Emergence of portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) systems presents new opportunities for rapid, low-cost plant analysis, both as a lab system and in situ system. Numerous studies have extolled the virtues of using pXRF for a wide range of plant applications, however, for many such applications, the...
Towett, Erick K.
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Shepherd, Keith D.
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Drake, B. Lee
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[Plant elemental composition and portable X-rayfluore scence (pXRF) spectroscopy:quantification under differentanalytical parameters]
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Plant elemental composition and portable X-rayfluore scence (pXRF) spectroscopy:quantification under differentanalytical parameters
Mwangi, E.
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[The struggle to understand: Elinor Ostrom and institutions for the governance of forests]
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The struggle to understand: Elinor Ostrom and institutions for the governance of forests
This study outlines a case where the behaviour of farmers in accumulating capital, rather than their poverty as commonly assumed, results in deforestation. Fieldwork was undertaken in the Upper Kerinci region of the island of Sumatera, Indonesia. A financial analysis of the "net income" streams r...
Wibowo, D.H.
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Tisdell, C.A.
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Byron, R.N.
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[Deforestation and capital accumulation: lessons from the Upper Kerinci region, Indonesia]
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Deforestation and capital accumulation: lessons from the Upper Kerinci region, Indonesia
Genetic variation within and among 11 natural populations of Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz. from different forest habitats in Thailand was examined by starch gel electrophoresis of 18 loci coding for 11 enzymes. The species possesses a high level of isozyme variation. The percentage of polymorphic...
Liengsiri, C.
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Yeh, F.C.H.
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Boyle, T.J.B.
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[Isozyme analysis of a tropical forest tree, Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz]
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Isozyme analysis of a tropical forest tree, Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz
Parmentier, I.
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[The odd man out? Might climate explain the lower tree a-diversity of African rain forests relative to Amazonian rain forests?]
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The odd man out? Might climate explain the lower tree a-diversity of African rain forests relative to Amazonian rain forests?
This paper describes an application of multiple criteria analysis (MCA) in assessing criteria and indicators adapted for a particular forest management unit. The methods include: ranking, rating, and pairwise comparisons. These methods were used in a participatory decision-making environment wher...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Development of a methodology for selecting criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management: a case study on participatory assessment]
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Development of a methodology for selecting criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management: a case study on participatory assessment
The Grab Bag' is designed to complement 'the BAG' and for use by social scientists who may find 'the BAG' overly prescriptive. The eight methods presented are either more difficult for non-social scientists to use or, in a couple of cases, can substitute for one or more method presented in 'the B...
The literature on deforestation in Malawi points to a number of causes, including high population in relation to available land, poverty, market and policy failures, drought, and the activity of structural adjustment policies. Agricultural statistics from Malawi indicate substantial increases in ...
Mindle, I.J.
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Kowero, G.S.
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Ngugi, D.
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Luhanga, J.
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[Agricultural land expansion and deforestation in Malawi]
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Agricultural land expansion and deforestation in Malawi
Current trends to improve the adaptiveness of community forest management focus on monitoring past actions and emphasize internal dynamics. We show how scenario methods can be used to 1) enable managers to better understand landscape and larger scale forces for change and to work with stakeholder...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Edmunds, D.
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Buck, L.
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[Anticipating change: scenarios as a tool for increasing adaptivity in multistakeholder setting]
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Anticipating change: scenarios as a tool for increasing adaptivity in multistakeholder setting
The objective of the project was to identify investment options and opportunities in agricultural water management with the greatest potential to improve incomes and food security for poor farmers. Participatory opportunity and constraint analysis and methodology was used in the field-scale and c...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Participatory opportunity and constraint analysis and methodology in the conduct of field-scale and community-level case studies for the AgWater Solutions project]
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Participatory opportunity and constraint analysis and methodology in the conduct of field-scale and community-level case studies for the AgWater Solutions project