Essays about: "availability cascade"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words availability cascade.

  1. 1. Askens framtid : konsekvenser och hantering av askskottsjukan ur ett ekologiskt perspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Linda Tångby; Veronika Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Fraxinus excelsior; Hymenoscyphus fraxineus; svampsjukdom; biologisk mångfald; värdväxt; handel; invasivitet; resistens; skadegörare på ask; växtskydd; epidemi;

    Abstract : Asken (Fraxinus excelsior) är ett av våra ädellövsslag och dess existens hotas av den vindburna svampsjukdomen askskottsjukan. Sjukdomen upptäcktes först i Polen i början av 90-talet och spreds under en 20-årsperiod till de flesta länder i Europa. READ MORE

  3. 2. Quantifying the state of the coral reef ecosystem in relation to biophysical benthic and pelagic indicators and biological drivers of change in the Saba National Marine Park, Dutch Caribbean

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Aquatic Resources

    Author : Wiebke Homes; [2021]
    Keywords : GCRMN; Reef Health Index; ; marine protected area; fish-benthos interaction; macroalgae; herbuvory; trophic cascade; fishing; coral disease; Caribbean;

    Abstract : Coral reefs are experiencing large scale degradation. Motivated by the need for regular data monitoring and for quantification of the state and change of benthic and pelagic organisms, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network protocol was executed on 18 dive sites in fished and unfished areas around the island of Saba in the Saba National Marine Park (SNMP) in the Dutch Caribbean from March to May 2019. READ MORE

  4. 3. Insights from a panarchy approach to the resilience of a social-ecological system: the case of La Marjaleria (Castelló, Spain)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Marc Escamilla Nacher; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Resilience; Social-Ecological Systems; Panarchy; Spain; Flood Risk;

    Abstract : The idea of evolutionary resilience in complex systems has gained attention in the recent years. This approach provides better insights in the context of emergence and adaptive capacity, that characterises complex adaptive systems (CAS) such as social-ecological systems (SES), than traditional reductionist and engineering resilience approaches. READ MORE

  5. 4. Counteracting Availability: Giving Control Back to Players Within Online Gambling

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Nordsvan Simon; [2020]
    Keywords : Behavioral change; HCI; personal informatics; human-computer interaction; availability; tracking; control; social responsibility.;

    Abstract : Gambling has become ever more available and begun to employ more techniques, such as gamification, in order to engage their players. Today, Gambling with the use of your computer or smartphone is not deemed very different from playing any other kind of game. READ MORE

  6. 5. Proof That Voluntary Corporate Responsibility Investments Does Not Affect Financial Returns When in the News

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Alexander Andersson; [2017]
    Keywords : corporate responsibility; event study; media coverage; stock returns; availability cascade;

    Abstract : This paper presents the results of financial return analyses after 133 articles regarding social and environmental news were published in Svenska Dagbladet. During the period from 2006 to 2015 Swedish Large Cap companies were analysed after the news announcements, using the event study methodology. READ MORE