Results 11 to 20 of about 72,458 (351)

Pleistocene Hypothesis – Moving Savanna Perceptual Preference Hypothesis Beyond Savanna [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
We provide an extension of the Savanna perceptual preference hypothesis (“Savanna Hypothesis”), supposing that interaction with landscapes offering survival advantage for human groups during evolution might have gradually evolved to permanent landscape preferences.
Rathmann, Joachim   +2 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Savanna futures

open access: yes, 2016
Abstract Constant change is the driving force in the history of savannas, and some conception of the future can be gauged from evidence of past changes and from trends experienced today. The potential futures for savanna landscapes may be depicted as two interconnected sets of processes: variations caused by natural events including ...
Peter A. Furley
openaire   +2 more sources

A review of fire management practices in African savanna-protected areas

open access: yes, 2021
Savannas are characterised by the co-dominance of woody plants and grasses, in which trees that are at least 2 metres (m) tall occur above a grassy layer between 0.5 m and 2 m (Scholes & Walker 1993).
W. Nieman, B. V. van Wilgen, A. Leslie
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in savanna landscapes

open access: yesEvolutionary Anthropology (print), 2021
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are the only great apes that inhabit hot, dry, and open savannas. We review the environmental pressures of savannas on chimpanzees, such as food and water scarcity, and the evidence for chimpanzees' behavioral responses to ...
S. Lindshield   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mobile phones and wrong numbers: how Maasai agro-pastoralists form and use accidental social ties in East Africa

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2021
Mobile phones are recognized as important new tools for rural development in the Global South, but few studies have examined how phones can shape social networks.
Timothy D. Baird   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Savanna ConneXions-Brand book ja kuvitukset [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Tiivistelmä Tässä opinnäytetyössä käydään läpi opinnäytetyöprosessin tuloksena Savanna ConneXionsille rakentunut Brand book, sekä yrityksen koulutusmateriaaleissa käytettävät kuvituskuvat.
Käärmekallio, Eeva
core  

Remote Sensing of Savannas and Woodlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Savannas and woodlands are one of the most challenging targets for remote sensing. This book provides a current snapshot of the geographical focus and application of the latest sensors and sensor combinations in savannas and woodlands.

core   +2 more sources

Field efficacy of genetically modified FK 95 Bollgard II cotton for control of bollworms, Lepidoptera, in Ghana

open access: yesAgriculture & Food Security, 2018
Background Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivation in Ghana is constrained by bollworms that damage squares (flower buds) and developing bolls, resulting in loss in seed cotton yield.
Mumuni Abudulai   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

No Net Loss of Species Diversity After Prescribed Fires in the Brazilian Savanna

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020
Although savannas are fire-adapted ecosystems, prescribing fire for biodiversity conservation remains controversial at least in some regions where savannas occur.
G. Durigan   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Identification of sources of resistance in cowpea lines to Macrophomina root rot disease in Northern Ghana

open access: yesHeliyon, 2022
Macrophomina root rot disease (MRRD) caused by Macrophomina phaseolina is an emerging threat to the profitable cowpea production in northern Ghana.Recommended control methods including the use of fungicides are ineffective and expensive for resource poor
Salim Lamini   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy