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Ecosystem service provision in dynamic heath landscapes.
… explore all these themes in the Dorset lowland heathlands, UK. The Dorset lowland heathlands are highly fragmented and a priority habitat for nature conservation because they are rare and threatened and support a characteristic flora and fauna. The main threat to this habitat is now woody …
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Sir Robert Heath (1575-1649): A Biography
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T23:20:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7317287.pdf: 16596815 bytes, checksum: 9ebe7a75947d16ffd3beb1956bef0ad6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1972
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Tenant management at Bromley-Heath : a case study.
Thesis. 1979. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Strategy for an economic self-sufficiency program at Bromley Heath
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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Spiders on lowland heath: Functional diversity and abundance in relation to heathland structure
… effects on biodiversity worldwide. The Dorset Heathlands, despite historical changes and drastic losses, are home to some of the rarest species in the UK. The dominant plants, ericaceous shrubs, vary in structure according to age, creating a heterogeneous landscape of different habitats. …
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The interaction of Sika deer (Cervus nippon Temminck 1838) with lowland heath mosaics.
… in landscapes comprising of mosaics of lowland heath, woodlands and grassland. Despite the association between the distribution of Sika deer and that of lowland heath, little is known regarding the extent to which Sika deer utilize lowland heath and their impacts on its plant and animal …
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An evaluation of the community organization process in the Bromley-Heath housing project
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1971.
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Observer-Based Simultaneous States and Parameters Estimation Method with Application to System Heath Monitoring
Joint state and parameter estimation is paramount in many engineering and scientific fields, as it involves determining the internal states of a system and the estimation of its time-varying / unknown parameters simultaneously. This twin estimation aspect is crucial for real-time system monitoring, …
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Nitrogen uptake patterns by snow addition in a sub-Arctic dry heath tundra ecosystem
The Arctic heath tundra ecosystem is undergoing rapid transformations driven by climate change,which particularly affectssnow accumulation and the length of the growing season. In this study, I examined the influence of snow depth on parameters such as water content, soil temperature, microbial …
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Spatial Pattern Analysis of Tree Species Distribution in a Central Appalachian Upland Heath Barren
… conditions and other plants. Appalachian heath systems are presently understudied regarding spatial point pattern research, despite representing a unique and biologically valuable ecosystem. In this study, we characterized the spatial pattern of three tree species distributions in the …
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The micropaleontology and stratigraphy of the subsurface "Heath" formation (Mississippian-Pennsylvanian) of western North Dakota
… of which Dr. Holland was chairman.</p> <p>The “Heath” Formation, between the underlying Otter and the overlying Amsden(?) Formations in the subsurface of southwestern North Dakota, is a source of petroleum in the Scoria-Fryburg, Rocky Ridge and Dickinson oil fields. Cores, cut from the interval …
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Investigating biases in census questions on mortality using Agincourt heath and demographic surveillance system data
An understanding of the errors found in census questions is important in order to assess the level of confidence in the census data and to get an appreciation of the impact of using these data in estimating mortality derived from census data. While demographic methods are often used to determine …
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Population ecology and conservation genetics of the smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) in a fragmented heath landscape
… rarest snake, being confined to the lowland heathlands of Dorset, Hampshire and Surrey. As a result, it remains the least understood; despite being listed as a key biodiversity action plan species. Substantial loss and fragmentation of its primary UK habitat - lowland heathland - has occurred …
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The Performance Of Alternative Interest Rate Risk Measures And Immunization Strategies Under A Heath-Jarrow-Morton Framework
The Heath-Jarrow-Morton (HJM) model represents the latest in powerful arbitrage-free technology for modeling the term structure and managing interest rate risk. Yet risk management strategies in the form of immunization portfolios using duration, convexity, and M-square are still widely used in …
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Visions of Origins and Ends: Personhood in the Poetry of T.S. Eliot, John Heath-Stubbs, and Geoffrey Hill
… by his poetic successors Geoffrey Hill and John Heath-Stubbs, that recovers the integral humanism undergirding Christian belief in the responsible will, action, and knowledge of human persons made for love. If, as Eliot posits in the Four Quartets, “In my beginning is my end,” then the creation …
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Efficiency and Accuracy of Alternative Implementations of No-Arbitrage Term Structure Models of the Heath-Jarrow-Morton Class
… of no-arbitrage, especially those of the Heath-Jarrow-Morton (1992) class, have become very popular recently, both with academics and practitioners. Surprisingly however, although the implied volatility function plays a crucial role in these no-arbitrage term structure models, there is …
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