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... Reproductive Strategy and Ungulate Population Dynamics 191 12 Management and Conservation of Mountain Goats 204 13 Long-Term Monitoring of Marked Individuals and Advances in Ecology and Conservation 219 ... Ecological Questions, Conservation Challenges, and Long-Term Research The Study Area and the Goat Population 17 Caw Ridge Study Methods and Limitations 36 Home Ranges, Forage Availability, and Habitat ... chapter Ecological Questions, Conservation Challenges, and Long-Term Research The conservation of biodiversity and the management of wildlife require an understanding of the basic ecology of...

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... political, and cultural circumstances and its impact on the borrowers’ behavior A low literacy rate, depriving economic conditions, extreme political involvements and pressures, inflexible and unsupportive ... to their understanding of the borrowers’ behavior and support by the state authorities REFERENCES Anderson, C., L., Locker, L., & Nugent, R (2002) Microcredit, social capital, and common pool ... questions to study the prevailing behavior of population The questionnaire was also translated into Urdu and Pushto languages to ensure respondents’ understanding and to gather maximum input from...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2013, 05:48

... energy and vice versa Frictional and drag forces on the other hand are called “non-conservative” for reasons that are explained below Consider a system that consists of a block of mass m and the ... back and forth between kinetic energy K of the bob and potential energy U of the bob-earth system We assume that U is zero at the lowest point of the pendulum orbit K is maximum in frame a, and ... example at x2 , x3 and x4 the slope of the U(x) vs x curve is zero, thus F = The slope dU/dx between x3 and x4 is negative; Thus F > for the this interval The slope dU/dx between x2 and x3 is positive;...

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 00:16

... Ecology and Conservation OUP CORRECTED PROOF FINAL, 6/12/2011, SPi Techniques in Ecology and Conservation Series Series Editor: William J Sutherland Bird Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook ... J Sutherland, Ian Newton, and Rhys E Green Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques Susan K Jacobson, Mallory D McDuff, and Martha C Monroe Forest Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of ... for Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Malcolm Ausden Conservation and Sustainable Use: A Handbook of Techniques E.J Milner-Gulland and J Marcus Rowcliffe Invasive Species Management: A Handbook...

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... distress and well-being, objective reports and subjective ratings, and positive and negative self-evaluations of health status.a The SF-36 was translated and validated in several languages and cultures ... social functioning; 86.1 (1.16) for role emotional; and 69.9 (0.81) for mental health The mean PCS and MCS scores and standard errors were 47.6 (0.51) and 44.6 (0.37) respectively (data not shown) ... disease and disorders25 and improve functional capacity and 487 Rev Saỳde Pỳblica 2011;45(3):485-93 well-being especially among the elderly Besides, they help maintaining their autonomy and independence,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... alternate wetting and drying, freezing and thawing and frost action, and biochemical Soil is disturbed by tillage operations and by the trampling of people and livestock Running water and wind are ... minerals and the relative amounts of calcium, magnesium and sodium ions in the water passing through the pores (Arulanandan & Heinzen 1977) Overall, silt loams, loams, ne sands and sandy loams ... the 1900s, the 1940s and between 1967 and 1973, and then increased markedly in the 1970s as people migrated to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States With fewer people on the land, terrace walls were...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 17:20

... Ecology and Conservation OUP CORRECTED PROOF FINAL, 6/12/2011, SPi Techniques in Ecology and Conservation Series Series Editor: William J Sutherland Bird Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook ... J Sutherland, Ian Newton, and Rhys E Green Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques Susan K Jacobson, Mallory D McDuff, and Martha C Monroe Forest Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of ... for Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Malcolm Ausden Conservation and Sustainable Use: A Handbook of Techniques E.J Milner-Gulland and J Marcus Rowcliffe Invasive Species Management: A Handbook...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 18:20

... Survey and the Integrity Line for employees, survey and focus groups for customers and Nutritional label and Green Index, factory assessments and capacity building for suppliers etc (Eccles and ... Human Rights Standards), labor standards/requirements (18.6% vs 8.1%, Labor Standards), and occupational, health, and safety standards (62.9% vs 25.7%, OHS Standards) Finally, High Sustainability ... with Hills and Jones (2001), as ―the specific collection of values and norms that are shared by people and groups in an organization and that control the way they interact with each other and with...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 20:21

... Behavior Health Education and Health Behavior in Context Settings and Audiences for Health Education Progress in Health Promotion and Health Behavior Research Summary TWO: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND ... are often needed to initiate and sustain behavior change Glanz.c01 7/2/08 11:12 AM Page Health Behavior and Health Education effectively And where health education and behavior change professionals ... new options for behavioral medicine and preventive medicine (Noell and Glasgow, 1999; Fotheringham, Owies, Leslie, and Owen, 2000) and are altering the context of health behavior and health education...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... metal band around the lower leg of adults or fledglings and then wait for someone to find and return the band The metal band is very durable and bears an inscription that identifies its owner and ... for the speed and helpfulness of their replies The Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme provided heron recovery data that gives banding and recovery locations, distance travelled and age of death ... Government’s Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme coordinates the activities of bird banders and collects and documents the recovery records In the absence of banding data from the scheme,...

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Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 18:20

... with its planning and coordinating headquarters in Tokyo Mangrove management and conservation This page intentionally left blank Mangrove management and conservation: present and future Edited ... scientific and technical knowledge and know-how and for educational and training activities (such as, for instance, this workshop) to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort, and the waste of time and ... management and conservation : present and future / edited by Marta Vannucci p cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 9280810847 (pbk.) Mangrove forests—Management Mangrove conservation...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 18:20

... Online at: and Kluwer's eBookstore at: http://kluweronline.com http://ebooks.kluweronline.com Contents Prelude to sturgeon biodiversity and conservation by E.K Balon Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation: ... the Netherlands Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation: an introduction William E Bemis¹, Vadim J Birstein2 & John R Waldman3 I Department of Biology and Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary ... effort to better un- derstand the evolution, biogeography, and composition of the order We emphasize generic and familial comparisons, and summarize information for all recent and well preserved fossil...

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Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 18:20

... Tribal and Native Epidemiology Centers, and Tribal Colleges and Universities to collect data and to assure the proper distribution and utilization of findings • Resources must be identified and ... baseline information and to better understand previously identified disparities in health status and risk behaviors in this population METHODS We analyzed data on American Indian and Alaska Native ... history and behavior, contraceptive use, non-voluntary sexual intercourse, and unintended pregnancies among urban AI/AN in order to help fill a need for baseline information and to better understand...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20

... (Eds) 2005 and ecology of Maculinea teleiusthe Ecology and Conservationin&Polandin Europe Studies on and M nausithous of Butterflies Vol 1: General Concepts and Case Studies, pp 9-10 Landscape ... grassland butterfly indicator Chris Van Swaay & Arco van Strien 106 Section 2.2 Conservation of butterflies and global change – Population biology and land use 109 Landscape ... R.T.T (1996) Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-use Planning Harvard, Harvard University Graduate School of design Forman, R T T and M Godron (1986) Landscape Ecology...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 01:20

... McNamara, and Alasdair Houston (see Mangel and Clark 1988; Clark and Mangel 2000; Houston and McNamara 1999) Even nonmathematical biologists can easily understand dynamic state variable models and ... history and the intensity of debate Stephens and Krebs (1986) reviewed the issues up to 1986 (see Pyke et al 1977; Kamil and Sargent 1981; and Krebs et al 1983 for earlier reviews) Perry and Pianka ... in ecology in the late 1970s and 1980s and is described in sections 1.8 and 1.9 below Stephens and Krebs (1986) used the idea of state dependence in two chapters and anticipated the still-growing...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 01:20

... traits and skills required to cement long-term behavior change And while personality is critical, it is also a difficult trait to manage and optimize in isolation from key skills and behaviors ... better at being assertive and competitive, with a higher propensity to control and command interactions and events And while the first groups were adept at analysis and creativity, the second ... in understanding the combinations of personality, competency and behavior that correlate with and differentiate high performance in sales and an improved ability to hire, promote, and develop...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 11:20

... Data: Impact on Customer Payment Behavior and Furnisher Costs and Benefits Executive Summary and Key Findings This report examines the perceived and actual costs and benefits of full-file credit ... Impact on Customer Payment Behavior and Furnisher Costs and Benefits eligibility and whether or not a security deposit will be required Still, others report late payments and charge-off information ... on Customer Payment Behavior and Furnisher Costs and Benefits payments and defaults Reorganizing its account management has allowed Nicor Gas to decrease its net bad debt and reduce the share...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 06:21

... wetlands and grasslands, grazing by large herbivores is used as a management tool for the conservation of birds, butterflies and other invertebrates The impacts of grazing at different spatial and ... define conservation biology and bring a radical new agenda to the solution of pressing conservation problems Published Titles Conservation in a Changing World, edited by Georgina Mace, Andrew ... Georgina Mace, Andrew Balmford and Joshua Ginsberg 521 63270 (hardcover), 521 63445 (paperback) Behaviour and Conservation, edited by Morris Gosling and William Sutherland 521 66230 (hardcover),...

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