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Estimating red deer Cervus elaphus population density using drones in a steep and rugged terrain

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Precise and accurate information about population density, crucial for wildlife management, is difficult to obtain for elusive species living in dense forests or steep and inaccessible terrain. Using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), we developed a method for obtaining absolute population estimates of ungulates living in steep, rugged, and partly ...
Julie Bommerlund, Torbjørn Ergon, Simon Filhol, Atle Mysterud   +3 more
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Adoption of Minimum Tillage and Mid‐Season Drainage in Rice Production and Their Impacts on Farm and Economic Performance

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effects of two greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation practices—minimum tillage and mid‐season drainage—on rice farmers' farm performance (e.g., crop yield and risk) and economic outcomes (e.g., income and vulnerability).
Hongyun Zheng, Wanglin Ma
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Determinants of Poverty in Pakistan: A Multinomial Logit Approach

Lahore Journal of Economics
According to the World Development Report 2000-2001 almost half of the world’s population – 2.8 billion out of 6 billion live on less than $2 a day; while a fifth, i.e., 1.2 billion live on less than $1 a day with 44 per cent of them living in South ...
Umer Khalid, Lubna Shahnaz and Hajira Bibi
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US Consumer Appetite for Climate Claims on Beef Products: Does Country‐of‐Origin Matter?

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beef cattle producers have been receiving pressure to reduce methane emissions from production. Beef products with varying climate claims have recently been introduced to the retail sector, stemming from various countries‐of‐origin. Using data from a US consumer survey, we find a subset of US consumers is willing to pay a premium for Lower ...
Jaime R. Luke, Glynn T. Tonsor
wiley   +1 more source

Airport terminal choice model

Dyna, 2014
La mayoría de los estudios del modo aéreo han tratado individua lmente los aspectos de tarifas, demoras y demás variables inher entes a este medio de transporte, así como la elección del modo aéreo f rente a otros modos, pero poco se ha hecho por modelar
Claudia Helena Muñoz-Hoyos, Ivan Sarmiento-Ordosgoitía, Jorge Eliécer Córdoba-Maquilón   +2 more
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How Does Higher Education Influence Attitudes Towards Muslims? Examining Mechanisms That Reduce Prejudice Within UK Universities

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the relationship between encounters with religious diversity and the perspectives people form about Muslims. Its empirical focus is individuals studying at UK universities. Previous research suggests Muslims are amongst those most subject to negative prejudice in the UK, this being structured around racial or ethnic ...
Tom Fryer, Mathew Guest, Kristin Aune, Lucy Peacock   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promotion in the Australian Public Service: Improvements for Women and Stagnation for Cultural and Linguistic Minorities*

Economic Record, EarlyView.
We investigate whether being female, Indigenous, from a non‐English speaking background (NESB) or having a disability affects career advancement in the Australian Public Service. Over the past 20 years, women have become more likely to get promoted at senior ranks than similar men and just as likely at junior ranks. NESB staff have much lower promotion
Robert Breunig, David Hansell, Nu Nu Win
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The Multinomial Logistic Model for the Case in which the Response Variable Can Assume One of Three Levels and Related Models El modelo logístico multinomial para el caso en que la variable de respuesta puede asumir uno de tres niveles y modelos relacionados

Revista Colombiana de Estadística, 2012
The aim of this work is to examine multinomial logistic models when the response variable can assume three levels, generalizing a previous work of logistic models with binary response variables.
CARLOS CARREÑO, HUMBERTO LLINÁS
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Clearing the Air: How Fine Particulate Matter Regulations Reshape Farmland Values in U.S. Corn and Soybean Regions

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of air quality regulations targeting fine particulate matter (PM2.5) on farmland values in corn and soybean producing counties in the United States over the period 1997–2022. Using self‐reported farmland value data from the Agricultural Census and county‐level pollution classifications provided by the Environmental ...
Cécile Couharde, Rémi Generoso
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Estimating Causal Effects With Observational Data: Guidelines for Agricultural and Applied Economists

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most research questions in agricultural and applied economics are causal in nature: they study how changes in one or more variables (such as policies, prices or weather) affect one or more other variables (e.g., income, crop yields or pollution).
Arne Henningsen, Guy Low, David Wuepper, Tobias Dalhaus, Hugo Storm, Dagim Belay, Stefan Hirsch   +6 more
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