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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"socio-ecology"”.
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The socio-ecology and social behaviour of the brown hyaena Hyaena Brunnea, Thunberg, 1820 in the southern Kalahari.
The brown hyaena in the southern Kalahari is predominantly a scavenger of mammal remains, supplementing its diet with wild fruits as well as other vertebrate remains, insects, birds' eggs and the occasional small animal which is killed. Brown hyaenas are solitary foragers, but most of them live in …
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An ethnography of St Helena Bay - A West Coast Town in the age of neoliberalism
… 'outside' are imposing themselves on the local socio-ecology. For small-scale fishers, the lack of recognition by the state of what they believe is their autochthonous right to access to the marine commons feeds an intense sense of frustration. The act of breaking 'the rules' of the state is …
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GOVERNANCE FOR RESILIENCE IN RESOURCE-RICH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA
… It draws on two interrelated research areas: socio-ecology and resilience as a guide to the conceptual development and analysis. The Niger Delta region is a gigantic economic reservoir of both national and international importance. It is richly endowed with oil and gas reserves, which feed …
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Studying coupled human and natural systems from a decentralized perspective: the case of agent-based and decentralized modeling
… fields such as economics, social sciences, ecology, hydrology, biology, climate sciences and many others. In this thesis, we claim that most coupled human and natural systems are decentralized and would better be modeled from a decentralized perspective. Agent-based models, especially can be …
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The social and management factors that contribute to the ecological sustainability of oil palm plantations
… groups acted as examples of the range of farmer socio-demographics, attitudes, and management decisions that exist, and allowed me to assess the alignment between the intentions of partnership programs and the current realities of smallholder plantations on the ground. Field work was conducted …
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An Empirical and Theoretical Comparison of the Socio-ecological Behaviors of Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Bonobos (Pan paniscus), and Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla): Social Tolerance and Behavioral Responses to Changes in Food Quality and Distribution
… to be the main factor leading to the socio-ecological traits of each species. Access to, and competition for, terrestrial herbaceous vegetation (THV) in each of the three species in thought to be linked to the social relationships and female-female bonds of each species. This study …
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Transformation of rural space from an institutional perspective. Socio-economic development and land use change in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China
… profound transformations within their social and socio-cultural configurations. Based on the outcomes of field work in Xishuangbanna between 2006 and 2010, this study examines institutions, institutional voids and institutional change concerning land-use in the Naban River Watershed National …
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Knowledge Practices in the Modelling of "Socio-Ecological Coevolutions"
Diese Arbeit basiert auf einer explorierenden ethnografischen Forschung bei einer interdisziplinären Forschungsgruppe, die mathematische Modelle und Computersimulationen komplexer sozio-ökologischer Transformationen entwickelt. Die detaillierte empirische Beschreibung von Wissenspraxen in der …