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Technology and meaning in natural resource management : the story-making role of GIS in the CLAMS project

Creator:

Duncan, Sally

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The working hypothesis for this study is that the introduction of GIS technology into the ancient procedures of map-making has changed the map-making context sufficiently to require a revision of the way we think about, learn from, and use maps, specifically in the public involvement process in natural resource management....

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Dissertation

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, Dawn Wright of Geosciences, and Marta Tones of Oceanography) have been encouraging and supportive
The influences of habitat structure and landscape heterogeneity on African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) group size in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, South Africa

Creator:

Dora, Cathleen Anna

Abstract:

This study aimed to connect habitat and landscape scale variation, through time and space, to wildlife population dynamics. I studied African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) group size according to habitat structure, landscape heterogeneity, forage quality, and water availability in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve, South Africa. I used two approaches to study grouping...

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Masters Thesis