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Hathaway, John Lusk. "wild|life: A Forest for the People." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1430.

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The photographer discusses the work in wild | life: a forest for the people, his Master of Fine Art exhibition held at the Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee from March 12 through March 23, 2012. The exhibition consists of 24 large-scale color archival Inkjet prints representing a large body of work that examines the human experience through viewing public and private land and land use within or tangential to the Cherokee National Forest. A complete catalogue of the wild ife exhibit is included at the end of the thesis. Historical and contemporary influ
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Näslund, Eriksson Lisa. "Forest-Fuel Systems : Comparative Analyses in a Life Cycle Perspective." Doctoral thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för teknik och hållbar utveckling, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-206.

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Forest fuels can be recovered, stored and handled in several ways and these different ways have different implications for CO2 emissions. In this thesis, comparative analyses were made on different forest-fuel systems. The analyses focused on the recovery and transport systems. Costs, primary energy use, CO2 emissions, storage losses and work environment associated with the use of forest fuel for energy were examined by using systems analysis methodology in a life cycle perspective. The bundle system showed less dry-matter losses and lower costs than the chip system. The difference was mainly
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Vaidya, Anand Prabhakar. "The Origin of the Forest, Private Property, and the State: The Political Life of India's Forest Rights Act." Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11654.

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This dissertation tracks the creation and implementation of India's 2006 Forest Rights Act or FRA, a landmark law that for the first time grants land rights to the millions who live without them in the country's forests. I follow the law in relation to the forest rights movement that has been central in lobbying for, drafting, and implementing it in order to examine both how the movement has shaped the law's meaning as well as how contests and alliances over the law's text and meaning have transformed the many movements citing and using the law. Drawing on ethnographic and archival research, I
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Schulze, Mark D. "Ecology and behavior of nine timber tree species in Pará, Brazil : links between species life history and forest management and conservation /." View online version of this title, 2003. http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-436/index.html.

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Volicer, Nadine (Nadine M. ). "Life in the woods : production and consumption of the urban forest." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70101.

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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Page 203 blank. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-202).<br>The use of wood is fraught with paradox. Wood as a building material is embraced for its naturalness, while the cutting of trees is indicted as a destruction of nature. Wood is lauded for its structural properties and visual appeara
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Szedlmayer, Stephen T. "Early life history of weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider)." W&M ScholarWorks, 1988. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539791567.

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Juvenile weakfish Cynoscion regalis, life history was studied in the York River estuary, Virginia. to verify daily aging methods of juvenile fish, both male and female adults were induced to spawn by injection of 200 IU Human chorionic gonadotropin/Kg wet weight. Subsequent larval and juvenile fish were reared up to 275 days with wild plankton and a daily rotating diet of squid, liver, Anchoa mitchilli, and Menidia menidia. Otoliths and scales were examined for daily microincrements patterns. Otolith ring counts were highly variable (31% varied by &>& 15% among 3 counts). Two problems were evi
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Dahl, Fredrik Willebrand Tomas. "Life and death of the mountain hare in the boreal forest of Sweden /." Umeå : Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2005. http://diss-epsilon.slu.se/archive/00000829/.

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Thesis (doctoral)--Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2005.<br>Appendix includes reproductions of five papers and manuscripts, two co-authored with Tomas Willebrand. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format; online version lacks appendix of papers.
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Dahl, Fredrik. "Life and death of the mountain hare in the boreal forest of Sweden /." Umeå : Dept. of Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2005. http://epsilon.slu.se/200548.pdf.

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Lusk, Laura. "Forest Change and Balsam Woolly Adelgig Infestation in High Elevation Forests of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/1.

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The Black Mountain range of western North Carolina supports some of the most extensive, but threatened high elevation forests in the southern Appalachians. Of particular note, the insect pathogen, balsam woolly adelgid (Adelges piceae Ratzeburg) has been present on Mt. Mitchell for over fifty years. In anticipation of potential changes in forest composition, vegetation surveys were first conducted in 1966 on nine one-acre plots near the summit of Mt. Mitchell. These plots were re-surveyed in 1978, 1985 and 2002. The purpose of this study was to re-census those plots and use those data to analy
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Shrestha, Prativa. "CARBON LIFE-CYCLE AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FOREST CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND WOODY BIOENERGY PRODUCTION." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/forestry_etds/14.

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Sequestering carbon in standing biomass, using woody bioenergy, and using woody products are the three potential ways to utilize forests in reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) and mitigating climate change. These forestry related strategies are, however, greatly influenced by the existing markets and market based policies. This study focuses on the first two forest strategies. It investigates the combined impact of carbon and woody bioenergy markets on two different types of forests in the US – oak dominated mixed hardwood forests in the Central Hardwood Forests Region and loblolly pine forests i
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Alarcón, Eddy. "Biodiversity of Insects from the Syrphidae and Carabidae Families in Three Ecological Niches (Forest, Forest Boarder, and Farming Area) in Three Communities of the Coroico Municipality, Nor Yungas, La Paz." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2008. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5327.

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Today, biodiversity is one of the most studied disciplines because it encompasses all species of plants, animals, and microorganisms that exist and act within an ecosystem. In recent decades, biodiversity has been degrading rapidly due to the simplification of agricultural systems, and the irrational use of pesticides that alter the normal function of ecosystems. Within nature, each insect population is attacked by one or more natural enemies. In this investigation, during a six month period from June to December 2006, the biodiversity of predatory insects from the syrphidae and carabidae fami
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Busse, Nielsen Anders. "Understanding and communicating forest stand structures : lifting barriers for nature-based forest management." Hørsholm : Forest & Landscape, 2006. http://www.sl.kvl.dk/upload/flr36.pdf.

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Langer, Marco. "The effect of native forest dynamics upon the arrangements of species in oak forests-analysis of heterogeneity effects at the example of epigeal arthropods." Bachelor's thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2011. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2011/5558/.

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The heterogeneity in species assemblages of epigeal spiders was studied in a natural forest and in a managed forest. Additionally the effects of small-scale microhabitat heterogeneity of managed and unmanaged forests were determined by analysing the spider assemblages of three different microhabitat structures (i. vegetation, ii. dead wood. iii. litter cover). The spider were collected in a block design by pitfall traps (n=72) in a 4-week interval. To reveal key environmental factors affecting the spider distribution abiotic and biotic habitat parameters (e.g. vegetation parameters, climate pa
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Moura, Antonio Christian de Andrade. "The capuchin monkey and the Caatinga dry forest : a hard life in a harsh habitat." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2005. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251951.

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This thesis explores the seemingly simple problem of how a rainforest-dwelling primate, Cebus apella libidinosus, manages to survive in the Caatinga dry forest of north-eastern Brazil, a harsh habitat that poses a series of extreme ecological challenges for survival. Albeit a simple question, it unfolds into more complex questions regarding how ecological pressures might drive brain evolution and intelligence in primates. Although there is no "best" hypothesis to explain the evolutionary brain enlargement in higher primates, fine-grained analyses of ecology, such as those presented here provid
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Kingston, Steven R. "Life on the edge, the role of habitat selection on vole density near forest boundaries." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0006/MQ33398.pdf.

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Blake, Karry L. "Life and times in a late formative and classic period swamp forest in Chiapas, Mexico." Online access for everyone, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2008/K_Blake_032708.pdf.

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Sandin, Gustav. "Life cycle assessment in the development of forest products : Contributions to improved methods and practices." Doctoral thesis, Bioraffinaderi och energi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-30234.

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The prospect of reducing environmental impacts is a key driver for the research and development (R&amp;D) of new forest products. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is often used for assessing the environmental impact of such products, e.g. for the purpose of guiding R&amp;D. The aim of this thesis is to improve the methods and practices of LCA work carried out in the R&amp;D of forest products. Six research questions were formulated from research needs identified in LCA work in five technical inter-organisational R&amp;D projects. These projects also provided contexts for the case studies that were
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Zapata, Mayta Edwin. "Diversity of insects from the Vespidae family in three ecological niches (forest, forest border, and agricultural area) in six communities in the Coroico and Coripata municipalities, department of La Paz." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5455.

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The Vespidae family (order Hymenoptera) is comprised of 4500 species of wasps in 268 genera and 7 subfamilies. These wasps prey upon a wide range of insects, including Lepidopteran caterpillars. Because of their low prey specificity, the use of Vespid wasps in biological control programs is limited. However, in their natural habitat, they play a role in controlling populations of some pest species. This study was conducted in six different communities in the department of La Paz within the municipalities of Coroico and Coripata. Three ecological niches were selected in each community: 1) the f
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Mincolla, Joseph Anthony. "Early Career Development Processes of Women and Men Resource Managers in the USDA Forest Service." DigitalCommons@USU, 1988. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7425.

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The purpose of this study was to understand the similarities and differences in the early careers of women and men resource managers in Regions 4 and 6 of the U.S. Forest Service (FS). Since the early family socialization of boys and girls has been shown to differ, it was hypothesized that differences would also be found in the early career goals of men and women and in their ability to fit into an organization like the Forest Service, experience personal satisfaction, and become contributing, productive members. Although more similarities than differences were observed, women had slightly dif
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Thompson, Lily. "Forest edges enhance mate-finding in the European gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/606.

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Understanding movement capabilities of individuals within a landscape is essential to identifying the effects of habitat boundaries on species abundances, ranges, and spread rates. Movement barriers due to habitat fragmentation may reduce mate-finding ability in some species, particularly in heterogeneous landscapes containing low-density populations. This study focuses on the effects of habitat type and edge on mate-finding in an invasive defoliator, the European gypsy moth. Adult European gypsy moth males locate mates by following pheromones released by flightless females. Reduced mate-findi
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Burke, Michael Andrew. "A life cycle carbon balance for electricity produced from forest residues : a British Columbian case study." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35854.

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This study estimated the annual life cycle carbon emissions for a hypothetical bioenergy combustion process that generates electricity from forest residues in northern British Columbia. Net annual carbon dioxide emissions were calculated for the process life cycle, which identified and quantified each CO₂ emission source along the bioenergy supply chain. The sources identified included soil carbon, harvesting machinery, chipping, transportation, and biomass combustion. Emissions that were avoided as a result of this process were also calculated. This thesis highlighted the importance of util
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Mundy, Jo-Anne Shirley. "Life cycle assessment of UK forest products : evaluation of environmental profiles and analysis of their communication." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/11845.

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Horner, Kimberley Jane. "The diversity of arthropods in the surface soil layers of an old-growth redwood forest." Scholarly Commons, 1993. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2249.

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The abundance and diversity of arthropods present in the surface soil layers at various forest sites in northern California were investigated, primarily at two old-growth redwood forest sites in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. A wide variety of arthropods were found, including representatives of Araneae, Pseudoscorpiones, Opiliones, Acarina, Isopoda, Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Symphyla, Pauropoda, Protura, Diplura, Collembola, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera. Arthropod densities were significantly higher in the wet than in the
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Hegeman, Ericka E. "Modeling freshwater mussel distribution in relation to biotic and abiotic habitat variables in the Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1274.

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The habitat requirements of western freshwater mussels, Anodonta, Gonidea, and Margaritifera, remain unclear despite their imperiled status. Freshwater mussels provide a series of ecosystem services including habitat enhancement, substratum stabilization, nutrient cycling, and water clarification, which makes their loss from aquatic ecosystems particularly detrimental. To improve the efficacy of restoration actions targeting these organisms, I used random forest modeling to investigate the biotic and abiotic factors influencing mussel density and distribution throughout a 55-kilometer (km) seg
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Tessema, Mekbeb E. "Forest Resource Access, Dependency, and Vulnerability in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska." DigitalCommons@USU, 2011. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1075.

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Rural communities in the western U.S. and Alaska are highly dependent upon surrounding publicly-owned forests for various economic and non-economic values. Historically, limited data has hampered the understanding of such community-resource linkages. As a result, community interests may not be adequately considered in forest management plan development and policy formulation. Addressing this imbalance is an important issue for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), particularly as it shifts from timberdominated goals to a more holistic ecosystem-based form of management. This study seeks to understan
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Sharp, Jennifer. "Sulfur Accumulation in Xylem Tissue of Forest Trees from Kentucky & Tennessee & Its Relation to Yearly Growth." TopSCHOLAR®, 1988. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2843.

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The levels of sulfur present in xylem tissue of Quercus alba (white oak) show a statistically significant increase from 1970 to 1983. This increase was found in trees from three different sites in Kentucky and Tennessee. The levels of sulfur present in Tsuga canadensis (hemlock) show a statistically significant increase from 1955 to 1970. Sensitivity, growth response to the tree's environment, decreased in oaks from 1933 to 1968 but increased slightly in hemlocks during the same time period. The data tend to support a direct relationship between increasing sulfur levels and a reduction in grow
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Oye, Brian Koji. "Changes in the Vertical Stratification of Neotropical Nymphalidae at Forest Edges in Relation to Light and Temperature Conditions." Scholarly Commons, 2021. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3747.

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The composition of neotropical fruit-feeding nymphalid butterflies assemblages often varies by location and stratum within a forest. Recent work has shown that vertical stratification in particular may serve as barrier to gene flow, indicating the potential role vertical stratification may play in evolution. At forest edges, the distinction between assemblages has been described to decrease, with species considered to be canopy specialists descending to the forest understory. The similarity in light conditions between the canopy and understory strata at edges or disturbed habitat is hypothesiz
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Zimmerman, Michael Lee. "The Effects of Prescribed Fire on the Herbaceous Layer in the Southern Appalachian Mountains." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2209.

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Prescribed fire in the southern Appalachians is a frequently used and controversial forest management practice. Research is limited on the effects of prescribed fire in the mesic southern Appalachians, where many of Tennessee's rare and regionally endemic plant species occur. This study examined the effects of prescribed fire on the herbaceous layer. Field work was conducted on six previously burned sites within the Cherokee National Forest in northeast Tennessee. Complimentary non-burned sites were selected based on similarity of physical characteristics and forest structure. The numbers of h
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Mrosek, Thorsten. "Development and testing of a criteria and indicators system for sustainable forest management at the local level : case study at the Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd., Canada /." Frankfurt am Main [u.a.] : Lang, 2005. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0601/2005044067.html.

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Haus, Sylvia. "Climate impact of the sustainable use of forest biomass in energy and material system : a life cycle perspective." Doctoral thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för byggd miljö och energiteknik (BET), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-69561.

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Human society releases greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere while providing housing, heat, mobility and industrial production. Man-made greenhouse gas emissions are the main causes of climate change, coming mainly from burning fossil fuels and land-use changes. Sustainably managed forests play an important role in climate change mitigation with the prospect of sustainably providing essential materials and services as part of a low-carbon economy, both through the substitution of fossil-intensive fuels and material and through their potential to capture and store carbon in the long-term p
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Wojcikiewicz, John. "Indirect effects between deer, mice, and the gypsy moth in a forest community." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/620.

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White-tailed deer are ecosystem engineers that dramatically alter forest understory vegetation. Consequently, deer can impact many species in a forest through both direct and indirect effects. One species that deer may indirectly affect is the gypsy moth, whose pupae are preyed upon by the white-footed mouse. Through alterations to understory habitat of mice, deer may reduce mouse predation on gypsy moth pupae. In this study, I tested for indirect effects of deer on the gypsy moth by comparing mouse abundance, vegetation properties, and predation on pupae inside, and outside, of long-term deer
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Burchfield, David Richard. "Assessment of Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva D.K. Bailey) Forest Communities Using Geospatial Technologies." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2021. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9184.

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Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva D.K. Bailey) is a keystone species of the subalpine forest in the Great Basin and western Colorado Plateau ecoregions in Utah, Nevada, and California. Bristlecone pine is also the world's longest-lived non-clonal organism, with individuals occasionally reaching ages up to 5,000 years old. Because of its longevity, bristlecone pine contains an important proxy record of climate data in its growth rings. Despite its ecological and scientific importance, bristlecone pine's distribution and associated environmental drivers are poorly understood. Geospati
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Schmidt, Pieter, Siegfried Lewark, Jiří Remeš, and Norbert Weber. "Forests for University Education: Examples and Experiences: Proceedings of the SILVA Network Conference, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague." Technische Universität Dresden, 2019. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A33621.

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Forests play a crucial role in preserving terrestrial biodiversity, producing renewable raw materials, and in reducing the scale and impact of climate change. Proper forest management is therefore crucial for today's society. For these reasons, forestry education is no less important because its aim is to educate highly qualified professionals capable of meeting current challenges. Forestry education has already had a relatively rich history, in many European countries over 100, even 200 years. A very important role in forestry education has always been played by the forest itself, which has
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Gabrilevskaja-Bernat, Ana. "Miško rodiklių sąsajos su gyvenimo kokybe." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140616_111616-53961.

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Baigiamajame darbe tiriami ryšiai tarp miškingumo, miškų pasiekiamumo, rekreacinės paskirties (2B) grupės miškų ir gyvenimo kokybės parametrų. Darbo objektas – Lietuvos savivaldybių (išskyrus Neringos miesto savivaldybę) rodikliai. Darbo tikslas – nustatyti miško rodiklių ir gyvenimo kokybės sąsajas Lietuvos savivaldybių lygmenyje. Darbo metodai – darbe vertinti Lietuvos savivaldybių miškų, gyvenimo kokybės (oro kokybės, sveikatingumo, gimstamumo, nusikalstamumo), kiti, galimai sąlygojantys gyvenimo kokybę, rodikliai. Tyrimui naudoti 2008-2013 m. Lietuvos statistikos departamento, Valstybinės
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Wulf, Monika, and Thilo Heinken. "Colonization of recent coniferous versus deciduous forest stands by vascular plants at the local scale." Universität Potsdam, 2008. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4608/.

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Questions: 1. Are there differences among species in their preference for coniferous vs. deciduous forest? 2. Are tree and shrub species better colonizers of recent forest stands than herbaceous species? 3. Do colonization patterns of plant species groups depend on tree species composition? Location: Three deciduous and one coniferous recent forest areas in Brandenburg, NE Germany. Methods: In 34 and 21 transects in coniferous and deciduous stands, respectively, we studied the occurrence and percentage cover of vascular plants in a total of 150 plots in ancient stands, 315 in recent s
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Slade, Eleanor M. "The effects of tropical forest management on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d4689410-3c13-4e92-9f35-e4abe0d8e0ac.

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The Effects of Tropical Forest Management on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Eleanor M. Slade 1. Between 35 % and 50 % of all closed-canopy tropical forest has been lost, and the rate of deforestation continues to increase throughout the tropics. Despite a wealth of literature on the effects of tropical forest disturbance on the diversity and composition of a variety of taxa, there is still no clear consensus on the value of disturbed forests for biodiversity. 2. If forest management practises are to be sustainable in the long-term they should maintain both biodiversity and ecosystem fu
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Van, Scoyoc Matthew W. "A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL SITES AND STATE-AND-TRANSITION MODELS." DigitalCommons@USU, 2014. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3075.

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The interaction of land-use and climate can cause non-linear “state” changes in ecosystems, characterized by persistent differences in structure and function. Changes in land-use and climate on the Colorado Plateau may be driving many ecosystems toward undesired states where energy-intensive measures are required to return to previous states. Landscape classification systems based on “ecological potential” offer a robust framework to evaluate ecological conditions. Ecological sites are a popular landscape classification system based on long-term ecological potential and are widely used through
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Sathre, Roger. "Life-Cycle Energy and Carbon Implications of Wood-Based Products and Construction." Doctoral thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för teknik, fysik och matematik, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-50.

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Forests can be an important element of an overall strategy to limit the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) that contributes to climate change. As an integral part of the global carbon cycle, forests remove CO2 from the atmosphere as they grow, and accumulate carbon in tree biomass. Using wood products made from sustainably managed forests can reduce net CO2 emission by substituting in place of fossil fuels and energy-intensive materials. In this thesis the mechanisms by which wood product substitution can affect energy and carbon balances are studied. These include: the energy n
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Crifo, Camilla. "VARIATIONS IN ANGIOSPERM LEAF VEIN DENSITY HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERPRETING LIFE FORM IN THE FOSSIL RECORD." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1375987428.

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Goodrich-Stuart, Ellen. "Forest Net Primary Production Resistance Across a Gradient of Moderate Disturbance." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/627.

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The global carbon (C) balance is vulnerable to disturbances that alter terrestrial C uptake and loss. Moderate disturbances that kill or defoliate only a subset of canopy trees such as insect defoliation, drought, and age-related senescence are increasing in extent and frequency; yet, little is known about the effect of moderate disturbance on forest production and the mechanisms sustaining or supporting the recovery of the C cycle across a range of moderate disturbance severities. We used a broad plot-scale gradient of upper canopy tree mortality within a large manipulation of forest disturba
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Dislich, Claudia [Verfasser], and Björn [Akademischer Betreuer] Reineking. "The role of life history traits for coexistence and forest recovery after disturbance : a modelling perspective ; towards a better understanding of species-rich forests / Claudia Dislich. Betreuer: Björn Reineking." Bayreuth : Universitätsbibliothek Bayreuth, 2012. http://d-nb.info/102192475X/34.

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Leach, Mellssa Anne. "Images of propriety : the reciprocal constitution of gender and resource use in the life of a Sierra Leonean forest village." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321198.

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Vaughan, Angus A. "Discharge-Suspended Sediment Relations: Near-channel Environment Controls Shape and Steepness, Land Use Controls Median and Low Flow Conditions." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5191.

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We analyzed recent total suspended solids (TSS) data from 45 gages on 36 rivers throughout the state of Minnesota. Watersheds range from 32 to 14,600 km2 and represent a variety of distinct settings in terms of topography, land cover, and geologic history. Our study rivers exhibited three distinct patterns in the relationship between discharge and TSS: simple power functions, threshold power functions, and peaked or negative power functions. Differentiating rising and falling limb samples, we generated sediment rating curves (SRC) of form TSS = aQb, Q being normalized discharge. Rating paramet
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Raftery, David Jonathon. "Competition, conflict and cooperation : an ethnographic analysis of an Australian forest industry dispute." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARM/09armr139.pdf.

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Bibliography: leaves 135-143. An anthropological analysis of an industrial dispute that occurred within the East Gippsland forest industry, 1997-1998 and how the workers strove to acheive better working conditions for themselves, and to share in the wealth they had created.
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Auten, Steve R. "Mortality Assessment of Redwood and Mixed Conifer Forest Types in Santa Cruz County Following Wildfire." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/878.

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On August 12, 2009, the Lockheed Fire ignited the west slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains burning approximately 7,819 acres. Foresters and other land managers were left with challenging decisions on how to evaluate tree mortality. Big Creek Lumber Company, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly)’s Swanton Pacific Ranch (SPR), and other resource professionals familiar with this region teamed up to develop a method for evaluating damage and thereby mortality for redwood, California nutmeg, live oak, tanoak, California bay, Pacific madrone, big leaf maple, Douglas-fir,
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Hansen, William R. "The research and development of an assessment instrument for measuring the spiritual growth of Forest Hill Baptist Church, Longview, Texas." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Lee, Rebecca Irene. "Dendrochronological Methods to Examine Plant Competition with Changing Fire Regimes in Desert and Forest Ecosystems." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2019. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8708.

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Human activities are changing wildfire regimes globally through ignition, spread of invasive species, fire suppression, and climate change. Because of this, ecosystems are experiencing novel fire regimes that may alter plant growth and patterns of succession. Annual growth rings are one metric that can track changes in tree and shrub growth patterns over time in response to changing fire frequency. In Chapter 1 we explored the effects of fire on resprouting native shrubs in the Mojave Desert. Fires are becoming increasingly frequent due to the spread of highly flammable invasive grasses in the
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Gagan, Alison Baird. "The Effects of Prescribed Fire on Millipede and Salamander Populations in a Southern Appalachian Deciduous Forest." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2002. http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-1108102-114822/unrestricted/abgrevision.pdf.

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Heinken, Thilo, and Eckart Winkler. "Non-random dispersal by ants : long-term field data versus model predictions of population spread of a forest herb." Universität Potsdam, 2009. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4648/.

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Myrmecochory, i.e. dispersal of seeds by ants towards and around their nests, plays an important role in temperate forests. Yet hardly any study has examined plant population spread over several years and the underlying joint contribution of a hierarchy of dispersal modes and plant demography. We used a seed-sowing approach with three replicates to examine colonization patterns of Melampyrum pratense, an annual myrmecochorous herb, in a mixed Scots pine forest in northeastern Germany. Using a spatially explicit individualbased (SEIB) model population patterns over 4 years were explained by sho
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Prendergast, Neil Douglas. "Life in the Land: The Story of the Kaibab Deer." Connect to this document online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1122651902.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of History, 2005.<br>Title from first page of PDF document. Document formatted into pages; contains [1], ii, 89 p. : maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-89).
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