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Landscapes Are Cornerstones Of Sustainability Programs, Don Spence Apr 2022

Landscapes Are Cornerstones Of Sustainability Programs, Don Spence

Sustainability Conference

Typical American landscapes are not sustainable in an economic or biological framework. The essence of the idea of sustainable growth and development are centered on the idea that those activities are not degrading natural resources or that they are outstrip budgets. A significant piece of any sustainable management plan is tied to how we manage our landscapes, how we use plants; specifically, how much grass there is, and how many native plants there are. Sustainable landscapes should require less chemical and financial inputs, which in the end, saves money and increases the biological value of the land and creates a …


A Cellular Automaton Modeling Approach To Chestnut Blight Canker Development, Samuel Iselin Oct 2017

A Cellular Automaton Modeling Approach To Chestnut Blight Canker Development, Samuel Iselin

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

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Why I Love Grasshopper Sparrows, Michele Patenaude Aug 2013

Why I Love Grasshopper Sparrows, Michele Patenaude

UVM Libraries Conference Day

Since 2001, Michele (a library circulation supervisor in her day job) has conducted a summer breeding-bird survey of Grasshopper Sparrows at Camp Johnson in Colchester, VT. Named Grasshopper Sparrows because their breeding call sounds like a grasshopper, this little brown bird is endemic to certain types of scrubby grasslands which are becoming more scarce in the Northeast. The Grasshopper Sparrow is also declining and the species is not on the list of Vermont Endangered Birds. Come to this presentation and learn about the bird, how Michele surveys them, why they are endangered, and why Michele loves these quiet, little brown …


Leaf Identification Using Image Processing And Automatic Pattern Recognition, Thomas E. Humbert, Joseph E. Niemiec, Joshua M. Kaster Apr 2013

Leaf Identification Using Image Processing And Automatic Pattern Recognition, Thomas E. Humbert, Joseph E. Niemiec, Joshua M. Kaster

The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)

No abstract provided.