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Integrating land use planning & biodiversity

Creator:: Cohn, Jeffrey P. and Lerner, Jeffrey A.
Abstract:: The workshop emphasized large-scale conservation planning: the networks of conservation lands that are being planned at state and regional levels across the country. Ideally, this approach will help preserve the country's rich biodiversity by protecting its most viable habitats and species populations. This strategy represents current theories on the application...
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: wildlife agencies have not always used land use planning processes effectively for habitat protection

Rangeland privatization and the Maasai experience : implications for livestock herding, open space, and wildlife conservation in southern Kenya

Creator:: Sundstrom, Shiloh
Abstract:: For centuries in what is now southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, nomadic, Maasai livestock herders have coexisted with vast populations of wildlife. Today, both wildlife and the Maasai herding lifestyle, a vital component of Maasai culture, are threatened by changes to the landscape and losses in mobility, including the policy...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: an important land use for the Maasai and much of the wildlife habitat in southern Kenya is found on

The Influence of Scale in a Structured Decision Making Framework for Chinook Salmon Management

Creator:: McDonnell, Kevin N.
Abstract:: The goal of my dissertation was to explore how scale influences stream restoration prioritization strategies for an anadromous species and identify influential uncertainties that exist at different scales. My objectives were to (1) produce a comprehensive review of the Chinook salmon management challenges in California’s Central Valley and identify the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Kevin N. McDonnell for

Combining Disparate Data Sources with Ecosystem and Integrated Models: Case Studies for Improving Management of Protected Species

Creator:: Chasco, Brandon E.
Abstract:: Globally, the number of threatened species is increasing and conserving them is a high priority to the scientific community. Assessing the status of these protected species is challenging due to missing, contested, and or contradictory data streams. Integrated models (IMs) provide a statistical framework for combining disparate data sources to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Chasco for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fisheries Science presented on March 6, 2019

Reconciling Working Landscapes on State and Federal Lands with Endangered Species Act Requirements: Emerging Governance Surrounding Beaver-Related Watershed Restoration in Oregon

Creator:: Pike-Urlacher, Zach R.
Abstract:: Reconciling working landscapes with Endangered Species Act (ESA) requirements is a vexing challenge playing out in watersheds across the western United States. Beaver-related watershed restoration (BRR) methodologies have the potential to reconcile competing demands for resource extraction and recovery of ESA-listed species by restoring ecosystem functionality more effectively and at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Title: Reconciling Working Landscapes on State and Federal Lands with Endangered Species Act

Essays on the economics of wildlife management

Creator:: Rashford, Benjamin S.
Abstract:: Wildlife managers are on the front lines of the effort to conserve wildlife and are required to do so cost-effectively. This dissertation consists of three manuscripts that integrate economics and ecology to inform cost-effective wildlife management. The first and second manuscripts focus on identifying cost-effective wildlife management plans. The third...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: management, economic analyses have largely emphasized demand for wildlife resources and non- market

Carbon Dynamics in Response to Land Cover Change in Tropical Peatlands, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Creator:: Basuki, Imam
Abstract:: This study focuses in providing the knowledge on carbon (C) stocks, emission and ecosystem productivity related to land use/land cover change in tropical peatlands. The field research activities were conducted for about 17 months between August 2013 to December 2015, at Pematang Gadung peat dome (peat depth up to 10.5...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Imam Basuki for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife Science presented on May 19, 2017

Assessment and Recommendations for Interpretive Programming around Climate Change at the Glades Wildlife Refuge

Creator:: Boyd, Kelsey
Abstract:: This paper identifies 51 best practices of interpretive programming in relation to the topic of climate change and applies those practices to interpretive programs delivered by Natural Lands, a Pennsylvania environmental non-profit organization, and specifically at the Glades Wildlife Refuge, one of Natural Lands’ nature preserves. The best practices are...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: public lands have been found to have positive benefits for both the participants and the land (Stern et

Challenges to Gray Wolf Recovery in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California

Creator:: Kriz, Matthew A.
Abstract:: Gray wolves (Canis lupus) are the most socially polarizing species listed under the Endangered Species Act. Wildlife management practices at local, state, and federal levels include lethal control to resolve stakeholder and wolf conflicts as a last resort. There is little experimental evidence that lethal control is effective in this...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: govern their tribal lands, and an exemption to create their own management programs for wolves once

Carbon Dynamics Associated with Land Cover Change in Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems of the Mahakam Delta, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Creator:: Arifanti, Virni B.
Abstract:: The Mahakam Delta which was once among the largest mangrove forests in Indonesia, has been subjected to dramatic changes in structure and function due to massive shifts from mangrove forest to shrimp ponds and oil and gas development. To understand the impacts of mangrove loss to the greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Virni Budi Arifanti for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Integrating land use planning & biodiversity

Rangeland privatization and the Maasai experience : implications for livestock herding, open space, and wildlife conservation in southern Kenya

The Influence of Scale in a Structured Decision Making Framework for Chinook Salmon Management

Combining Disparate Data Sources with Ecosystem and Integrated Models: Case Studies for Improving Management of Protected Species

Reconciling Working Landscapes on State and Federal Lands with Endangered Species Act Requirements: Emerging Governance Surrounding Beaver-Related Watershed Restoration in Oregon

Essays on the economics of wildlife management

Carbon Dynamics in Response to Land Cover Change in Tropical Peatlands, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Assessment and Recommendations for Interpretive Programming around Climate Change at the Glades Wildlife Refuge

Challenges to Gray Wolf Recovery in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California

Carbon Dynamics Associated with Land Cover Change in Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems of the Mahakam Delta, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

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