Essays about: "land fragmentation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 60 essays containing the words land fragmentation.

  1. 16. Photodegradation of macroplastics to microplastics : A laboratory study on common litter found in urban areas

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

    Author : Jonathan Svedin; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : During the last 60 years the plastic production has increased more than 190 times and plasticpollution both at sea and land is a growing issue. Every year millions of tons of plastic waste fromland reaches the oceans, but the land-based sources are diffuse. READ MORE

  3. 17. Mulmholkar som livsutrymmen i en fragmenterad värld : en studie kring hur landskapsarkitekter kan arbeta med habitatfläckar i ett urbant landskap

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Molly Owen; [2020]
    Keywords : mulmholkar; urbanekologi; landskapsekologi; landskapsarkitektur;

    Abstract : Vedlevande organismer hotas idag av den habitatfragmentering som skett till följd av förändrad markanvändning. Landskapsarkitekter spelar en viktig roll när det gäller att återskapa habitat. Ett sätt att på artificiell väg skapa habitat för vedlevande organismer kan vara med hjälp av mulmholkar. READ MORE

  4. 18. Evaluating structural landscape development in the municipality Upplands-Bro, using landscape metrics indices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Marcus Eriksson; [2020]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; landscape development; land use; landscape indices; FRAGSTATS; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to evaluate and describe the landscape development in an area located in the municipality of Upplands-Bro, Sweden. The main hypothesis was that the landscape patterns in the study area have changed, as I expected to discover that the landscape has undergone structural changes, in form of both changed land use and changed landscape patch composition. READ MORE

  5. 19. UNITED BY FAITH, DIVIDED BY …? A comparative content analysis on the splintering of the Islamic Terrorism Movement

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karin Lidqvist; [2019-12-06]
    Keywords : al-Qaeda; Islamic State; Hamas; Terrorism; Militant Islamism; Fragmentation; Content Analysis;

    Abstract : Through a qualitative comparative content analysis, this thesis sets out to describe current splintering within the Islamist terrorist movement – a noteworthy change given previous intergroup tolerance. The comparison is made between al-Qaeda, Islamic State, and Hamas. READ MORE

  6. 20. Limiting factors in capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) conservation

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Christer Moreira Boman; Andreas Pettersson; [2019]
    Keywords : reintroduction; conservation; capercaillie; wildlife management; population viability analysis;

    Abstract : With current extinction rates comparable with the rates of previous mass extinctions and humanities necessity of biodiversity, conservation of habitat and species should be regarded as paramount whenever planning land use. In this paper we have focused on the Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) an umbrella species in Eurasian boreal and temperate forests. READ MORE