Advances in Food and Non-Food Biomass Production, Processing and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Basis for a Regional Bioeconomy |
Autore | Schmitt Christine B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (446 p.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
value addition
cassava variants Biomass pollution welfare biomass scenarios equity bio-based husk bioproductivity transdisciplinary research groundnut land-use mucilage fiber corncob neighborhoods mixed methods crop residue impact Ghana germination bamboo rural development multipurpose tree on farmland knowledge-based bioeconomy multi-functionality access value chain availability development policy biomass utilization homegarden adoption primary sector cluster analysis Nigeria food bearing innovation CGE value web biomass bioenergy comparative advantage maize Policy Analysis Matrix basic needs multistorey coffee system collaboration solid waste traditional agroforestry amylose edible pulp governance intensification options parchment green economy farmland value-added renewable energy endogenous switching regression smallholders food and non-food benefit crop model carotenoids retention family farming contract farming contract design richness development biological goods soil amendment Biomass-based value web sustainability deforestation sustainable development typology cassava smallholders push–pull technology circular economy methane Ethiopia willingness to pay cassava farmers biochar Yayu Biosphere Reserve bioeconomy bio-based economy food and non-food self-purging pyrolysis productivity demand-driven research cassava leadership probit intragenerational justice fairness productivity differentials technology high-tech bioeconomy cassava processors intensity phytotoxicity global biomass food security cassava processing yellow cassava plantain residues fertilizer-yield-response |
ISBN | 3-03928-669-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Advances in Food and Non-Food Biomass Production, Processing and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910674007903321 |
Schmitt Christine B | ||
MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
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Advances in Remote Sensing for Global Forest Monitoring |
Autore | Tomppo Erkki |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (352 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Environmental economics |
Soggetto non controllato |
forest structure change
EBLUP small area estimation multitemporal LiDAR and stand-level estimates forest cover Sentinel-1 Sentinel-2 data fusion machine-learning Germany South Africa temperate forest savanna classification Sentinel 2 land use land cover improved k-NN logistic regression random forest support vector machine statistical estimator IPCC good practice guidelines activity data emissions factor removals factor Picea crassifolia Kom compatible equation nonlinear seemingly unrelated regression error-in-variable modeling leave-one-out cross-validation digital surface model digital terrain model canopy height model constrained neighbor interpolation ordinary neighbor interpolation point cloud density stereo imagery remotely sensed LAI field measured LAI validation magnitude uncertainty temporal dynamics state space models forest disturbance mapping near real-time monitoring CUSUM NRT monitoring deforestation degradation tropical forest tropical peat forest type deep learning FCN8s CRFasRNN GF2 dual-FCN8s random forests error propagation bootstrapping Landsat LiDAR La Rioja forest area change data assessment uncertainty evaluation inconsistency forest monitoring drought time series satellite data Bowen ratio carbon flux boreal forest windstorm damage synthetic aperture radar C-band genetic algorithm multinomial logistic regression |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557338103321 |
Tomppo Erkki | ||
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
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Agroforestry-Based Ecosystem Services |
Autore | van Noordwijk Meine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (476 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
Soggetto non controllato |
carbon storage
cacao agroforestry farmer tree preference utility value entrainment erosion forest conversion overland flow soil macroporosity throughfall water balance boundary work ecohydrology forest-water-people nexus landscape approach participatory methods scenario evaluation social-ecological systems tropical forests assisted natural regeneration (ANR) co-investment ecosystem services environmental stewardship equity forest and landscape restoration (FLR) rights-based approach tree planting water coffee fruit trees index of root anchoring slope stability soil shear strength root length density root tensile strength agroforestry carbon sequestration climate change mitigation grazing management land restoration nationally determined contribution silvopastoral tree cover cocoa agroforestry climate adaptation soil restoration soil organic carbon soil macro-porosity soil water availability inceptisols Fraxinus dimorpha soil chemical characteristics mycorrhizal attributes traditional ecological knowledge anastomosis agroforest silvopasture economics financial analysis carbon payment Peru innovation transfer trimming intention participatory and integrative research-extension stakeholders adaptation Kisumu Bungoma payment for ecosystem services village savings and loan associations fruit tree-based agroforestry economic benefits farmer perspectives resource competition systems improvement uptake and expansion cost-benefit analysis landscape restoration global stocktake agroforestry coffee shade tree species pairwise ranking Vietnam trees on farm options by context on-farm planned comparison tree seedling survival agriculture sector cost efficiency land suitability potential expansion areas representative concentration pathway cocoa Java livelihoods rural-urban remittances returning migrants Sumatra Sulawesi certification deforestation palm oil forest classification Jambi legality independent smallholders agroforestry concessions West Kalimantan land-use change belowground biodiversity soil engineers Pontoscolex corethrurus natural habitats planted forest artesian wells Oryza paddy cultivation restoration rodents sustainable intensification Mount Bromo-Tengger coinvestment instrumental values landscape relational values stewardship sustainable development goals (SDGs) trees |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557429103321 |
van Noordwijk Meine | ||
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
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Among African apes [[electronic resource] ] : stories and photos from the field / / edited by Martha M. Robbins and Christophe Boesch |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.88096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RobbinsMartha M. <1967->
BoeschChristophe |
Soggetto topico |
Apes - Africa
Apes - Research - Africa Apes - Conservation Rare mammals - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
african animals african apes animal behavior apes bonobos bwindi impenetrable national park central africa chimpanzees conservation cote divoire deforestation disease ecotourism endangered animals environment environmentalism extinction field research forests gabon gorillas great apes ivindo national park jungles life sciences nature photography nature preserve nature reserve nature nonfiction poaching primates primatology science tai national park uganda wild apes wildlife zoology |
ISBN |
1-283-27793-X
9786613277930 0-520-94883-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who, What, Where, and Why -- ONE: Discovering Apes -- TWO: Life and Death in the Forest Blood -- THREE: Encounters with Bili Chimpanzees in the Undisturbed Gangu Forest -- FOUR: Is Blood Thicker Than Water -- FIVE: Our Cousins in the Forest - or Bushmeat? -- SIX: Discovering Chimpanzee Traditions -- SEVEN: Keeping It in the Family. Tribal Warfare between Chimpanzee Communities -- EIGHT: Winona's Search for the Right Silverback. Insights into Female Strategies at a Natural Rain Forest Clearing in Northern Congo -- NINE: The Long Road to Habituation. A Window into the Lives of Gorillas -- TEN: Among Silverbacks -- ELEVEN: The Diversity of the Apes What Is the Future? -- Contributors -- Plate Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781375603321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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Amphibian declines [[electronic resource] ] : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / / edited by Michael J. Lannoo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1117 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/78 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LannooMichael J |
Soggetto topico |
Amphibian declines
Amphibian declines - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
adenocarcinoma
agriculture amphibians animal populations biodiversity biology climate change conservation deforestation disease ecology environment environmentalism frogs genetics global warming habitat lakes malformation malformed frogs minnesota natural sciences nature nonfiction northern cricket frogs overwintering parasites pesticides pollution population declines radiation risk factors rivers salamander science ultraviolet wetlands wild animals woodland salamanders xenobiotics zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-75915-9
9786612759154 0-520-92943-8 1-4175-9332-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Amphibian Declines -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Advisory Board -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part One. Conservation Essays -- Introduction -- 1. Diverse Phenomena Influencing Amphibian Population Declines -- 2. Why Are Some Species In Decline But Others Not? -- 3. Philosophy, Value Judgments, And Declining Amphibians -- 4. Embracing Human Diversity In Conservation -- 5. Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force -- Declines -- 6. Meeting The Challenge Of Amphibian Declines With An Interdisciplinary Research Program -- 7. Biology Of Amphibian Declines -- 8. Declines Of Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon) -- 9. Decline Of Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 10. Overwintering In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- Causes -- 11. Repercussions Of Global Change -- 12. Lessons From Europe -- 13. Risk Factors And Declines In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 14. Ultraviolet Radiation -- 15. Xenobiotics -- 16. Variation In Pesticide Tolerance -- 17. Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma -- 18. Malformed Frogs In Minnesota: History And Interspecific Differences -- 19. Parasites Of North American Frogs -- 20. Parasite Infection And Limb Malformations: A Growing Problem In Amphibian Conservation -- 21. Pine Silviculture -- 22. Commercial Trade -- Conservation -- 23. Houston Toads And Texas Politics -- 24. Amphibian Conservation Needs -- 25. Amphibian Population Cycles And Long-Term Data Sets -- 26. Landscape Ecology -- 27. Conservation Of Texas Spring And Cave Salamanders (Eurycea) -- 28. Lessons From The Tropics -- 29. Taxonomy And Amphibian Declines -- 30. Conservation Systematics: The Bufo Boreas Species Group -- 31. Factors Limiting The Recovery Of Boreal Toads (Bufo B. Boreas) -- 32. Southwestern Desert Bufonids -- 33. Amphibian Ecotoxicology -- 34. Museum Collections -- 35. Critical Areas -- 36. Creating Habitat Reserves For Migratory Salamanders -- 37. Population Manipulations -- 38. Exotic Species -- 39. Protecting Amphibians While Restoring Fish Populations -- 40. Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation -- Surveys And Monitoring -- 41. Distribution Of South Dakota Anurans -- 42. Nebraska's Declining Amphibians -- 43. Museum Collections Can Assess Population Trends -- 44. Monitoring Salamander Populations In Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- 45. North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (Naamp) -- 46. Evaluating Calling Surveys -- 47. Geographical Information Systems And Survey Designs -- 48. Impacts Of Forest Management On Amphibians -- 49. Monitoring Pigment Pattern Morphs Of Northern Leopard Frogs -- Education -- 50. The National Amphibian Conservation Center -- 51. A Thousand Friends Of Frogs: Its Origins -- A Perspective -- 52. Of Men And Deformed Frogs: A Journalist's Lament -- Part Two. Species Accounts -- Introduction -- Anura -- Ascaphidae -- Family Bufonidae -- Family Dendrobatidae -- Family Hylidae -- Family Leptodactylidae -- Family Microhylidae -- Family Pelobatidae -- Family Pipidae -- Family Ranidae -- Family Rhinophrynidae -- Caudata -- Family Ambystomatidae -- Family Amphiumidae -- Family Cryptobranchidae -- Family Dicamptodontidae -- Family Plethodontidae -- Family Proteidae -- Family Rhyacotritonidae -- Family Salamandridae -- Family Sirenidae -- Epilogue: Factors Implicated In Amphibian Population Declines In The United States -- Conclusion -- Literature Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783318103321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
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Biodiversity in the Global South : Research for a sustainable world / / Jean-François Agnèse, Olivier Dangles, Estienne Rodary |
Autore | Rodary Estienne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Marseille, : IRD Éditions, 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (72 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
VerdierValerie
AgnèseJean-François DanglesOlivier RodaryEstienne |
Collana | Focus |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental Studies
Geography biodiversity conservation deforestation nutrition climate change global health ecology Afrique Asie Amérique latine |
Soggetto non controllato |
biodiversity
conservation deforestation nutrition climate change global health ecology Afrique Asie Amérique latine |
ISBN | 2-7099-2899-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910597170903321 |
Rodary Estienne | ||
Marseille, : IRD Éditions, 2022 | ||
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Diversity, Biogeography and Community Ecology of Ants |
Autore | Andersen Alan N |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (370 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
Soggetto non controllato |
ant diversity
cryptic species morphospecies species delimitation sympatric association endosymbiont ant vertical transmission biogeography ancestral state reconstruction phylogeny ants community structure physiology interactions temperature behavioral interactions coexistence co-occurrence competitive exclusion dominance Formicidae scale Dolichoderinae species distribution models climatic gradients wet tropics climate change invasion ecology invasive species red imported fire ant commensalism gopher tortoise diversity conservation burrow commensal soil arthropods pitfall bait turnover food specialisation stratification sampling methods hypogaeic species richness species occurrence endemic species distribution ranges dispersal routes centre of origin refugium areas antbird army ant biodiversity biological indicator deforestation habitat fragmentation myrmecophiles mimicry species interactions tropics biological invasions species checklist urban ecology |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910566471503321 |
Andersen Alan N | ||
Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 | ||
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Education, Communication and Decision Making on Renewable and Sustainable Energy |
Autore | Ioannou Konstantinos |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (194 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Environmental economics |
Soggetto non controllato |
renewable energy
governance community energy citizens’ energy companies actor plurality acceptance energy transition auction scheme Germany Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) barriers sustainability multi-functionality proposal educative-communication approach sustainable agriculture negative externalities GHG emissions NARDL model Renewable Energy Enterprises Internet benchmark education for sustainable development environmental protection curriculum teacher renewable resources natural gas energy market customer satisfaction industrial customers multicriteria analysis Renewable energy sources energy poverty citizen attitudes Thessaloniki marine renewable energy co-existence co-location Dempster Shafer Analytic Hierarchy Process multi-criteria analysis environmental Kuznets curve deforestation ARDL with bounds test willingness-to-invest energy investments renewable energy sources (RES) perceptions attitudes department of forestry environmental science university students decision-making education communication investments policy RES |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557441303321 |
Ioannou Konstantinos | ||
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
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Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 1: Conceptual Innovations |
Autore | Enemark Stig |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (296 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
Soggetto non controllato |
complete cadastre
legal element fixing boundary eligible landowner agreement boundary marker fit-for-purpose land administration (FFP LA) violent conflict United Nations extra-legal transitional justice peace building land governance power relations securing land rights land registration development impacts fit-for-purpose land administration land administration decentralization India fit-for-purpose institutions governance politics Amazon deforestation Fit-For-Purpose land administration participatory mapping indigenous land conflict Cumaribo Colombia community-based land adjudication components of adjudication land tenure land rights good practices updating land records systematic land registration unconventional approach case study Benin cadaster land administration domain model LADM cadastre FFPLA customary tenure land inventory land management mobile-based applications pro-poor land surveying tenure security land rights and tenure fit-for-purpose approach human rights design science research design thinking fit for purpose spatial data quality spatial data quality assurance maintenance update upgrade upkeep renewal data quality spatial framework STDM technology UAV feature extraction rapid urbanization climate change pandemic urban resilience spatial legal and institutional frameworks land tenure security pro-poor land recordation land governance reform cost effectiveness innovative technology case studies Uganda customary land tenure land recordation tools semantic technologies land information system fit-for-purpose land management aerial and street level imagery machine learning integrated land programs land policy pilot study informal settlements urban development Brazil community-based crowdsourcing SiGIT Ecuador land and resources rights public-private partnerships corporate social responsibility poverty reduction business driven solutions social enterprises |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti |
Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 1
Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 1 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557521203321 |
Enemark Stig | ||
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 2: Country Implementation |
Autore | Enemark Stig |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (268 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
Soggetto non controllato |
complete cadastre
legal element fixing boundary eligible landowner agreement boundary marker fit-for-purpose land administration (FFP LA) violent conflict United Nations extra-legal transitional justice peace building land governance power relations securing land rights land registration development impacts fit-for-purpose land administration land administration decentralization India fit-for-purpose institutions governance politics Amazon deforestation Fit-For-Purpose land administration participatory mapping indigenous land conflict Cumaribo Colombia community-based land adjudication components of adjudication land tenure land rights good practices updating land records systematic land registration unconventional approach case study Benin cadaster land administration domain model LADM cadastre FFPLA customary tenure land inventory land management mobile-based applications pro-poor land surveying tenure security land rights and tenure fit-for-purpose approach human rights design science research design thinking fit for purpose spatial data quality spatial data quality assurance maintenance update upgrade upkeep renewal data quality spatial framework STDM technology UAV feature extraction rapid urbanization climate change pandemic urban resilience spatial legal and institutional frameworks land tenure security pro-poor land recordation land governance reform cost effectiveness innovative technology case studies Uganda customary land tenure land recordation tools semantic technologies land information system fit-for-purpose land management aerial and street level imagery machine learning integrated land programs land policy pilot study informal settlements urban development Brazil community-based crowdsourcing SiGIT Ecuador land and resources rights public-private partnerships corporate social responsibility poverty reduction business driven solutions social enterprises |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 2 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557600603321 |
Enemark Stig | ||
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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