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Land, 2021 Access to land for many people in Africa is insecure and continues to pose risks to poverty, hunger, forced evictions, and social conflicts. The delivery of land tenure in many cases has not been adequately addressed.
Danilo Antonio +3 more
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Habitat Selection and Risk of Predation: Re-colonization by Lynx had Limited Impact on Habitat Selection by Roe Deer [PDF]
, 2013 Risk of predation is an evolutionary force that affects behaviors of virtually all animals. In this study, we examined how habitat selection by roe deer was affected by risk of predation by Eurasian lynx - the main predator of roe deer in Scandinavia ...
Andren, Henrik, +4 more
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A ‘How to’ guide for interpreting parameters in habitat‐selection analyses
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2021 Habitat‐selection analyses allow researchers to link animals to their environment via habitat‐selection or step‐selection functions, and are commonly used to address questions related to wildlife management and conservation efforts.
J. Fieberg +3 more
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A General Approach for the Analysis of Habitat Selection [PDF]
, 2007 Investigating habitat selection of animals aims at the detection of preferred and avoided habitat types as well as at the identification of covariates influencing the choice of certain habitat types.
Knauer, Felix +2 more
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Non-random dispersal in the butterfly Maniola jurtina: implications for metapopulation models [PDF]
, 2000 The dispersal patterns of animals are important in metapopulation ecology because they affect the dynamics and survival of populations. Theoretical models assume random dispersal but little is known in practice about the dispersal behaviour of individual
Brake¢eld P. M. +6 more
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Revista Sustinere, 2015 Post Occupancy Evaluation defines the methods and techniques to characterize the strength and weaknesses of a constructed structure by considering the users satisfaction in meeting their needs during the course of its use.
Jairo Ferreira Lopes de Farias +4 more
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Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems
Science Advances, 2015 Urgent need for conservation and restoration measures to improve landscape connectivity. We conducted an analysis of global forest cover to reveal that 70% of remaining forest is within 1 km of the forest’s edge, subject to the degrading effects of ...
N. Haddad +23 more
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On the “Habitat” of Lophiomys [PDF]
Nature, 1880 ON reading the review of “Cassell's Natural History,” vol. iii., given in NATURE, vol. xxi. p. 136, I find that both the author and the reviewer do not appear to have been aware that the “habitat” of that most interesting rodent, Lophiomys imhausi, is well known.
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Improved governance and sustainable urban development Strategic planning holds the key
European Journal of Spatial Development, 2006 The recent focus on improved governance in cities has raised some concerns about the role of urban planning. Questions have been raised on whether good governance is a substitute for planning, and if it is adequate in itself to achieve sustainable ...
Shipra Narang, Lars Reuterswärd
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Vernacular Architecture in México: The Blue Corn Research Center in Michoacán
Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 2023 In Mexico, a large part of the population is still engaged in primary activities such as agriculture. That is why government and academic institutions have focused on encouraging the improvement and optimization of the farming of basic grains through ...
Sindy Melissa Godínez De León +2 more
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