Sökning: "seasonality"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 106 avhandlingar innehållade ordet seasonality.
6. Food insecurity and coping strategies in semiarid areas : the case of Mvumi in central Tanzania
Sammanfattning : This study examines how people in dryland areas cope with food insecurity and adversities over time. It draws from the experience of the Gogo people living in Mvumi in the semiarid zone of central Tanzania, an area with a long history of food shortages. The study specifically examines the potential for dryland resources to sustain livelihoods. LÄS MER
7. Seasonal aspects of peripartum depressive symptoms
Sammanfattning : Every year, a large proportion of pregnant and newly delivered women develop peripartum depression, a condition that may cause long-term suffering for the entire family. Although there is a lack of consensus, some studies propose an association between season and the risk of developing depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period. LÄS MER
8. Temperature variation in time and space, and its effects on insects
Sammanfattning : Nature is variable. Unfortunately, compressed representations of this variable world, like averages, are often lossy and insufficient for ecological purposes. This is particularly true for temperature variation, which organisms typically respond to in a nonlinear way. LÄS MER
9. Predictions Within and Across Aquatic Systems using Statistical Methods and Models
Sammanfattning : Aquatic ecosystems are an essential source for life and, in many regions, are exploited to a degree which deteriorates their ecological status. Today, more than 50 % of the European lakes suffer from an ecological status which is unsatisfactory. LÄS MER
10. Reading bones : Stone Age hunters and seals in the Baltic
Sammanfattning : This is a study of hunters and seals in the Stone Age in the Baltic. The ambition has been to develop and utilize methods for osteological analyses of archaeological seal bones. The main aims of the zooarchaeological analyses have been to study seal hunting strategies and the formation processes of the faunal remains. LÄS MER