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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"intensive agriculture"”.
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The effects of intensive agriculture on the breeding of the lapwing (Vanellus vanellus L.).
Changes in modem agriculture have been shown to have detrimental affects on those bird species whose populations mainly inhabit the wider countryside. Recently extensive changes to the farmed landscape have occurred through implementation of European agricultural policy much of which has been …
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Storage Practices, Intensive Agriculture, and Social Change in Mumun Pottery Period Korea, 2903–2450 Calibrated Years B.P.
Storage is an important part of the background in many archaeological studies of the origins of early complex societies. Yet, a problem with many of these studies of formation and change in complex societies is that the social significance of storage is assumed rather than demonstrated. In this …
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THE ORCHARD AND ITS DWELLERS: PATHWAYS FOR RECONCILING NATURE CONSERVATION WITH INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE IN THE NON VALLEY APPLE DISTRICT, NORTHERN ITALY
L’agricoltura moderna sta affrontando la sfida globale di sfamare la crescente popolazione umana e contemporaneamente ridurre drasticamente il suo impatto ambientale. Fino ad ora, l’intensificazione agricola è avvenuta a discapito dei sistemi naturali, comportando un declino globale della …
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Incentive Structures, Labour Performance, and Fruit Quality: Panel Evidence from a South African Deciduous Fruit Operation (2017–2019)
… and revisiting equity frameworks in labour-intensive agriculture. The study contributes novel panel-based evidence to the limited literature on incentive pay in agricultural labour markets and highlights the role of institutional design and motivation theory in shaping fruit quality outcomes.
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Behavioral Reconstruction of the Kerma Era Nubians
… the urban and rural populations had much more intensive agriculture and were more socially complex than the subsistence based population. This increase in workload with the advent of agriculture (Cohen and Armelagos, 1984; Goodman et al., 1984; Larsen, 1995) and with increase in social …
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Impact of Biochar Amendment, Hydraulic Retention Time, and Influent Concentration on N and P Removal in Horizontal Flow-Through Bioreactors
The advent of industrial, fertilizer-intensive agriculture during the 20th century has promoted export of anthropogenic nutrients, spurring degradation of ecosystem biodiversity and water quality. Exported nitrogen and phosphorus are recognized drivers of this deterioration, and require management. …
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Freshwater fish in the Waikato region : an evaluation of novel standardised data and drivers of fish distribution and abundance : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Ecology at Massey University Manawatū, New Zealand
… bullies appear to be excluded from areas of intensive agriculture throughout the central Waikato with redfin bullies in particular predominantly limited to areas of remaining indigenous forest cover. This pattern is mirrored by shortfin eels which have high predicted presence and relative …
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Anthropogenic environmental change and habitat occupancy by riparian muskrats in a Midwestern landscape
Increased urban land cover and more intensive agriculture in the Midwest have changed the landscape for wildlife species. Distributions of semi-aquatic mammals such as muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) may respond to environmental changes including increased urbanization, alteration of hydrology, …
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Mazique (22AD502): Late Woodland Village or Vacant Ceremonial Center?
… who practiced redistributive buffering without intensive agriculture and built civic ceremonial centers capable of supporting permanent residential populations that consistently followed a prescriptive site plan.</p>
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The Production of Space, Place, and Food: The Ecology of Money and the Emergence of Transformative Circuits of Money Capital
… or industrial food system, characterized by intensive agriculture, and the countervailing agriculture of alternative food networks supply contrasting subjects for investigating the role of distance in the production and reproduction of social and environmental externalities. By means of the …
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The potential effectiveness of eco-n nitrification inhibitor in reducing nitrification rates in a range of key New Zealand dairy pasture soils: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours
… public concern over nitrate leaching from intensive agriculture, has led to a demand for accurate scientific research into nitrate leaching losses and the development of mitigation strategies to inhibit the detrimental effects of nitrate leaching on the environment and human health. Recent …
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Environmental, spatial and temporal drivers of plant community composition in British forest habitat
… and exposure to nutrient inputs from surrounding intensive agriculture. This thesis uses a unique combination of data on plant species occurrence, local environmental conditions and forest spatial extent in order to investigate the ways in which species richness and functional diversity in forest …
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Factors controlling the distribution and spread of bracken (Pteridium Aquilinum) in Scotland
… Soil moisture stress, heavy frost and relatively intensive agriculture in the east results in a higher bracken zone (and therefore suboptimal soils and temperatures) in the east than in the west.
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Sea surface distribution of nitrous oxide and methane in European shelf seas and the Atlantic Ocean
Abstract Human activities, including intensive agriculture and fertiliser use, are altering the radiative forcing on the planet by increasing the amount of the climatically active gases, nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4), in the troposphere. There are currently uncertainties in quantifying the …
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The Impact of the Haitian Revolution on the Hispanic Caribbean, c. 1791-1830
… American colonies towards the potential of intensive agriculture, especially sugar. The process was accelerated by France’s loss of Saint-Domingue in 1804, which presented the Spanish islands under Carlos IV (1788-1808) with the opportunity to have a much larger share of the sugar trade – a …
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The System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Complicating the global narrative
… that is an alternative to top-down, input-intensive agriculture, yet can greatly expand yields and farm incomes. These properties are argued to be particularly important in a world of rising temperatures and increased demand for foodstuffs. In projecting SRI as a singular solution to …
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Quiltmaking and Social Order in the Tennessee Delta in the Middle 20th Century
In an area dominated by large-farm cotton agriculture, a vernacular small-farm quilt culture was established in the Tennessee Delta by the early 1900s. Its improvisation-friendly methods allowed makers to make design decisions during construction while assuring a successful outcome: a visually …
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In name only: Water policy, the state, and ejidatario producers in northern Mexico
… with commercial production. Mexico's water and agriculture policies are intended to allow the strongest, most efficient producers to become more competitive. I argue, however, that the water and agricultural reform package overall does not benefit Sonoran producers, and particularly …
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Analysis of Oocyte Quality in the Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
… the threat of extinction due to habitat loss, intensive agriculture, hunting for meat, the pet trade and/or use in traditional medicines. An alternative approach to in situ conservation includes gene banking and the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), such as oocyte in vitro …
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Assessing the Effects of Chronic Neonicotinoid Insecticide Exposure on Aquatic Insects using Multiple Experimental Approaches
… used plant protection products in industrialized agriculture, and are hypothesized to be contributing to losses in non-target insect biodiversity. The lack of toxicological data evaluating the effects of neonicotinoids restricts the ability of regulators to adequately protect sensitive insects …
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