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Estimating offsets for avian displacement effects of anthropogenic impacts [PDF]

, 2019
Biodiversity offsetting, or compensatory mitigation, is increasingly being used in temperate grassland ecosystems to compensate for unavoidable environmental damage from anthropogenic developments such as transportation infrastructure, urbanization, and ...
Arnett E. B., Claassen R., Cowardin L. M., Cowardin L. M., Fernandez‐Bellon D., Johnson G. D., Johnson R. R., Kantrud H. A., Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), Nebraska Wind and Wildlife Working Group (NWWWG), Niemuth N. D., Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV), Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV), Reynolds R. E., U.S. Energy Information Administration (USEIA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Winkelman J. E.   +17 more
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Empowerment of youth through strengthening their land rights knowledge and research capacity: evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2020
Africa is a continent of youth. However, its high rates of youth unemployment linked to high levels of landlessness suggest a close correlation with youth poverty and access to land.
Uchendu Eugene Chigbu, Agatha Wanyonyi, Danilo Antonio   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of typical land use type on the stability and content of carbon and nitrogen of soil aggregates in western Hubei

Ecosphere, 2023
In order to investigate the characteristics of soil structural stability and the factors influencing it under typical land use types in the karst region of western Hubei, soil samples were collected from five land use types (natural mixed forest [NF ...
Ting Luo, Lu Xia, Dong Xia, Wenjing Liu, Yakun Xu, Zhiteng He, Wennian Xu   +6 more
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Ecology and co-existence of two endemic day gecko (Phelsuma) species in Seychelles native palm forest [PDF]

, 2011
In island ecosystems, reptiles play diverse ecological roles as a result of niche broadening, which increases potential niche overlap between species. Ecological niche partitioning is a means of reducing direct competition between coexisting species and ...
Bassett, Crawford, Edwards, Fleischmann, Gerlach, Hansen, Hansen, Harmon, Kaiser-Bunbury, Kier, Losos, MacArthur, Myers, Olesen, Pianka, Procter, Procter, Proctor, Radtkey, Raxworthy, Rocha, Rodda, Savage, Schoener, Schoener, Thorpe, Vesey-Fitzgerald, Watson, Whitaker, Whittaker, Williams   +30 more
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Airfoil Lift Coefficient Optimization Using Genetic Algorithm and IGP Parameterization: Volume 1

Aerospace, 2023
The objective of this study is to develop a genetic algorithm that uses the IGP parameterization to increase the lift coefficient (CL) of three airfoils to be used on wings of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
María Elena Tejeda-del-Cueto, Manuel Alberto Flores-Alfaro, Miguel Toledo-Velázquez, Lorena del Carmen Santos-Cortes, José Hernández-Hernández, Marco Osvaldo Vigueras-Zúñiga   +5 more
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A global map to aid the identification and screening of critical habitat for marine industries [PDF]

, 2015
Marine industries face a number of risks that necessitate careful analysis prior to making decisions on the siting of operations and facilities. An important emerging regulatory framework on environmental sustainability for business operations is the ...
Angelini, Ardron, B. Lascelles, Baker, Ball, Beaulieu, C.J. Mcowen, C.S. Martin, Crosby, D. Stanwell-Smith, D.P. Tittensor, Davies, Dunn, E. Farmer, Ekstrom, Estes, Freiwald, Giri, H.L. Thomas, Halpern, J.D. Pilgrim, J.H. van Bochove, J.L. Geffert, J.M. Hutton, J.M.M. Ekstrom, J.P.W. Scharlemann, Kareiva, Kaschner, Keith, M.J. Tolley, Merrifield, Mora, Mora, Rainey, Tittensor, Tittensor, Webb, Wedding, Wessel, Willis, Worm, Yesson, Yesson   +42 more
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Consequences of ocean scale hypoxia constrained habitat for tropical pelagic fishes [PDF]

, 2007
Large areas of cold hypoxic water occur as distinct strata in the eastern tropical Pacific and Atlantic oceans as a result of high productivity initiated by intense nutrient upwelling.
Goodyear, C.P., Prince, Eric D.
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Lessson-Learned: Participatory Action Research Project with Upland Smallholder Farmers Practicing Cropland Agroforestry System in Wonogiri Regency to Support National Food Security

Habitat, 2021
Indonesia government pays little attention to address impending threat of the existences of upland smallholder farmers due to insufficient farm income. This condition poses an imminent threat to national food security.
Rudy Nur Hidayah, Wiyono Wiyono, Oka Karyanto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dairy Farmers Perception on Cooperatives in East Java, Indonesia

Habitat, 2021
Although past studies have shown that cooperatives can improve the welfare of rural communities. However, many farmers did not aware about the cooperative advantages.
Hery Toiba, Rachman Hartono, Dwi Retnoningsih, Moh. Shadiqur Rahman   +3 more
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Slow, stealthy and steady – capacity development to address land tenure issues in development programmes: experiences of the IFAD/GLTN TSLI-ESA Project

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2019
Land and natural resource tenure security is a central yet often neglected area for economic development and poverty reduction in the developing world. Land is fundamental to the lives of poor rural people.
Agatha Achieng Wanyonyi, Solomon Mkumbwa, Harold Liversage, Omar Sylla   +3 more
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