Demands by employers for well-rounded individuals are increasing. Potential employers of fish and wildlife graduates are looking for staff that can communicate effectively, work autonomously, and who can problem-solve (Northwest Center Sustainable Resources 1998). There has been a paradigm shift in curriculum development driven by the requirements of agencies and...
Our discussion in the present paper builds upon our two earlier
analyses of international fragmentation (1990, 1998),
focussing upon the importance of service links in connecting
fragmented production blocks.
The next section of this paper probes the
fundamentals of the fragmentation process and how prices
may adjust in global markets....
Predicting agronomic rates is important to derive optimum economic and environmental benefits from biosolids fertilizer applications. We conducted this research to 1) evaluate dryland wheat response to biosolids applications over a range of climate zones in the Pacific Northwest and 2) compare agronomic application rates predicted from yield curves with...
This paper elaborates the use of distributed Genetic Algorithms (DGA) to study an artificial land rental market. The
study is based on a spatial comparative-static model in which a number of spatially ordered agents (farms) compete in an auction
for renting land. Each agent’s behavior is determined by a genetic...
This paper analyses the management of the Atlantic salmon stocks in the Baltic Sea through a coalition game in partition function form. The signs of economic and biological overexploitation of these salmon stocks over the last two decades indicate that cooperation among the harvesting countries, under the European Union's Common...
Stinkbug injury was significantly reduced when aggregation lures were placed along orchard edges before border spraying commenced inJuly. Damage was 24% lower along borders that had lures placed in weed hosts every 20 feet. Further improvements are expected when overwintered adults are controlled in the same manner beginning in May.