Search for dissertations about: "landscape complexity"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 102 swedish dissertations containing the words landscape complexity.
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21. A Complex Adaptive System Approach on Logistics - Implications of adopting a complexity perspective
Abstract : The quest of developing the logistics discipline, with a more theoretical foundation, is something several authors have emphasized and called for. Today one could argue that most of the research on logistics has a strong connection to the positivistic paradigm where there is a great emphasis on prediction, rationality and control in the solutions produced. READ MORE
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22. The impact of forest on pest damage, pollinators and pollination services in an Ethiopian agricultural landscape
Abstract : The distribution of wild biodiversity in agroecosystems affect crop performance and yield in various ways. In this thesis I have studied the impact of wild biodiversity, in terms of trees and forest structures, on crop pests, pollinators and the pollination services provided in a heterogeneous landscape in southwestern Ethiopia. READ MORE
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23. Spatial complexity and fit between ecology and management : Making sense of patterns in fragmented landscapes
Abstract : Avoiding the negative effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity is especially challenging when also the management institutions are spatially and administratively distributed. This doctoral thesis introduces five case studies that investigate ecological, social and social-ecological relations in fragmented landscapes. READ MORE
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24. Resolving the Genomic Complexity of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Abstract : Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer in the Nordic countries. Structural chromosomal rearrangements are a hallmark of ALL and represent key markers for diagnosis, risk stratification and prognosis. READ MORE
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25. How on Earth? : Operationalizing the ecosystem service concept for sustainability
Abstract : Production landscapes are at the center of many of the sustainability challenges that we face. The ecosystem service concept has risen in prominence over the last decades as a tool to support sustainable landscape management. READ MORE