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A new heavy-tailed distribution defined on the bounded interval: the logit slash distribution and its application. [PDF]
Korkmaz MÇ.
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Land Use and Changes in Soil Morphology and Physical-Chemical Properties in Southern Amazon
Many Amazonian farmers use the slash-and-burn method rather than fertilization for crop production. The aim of the present study was to evaluate changes in the morphological, physical, and chemical properties of naturally fertile Inceptisols after ...
Vander Freitas Melo +3 more
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Seasonal LAI in slash pine estimated with LANDSAT TM [PDF]
The leaf area index (LAI, total area of leaves per unit area of ground) of most forest canopies varies throughout the year, yet for logistical reasons it is difficult to estimate anything more detailed than a seasonal maximum LAI.
Curran, Paul J. +2 more
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Widely spread in the tropics, yams were introduced into Brazil during the colonial period and are currently grown throughout the country. Despite its importance as a pharmacological and food source, there is a lack of studies describing how and where ...
MVBM Siqueira +6 more
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Twenty Years of Working Towards a Sustainable Southeast Asia: 1993 -- 2013 [PDF]
The Southeast Asia program first set about testing hypotheses applicable to each of the three ecosystem zones. On the forest margins, the hypothesis was that complex agroforests provided a superior alternative for small-scale farmers to either food-crop ...
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Thomson Luroni Lakwo,1 Peter Alinda,1 Stephen Raimon Jada,2 Moses Tionga,2 Constantino Doggale Remijo Marcello,3 Deng Gai Dual War,3 Robert Colebunders4,5 1Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda; 2Amref Health Africa, Juba, South ...
Lakwo TL +6 more
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The syntactic processing of particles in Japanese spoken language [PDF]
Particles fullfill several distinct central roles in the Japanese language. They can mark arguments as well as adjuncts, can be functional or have semantic funtions. There is, however, no straightforward matching from particles to functions, as, e.g., GA
Siegel, Melanie
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EXPLAINING THE ADOPTION AND DISADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: THE CASE OF COVER CROPS IN NORTHERN HONDURAS [PDF]
Although technology adoption has been the subject of a great deal of economic research, that focused on the economics of adoption of low-input "sustainable" systems has been much more limited and recent.
Lee, David R., Neill, Sean P.
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Land Markets and Agricultural Land Use Efficiency and Sustainability: Evidence from East Africa [PDF]
Land markets, including land sales and short-term land rentals, have an important role to play for efficient and sustainable land management and agricultural development, especially where markets for other factors of production are imperfect or missing ...
Benin, Samuel +3 more
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