The Benefits and Costs of Alternative Policies for the Management of Pierce's Disease: A Case Study of the Blue-Green Sharpshooter in the Napa Valley [PDF]
Replaced with revised version of poster on 07/23/10.Production Economics, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Alston, Julian M. +2 more
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Winter Survival of Grasses and Legumes in Subarctic Alaska as Related to Latitudinal Adaptation, Pre-Winter Storage of Food Reserves, and Dry-Matter Concentration in Overwintering Tissues [PDF]
, 1993 similar experiments, were to (a) compare winter hardiness in subarctic Alaska of numerous plant species and ecotypes from various latitudinal sources within most species, and (b) seek a better understanding of certain aspects of pre-winter ...
Klebesadel, Leslie J.
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Not enough trees – Scaling up koala habitat restoration using seed enhancement technologies
Conservation Science and PracticeLarge‐scale ecological restoration is a crucial tool for improving the quality and extent of habitat for wildlife. In Australia, 25,000 hectares of land is to be restored to support habitat connectivity for the Endangered koala (Phascolarctos cinereus ...
Samantha E. Andres +6 more
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Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands ManagementBauxite mining, a key aluminum production process, can cause environmental degradation, soil erosion, and biodiversity loss. Reclamation measures like reforestation and water management can restore balance.
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Spatial Externalities and Vector-Borne Plant Diseases: Pierce’s Disease and the Blue-Green Sharpshooter in the Napa Valley [PDF]
Pierce’s Disease (PD) is a bacterial disease that can kill grapevines over a span of one to three years. In this paper, we examine and model PD and vector control decisions made at the vineyard level in the Napa Valley in an effort to understand how the ...
Alston, Julian M. +2 more
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, 2012 Final report to BP.The Prudhoe Bay oil fields, Alaska were discovered in 1968, and commercial production commenced in 1977 with the completion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Oil production has been declining since 1989, although additional exploratory
Holloway, Patricia S. +2 more
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Frontiers in MicrobiologySome plant-associated microorganisms could improve host plants biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. Imperata cylindrica is a dominant pioneer plant in some abandoned mine lands with higher concentrations of heavy metal (HM).
Wenqin Mao +7 more
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A Bioeconomic Analysis of the Duration of Conservation Contracts [PDF]
Conservation and restoration of native vegetation is often a gradual process which may require many years to transform an ecosystem from one vegetative state to a target ecosystem.
Crowe, Bronwyn, White, Benedict
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Boreal songbird response to variation in natural seismic line vegetation recovery
Avian Conservation and EcologySeismic lines associated with oil and gas development are extensive and greatly increase the total amount of forest edge in western Canada’s boreal forests.
Hedwig E Lankau +2 more
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Adaptation to climate in widespread eucalypt species [PDF]
The long term success of revegetation efforts will depend upon the planted species’ resilience to climate change. Many widespread species grow across a range of climatic conditions and, thus, may possess adaptations that could be utilised to improve ...
Liz McLean +2 more
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