Multi-Sector Sustainability in Agroecosystem Environments: Using Value Function Iteration for Numerical Solutions [PDF]
Using the numerical technique of value iteration, this paper imposes several sustainability constraints on a simple multi-sector agroecosystem model, and provides analysis of the costs tradeoffs within and between generations.
Bond, Craig A.
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Insect Science, EarlyView.The level of aggressiveness of an individual is a factor that shapes intraguild predation (IGP) interactions. In Nabis americoferus, high aggressiveness leads to an increase in attack rate and IGP against Harmonia axyridis. Moreover, the absence of extraguild prey seems to exacerbate IGP. In docile N.
Pierre Royer +3 more
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COMMUNITY BASED RESOURCE PLANNING - Studies from Zimbabwe and Northern Australia [PDF]
Community/Rural/Urban Development,
Anonymous, Carter, J.L., Norman, P.L.
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Characterization of white grub (Melolonthidae; Coleoptera) in salak plantation based on morphology and protein banding pattern [PDF]
, 2009 Abstrak. Maryati KT, Sugiyarto. 2010. Karakterisasi lundi putih (Melolonthidae: Coleoptera) pada pertanaman salak berdasarkan ciri morfologi dan pola pita protein. Nusantara Bioscience 1: 72-77.
MARYATI, KRISNANDARI TITIK, SUGIYARTO,
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EuroChoices, EarlyView.Summary Agrobiodiversity is in decline. While the literature highlights the role of public policy in this process, a research gap remains concerning how policies can help reverse this trend by providing economic support to farms that value crop and varietal diversity. Based on desk research and expert interviews, this article first provides an overview
Yuna Chiffoleau +7 more
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Land cover changes along tropical highland agroforestry systems: call for an improved climate adaptation. [P8] [PDF]
, 2015 Tropical highland ecosystem resources strongly depend on climate variability and associated water availability. This work aimed at better understanding the interactions between agro-forestry systems (cocoa and coffee) and livelihoods resulting in Land ...
Lelong, Camille +7 more
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Extinction Debt Paid Off: The Demise of the European Polecat (Mustela putorius) in NE Iberia
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We studied a vanishing polecat population for a decade, until its ultimate demise, using camera trap and roadkill data, landscape descriptors and dietary and toxicological analyses.Polecat favoured farmland and avoided forests and water bodies occupied by the invasive American mink.
Salvador Salvador +4 more
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AutoPollS: A tool for automated monitoring of pollinators using deep learning
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract Deep learning and computer vision hold enormous potential for automated monitoring of biodiversity, including pollinators and other insects. Efficient, scalable monitoring of insect pollinators is crucial given pollinators' role in supporting biodiversity and agricultural productivity amidst declining pollinator populations.
Matthew A.‐Y. Smith +13 more
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MULTIPLE-OBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING FOR AGROECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT [PDF]
Multiple-objective decision making (MODEM) provides an effective framework for integrated resource assessment of agroecosystems. Two elements of integrated assessment are discussed and illustrated: (1) adding noneconomic objectives as constraints in an ...
Fulcher, Christopher L. +3 more
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Role of crop residue mulches and their decomposition on soil functions in conservation agriculture : S11.03a -6 [PDF]
, 2012 Core principle of Conservation Agriculture is to maintain soil cover by crop residue mulching or cover crops. Mulching practice affects many agroecosystem services, through water dynamics and C and N transformations (Coppens et al., 2007) and their ...
Akhtar, Iqbal +7 more
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