Sökning: "sheep grazing"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden sheep grazing.

  1. 1. Grasslands in a changing climate : Summer drought and winter warming effects on grassland vegetation

    Författare :Nina Roth; Sara A. O. Cousins; Carly Stevens; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; biodiversity; climate change; compost; floral resources; grasslands; in-situ experiments; mowing; nectar; open-top chambers; plants; rain-out shelters; sheep grazing; soil amendments; summer drought; winter warming; naturgeografi; Physical Geography;

    Sammanfattning : Grasslands harbour a high biodiversity of both plants and animals, and they provide many ecosystem services such as fodder production, pollination, and carbon storage. Climate change is likely to alter grassland ecosystems, with the effects varying according to the exact nature and timing of changes. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Vegetation development and sheep grazing in limestone grasslands of South Öland, Sweden

    Författare :Ejvind Rosén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ekologi: botanik; [Ekologi]; Växter; Får; botanik; Växtgeografi; Floror; Växter; Botanik; Naturvetenskap; Sverige; Växtekologi; Ekologi; Geografi; Öland; Götaland; Ekologi: botanik;

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  4. 3. The Shepherds of Þjórsárver. : Traditional Use and Hydropower Development in the Commons of the Icelandic Highland

    Författare :Helga Ögmundardóttir; Hugh Beach; Gísli Pálsson; Mark Nuttall; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Land use disputes; local peoples; sheep herding; damming; commons; identity; traditions; nationalism; Þjórsárver wetland reserve.; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores a damming dispute that has been going on for over four decades in Iceland, about whether a dam, Norðlingaölduveita, should be built in the central highland, near the glacier Hofsjökull and the wetland reserve Þjórsárver, or not.  The study focuses on the local resistance against the dam, led by a group of people in the farming community Gnúpverjahreppur, which has its highland grazing commons in the Þjórsárver area. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The genetic basis and monitoring of anthelmintic resistance in the pathogenic endoparasites of small ruminants

    Författare :Paulius Baltrusis; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : By parasitizing livestock, gastrointestinal nematodes inflict a significant monetaryburden on the producers and compromise animal health as well as the sustainabilityof animal farming systems. To date, the most reliable way to control parasiticinfections in grazing livestock is through the use of anthelmintic drugs. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Golden Fleece of the Cape : Capitalist expansion and labour relations in the periphery of transnational wool production, c. 1860–1950

    Författare :Fredrik Lilja; Jan Lindegren; Jimmy Engren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; capitalist expansion; transnational production; commodity chains; accumulation of capital; labour relations; shepherds; wool farming; fencing; environment; generational division of labour; gendered division of labour; imperialism; capitalism; British Empire; Rosa Luxemburg; South Africa; the Cape; eastern Cape.; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the organisation, character and change of labour relations in expanding capitalist wool farming in the Cape between 1860 and 1950. It is an attempt to analyse labour in wool farming within a transnational framework, based on an expansion of capital from core to periphery of the capitalist world-economy. LÄS MER