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Regeneration of pine on the aeolian sand dunes in Starmoen nature reserve, south-east Norway
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)This study aims to elucidate ecological processes and human interaction concerning regeneration of pines (Pinus sylvestris and Pinus mugo ssp uncinata) 36 years after a fire in Starmoen nature reserve (1976). The reserve ... -
Regeneration of Shorea robusta and Schima wallichii under Community Forest Management in Ludikhola watershed, Gorkha district, Nepal
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)Resource and forest management in Nepal: Resource management is of current global interest because of its role in sustaining natural resources and livelihood for future generations. Hardin's paper, the Tragedy of the ... -
Rekonstruksjon av deglasiasjonsforløpet på den nordvestlige delen av Hardangervidda
(Master thesis, 2015-05-15)The aim in this thesis is to contribute with new information regarding the ongoing debate on whether the Scandinavian Ice Sheet readvanced during the Younger Dryas, filling Hardangerfjorden in Western Norway (as well as ... -
Rekonstruksjon av flommer i Glomma gjennom holosen - Effekter av klimaendringer på ulike flomregimer
(Master thesis, 2014-11-17)When the Glomma river discharge exceeds 1500m3/s a river birfuaction is activated at lake Vingersjøen in Kongsvinger, Norway. The distributary of the Glomma river allows eroded and transported flood sediments from the ... -
Rekonstruksjon av isutbreiing gjennom Weichsel i Grimsdalen, nordlige Rondane.
(Master thesis, 2006)East-central southern Norway has for a long time been of interest for studying past ice-divides and ice sheet geometry of the ice sheets through the last glacial cycle. The existence of cold based non-erosive ice sheets ... -
Rekonstruksjon av isutbreiing gjennom Weichsel i vestlege delar av Rondane
(Master thesis, 2006)The western margins of The Late Weichselian Fennoscandian Ice Sheet are well established from mapping of marginal moraines and submarine fans. The Late Weichselian Glacial Maximum (LGM) occurred on average close to 20 ka ... -
Rekonstruksjon av sen-holosene brevariasjoner og skråningsprosesser - En studie av innsjøsedimenter fra Russvatn i Øst-Jotunheimen
(Master thesis, 2006)This study considers an area located around the western part of lake Russvatn in eastern Jotunheimen, centralsouthern Norway. I have mapped processes in the catchment of this lake, and tried to connect these processes tothe ... -
Rekonstruksjon av storflommer i Glomma gjennom holosen - mulige koblinger til naturlig klimavariabilitet og global atmosfærisk sirkulasjon
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)Ved vannføringer større enn ca. 1500 m3/s deler Glomma seg i ved to Kongsvinger, og fører til at flomvann drenerer gjennom Vrangselv mot Sverige. Fenomenet heter bifurkasjon. Flyginnsjøen, en liten innsjø øverst i ... -
Remote sensing of β-diversity: Evidence from plant communities in a semi-natural system
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Question: Do remote sensing signals represent β‐diversity? Does β‐diversity agree with community types? Location: UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve, La Palma, Canary Islands. Methods: We recorded perennial, vascular ... -
Rescaling the land rush? Global political ecologies of land use and cover change in key scenario archetypes for achieving the 1.5 °C Paris agreement target
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Advancing future-oriented perspectives in political ecology and critical agrarian studies, this paper examines projected land use and land cover change (LULCC) dynamics in four ‘archetypal’ scenarios foregrounded by the ... -
Reserve-dependent capital efficiency, cross-sector competition, and mineral security considerations in mineral industry transition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This study pinpoints three current factors that could be momentous in a possible transition to marine mining, namely reserve-dependent capital efficiency (accessibility and grade-dependent output per unit capital), ... -
Residential Rooftop Solar and the Utilities Death Spiral. A system dynamics analysis of the effects of rooftop solar diffusion on the electricity rates and CO2 emissions of the U.S. electricity supply sector
(Master thesis, 2015-08-12)U.S. electric utilities are concerned by the recent exponential growth in rooftop solar installations among their customers. They fear that if their customers continue to adopt such self generation technologies and buy ... -
Resilience of small-scale farming to the emergence of bioenergy as a climate policy: lessons from Brazil’s social biodiesel programme
(Master thesis, 2019-08-06)This master thesis describes effects of the Brazilian social biodiesel policies on smallholder farmers. Through interviews, documental analysis and a simulation model, it rejects a dynamic hypothesis about market manipulation ... -
Resource management in the Anlo-Ewe migrant fishing community Abakam in the central region, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2009-05-15)The study is focusing on resource management of the Anlo-Ewe migrant fishing community Abakam in the Central Region, Ghana. The study identifies that access to fishing rights among the migrants depends on the chieftaincy ... -
Restaurering av våtmark i Haukåsmyrane, Åsane - muligheter og utfordringer
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)Formålet med denne avhandlingen er å belyse muligheter og utfordringer rundt restaurering av våtmarker. Våtmarker har over lengre tid blitt gjenkjent for flere nyttige økosystemtjenester som gagner det menneskelige samfunnet, ... -
Restoring heathlands after afforestation on two islands in western Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The ongoing loss of red-listed coastal heathlands is a threat to biodiversity and cultural heritage legacies throughout the Atlantic coastal regions of Europe. It is possible to restore degraded and afforested heathlands, ... -
Ricebean food preparation and diets
(Food Security through Ricebean Research in India and Nepal, Research report, 2009)The existing scientific literature has established that the nutritional value of ricebean (Vigna umbellata) in many respects is impacted by different methods of food preparation. In particular, antinutritional factors such ... -
Right-wing and populist support for climate mitigation policies: Evidence from Poland and its carbon-intensive Silesia region
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Research on environmental behaviour is often overlooked in literature on regime destabilization in energy transitions. This study addresses that gap by focusing on socio-political and demographic factors shaping support ... -
Risiko- og sårbarheitsanalyse av eit reservevassverk på Bømoen, Voss
(Master thesis, 2018-06-05)Oppgåva tek føre seg eit prosjekt der Voss kommune vurderer om dei skal etablera eit reservevassverk på Bømoen. Målet med oppgåva er å legga fram ein plan for å verna vassressursane i området, og ein risiko- og sårbarheitsanalyse ... -
Road transport and agriculture: A comparative study of the implications of road access for subsistence agriculture in the northern Ghana
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)Subsistence agriculture that evolves around the production of staples like maize, groundnuts, yams remains the paramount livelihood for most people in the northern region of Ghana. A starting point in improving productivity ...