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Biomass Residue-Fueled Micro-Grid for a Rural Community in Puerto Rico
(2019)
Ecology - Agriculture in the tropics is challenging in large part because of low-fertility soils that are highly
weathered, acidic, and have few nutrients which are prone to leaching during heavy rainfall. A
potential ...
Community Perceptions of Ecotourism from Arslanbob, Kyrgyz Republic
(2019-04)
Ecotourism has long been discussed as a means to provide income to poor and remote communities with minimal harm inflicted on local natural areas. Case studies examining ecotourism initiatives focus largely on the Global ...
The Role of Higher Order Interactions in Structuring Competitive Communities: an empirical study in ant communities
(2019-04)
Understanding the mechanisms which allow for the maintenance of diverse communities is one of
the central foci of ecology. Recent work suggests that complex interactions such as trait-mediated
indirect interactions ...
Influence of Avian Malaria Infections on Morphological Characteristics in Migratory Songbird, the Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha)
(2019-04)
Bird plumage is thought to serve many functions beyond warmth and protection. Ornithologists have proposed that feather color and quality facilitate communication among different members of a species by advertising an ...
Towards a Circular Plastics Economy: Policy Solutions for Closing the Loop on Plastic
(2019)
Over the past 50 years, plastic has emerged as one of the most ubiquitous materials in modern society. In the form of packaging, plastic has provided us with immense convenience and utility, particularly with regards to ...
An Economic Perspective on a Carbon Management Program at the University of Michigan
(2019-04)
The recent UN IPCC special report stated that, in order to stay at or below 1.5 degrees of
warming, greenhouse gas emissions will need to be reduced by 45 percent below 2010 levels in
the next decade, and reach net zero ...
Determining Invasive Plant Hot Spots in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to Inform Early Detection and Rapid Response Initiatives
(2019-08)
Management of invasive plant species can be a high continual cost in terms of treatment, therefor prevention and early detection efforts are key to protecting natural areas. A tool in the arsenal of natural resource ...
Why Remediation Progress Differs Among Great Lakes Areas of Concern: Factors that Enable and Constrain Michigan Public Advisory Councils
(2019-04)
There are 14 designated “toxic hotspots,” or “Areas of Concern” (AOCs), around
Michigan’s coasts where legacy contamination impairs water quality. The State’s Office
of the Great Lakes manages the Remedial Action Planning ...
Mapping Cover Crops in Southeastern Michigan with Sentinel-2 Remote Sensing data
(2019-04)
The River Raisin watershed, which spans southeastern Michigan and northwestern Ohio, is a
hotspot for negative environmental impacts caused by industrialized and conventional agricultural
practices, particularly excess ...
Assessing the adaptation potential of pest Cultural Management Practices (CMPs) for spotted wing Drosophila on tart cherry orchards in Michigan
(2019-12)
Spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii), or SWD, a fruit fly native to East Asia, has become pervasive on fruit farms across North America in the past decade, laying its eggs inside thin-skinned fruits. Its ...