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Tragedy of the Commons
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999)
Despite the reception of Hardin's essay on the tragedy of the commons, it was not a new concept: its intellectual roots trace back to Aristotle who noted that "what is common to the greatest number has the least care ...
Environmental Awareness, Economic Orientation, and Farming Practices: A Comparison of Organic and Conventional Farmers
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1997-09)
Some psychological benefits of urban nature: Mental vitality from time spent in nearby nature.
(Nova Science Publishers, 2017)
A one-time era of vast energy and natural resources allowed an industrial civilization to emerge and flourish. This gift of resources allowed for the building of modern society’s infrastructure and the flood of goods and ...
Some strategies for sustaining a walking routine: Insights from experienced walkers
(2013)
This study explores the strategies that experienced walkers felt were most useful for sustaining outdoor walking routines. To investigate this issue, a survey-based instrument was used in combination with a Conceptual ...
An experiment in intercropping cucumbers and tomatoes in Southern Michigan, U.S.A.
(Elsevier, 1982-11)
Yields are reported for an experimental intercrop of tomatoes and cucumbers in southeastern Michigan, U.S.A., during the 1980 growing-season. The land equivalent ratio (LER) was 1.14, that is, 14% more land would be needed ...
The Landscape in 2025: Alternative Future Landscape Scenarios, A Means to Consider Agricultural Policy
(MJA, 2002)
Agricultural policy implies new future scenarios for agricultural landscapes each time a new federal farm bill or emergency aid to farmers is debated. Future landscape scenario studies can suggest policies that could achieve ...
Exploring the Difference Between Recyclers and Non-Recyclers: The Role of Information
(Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 1988)
This article reports on a study which explored how recyclers and non-recyclers differ. Two hundred households were first identified by direct observation over a series of months being either recyclers or non-recyclers. ...
Expanding and Evaluating Motives for Environmentally Responsible Behavior
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2000)
This article contends that while striving to promote environmentally responsible behavior, we have focused attention too narrowly on just two classes of motives. There is a need to expand the range of motives available to ...
Effects of clearcutting on the vegetation and soil of a sugar maple-dominated ecosystem, western upper Michigan
(Elsevier, 1987-05)
The effects 50 years after clearcutting on the vegetation and soil of an ecosystem type dominated by sugar maple (Acer saccharum) were studied at four locations along the boundaries of the Sylvania Recreation Area (Ottawa ...
Impacts of major predators on tropical agroforest arthropods: comparisons within and across taxa
(Springer-Verlag, 2004-06)
In food web studies, taxonomically unrelated predators are often grouped into trophic levels regardless of their relative importance on prey assemblages, multiple predator effects, or interactions such as omnivory. Ants ...