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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"landscape ecology"”.
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Mathematical and Computational Applications in Disease and Landscape Ecology
… National Science Foundation's IGERT: Montana - Ecology of Infectious Diseases (MEID) program is to produce graduates with expertise to lead the collaborative, cross-, and inter-disciplinary efforts in education and research needed to address complex problems as exemplified by the ecology of …
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Mathematical and Computational Applications in Disease and Landscape Ecology
… National Science Foundation's IGERT: Montana - Ecology of Infectious Diseases (MEID) program is to produce graduates with expertise to lead the collaborative, cross-, and inter-disciplinary efforts in education and research needed to address complex problems as exemplified by the ecology of …
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Landscape Ecology of Chronic Wasting Disease in Virginia, USA
… predict their occurrence and spread across landscapes. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a neurodegenerative disease in the deer family Cervidae caused by a prion, a pathogenic and misfolded variant of a naturally occurring protein. Managing and controlling CWD is imperative for conservation …
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Landscape Ecology of Birds on Mount Leconte, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
… were related to species' responses to changes in landscape structure and composition. Distinct patterns in vegetation that corresponded with different forest types and zones of rapid and gradual change in bird abundance were observed. Greenness and wetness values differentiated closed canopy fir …
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The landscape ecology of brown hares and European rabbits in pastures in the north east of England
The declines of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus), a priority species for conservation in the UK, may have been caused by changes in agricultural management. This study aims to identify hare distribution, density, habitat selection and demography in grasslands in order to benefit their future …
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An Assessment of Potential Habitat Corridors and Landscape Ecology for Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca Fascicularis) on Bali, Indonesia
… database was also analyzed to determine if the landscape type that has the highest percentage of overlap with the 42 Balinese long-tailed macaque home range sites is forest. The results indicate that connectivity between troops located within Bali's western region is significantly higher than …
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Population Biology and Landscape Ecology of Digenetic Trematode Parasites in their Gastropod Hosts, with Special Emphasis on Echinostoma spp.
… presence of definitive hosts. Additionally, the ecology and abundance of the definitive hosts and snail size were intimately associated with the infection patterns of miracidia in their gastropod first intermediate hosts.
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An Approach to Open Space Planning Based on the Principles of Landscape Ecology: An Application to Greater Roanoke Area
… There has been parallel progress in the field of landscape ecology and landscape planning for better understanding of our environment. The primary goal of this thesis is to use concepts from both of these fields with an intent of developing an approach which will help both planners and landscape …
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Open Space Planning; Utilizing Green Infrastructure to Preserve Community
… this project explores combining concepts of landscape ecology, green infrastructure planning and conservation subdivision patterns to design an integrative open space/community network.</p>
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Use of geographic information systems and infrared-triggered cameras to assess white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) habitat in Denton County, Texas.
… following metrics: geology, soils, landcover, landscape ecology, streams, shorelines, land use, population, roads, structures, and census methods.
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Connecting backyard wildlife habitats in Austin, TX : case study of Wildlife Austin
… of the Wildlife Austin from the perspective of landscape ecology and urban ecology; reviews research related to backyard habitats in order to identify ways of enhancing habitat connectivity for bird communities; and provides recommendations for a more scientifically grounded approach and …
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Designing for ecology : the ecological park
… in park design. Reference to the literature on landscape ecology is used to analyze the natural ecological merit of these parks, while reference to the literature on communicative elements of the landscape is used to analyze the pedagogic, or socio-cultural merit of these parks. Two case studies …
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Sustainable agriculture in central Illinois: Visioning the future
… services, agricultural sustainability and landscape ecology and applies the information to a predominantly agricultural region in Central Illinois. This paper also examines the role landscape designers and planners can play in working with planning agencies and local communities to develop …
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Ecological Process in Pattern Generation in Tropical Coral-Seagrass Reefscapes
Landscape ecology links pattern to process, and the importance of pattern-producing organisms to ecosystem health and functioning is well established in terrestrial systems. Near-shore tropical marine reefscapes also feature many diverse and easily-observable patterns at the intersection of …
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Estimating the Hausdorff dimension
… fields such as molecular biology, epidemiology, landscape, ecology, geology, physics, etc., is becoming more common. In order to use fractals to model many phenomena, the researcher requires the knowledge of the fractal, or Hausdorff-Besicovitch, dimension. However, no statistical properties of …
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Guaratiba verde: subsídios para o projeto de uma infra-estrutura verde em área de expansão urbana na cidade do Rio de Janeiro
… presents several topics related to ecological landscape planning. It starts with a brief history of its origins in the late XIX century, delineates its development during the XX century and emphasizes its substantive role in the sustainable development awareness during the last decades. It also …
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Landscape pattern and blister rust infection in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) at alpine treeline, Northern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.
… of this research were: 1) to characterize the landscape structure of the treeline study sites at Divide Mountain in Glacier National Park and at Wyoming Creek in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana using landscape metrics and fieldwork; 2) to determine the frequency of blister rust infection of …
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The investigation of edge effects within ragmented forest islands in Short Hills Provincial Park
It has been well documented, within the field of landscape ecology, that terrestrial fragmentation contributes to increased heterogeneity at the landscape level. It has also been observed that elevated areas of edge habitat occur within fragmented landscapes. Spatial and temporal edge effects were …
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Habitat modelling and the ecology of the marsh tit (Poecile palustris).
… knowledge of the Marsh Tit’s behaviour, landscape ecology and habitat selection remains incomplete, limiting the understanding of the species’ decline. This thesis provides additional key information on the ecology of the Marsh Tit with which to test and review leading hypotheses for the …
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