model to determine the response of the agroforestry system to changes. Firstly, the …
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Spring Landbird Migration along the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico: Multi-Scaled Investigation of Stopover Ecology Within an Urbanized Landscape
… habitat patch size which suggests that coastal woodlots embedded in heavily urbanized settings may provide valuable opportunities for rest for en route migrants before continuing to stopover sites further inland. Migrants were more concentrated in smaller forested patches, and triglyceride …
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