Essays about: "Joel Fransson"

Found 4 essays containing the words Joel Fransson.

  1. 1. Vibrational signals as indicators of soil fauna health? : A novel approach to environmental monitoring of ants

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Joel Fransson Forsberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Vibrations; Formica ants; Vibrometer; Vibrational signals; Imidacloprid; Before-After-Control-Impact;

    Abstract : Soil fauna provides processes of crucial importance for ecosystem functions, but our ability to observe their actions often depend on destructive methods where the integrity of the studied environment (the soil) is compromised. In this study, I develop and test a new generation of environmental monitoring tools that utilize vibrations made by soil macrofauna to inform about their performance and health. READ MORE

  3. 2. Quantifying changes in soil bioporosity in subarctic soils after earthworm invasions

    University essay from

    Author : Joel Fransson Forsberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Biopores; macropores; geoengineering earthworms; X-ray tomography;

    Abstract : Pores provide important hotspots for chemical and biological processes in soils. Earthworm burrows affect the macropore structure and their actions may create new preferential pathways for water and gas flow within soils. This, in turn, indirectly affect plants, nutrient cycling, hydraulic conductivity, gas exchange, and soil organisms. READ MORE

  4. 3. Constructing an Explorative Approach for a New Reality: Ambidexterity in a Real Estate Context - A qualitative study at Castellum

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ida Fransson; Joel Rosman; [2020-06-22]
    Keywords : Exploration; Exploitation; Ambidexterity; Legitimacy; Established firms; Real estate industry;

    Abstract : The real estate industry in Sweden has historically performed well with similar actors and behaviours on the market. This has resulted in a slack change of adapting the industry to the society’s new trends and behaviours, e.g. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ecology From Within: Ecocriticism and Allegory in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Joel Fransson; [2019-01-08]
    Keywords : ecology; nature; allegory; dualism;

    Abstract : This essay reads Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel The Word for World is Forest to explore whether there is a connection between Cartesian dualism, allegorical reading, and environmentalist thought. To answer this the essay employs the philosophy and theoretical writings of Timothy Morton, namely The Ecological Thought and Ecology Without Nature. READ MORE