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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"high country"”.
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Effects of catchment use on some high-country lakes in Canterbury
High-country lakes are important recreational and aesthetic resources and it is important that their catchments are managed to preserve high lake quality. Lakes Grasmere, Pearson and Sarah in the Upper Waimakariri Basin, Canterbury, are small high-country lakes with catchments with different …
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An analysis of the financing of soil conservation subsidies on high country properties
… undertaking soil conservation programmes on high country sheep farms. The results establish that the present method of financing is not satisfactory for all situations. Modifications are suggested and tested. More flexible subsidy financing policies are shown to be desirable because of the …
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Cutting up the high country: the social construction of tenure review and ecological sustainability
… process of dividing New Zealand's South Island high country Crown pastoral leases between primary production and biodiversity conservation held as freehold tenure or full Crown ownership and control respectively. The process, started without a clear statutory mandate in 1991, was subsequently …
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Conflict among hikers and horseback riders in the Mount Rogers High Country of Virginia
… hikers and horseback riders in the Mount Rogers High Country of Virginia. Conflict was examined using three separate measures: crowding, impacts and interference. Examination of an index measure of conflict revealed that 64% of hikers experienced conflict toward horseback riders, while only 3% of …
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Caucasian clover establishment in the high country and grazing responses in ryegrass/white clover lowland pasture
… small with few rhizomes in the first season. The higher fertiliser rate improved establishment and growth, particularly in the strip seeding treatment. Strip seeded Caucasian clover established as rapidly as white clover and plants were similar in size after five months. However, Caucasian clover …
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Mount Peel Station 1856-1982: a historical study of the development of a high-country run in Canterbury, New Zealand : this dissertation has been completed in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma in Landscape Architecture, Lincoln College
Mount Peel Station is located in South Canterbury, in the Rangitata River valley, about 6.5km from Peel Forest Park and about 60km from Timaru, the nearest city. It occupies the sunny, north easterly slopes of the range of hills about Mount Peel, from the Rangitata River up to a level of about …
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Agronomic potential of Lupinus polyphyllus L. for dryland Merino properties in the Mackenzie Basin : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… lupin) as a productive pasture component for high-country pastures. To do this, a combination of on-farm studies, controlled field experiments and glasshouse experiments were carried out. Throughout the thesis, lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) was used as a control. The use of perennial lupin as a …
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Shoulder to the wind : a lyrical evocation of the Bogong High Plains
… the rocks and creatures and winds of the high plateau region of Australia’s south-east corner. Within this elongated spine of high country rise the Bogong High Plains, a series of peaks and sub-alpine grasslands bordered by forests of snow gum and alpine ash. These High Plains are the …
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Project finance in Sub-Saharan African power plants : prevalence and influence of drivers
… is infrastructure to harness them. Given the high cost of infrastructure and other pressing social needs placing demands on government budgets, the support of private sector is needed in the provision of the infrastructure. Project finance (PF) may be instrumental to firms in raising funds for …
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Ancestry Informative Markers Tailored to Hispanic Populations
Hispanic populations are highly heterogeneous despite being grouped together as a conglomerate population; this makes an accurate panel of ancestry informative markers (AIMs) especially important for human identification. In Chapter 2, the Genomic Origins and Admixture in Latinos (GOAL) dataset …
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Hydrological factors influencing the ecology of riverbed breeding birds on the plains' reaches of Canterbury's braided rivers : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Canterbury
… oriented studies have occurred mainly in the high country catchments where habitat modification is slight. However, substantial bird numbers also occur on lowland riverbeds. These areas are subject to existing or planned water developments which may have negative impacts on the conservation of …
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From Religious Freedom to Indigenous Sovereignty: The Case of Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988)
… development plan in an area (known as the High Country) that was considered central to the religious practice of three local American Indian nations. The Court admitted that “It is undisputed that the Indian respondents’ beliefs are sincere and that the Government’s proposed actions will …
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Development of mechanistic energy balance models for grassland
… located on the Canterbury Plains and site 2 a high country site with a mixture of tussock and introduced species such as browntop. A set of climatic instruments was used at both sites, including a solarimeter, net radiometer, wet and dry bulbs in a Stevenson screen, and anemometer, with …