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Creator:: Johnson, Thomas G.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: patience and care, and to Casey Van Kooten who proofread an earlier draft and made editorial suggestions

Creator:: Dell, Randal Scott
Abstract:: Waterfowl and the places they inhabit provide numerous economic benefits to society. The financial and other resources provided by waterfowl hunters to secure and protect waterfowl habitat are a major force for wetland protection, as guided under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. However, the habitat and population objectives established...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: been done by Cooper and Loomis (1993) and van Kooten (1993 ). A unique societal cost-benefit analysis

Creator:: Min, He
Abstract:: Many non-native weed pests of food, fiber, and nursery crops pose threats to U.S. environment and agriculture. Noxious weed regulations play an important role in preventing the introduction and spread of non-native plants, thereby protecting the local biodiversity, environment and economic activities. However, these regulations could also hamper agricultural trade....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Creator:: Tuininga, Chris R
Abstract:: Since harvest levels of many of the world's fisheries are not likely to increase in the foreseeable future, resource managers and seafood processors need to develop improved strategies to maximize the utilization and benefits of current catches. In addition to increasing utilization and benefits, seafood processors are subject to the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Creator:: Beale, Katherine L.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ; Little, 1950; Van Kooten, 1982; and others]. Arrow's impossibility theorem and the debate it

Creator:: Lewis, David James
Abstract:: Habitat fragmentation has been widely studied in the biological literature and is considered a primary threat to biodiversity. However, there has been little research on land-use policies to reduce fragmentation. This dissertation focuses on two major research issues related to fragmentation policies. First, I develop an analytical model to analyze...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Cary 1988; Van Horn et al. 1995). Since there is generally more biological knowledge about how

Creator:: Abedin, Joynal
Abstract:: Traditional season-long livestock grazing strategy on western riparian areas has been identified as one of the factors affecting rangeland productivity as well as wildlife habitat in riparian zones. As alternatives to summer season-long grazing, summer short-duration grazing (without haying), and fall short-duration grazing (following haying), were considered in this study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: biomass in the field at each point in time. Let S denote the stock of forage biomass and g(S) represent

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