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The social & economic implications of alternative land uses involving pastoral farming and forestry in Northland : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
This thesis is a scenario study which examines the social and economic impacts of different types of forestry being established in an area of pastoral farmland in Northland, New Zealand.
Smith, David Hardie
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Using structured decision making with landowners to address private forest management and parcelization: balancing multiple objectives and incorporating uncertainty

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2015
Parcelization and forest fragmentation are of concern for ecological, economic, and social reasons. Efforts to keep large, private forests intact may be supported by a decision-making process that incorporates landowners' objectives and uncertainty.
Paige F. B. Ferguson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forest Biosecurity Systems and Processes: An Indian Perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021
Biological invasions continue unabated across the globe despite all efforts to manage the problem by implementing biosecurity regulations and associated management methods.
Kavita Gupta, K. V. Sankaran
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of buffer-radius modelling approaches used in forest conservation and planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Spatial modelling approaches are increasingly being used to direct forest management and conservation planning at the landscape scale. A popular approach is the use of buffer-radius methods, which create buffers around distinct forest habitat patches to ...
Bailey, S.   +3 more
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The interdisciplinary decision problem: Popperian optimism and Kuhnian pessimism in forestry

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2018
Interdisciplinary research in the fields of forestry and sustainability studies often encounters seemingly incompatible ontological assumptions deriving from natural and social sciences.
Johannes Persson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Initial Development of Surface Fuel Models for The Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Estimating the spread of wildland fire is growing concern in the Netherlands, where fire events at the wildland urban interface is a growing concern with a changing climate.
Brouwer, Nienke   +2 more
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Deep Learning in Forestry Using UAV-Acquired RGB Data: A Practical Review

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Forests are the planet’s main CO2 filtering agent as well as important economical, environmental and social assets. Climate change is exerting an increased stress, resulting in a need for improved research methodologies to study their health, composition
Yago Diez   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forestland management and empowerment: A phenomenological inquiry into the experiences of women forestland managers in the state of Georgia, USA

open access: yesAdvancements in Agricultural Development, 2020
Women are increasingly becoming the primary decision-makers of forested properties throughout the United States. The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of women forestland owners in Georgia.
Hallie C. Harriman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal Survival of Adult Female Mottled Ducks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The mottled duck (Anas fulgivula) is a non‐migratory duck dependent on coastal habitats to meet all of its life cycle requirements in the Western Gulf Coast (WGC) of Texas and Louisiana, USA.
Conway, Warren C.   +2 more
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Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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