Essays about: "change in population pattern"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 42 essays containing the words change in population pattern.
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21. What are trees for : an ethnographic study of local firewood practices in Uganda in the context of deforestation and climate change discourses
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Interventions and schemes are being introduced all over the world to stop deforestation and reduce climate change. These interventions, on all levels of scale, follow a dominant global discourse based on a human-environment dichotomy and neo-Malthusian logic, and are driven by narratives of degradation by the local population and linear environmental change. READ MORE
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22. Variation in number of vertebrae in populations of pike (Esox lucius) in the south-east of Sweden
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)Abstract : Antalet ryggkotor varierar kraftigt mellan olika taxa, men också inom arter eller populationer. Omfattande forskning har visat att antalet ryggkotor hos fisk är resultatet av interaktioner mellan genetisk struktur och plastiska svar på miljöbetingelser under individens ontogeni. READ MORE
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23. Suitability of Spray Dried Powder containing Lipids for Inhalation Formulation based on Fine Particle Fraction and Particle Size Distribution
University essay from Lunds universitet/Livsmedelsteknik och nutrition (master)Abstract : The aim of this master thesis is to provide an indication of the suitability, or otherwise usage, of spray-drying for production of powder aimed for inhalation formulation and comparing the characteristics of the product, with and without lipids. Lipids have a proven effect of delaying release of active drug substances in the cardiovascular system and pulmonary systemic delivery has a number of advantages, chiefly among them being bypassing the first pass metabolism. READ MORE
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24. Spatial assessment of NDVI as an indicator of desertification in Ethiopia using remote sensing and GIS
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Desertification is a serious environmental and socio-economic problem occurring at global, regional and local scale. According to Article 1(a) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), define the term “desertification” means “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid (dry lands) areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities”. READ MORE
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25. The road toward sympatric speciation in whitefish. : The effects of divergent selection on European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) size and behavior, and effects on zooplankton communities.
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskapAbstract : For almost every organism there are large gaps in our knowledge about the processes that leads to speciation. The changes an organism undergoes before divergence has occurred have remained a mystery, as it is difficult to say whether or not a species is going to diverge and when. READ MORE
