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Economic Aspects of Raw Wool Production and Marketing in China

open access: yes
Livestock Production/Industries,
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How Woolgrowers Manage native vegetation & biodiversity on New England wool properties

open access: yes, 2011
In 2003, the Land, Water & Wool Northern Tablelands Project (NSW) conducted a survey of woolgrowers in southern New England. The survey aimed to find out what woolgrowers thought about biodiversity in relation to wool production, how woolgrowers ...
Reeve, Ian
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Bone Anvils and New Types of Osseous Tools at Walīla (Volubilis, Morocco): Use of Animal Byproducts in the Industries of a Medieval Town

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bone anvils used to sharpen metal sickle blades are frequently documented in the archaeological record of the Roman and medieval Mediterranean and beyond, with new finds reported each year. This article reports anvils from the early medieval town of Walīla (Roman Volubilis) in northern Morocco and presents two other types of bone tools (bone ...
Lisa Yeomans   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Jointly selecting for fibre diameter and fleece weight: A market-level assessment of the QPLU$ Merino breeding project

open access: yes
The QPLU$ Merino breeding project began in the early 1990s. The aim of the project was to demonstrate the efficiency of using a selection index to achieve breeding objectives.
Griffith, Garry R.   +2 more
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How can children and young people have a voice in urban treescapes?

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Scientific understanding of climate change has, to date, failed to result in sufficient action. This paper proposes that a deficit model of top‐down learning and dissemination in relation to public engagement with science may be part of the problem, particularly when considering the attitudes, values and empowerment of children and young ...
Simon Carr   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Technical wildness is a new and increasingly influential culture of nature. This paper marks its emergence in Scotland in the early 2020s. Focusing on Scotland's rapidly evolving land management sector, the paper traces how private rewilding companies position science‐led land management and natural capital markets as the most effective ...
Theo Stanley
wiley   +1 more source

Economic benefits of public investment in weed management: the case of vulpia in south-eastern Australia’s temperate pasture areas

open access: yes
The present paper reports an economic evaluation of the long-term benefits to Australia of research by the Cooperative Research Centre for Weed Management Systems (CRC) into the improved management of vulpia , the major annual grass weed of temperate ...
Jones, Randall E.   +2 more
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Sheep breeding and quality wool production

open access: yes, 2013
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Puntila, Marja-Leena
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Prediction of In‐Plane Shear Mechanical Properties Through Degree of Bonding Characterization as a Function of Automated Fiber Placement Processing Parameters for Carbon Fiber/PEKK Composite Laminates

open access: yesPolymer Composites, EarlyView.
Graphical abstract demonstrating manufacturing process and property characterization used in process modelling of interlaminar behavior across the range of process parameters. ABSTRACT Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) of fiber‐reinforced thermoplastic tapes enables rapid manufacturing by leveraging precise robotic lamination and in situ consolidation ...
Abd‐Elrahman Korayem   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The body weights and wool characteristics of the indigenous Imroz and Kivircik sheep breeds of Turkey

open access: yes, 2003
This paper reports results from a study carried out to conserve the animal genetic resources of Turkey. It presents the body weights and wool production characteristics of the indigenous Imroz and Kivircik sheep ...
Ekiz, B   +4 more
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