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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"population management"”.
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Nesting Biology of Osmia cornifrons: Implications for Population Management
… amassed with the goal of enhancing O. cornifrons management practices. This research makes important contributions to that literature in two ways. First, the research describes the in-nest relationship of O. cornifrons and the cleptoparasitic mite pest Chaetodactylus krombeini. Distribution of …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Population Reconstruction for Black Bear (Ursus americanus) and White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Population Management
This study was a comprehensive evaluation of population reconstruction techniques. Population reconstruction techniques are population estimation methods that calculate a minimum population size based on age-specific harvest data (Downing 1980, Roseberry and Woolf 1991). Population reconstruction …
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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Genetic Variation in Scarlet Macaws: Implications for Population Management in La Selva Maya, Central America
… view into the complex realm of natural populations by elucidating the degree and distribution of genetic variation, historical and contemporary processes driving differentiation, and individual behavior patterns. These critical biological parameters create a framework to enhance wildlife …
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Uncommon pasts converging in the digital present: Constructions of gender and race in the era of airport security
… of biometric technology for the purposes of population management is widespread. This is called algorithmic governance, where algorithms are used in decision making processes that govern the functioning of our society. While this technology is constantly being innovated upon, serious …
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Perceptions of emigration in southern Scotland, c1770 - c1830
… The assessment of landholder policies and rural population management indicates that a long-held interest in maintaining and expanding the population did not wane among the greater landholders until around 1830 when estate improvements were completed and rural manufacturing declined. Rather, …
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Re-envisioning community policing: Histories, discourses, and practices in the People’s Republic of China
… interactions such as information work, population management, and social service work. These work stands out to promote a certain social order which is consistent with strengthening bureaucratic centralization promoted by the CCP regime.
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Effects And Interactions Of Antibiotic, Butyrate, And Temperature On Sailfin Molly (Poecilia Latipinna) Metabolism And Gut Microbiota
… insights may help develop strategies in fish population management and aquaculture practices, particularly those involving antibiotics and butyrate supplementation.
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Transitional subjects: gender, race, and the politics of temporality
… body, Michel Foucault’s account of biopolitical population management, Maria Lugones’ analysis of the colonial/modern gender system, and Luce Irigaray’s critique of origin stories, I ask how transgender experience requires a rethinking of foundational continental, queer, feminist frameworks such …
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Collective behavior over social networks with data-driven and machine learning models
… my thesis shed light on marketing campaigns and population management.
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Management Strategy Evaluation for the Atlantic Surfclam, <i>Spisula solidissima</i>, Using a Fisheries Economics Model
… The objective of this project is to perform a management strategy evaluation (MSE) for <em>Spisula solidissima</em>. The terminal goal is to identify a preferred management option that promotes enhanced surfclam productivity in the MAB and increased fishery viability as indicated by improvement …
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Impacts of Deer and Honeysuckle on the Endangered Trillium Reliquum and Its Associated Plant Community
… combinations were established within each population, including: 1) deer excluded, honeysuckle present 2) deer excluded, honeysuckle removed 3) deer accessible, honeysuckle present 4) deer accessible, honeysuckle removed. I measured deer and honeysuckle impacts on T. reliquum and plant …
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The ecology and management of feral cat colonies. A survey of feral cat colonies in Great Britain and an experimental field study of the effect of neutering on the ecology, behaviour and social organisation of a single colony.
… and lived in association with man, The feral cat population of Britain was estimated to be one million and is concentrated in urban areas. A domestic cat survey indicated a total population of 5.9 million cats in Britain. There appeared to be more females than males and a higher proportion of …
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Between Two Motherlands: Struggles for Nationhood Among the Greeks in Bulgaria, 1906--1949
… a prominent minority into a marginalized refugee population after resettlement in Greece. Its history illustrates the tension between nationality as a form of cultural affinity and national ideology as a political doctrine in the twentieth century: the Bulgarian Greeks considered themselves heirs …
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Movement and Association of White-Tailed Deer in Southwest Minnesota
… to white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) population management. Understanding seasonal movement is critical to assessing the frequency of deer association and estimating risk for transmission of chronic wasting disease. Furthermore, knowledge of neonate survival and cause-specific …
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Parentage analysis in a free-ranging, closed population of southern white rhinoceros : genetics, pedigrees and management
Small populations of animals are vulnerable to the consequences of breeding within a closed group – inbreeding depression and genetic drift lead to reductions in genetic variability, which in turn can give rise to the amplification of deleterious traits. Traditionally, managers attempt to minimise …
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Mastering the Story/Storying the Master: Philosophy of Education Discourse and Empire
… to disciplinary power to biopower as a mode of population management, operating not only through race but through gender and class distinctions as well. I analyze the racialized narrative conventions of liberal modern Enlightenment philosophy and the role these conventions continue to play in …
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Transport and retention of benthic marine invertebrates in the Southern Tauranga Basin
… in which individuals are transferred between populations, and is essential for population sustainability and longevity. In estuarine soft sediment communities, dispersal often occurs as the interaction between the individual and tidal flows. Many coastal benthic marine invertebrate populations …
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Can a habitat selection model predict the distribution of moose Alces alces over multiple years?
The Fennoscandian population of moose Alces alces has been growing exponentially for decades. It is the centre of a conflict between stakeholders in the logging and hunting industries, who respectively prefer a low and high number of individuals to maximise economic gain. Population management is …
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Bioacoustic classification of Hainan gibbon call types using deep learning
… group is useful for tracking migration patterns, population management, and identification of new groups. Currently, there has not been any study which attempts to distinguish between the groups. More recently, researchers have begun using deep learning to answer ecological questions, in a similar …
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Landscape Influences on Spatial Patterns of White-tailed Deer Herbivory and Condition Indices in the Central Appalachian Mountains
… habitat arrangements that may influence deer populations and management as well as deer impacts to ecosystems. Locally to regionally, deer populations have had an increasingly negative effect on forest biodiversity and a growing influence on forest succession. In Virginia, the combination of …
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