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  1. 1. Credit Expansion and Ecology: A study on the impact of increased money supply on the utilization of renewable natural resources

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Robin Rane; Erik Östgren; [2013]
    Keywords : credit expansion; ecological population modeling; money endogeneity; sustainability;

    Abstract : During the recent decades there has been a growing awareness of that the natural resources we have previously thought abundant can not be taken for granted. Different economic schools of thought have different approaches of analyzing how this may affect our economy, and how we may organize our societies in a more sustainable fashion. READ MORE

  3. 2. Minimum Ecologically Viable Populations : Risk assessment from a multispecies perspective

    University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Torbjörn Säterberg; [2009]
    Keywords : Ecological effective population size; extinction; minimum viable population; multispecies modeling; population viability analysis;

    Abstract : The extinction risk of threatened species has traditionally been assessed by the use of tools of Population Viability Analysis (PVA). Species interactions, however, have seldom been accounted for in PVA:s. The omission of species interactions in risk assessments may further lead to serious mistakes when setting target sizes of populations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Vegetation Change Detection in India Using MODIS Satellite Images

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Sashikiran Maranganti; [2009]
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    Abstract : Due to man made events and natural causes many regions are currently undergoing rapid and wide ranging changes in land cover globally including developing and developed countries. India is one of them where land use and land cover change are taking place at a rapid pace. READ MORE

  5. 4. The effects of managed ruminants grazing on the global carbon cycle and greenhouse gas forcing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Jakob Lagerstedt; [2006]
    Keywords : ruminants; ecological modeling; carbon cycle; geography; physical geography; LPJ-DGVM; C ; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Kolcykeln är enkelt uttryckt den globala balansräkningen av kolets (C) förflyttning genom olika sfärer såsom mellan atmosfären och biosfären, således är kolcykeln av stor betydelse för mänsklighetens existens. Exempelvis har atmosfäriska koncentrationer av koldioxid (CO2) och metan (CH4) ökat de senaste 200 hundra åren på grund av mänskliga aktiviteter (till stor del en förflyttning av kol från olika sfärer till atmosfären direkt eller indirekt via olika mekanismer såsom t. READ MORE