The investigation of edge effects within ragmented forest islands in Short Hills Provincial Park

It has been well documented, within the field of landscape ecology, that terrestrial fragmentation contributes to increased heterogeneity at the landscape level. It has also been observed that elevated areas of edge habitat occur within fragmented landscapes. Spatial and temporal edge effects were investigated in four areas designated as Nature Reserve Zones within Short Hills Provincial Park, near St. Catharines, Ontario. Random sampling along exposed edges was performed on trees and saplings, at 5 and 25 ill edge depths, using the point-centred quarter method. Diameter at breast height (dbh) and distance from point measurements were used to establish relative density, dominance, frequency and importance value. One-way analyses of variance were used on dbh measurements of tree species and Chi-Square contingency tables were used on size class distributions of saplings species to determine significant differences between 5 and 25 metres. Qualitative comparisons of importance values were also used to determine differences between 5 and 25 metres as well as between trees and saplings. These statistical and qualitative comparisons suggest that a significant overall spatial edge effect is currently exhibited by fragmented wooded islands within the park. The major species of the park, Acersaccharuln, may be exhibiting a temporal edge effect. The heterogeneous nature of the park may be of importance in understanding this area as a complex, ecological system. It is possible that the remaining forest tracts of the park have been affected, and continue to be affected by previous disturbances. Based on these findings, recommendations are made to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources concerning the management of Short Hills Provincial Park in accordance with their 1990 proposed Management Plan.

New Feature at Niagara – Clark Hill Islands

New Feature at Niagara – Clark Hill Islands (5 islands situated in the rapids of the Niagara River). These islands are currently known as Dufferin Islands, 22 ½ cm. x 15 ½ cm, n.d.

Sociocultura en la prevención y control de displasia cervical, Apodaca, N.L. 1989 Ma. del Refugio Durán López y Mariana López Rivera.

Tesis (Maestría en Enfermería, con especialidad en Salud Comunitaria) U.A.N.L.Facultad de Enfermería, 1990

A visit to México : By the west india Islands, Yucatan and UnitedStates, cith observation and abventures on the way

UANL

América Mariana : ó sea, historia compendiada de las imágenes de la Santísima Virgen mas veneradas en el nuevo mundo

UANL

Tehologia Mariana : Juxta probatissimos auctores concinnataan norman P. Sedlmaur, ordinis santi benedicti in sua scholastica Mariana

UANL

Petrography, Geochemistry and Diagenesis of Coral Deposits of Kavaratti and Minicoy Islands, Lakshadweep, India

In the present thesis the petrographic, geochemical and digenetic variability of the sediments in the islands of Kavaratti and Minicoy has been investigated .The beach profile studies show that in the Kavaratti lagoon beach, the slope is steeper in the southern and south central part than in the northern end’s marginal deposition is taking place in the northern end of the Kavaratti island, whereas a marginal erosion is observed at the southern end. In Minicoy the slope of the lagoon beach is gentle in the south and is slightly steeper at the northern part of the beach. The southern and northern beach sections show a marginal deposition. Based on the mineralogical and geochemical studies it is concluded that the main digenetic changes observed is the transformation of aragonite to LMC.The transformation takes place mainly in the vadose zone and is caused by the abundance of fresh water infiltration.

E-marketing motivators,inhibitors and critical success factors: A study of small and medium tourism enterprises (SMTES) in Mauritius and Andaman islands, India

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have a dramatic impact on the tourism industry because they force this sector as a whole to rethink the way in which it organises its business . In the light of such rethinking within the tourism industry, this study has focussed on the Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs) in two island destinations, namely Mauritius and Andaman Islands, India.Suggestions. The findings conceming SMTEs in Mauritius and Andaman Islands have been compared to make some destination-specific inferences. The relevance of the findings has been discussed with reference to the SMTEs in the two destinations as well as the possible acceptability in other comparable settings. Suggestions have been made for further research in SMTEs’ use of the Internet for marketing function.

Giant step bunching from self-organized coalescence of SrRuO3 islands

Step bunching develops in the epitaxy of SrRuO3 on vicinal SrTiO3(001) substrates. We have investigated the formation mechanisms and we show here that step bunching forms by lateral coalescence of wedgelike three-dimensional islands that are nucleated at substrate steps. After coalescence, wedgelike islands become wider and straighter with growth, forming a self-organized network of parallel step bunches with altitudes exceeding 30 unit cells, separated by atomically flat terraces. The formation mechanism of step bunching in SrRuO3, from nucleated islands, radically differs from one-dimensional models used to describe bunching in semiconducting materials. These results illustrate that growth phenomena of complex oxides can be dramatically different to those in semiconducting or metallic systems.

Studies on the seaweeds of andaman and nicobar group of islands

The importance of marine algae, often referred to as seaweeds, has been felt over a long time and is appreciated more and more in modern times. The economic value of marine algae is understood both indirectly and directly. The indirect benefit is due to the role of marine phytoplankton as well as the benthic macrophyte biomass along the shore and in the continental shelf, in primary production of the sea. Direct benefit includes the use of marine algae as food, feed, fertilizer and as source of various products of commercial importance such as agar and alginic acid. Hence to understand the potential resources of seaweeds, their distribution, density, standing crop and interrelated environmental parameters, a detailed study (survey and ecological work) was carried out for a period of 20 months from August 1988 to March 1990 in South Andaman, North Andaman, Middle Andaman, Havelock, Neil, Car Nicobar, Terassa, Chowra and Bumpoka islands. However in South Andaman, data were collected from five fixed stations fortnightly during this period for the purpose of modelling and system analysis.

Customary Laws of Lakshadweep Islands

The customary laws of Union Territory of Lakshadweep islands are a challenge for judicial institution as well as administrative machinery. With the peculiarities of socio-legal institutions, Lakshadweep system stands apart from the mainstream of legal systems in India. How far do the charismatic modernisation trends flowing into the Lakshadweep society affect the people already protected by the uncodified laws of the past? Many are the issues at this stage. This study analyses them. It examines the growth, evolution and development of the legal system in the islands vis-a-vis the administrative mechanism imposed by the mainland ethos and culture.

Lebensgeschichte und literarisches Werk als Wechselbeziehung : Zur Frage der Geschlechter in den Texten der Dichterin Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (1695-1760)

Die Arbeit analysiert die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Lebensgeschichte und literarischem Werk bei der Leipziger Dichterin Christiana Mariana von Ziegler. Werk und Lebensverlauf wurden in gleichem Maße gewichtet: Um die Ziele und Intentionen der Autorin, ihr Menschenbild und ihre Vorstellungen von der "menschlichen Gesellschaft" erfassen zu können, wurde nicht nur die Struktur und der Aufbau ihres literarischen Werkes untersucht, vielmehr wurde das Werk der Dichterin als geschichtswissenschaftliche Quelle begriffen, die unter sozialgeschichtlichen Fragestellungen anstelle ästhetischer und literaturtheoretischer Kriterien analysiert wurde. So wurde sowohl überprüft, ob das Werk lebensgeschichtliche Rückschlüsse zulässt, als auch inwieweit lebensgeschichtliche Erfahrung und soziale Position das Themenspektrum und die Aussagen des Werks beeinflusst haben. Dafür wurden aus dem Spektrum des Werkes der Dichterin ihre Sendschreiben ausgewählt, da in diesen Texten der Bezug zur Lebenswirklichkeit am konkretesten ist. Die Untersuchung gliedert sich in die Analyse und Interpretation des literarischen Werks (1), dessen Verknüpfung mit der Lebensgeschichte (2) und der Umsetzung daraus resultierender ethisch-moralischer Werte in die Lebenswirklichkeit der Gelehrtengesellschaft und des literarischen Salons (3). 1. Aus dem literarischen Werk wurde das Menschenbild Zieglers , ihr Frauen- und Männerbild und ihre Vorstellungen vom Verhältnis der Geschlechter zueinander herausgearbeitet. Es wurde danach gefragt, auf welche Weise Ziegler geschlechtsbezogene Themen aufgreift und diskutiert und inwiefern sich daraus für die geschichtswissenschaftliche Analyse reale Möglichkeiten und Begrenzungen von Frauen und Männern der gehobenen Stände ihrer Zeit ableiten lassen. 2. Bei der Erarbeitung der Lebensgeschichte wurde die Einbindung der Dichterin in familiale und gesellschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen sowie Handlungs- und Kommunikationszusammenhänge ermittelt. Dazu gehörte die Verknüpfung der Biographie Zieglers mit den Lebensverläufen verschiedener für sie wichtiger Personen. Eine auf diese Weise verdichtete Lebensgeschichte gibt Aufschluss darüber, welche Ereignisse, Begegnungen oder andere Konstellationen dem Leben der Dichterin seine spezifische Richtung gaben, sich also indirekt auf die Ausprägung ihres Werkes und auf die sich daraus ergebende Praxis des kulturellen Handelns auswirkten. 3. Im letzten Untersuchungsabschnitt wurden die außerfamilialen sozialen Beziehungen Zieglers und ihre Vernetzung mit der gelehrten Welt Leipzigs erarbeitet und nach Handlungsrahmen und Strategien in ihrer zweiten Witwenzeit gefragt. Dabei war die Frage, ob sie sich mit ihrem - für Deutschland frühen - Salon in Leipzig an französischen Vorbildern orientierte und welches ihre persönlichen Gestaltungsanteile waren. Besondere Berücksichtigung fand dabei Zieglers Platz als Frau ihrer Zeit im Geschlechtergefüge der "Gelehrten Gesellschaft" und ihre Anteile an deren Praxis.

Implementation of Response to Intervention (RtI) Model in Spain : An example of a collaboration between Canarian universities and the department of education of the Canary Islands

Resumen tomado de la publicaci??n

The economic sectors of the Balearic Islands : workbook. 'Los sectores económicos de las Baleares : cuaderno didáctico'.

Material realizado durante el periodo de prácticas por los alumnos de un curso de formación ocupacional realizado en el verano de 1991. Está dirigido a escolares de primaria