Sökning: "bird communities"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 11 uppsatser innehållade orden bird communities.

1. 6. 'Master of My Faith, Captain of My Soul' : Identity and Community in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

   L3-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Veronica Söderlund; [2017]
   Nyckelord :community; identity; Toni Morrison; Maya Angelou; diaspora; otherness;

   Sammanfattning : This essay is a close reading of the novels Beloved by Toni Morrison and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou with the purpose of analyzing the impact and role of the African American community in two characters’ formation of self. The aim is to contrast and compare the two chosen characters’ experiences with their respective African American communities and discuss common ground, similarities and differences. LÄS MER

3. 7. Breeding Site Selection and Breeding Success in Red-throated Divers (Gavia stellata): Implications for Wind Power Development

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ekologi och genetik; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Författare :Emily Lehtonen; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Red-throated diver; Red-throated loon; Gavia stellata; wind farm; wind power; seabirds; bird ecology; Sweden; breeding;

   Sammanfattning : Our alarming rate of resource exploitation and its consequences on the environment is fuelling an increase in sustainable energy production around the world. Wind power appears to be a particularly promising energy source relative to its environmental footprint, with the exception of potential negative effects of wind power on birds. LÄS MER

4. 8. Comparison of bird communities in stands of introduced lodgepole pine and native Scots pine in Sweden

   Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Författare :Arvid Alm; [2013]
   Nyckelord :Boreal forest; Pinus contorta; Pinus sylvestris; bird assemblage; Muscicapa striata;

   Sammanfattning : The introduced lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) occupies more than 650 000 hectares in Sweden. There are some differences between lodgepole pine and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests which could affect bird assemblages, for example differences in canopy density and ground vegetation. LÄS MER

5. 9. Diversity of birds in relation to area, vegetation structure and connectivity in urban green areas in La Paz, Bolivia

   Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi; Tekniska högskolan

   Författare :Camilla Hiding; [2012]
   Nyckelord :bird communities; connectivity; disturbance; fragment area; neotropic; urbanization; species richness;

   Sammanfattning : With a   growing human population, cities keep growing worldwide altering ecosystem   and thereby affecting the species living in these areas. Most studies of   urbanization and its effect on ecosystem have been conducted in the western   world and little is known about its effect in the neotropical part of the   world. LÄS MER

7. 10. Comparing avifauna communities and bird functional diversity of forest and farmland in southwest Ethiopia

   Master-uppsats, Botaniska institutionen

   Författare :Dries Engelen; [2012]
   Nyckelord :bird diversity; tropical agroecosystem; Ethiopia; feeding guilds; distance to forest; mist netting; point count;

   Sammanfattning : Worldwide degradation and conversion of tropical forests affects many species and their provided ecosystem services. Among them are birds, responsible for pollination, seed dispersal, pest control and scavenging. LÄS MER