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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"land use systems"”.
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Biofilm development in streams draining from contrasting land use systems.
… environment may play an important role within ecosystems. This study was conducted to investigate the influence of different land use systems and their effect on colonizing and developing aquatic biofilms. On conclusion of the experiment, a model was developed to explain the growth and development …
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Nutrient dynamics and their control in land use systems of forest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
… wurde die Nachhaltigkeit verschiedener Landnutzungssysteme in Bezug auf Bodenfruchtbarkeit bewertet. Das Untersuchungsgebiet ist durch fortschreitende Waldumwandlung, hauptsächlich durch Kleinbauern, geprägt. Die Studie war in 3 Teile gegliedert: Im ersten Teil (A) wurde der Einfluss des …
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Comparisons of N2O and CH4 fluxes as affected by land use systems and climate in small catchments in Korea
… terrains and how natural as well as agricultural systems react to climatic and other anthropogenic changes. Emissions of greenhouse gases like Nitrous oxide (N2O) and Methane (CH4) are of global concern, too, because they are involved in global warming and therewith: climate change. Major sources …
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Living in a changing world: an integrated approach to documenting and understanding medium to long-term vegetation changes in three contrasting land use systems in a mesic savanna, Nothern Zululand, South Africa
… between trees and grasses in savannas and grasslands has been disrupted in the recent past. Numerous studies from around the world have reported an increasing woody component at the expense of the grass layer. The causes most frequently cited for this shift are linked to changing land use …
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Changes in soil properties and their effects on maize productivity following sesbania and pigeon pea improved fallow system in Eastern Zambia
… in crop productivity under fallow cultivation systems compared with continuously cropped maize system, and (2) to quantify the nitrogen mineralization patterns when mixing litter(dry leaves or senesced leaves) and fresh leaves of fallow species. The experiment was laid out as a randomised …
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Soil microbial community structure and function of agriculturally used Mollisols in the periurban area around Buenos Aires, Argentina, with emphasis on pesticide and heavy metal contamination
… about an environmental contamination because of an enhanced application of pesticides and heavy metal containing fertilisers in the course of which organic management systems are getting increasing attention. The green belt is agriculturally used in manifold ways. Besides fallows and …
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Local land use on Borneo: applications of indigenous knowledge systems and natural resource utilization among the Benuaq Dayak of Kalimantan, Indonesia
… a broad but integrated system of human-land relationships among the Benuaq Dayak, an indigenous group who maintain their customary laws and land use systems. The study identifies and analyzes instances of community related land management and resource utilization in the interior of …
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Socio-economic issues in rural afforestation in Kenya
… Kenya was declared a British Colony in 1895, land use and land tenure have undergone rapid evolution from varied traditional African communal systems into freehold commercialised or semi-commercialised systems. Forests and trees in private lands have also undergone a revolutionary history …
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Socio-economic issues in rural afforestation in Kenya
… Kenya was declared a British Colony in 1895, land use and land tenure have undergone rapid evolution from varied traditional African communal systems into freehold commercialised or semi-commercialised systems. Forests and trees in private lands have also undergone a revolutionary history …
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Integrated watershed modeling of mountainous landscapes : Assessing the environmental performance of an intensive farming system in South Korea
… are of global concern. Intensive farming systems coupled with a high amounts of fertilizer applied to secure an increasing crop yield have a negative effects on the global environment. The nonpoint source pollution, such as sediments and nutrients from the intensive farming systems and …
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Transformation of rural space from an institutional perspective. Socio-economic development and land use change in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China
Landscapes and societies in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Southwest China have undergone unprecedented changes over the last 60 years. These transformations within the landscapes manifest themselves as land cover change, for example intensification of traditional land use systems and …
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Land use Activities in Protected Areas and its Implications for Conservation: A Case Study of Maswa Game Reserve
Uncontrolled land uses near wildlife conservation areas present a greater challenge to biodiversity and reduce the size of protected areas something which will limit their ability to conserve biodiversity in this century. The present study was conducted in Maswa game reserve with the aim of …
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Dynamics of Land Use, Environment, and Social Organization in the Sasanian Landscape of Eastern Iraq—Western Iran
… emphasized the dominant role of human on landscape transformation. In addition, politically centralized schemes such as agricultural intensification and expansion of water supply systems have been at the center of most of the discussions and remained the main hypothesis of the Sasanian …
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Keanekaragaman dan dominasi arthropoda tanah pada cagar alam manggis gadungan dan perkebunan kopi berbasis agroforesti Mangli di Kecamatan Puncu Kabupaten Kediri
… particularly soil arthropods rely on state land. Biotic and abiotic factors on the ground will affect soil conditions. Difference land use will affect the abundance and composition of soil arthropods. Diversity of soil arthropods in forest Nature Reserve Manggis Gadungan (CAMG) is an …
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Adoption Potential of two Agroforestry Technologies: Improved Fallows and Domestication of Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Humid Forest and Savannah Zones of Cameroon
… complexity, profitability, acceptability and users’ perception of benefits and disadvantages, relevance and compatibility; and (2) existing land-use systems and farmers’ livelihood strategies. The study demonstrated that the interest of farmers in tree fallows currently is low because of …
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Impact of environmental law enforcement on deforestation, land use and natural regeneration in the Brazilian Amazon
… region, on reducing deforestation, reshaping land use change, through livestock, agriculture and natural restoration, and the persistence of natural regeneration. First, I assess the influence of law enforcement on forest loss reduction through a spatial analysis at the municipality level. The …