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Pilgrim, John D. "Biodiversity management : application of biodiversity data to inform conservation and industry practice." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2016. http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/701892/.

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This submission presents a small selection of my publications on a theme – the application of biodiversity data to inform both conservation and industry practice. The published work presented here demonstrates my ability to generate new biodiversity data, to interpret how to apply those data to improve conservation outcomes, and to apply the same biodiversity data in different ways to reduce industry impacts. The core biodiversity data I use are related to species’ distributions and conservation status, as direct indicators of their irreplaceability and vulnerability. This thesis comprises fiv

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Ingwersen, Sarah. "Biodiversity and forest management, five forest management plans evaluated." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ60848.pdf.

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Joyce, Christopher Brian. "Management of European floodplain grasslands for plant biodiversity." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1998. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6988.

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European floodplain grasslands are characterized by periodic flooding and regular management, usually cutting and grazing as part of an agricultural system. Past losses and ecological degradation have been due largely to river regulation and either agricultural intensification or abandonment and have resulted in a substantial reduction in area across Europe. Nevertheless, the remaining resource supports considerable biodiversity and a high level of biological production. A better quantitative understanding of the functioning of these grasslands is required in order to establish effective conse

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Obayi, Bennycharles A. "A sociological analysis of biodiversity management in Nigeria." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/5277.

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The central thesis of this study addresses biodiversity challenges from a social relations perspective. This is viewed from the standpoint of enhancing sustainable bioresource-use systems from a behaviour change departure. The study reviewed the activities of organisations in Nigeria which focus on bioresource management. The review focused on how the organisations view, conceive and implement activities which aim to address biodiversity loss emphasising how these aspects inform the concept of programme design, planning and implementation. The strategies were weighed against theories and techn

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Montague-Drake, Rebecca School of Biological Earth &amp Environmental Sciences UNSW. "Strategic management of artificial watering points for biodiversity conservation." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2004. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/30122.

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Since pastoralism began in Australia???s rangelands, the number of artificial watering points (AWPs) has increased dramatically, such that today, few areas of rangeland are further than 10 km from water. This increased availability of water has caused many ecological impacts. Unfortunately, such impacts are poorly understood in the context of an Australian conservation reserve, thus hindering strategic management. This study examined the spatial distribution of vertebrate (kangaroos, small mammals, lizards and avifauna) and vegetative variables around open AWPs as well as AWPs that have been c

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Peet, Nicholas B. "Biodiversity and the management of tall grassland in Nepal." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267318.

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Alizadeh, Shabani Afshin, and afshin alizadeh@rmit edu au. "Identifying bird species as biodiversity indicators for terrestrial ecosystem management." RMIT University. Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, 2006. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20061116.161912.

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It is widely known that the world is losing biodiversity and primarily it is thought to be caused by anthropogenic activities. Many of these activities have been identified. However, we still lack a clear understanding of the causal relationships between human activities and the pressures they place on the environment and biodiversity. We need to know how ecosystems and individual species respond to changes in human activities and therefore how best to moderate our actions and reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity. One of the ways to detect these changes is to use indicators of e

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Dorjgurhem, Batbold. "Regional biodiversity management strategy : case study on the Flinders Ranges." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1999. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AS/09asd699.pdf.

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Bibliography: leaves 107-117. This thesis examines the rationale for managing biological diversity on a regional basis and develops recommendations for the use of two computational methods in biodiversity management planning by conducting a case study in the Flinders Ranges, centred on the Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (abstract)

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Beazley, Karen. "A focal-species approach to biodiversity management in Nova Scotia." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0026/NQ36569.pdf.

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Campbell, Michelle. "Legislation, the cornerstone for biodiversity conservation and management in Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ56310.pdf.

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Smith, Ross L. "Invasive alien plant species of The Bahamas and biodiversity management." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1275062320.

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Stockan, Jennifer A. "Impacts of riparian buffer strips on biodiversity." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2013. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=211222.

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Buffer strips alongside watercourses are now a widely accepted method of reducing nutrient and sediment run-off from agricultural land thereby improving water quality and meeting policy goals. However, this change in land use may have consequences for riparian biodiversity which have yet to be fully understood. This study investigated the impact of buffering on various aspects of biodiversity by comparing three types of margins in three river catchments in north east Scotland. Margins were categorised as unbuffered (open and unfenced), buffered (fenced-off vegetated) and wooded (long establish

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Gerber, Nicolas Economics Australian School of Business UNSW. "Biodiversity measurement, species interactions and sustainability." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Economics, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/26796.

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Throughout the last two decades, biodiversity has been increasingly acknowledged as a valuable asset. However there are numerous challenges to managing the asset. Firstly, there is no universally accepted measure of biodiversity per se. As a consequence, rather than measuring the intrinsic value of biodiversity the focus has typically shifted to valuing biodiversity services. Secondly, biodiversity issues should not be considered in a vacuum, but rather alongside general natural resource management problems. Conservation agencies and regulators alike would greatly benefit from more transparent

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Palacio, Monalisa. "The role of biodiversity databases in coastal conservation and resource management." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/459.

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Marine environmental resource managers and consultants require comprehensive, accurate and current data on the status of marine biodiversity in order to fully evaluate resource consent applications that involve development, impact or encroachment within the marine environment, and for identifying areas of coast appropriate for conservation. The role and efficacy of existing global, national and regional marine biodiversity databases in delivering these types of data are evaluated. Consultation with environmental consultants revealed that none regularly, if ever used any existing marine biodive

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Sommerwerk, Nike [Verfasser]. "Patterns, determinants, and management of freshwater biodiversity in Europe / Nike Sommerwerk." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1104733811/34.

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Clark, Kristin. "Maple Sugar Bush Management and Biodiversity Conservation in Eastern Ontario, Canada." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20335.

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This thesis examines the extent to which sugar bush management in Eastern Ontario might contribute to biodiversity maintenance and conservation and therefore be promoted as a form of rural sustainable development. Ontario government policy seeks to actively promote actions that strengthen the province’s rural communities and protect biodiversity. Therefore sustainable development is an important concept to encourage in rural areas. The production of maple syrup on sugar bushes has already been demonstrated to be economically, socially, and in some aspects ecologically sustainable. This study s

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Marí, Marí Teresa. "Changes in soil biodiversity and activity along management and climatic gradients." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/457976.

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Els anomenats “rangelands” són àrees sense cultivar, àmpliament pasturades per animals domèstics i salvatges, actualment amenaçats pels canvis climàtic i en l’ús del sòl. Els microorganismes del sòl tenen un paper clau tant en la descomposició com en diversos processos de l’ecosistema, fet pel qual composició i funció de la comunitat microbiana han estat utilitzats durant molt temps com a índexs de fertilitat del sòl. Els rangelands europeus i africans comparteixen un origen antropogènic comú, però el clima i la gestió del sòl els afecten d’una manera diferent. És per això que aquesta tesi pr

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Sawathvong, Silavanh. "Participatory land management planning in biodiversity conservation areas of Lao PDR /." Umeå : Dept. of Forest Resource Management and Geomatics, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, 2003. http://epsilon.slu.se/s267.pdf.

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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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Ask, Peter. "Biodiversity and deciduous forest in landscape management : studies in southern Sweden /." Alnarp : Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2002. http://diss-epsilon.slu.se/archive/00000107/.

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Thesis (doctoral)--Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2002.<br>Abstract inserted. Appendix includes reprints of a published paper and three manuscripts, each co-authored with a different author. Includes bibliographical references. Also partially issued electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format; online version lacks appendix.

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Ribeiro, AntoÌnio JoseÌ Meneses Machado. "Institutional development for community based resource management : a Mozambican case study." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250400.

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Hartmann, Klaas. "Biodiversity conservation and evolutionary models." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mathematics and Statistics, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1776.

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Biodiversity conservation requires a framework for prioritising limited resources to the many endangered species. One such framework that has seen much attention and is considered extensively in this thesis, is the Noah's Ark Problem (NAP). The NAP combines a biodiversity measure (Phylogenetic Diversity; PD) with species survival probabilities and conservation costs. The aim of the NAP is to allocate the limited conservation resources such that the future expected PD is maximised. Obtaining optimal solutions to the NAP is a computationally complex problem to which several efficient algorithms

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Wuichet, John Weir. "Ecosystem management for biodiversity : a comparative and theoretical analysis of federal polices." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31042.

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Blake, Robin J. "Increasing the biodiversity benefits of existing buffer strips through novel management practices." Thesis, University of Reading, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.558731.

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Approximately 29,000 ha of grass buffer strips in the UK have been established under Agri-Environment Schemes with the objective of mitigating intensive arable management practices that have negatively impacted on invertebrate and plant biodiversity. However, typically these strips are floristically poor and as such offer limited biodiversity value. This study aimed to identify management practices to enhance the biodiversity value of existing grass-only buffer strips on three farms in Southern England. An initial scarification to create germination niches was applied in combination with a wil

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Maunder, Michael. "Botanic garden response to the biodiversity crisis : implications for threatened species management." Thesis, University of Reading, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363658.

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Changes in intramuscular connective tissue brought about by conditioning were investigated in bovine muscles of different quality. Perimysial and endomysial collagens were solubilized to a small extent during conditioning and residual insoluble collagens in both connective tissue domains were damaged by proteolytic processing. Yields of soluble perimysial material from unconditioned muscles were significantly lower (p = 0.096) than from conditioned muscles. Solubilized perimysial collagen from unconditioned muscles was significantly lower (p = 0.015) than from conditioned muscles with 1±0.8 %

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Cheney, Chad (Chad Crispian). "Spatial patterning and demography in Strandveld succulent Karoo : implications for biodiversity management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50100.

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Thesis (MSc) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2004.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis focuses on the effects of vegetation resting on biodiversity and community dynamics at Rocherpan Nature Reserve (320 36'S, 180 18'E) in the semi-arid coastal strip of the Succulent Karoo known as Strandveld. As a whole, the Succulent Karoo has an extraordinary high level of phyto diversity with high levels of endemism. This is particularly true for succulent shrubs belonging to the groups Mesembryanthemaceae, Crassulaceae and Asteraceae. The thesis begins with an investigation into effects that vegetation

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Kasulo, Victor S. W. "Bioeconomic management of aquatic ecosystems for conservation and sustainabile utilisation of biodiversity." Thesis, University of York, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247006.

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Lyons, Ashley. "The impacts of contrasting grazing management on biodiversity in upland calcareous grasslands." Thesis, Edge Hill University, 2017. http://repository.edgehill.ac.uk/9934/.

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Calcareous grassland, considered among the most species rich and diverse habitats in Europe, underwent wide scale loss and degradation following post 1950s agricultural intensification. Consequently, they are the focus of conservation efforts and are protected in national and international legislation (e.g. EU Habitats Directive). As elsewhere in Europe, a major cause of upland calcareous grassland loss and degradation in Britain was intensive grazing, typically with sheep. In recent years, conservation organisations have altered grazing practices in an attempt to prevent further loss and degr

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O'Neill, Hagen Metzing. "Deer, biodiversity management and ecotourism in the Hebrides : conflict or mutual benefit." Thesis, Durham University, 2017. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12129/.

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A new management scheme is planned for an island estate in the Inner Hebrides, and aims to promote short-sward biodiverse grassland habitats through controlled grazing pressures and distribution of red deer, whilst avoiding the negative impacts of deer overabundance. These habitats are biodiverse, and act as important refugia for Zygaenidae, a group of day-flying moths with strongly restricted distributions elsewhere in the UK. Traditionally, sheep grazing is used in the region to maintain grasslands, however, this results in an intensively grazed grassland that is not suitable for Zygaenid mo

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Kindstrand, Claes. "On trade-offs between timber and biodiversity /." Alnarp : Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2008. http://epsilon.slu.se/10692539.pdf.

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Manning, Paul. "Response of invertebrate communities to intensive management of improved pasture ecosystems." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:266bd0f5-19ba-49f8-aab0-44a62567c80e.

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The number of people on our planet is projected to rise to between 9.4 and 10 billion by 2050. Some estimates suggest that current levels of food production will need to double to feed this population. Increasing the intensity of food production on existing agricultural land will be a crucial element in meeting this goal, but practices associated with intensive management can cause biodiversity declines and erode the ecosystem functions that underpin production. My work explores agricultural intensification within the context of pasture-based cattle production. I focus on a variety of ecosyste

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Deschamps, Vincent J. "Biodiversity and social benefits in community-based forest management, the Leuser ecosystem, Indonesia." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ55668.pdf.

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Roy, Sugoto Solomon. "The ecology and management of the lesser Indian mongoose Herpestes javanicus on Mauritius." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364930.

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Kiptoo, Caroline Chepkoech. "An ontology and crowd computing model for expert-citizen knowledge transfer in biodiversity management." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62776.

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Knowledge transfer has been identified as a strategic process for bridging the persistent gap between theory and practice. In biodiversity management, experts generate different types of knowledge that is transferred to citizen communities for practice. On the other hand, citizens constantly interact with their biosphere and from time to time are requested to convey ground knowledge to the experts for scientific analysis and interpretation. The transfer of knowledge between experts and citizens is faced by different challenges key among them being the large volume of the knowledge, complexity

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Daniels, Fahiema. "The effects of catchment management and salinity on the dominant macro-algae in the Bot River estuary." Thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26647.

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Tecchio, Samuele. "Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystems: Biodiversity, functioning and vulnerability = Ecosistemes profunds de la Mediterrània: Biodiversitat, funcionament i vulnerabilitat." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/124927.

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The Mediterranean Sea can be considered an excellent natural laboratory for benthic ecologists, due to its peculiar environmental conditions, its broad-scale gradients, and its deep-sea fauna. Primary production levels in the Mediterranean follow a longitudinal gradient, decreasing from west to east. The present thesis focused on the fine-mud benthos habitat of the Mediterranean Sea, on its bathyal and abyssal zones, and the compartment considered was demersal megafauna. The main objective of the present thesis was to describe and characterize the deep habitats of the Mediterranean Sea, relati

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Brook, James. "A framework for biodiversity conservation and value prioritisation in multiple-use marine protected areas /." Title page, contents and summary only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envb8712.pdf.

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Gaigher, René. "The effect of different vineyard management systems on the epigaeic arthropod assemblages in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa /." Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1450.

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Juutinen, A. (Artti). "Biodiversity conservation in forestry: essays on the economics of site selection." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2005. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514279190.

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Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the economics of biodiversity maintenance in boreal forests. From the many tasks available in forest management to improve biodiversity maintenance, the focus is on the lengthening of forest rotation and strict protection, i.e., protected areas. Accordingly, the analysis basis on two different models named forest rotation model and site selection model. Moreover, both socially optimal and cost-effective conservation are considered. The data consists of 32 old-growth stands from northern Finland. The four studies of this dissertation provi

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Hatchwell, Paul K. "A national biodiversity audit of conservation and management status of vascular plant flora in Mexico." Thesis, University of Salford, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.402643.

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Prescott, Graham William. "Effects of land-use, landscape configuration, and management practice on biodiversity in tropical agricultural landscapes." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709023.

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Kolahi, Mahdi. "Synergisms for the intricate system of biodiversity and society in the conservation management of IRAN." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/180469.

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PHOUSAVANH, Phouvin. "Aquatic Biodiversity in Lao PDR: Fisheries Resource Utilization and Management in the Ou River Basin." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/157866.

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Midgley, Andrew C. "Cultures of nature conservation : biodiversity and the management of pinewoods in Abernethy, Scotland, 1988-2002." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/28625.

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This thesis explores the cultural politics of nature conservation in the UK in the 1990s. Working with the insights provided by social constructivist approaches to nature and to knowledge and extending the insights of Michel Foucault to the natural world, the thesis examines the social and cultural processes that underpin the contemporary practices of conserving nature. Calling upon ethnographic work on nature reserves, semi-structured interviews with site managers and policy-makers and the analysis of texts, it examines two examples of conservation practice: the broad shift in policy at the n

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Greenall, Tracy. "Management of gamebird shooting in lowland Britain : Social attitudes, biodiversity benefits and willingness-to-pay." Thesis, University of Kent, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.504650.

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Successful conservation of British biodiversity largely depends on privately owned agricultural land that covers over 75% of Britain's surface area. Several centuries of traditional management for land uses like hunting and shooting have shaped the British countryside. However, agricultural intensification since Wodd War II has reduced habitat quality, and resulted in biodiversity losses, for example of woodland and farmland birds. More recently, agri-environment schemes (AESs) have sought to redress these losses, but have not yet realised wider benefits because of adopted inappropriate prescr

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Fick, Hendrik Jacobus. "Managing biodiversity in a developing country mining context / Fick H.J." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7337.

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South Africa is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world. However, biodiversity is suffering under the huge demand for natural resources and the increasing dependence of rural communities on these same resources. It has also become apparent that an alarming number of species are threatened, endangered or even destroyed. Surveys have revealed that 34% of the country’s 440 terrestrial ecosystems are threatened. The three severest threats to biodiversity are overexploitation, overgrazing and mining. There is however a range of international, regional, national and local laws an

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Rahman, M. D. Luftor. "The potential of restored landfill sites for biodiversity conservation in the UK." Thesis, University of Northampton, 2010. http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/3593/.

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Loss of biodiversity has been in the forefront of conservation issues worldwide since the last century. Biodiversity conservation through restoring degraded habitats or creating new habitats is advocated in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Newly created grasslands on restored landfill sites are semi-natural habitats that could support a number of species. However, it is unknown whether these re-created habitats represent a significant resource in terms of biodiversity conservation though poor quality soil was being used for restoration. A multi-taxon approach was applied to examine the biodive

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Hill, Matthew J. "Aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity of lowland rural and urban ponds in Leicestershire." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/17866.

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Ponds are common and abundant features in nearly all landscapes typical of European lowland landscapes yet research on freshwater biodiversity has traditionally focussed on larger waterbodies such as lakes and rivers. This has led to an increased need to understand and quantify the biodiversity associated with pond habitats to better inform the active conservation and management of these small waterbodies. This thesis examines the aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity (alpha, beta and gamma) and conservation value of 95 ponds in Leicestershire, UK, across a variety of urban and rural landscap

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Reeve, Martin. "Fragmented landscape and fragmented law : threatened species management in South Australia /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envr331.pdf.

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Maass, Petra. "The cultural context of biodiversity conservation." Doctoral thesis, Göttingen Univ.-Verl. Göttingen, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-000D-F23A-C.

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