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Roads, Trails, and Grey Wolf Habitat Selection in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
(2019-04)
Road density (km/km2) and prey abundance have often been used by land managers use to predict habitat suitability for grey wolves in the northern Midwest. This study adds the density of the second and third type of roads, ...
Object-based Classification of High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Images in Ethiopia Using Machine Learning Approaches
(2019-04)
Remote sensing image classification is the important process of extracting land use and land cover (LULC) information and has been widely used in a range of fields. With the availability of high spatial resolution images, ...
Residential Cooling Load Impacts on Brazil's Electricity Demand
(2019-04)
Brazil’s growing middle class, electrification rates, and urbanization has led to a significant uptick in residential appliance adoption. Air conditioner usage, increasingly relevant to both average and system peak demand, ...
The Effects of Biochar Application and Soil Transfer on Survival and Growth of Tree Seedlings in Restoration
(2019-12)
Harsh conditions hinder the growth and survival of woody plants in restoration of forests and
degraded landscapes. Transplanted tree seedlings often desiccate within the first few weeks.
Management options to increase ...
Life After Delisting: Sustaining Environmental Stewardship in Michigan Areas of Concern
(2019-04)
Michigan’s Area of Concern (AOC) program has made great strides in recent years with the influx of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding. As delisting increasingly becomes a reality for more AOCs it is imperative ...
The Sustainability of Tilapia Aquaponics: A Case Study
(2019-12)
As circular economy systems gain popularity with the environmental movement, the
combination of raising fish (aquaculture) and growing crops outside of soil (hydroponics)
appeals to many, especially in low-resource areas. ...
Evaluating the Impacts of Sea Level Rise and Storm Surges on Seychelles' Critical Infrastructure
(2019-04)
It is well known that low-lying coastal communities are
particularly vulnerable to changes in sea level and storm surges.
Nevertheless, speciic impacts on particular geographies, namely
the Indian Ocean region, remain ...
The Effects of Elevated Population Density on North American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) Behavior
(2019-04)
Urbanization is one of the most significant drivers of changes in wildlife population densities, as it often results in habitat fragmentation, degradation, and loss, decreasing the suitability of habitat for wildlife. Many ...
Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Cheboygan River, Michigan, Watershed: Parasitic Feeding Ecology and Origin of Adults
(2019-08)
Historic and recent evidence suggests that a landlocked population of Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) complete their life cycle in the upper Cheboygan watershed. In this watershed, the fish communities of Burt and Mullett ...
Implications of Specialty Coffee Farming Costs in Colombia
(2019-04)
The specialty coffee industry is rapidly growing with rise of third wave coffee roasters
changing and growing the way consumers experience the product. Specialty coffee differs
from traditional commodity coffee crops by ...