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Bats use live fences to move between tropical dry forest remnants [PDF]

open access: yesBiotropica, 2020
AbstractLinear features can benefit wildlife by assisting animal movement. We captured bats along barbed‐wire and live‐tree fences connecting tropical dry forest patches in Nicaragua. Bat species richness and captures were higher along live fences but we noted differences in sex ratios, richness, and species composition compared to surrounding natural ...
José G. Martínez‐Fonseca   +3 more
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City-ATM – Live Drone Trials with Dynamic Geo-fencing [PDF]

open access: yes2020 AIAA/IEEE 39th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2020
The project City-ATM, launched by the German Aerospace Center DLR in 2018, aims to integrate new airspace users like unmanned aerial vehicles into uncontrolled airspace. An air traffic management and traffic flow control concept was developed. The phase 1 demonstration in 2019 showed a bridge inspection featuring, amongst other concept elements, the ...
A. Kuenz
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Farmer perceptions toward the adoption of agroforestry practices: a case study of northwestern Ethiopia

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionDespite several reports emphasizing the role of agroforestry in enhancing rural livelihoods, promoting sustainable development, protecting the environment, and supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation, little is known about rural ...
Mulunesh Yayehrad Gashu   +2 more
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Contribution of live fences to the ecological integrity of agricultural landscapes

open access: yesAgriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2005
Live fences are conspicuous features of agricultural landscapes across Central America but there is remarkably little information about their abundance, distribution, and function. Here we present a detailed analysis of: (1) the abundance, composition, structure and distribution of live fences in four contrasting cattle-producing areas of Costa Rica ...
Harvey, C.A.   +20 more
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Live Fences as Refuges of Wild and Useful Plant Diversity: Their Drivers and Structure in Five Elevation Contrast Sites of Veracruz, Mexico

open access: yesTropical Conservation Science, 2022
Background and Research One noteworthy element found throughout the tropical anthropogenic mosaic is the live fence, which is established within agricultural matrices and its structure within the landscape retains ecological processes, but few are ...
Gregoria Zamora Pedraza   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

LIVE FENCES HAVE GREATER DIVERSITY OF BIRD ASSEMBLAGES THAN GALLERY FORESTS IN HUMAN-MODIFIED ECOSYSTEMS

open access: yesOrnitologia Neotropical, 2021
Anthropogenic activities have led to changes in land use resulting in fragmented areas with a reduction of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Gallery forests and live fences are common elements in Neotropical agricultural landscapes that could ...
M. Maglianesi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

HOLOGRAPHIC VISIONS FOR ARCHITECTURE IN A PARK [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022
The Monza Park, with its more than 7 square meters of green area, divided between lawn and woods, its 110,000 tall trees, its 13 farmhouses, 3 historic villas, 13 m of fences and 90,000 visitors on spring Sundays, represents an irreplaceable source of ...
C. Bolognesi, M. Vespasiani, Y. Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Species diversity, composition, structure and management in agroforestry systems: the case of Kachabira district, Southern Ethiopia

open access: yesHeliyon, 2021
Agroforestry is increasingly being identified as an integrated land use enhancing plant diversity while reducing habitat loss and fragmentation. This paper examined species diversity, composition, structure and management in agroforestry systems.
Abayneh Legesse, Mesele Negash
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Living Snow Fences: International Practices

open access: yesWorld of Transport and Transportation, 2021
In winter, in the countries with snow covered regions, one of the main tasks of road maintenance is to combat snow deposits, snowpacks and snowdrifts on the roadway. Living snow fences consisting of tree and shrub plantings are among known world practices to protect roads against effects of snow deposits.
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