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Farmers’ attitudes about farming and the environment: A survey of conventional and organic farmers
(Springer Netherlands, 1996)
Farmers have been characterized as people whose ties to the land have given them a deep awareness of natural cycles, appreciation for natural beauty and sense of responsibility as stewards. At the same time, their relationship ...
Relationships among nutrient inputs, water nutrient concentrations, primary production, and yield of Oreochromis niloticus in ponds
(Elsevier, 1991)
Experiments were run to assess the physical, chemical, and biological processes leading to increased production of fertilized fish ponds in Thailand for approximately 5 months during wet season 1984 and wet and dry seasons ...
Environmental psychology
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999)
Environmental psychology examines the interrelationship between environments and human behavior. The field defines the term ‘environment’ very broadly to include all that is natural on the planet as well as social settings, ...
Clonal variation in above- and below-ground growth responses of Populus tremuloides Michaux: Influence of soil warming and nutrient availability
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-03)
Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is the most widely distributed tree species in North America making it important to terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycles. Due to anthropogenic climate change high latitude ...
Resistance and resilience in a directly regenerating rainforest: Nicaraguan trees of the Vochysiaceae after Hurricane Joan
(Elsevier, 1994-10)
Two trees of the family Vochysiaceae, Vochysia ferruginea and Qualea paraensis, were abundant in a Nicaraguan rainforest which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Joan in 1988, and both had recovered their previous densities ...
Some Psychological Aspects of Living Lightly: Desired Lifestyle Patterns and Conservation Behavior
(Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 1990)
It has been argued that an environmentally compatible lifestyle is a necessary if somewhat onerous component of a sustainable society. This perception might lead one to demand compensation for adopting such a lifestyle. ...
Effects of host switching on gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar (L.)) under field conditions
(Springer-Verlag, 1994-03)
Effects of various single and two species diets on the performance of gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar (L.)) were studied when this insect was reared from hatch to population on intact host trees in the field. The tree species ...
Nitrate deposition in northern hardwood forests and the nitrogen metabolism of Acer saccharum marsh
(Springer-Verlag, 1996-10)
It is generally assumed that plant assimilation constitutes the major sink for anthropogenic Nitrate NO 3 − deposited in temperate forests because plant growth is usually limited by nitrogen (N) availability. Nevertheless, ...
Minority environmental activism in Britain: From brixton to the lake district
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1993-09)
Historically, the British environmental movement has been devoid of minority participation, but this is changing very slowly, with the emergence of ethnic minority environmental groups and multiracial environmental alliances. ...