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Creator:: Cervantes, Andrew G.
Abstract:: Forest composition in Paraguay has been in a state of change for the past half century due to land management practices, forest fragmentation, and deforestation for agriculture. How these factors affect dendrological diversity and wood anatomy in Paraguay is not well understood. This thesis documents Paraguayan forest composition on the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: character is Ao Ao a javelina-dog beast that hunts and consumes people that venture into the mountains and

Creator:: Russell, Joseph D., III
Abstract:: Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations currently exist in less than half of their historic range in the state of New Jersey. The remaining populations are confined to the northwestern part of the state in the Highlands, Appalachian Ridge and Valley, and Piedmont physiographic provinces, with the exception of Mason's Run,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Creator:: Guillozet, Kathleen
Abstract:: This dissertation investigates livelihood and land use change dynamics in a community at the farm-forest periphery in highland Ethiopia. I use interviews and livelihood assessment data to compare the strategies used by members of different wealth groups to negotiate and maintain access to forest resources, and integrate socioeconomic, bio-physical and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: thank the OUS-SYLFF Graduate Fellowship for International Research, the Starker Program in Private and

Creator:: Morré, Susan K.
Abstract:: Sustainable management of the world’s forests is a key component for conserving biodiversity, soil and water resources, mitigating climate change, strengthening economies, and promoting sustainable communities and human well-being, now and in the future. While international cooperation is important, the actual policies and management actions that affect forest conditions and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: visiting scholars, and in program development and teaching in the College’s first two online graduate

Creator:: McMaugh, Andria L.
Abstract:: The Eastern black rail (laterallus jamaicanesis) is the smallest of the rail species and facing catastrophic decline throughout its home range. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the black rail population has decreased as much as 90%, leading to its proposed Federal listing as threatened under the Endangered...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: at the survey site. Using methodology developed by the Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program

Creator:: Woge, Tsion M.
Abstract:: This research paper investigates the water conflict management approaches of the Anuak indigenous people in Gambella, Ethiopia. The paper poses the question do indigenous approaches to water conflict management provide some effective mechanisms that help to resolve conflict? If so, how? In order to provide answers to the research question,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Resource Policy and Management Director of the Water Resources Graduate Program

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