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Showing 1 to 20 of 3851 for “"ecosystem"”.
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Global warming and world ecosystem distribution : toward quantifying ecosystem change
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1993.
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Assessment of ecosystem integrity of lowland dipterocarp forest ecosystem using remote sensing
Ecosystem Integrity Index (EII) is a concept to determine the quality or the health of an ecosystem. The EII development can assist forest managers and decision makers in the conservation effort and forest management in Malaysia through the development of a simple and easy-to-adopt index. The aim …
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Ecosystem responses to precipitation extremes
… knowledge about how precipitation impacts ecosystem processes by considering how changing extremity at both intra-annual and interannual timescales impacts different components of the carbon cycle. To achieve this, I employed a novel experimental design that imposed multiple levels (n = 11 …
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Advancing process-based ecosystem modeling
Contains fulltext : 292309.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Mapping the contemporary esports ecosystem
… and inclusive map of the esports industry ecosystem. This novel study used document analysis and in-depth semi-structured interviews to collect detailed information on the esports industry. The interviews focused on operations of the contemporary esports industry, especially one main …
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Mapping the open-source ecosystem
… a field of research, projects in an open-source ecosystem use the work of others and are subsequently used by others as research advances. This dissertation uses tools from citation networks and applies them to dependencies in open-source networks taken from the dataset provided by Libraries.io …
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Build Alipay ecosystem in Brazil
… domestic market through building a comprehensive ecosystem, Alipay, like many other Chinese tech giants, is also considering expanding its reach into the global market. Among emerging countries, Brazil stands out as being an ideal target for many reasons. Currently, large portions of Brazilian …
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Designing for the endless ecosystem
… by the synthesis and decomposition of matter by ecosystems. In this methodology, matter is only temporarily diverted from the continuity of organic processes. Motivated by the immense power of ecosystems to efficiently produce and consume matter, this work proposes that both human and non-human …
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Toward A Healthcare Services Ecosystem
This research examines the healthcare services ecosystem and the impact and role service interventions made by providers and patients have on this ecosystem. Each area has an important role in contributing to the value and sustainability of the ecosystem. Healthcare, as a community service, …
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Towards scalable modern marine ecosystem monitoring
… and deoxygenation at unprecedented rates, while ecosystems, often represented by iconic umbrella species such as North Atlantic right whales, emperor penguins, and coral reef ecosystems, face mounting anthropogenic pressures. Addressing these data gaps requires fundamentally better ocean …
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Computer modelling the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem
… a particular area, a specific understanding of ecosystem function is required. Creating a simulation model using available research data may provide a way to achieve this. In this thesis, the construction of a comprehensive model delineating the dynamics of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem is …
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Environmental Justice in Ecosystem Restoration Frameworks
Ecosystem restoration projects are happening frequently around the globe, driven by an increase in awareness about the importance of healthy ecosystems to humans. These projects play an important role in mitigating negative environmental impacts that vulnerable communities face. However, no clear …
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Integrating Ecosystem Services in urban planning
While ecosystem service knowledge has demonstrated to enhance decision-making at different levels, successfully managing the interface between science and policies is still a challenge. The thesis focuses on cities, and aims to explore the integration of ecosystem services in urban planning …
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Bioeconomy: Regional Innovation Ecosystem (West Ireland)
… and Sligo for developing Regional Innovation Ecosystem focused on Bioeconomy for land and sea. This thesis has explored the mechanisms of Interactions that can contribute towards active collaboration of these four key players such as meetings, webinars etc. that are necessary for knowledge …
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A study of forest ecosystem development
… taking place with time in a relatively simple ecosystem of Pinus radiata D. Don. on skeletal soils and integrades to Yellow-Brown Sands. Every endeavour was made to keep other soil forming factors (and the influence of other factors on the ecosystem) as constant as possible, thus satisfying the …
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Multiple ecosystem services in smallholder agriculture
… ecological origins and social implications of ecosystem services, the benefits ecosystems provide to society, is predicated on the downward trends observed for many services. Current work increasingly emphasizes how interactions among ecosystem services (synergies and trade-offs) affect the …
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Mangrove ecosystem dynamics and clearance impacts
Despite rapid declines in global mangrove ecosystem area, temperate mangrove ecosystems in New Zealand have increased in area in recent decades. Mangrove clearance is increasingly being used as a strategy to manage this expansion. One of the aims of mangrove clearance is to return sandflat habitats …
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Intellectual Property Strategy and Ecosystem Evolution
… in firms’ external environment, the innovation ecosystem, as an emerging lens, has been proposed to complement the traditional industry structure framing in the strategy and innovation research. While there have been numerous studies focusing on the generic strategies in the ecosystem, research …
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Assessing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Tunisia
… as a first step, the actual entrepreneurial ecosystem within the Tunisian context and apprehend how its key elements were shaped in order to optimize later on its economic impact. In our study, we will begin by highlighting the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development, …
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Productivity, physiology, community dynamics, and ecological impacts of a grassland agro-ecosystem: integrating field studies and ecosystem modeling
Grasslands are among the largest ecosystems in the world and provide numerous ecosystem services. These services include the ecosystem benefits important in an agricultural context such as biomass production and benefits from an ecological perspective such as mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. …
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