Browsing Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) by Title
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Liquid water absorption in wood cladding boards and log sections with and without surface treatment
(PhD Thesis;2010:6, Doctoral thesis, 2010)Water absorption in wood in service is of great importance both because of the resulting dimensional changes of the wood and because of the risk of deterioration by microorganisms at wood moisture content levels above 20 ... -
Livelihood and home garden improvements : strategies to reduce destructive fuelwood harvests from the Manas National Park, India
(Master thesis, 2018)Fuelwood is the primary energy source for cooking in rural India. Natural forests in protected areas are often accessed by local people to collect this resource. However, the extraction of wood destructs forests, threatens ... -
Living on the edge the value of field edges as resource patches for solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes)
(Master thesis, 2012-09-14)Current patterns of anthropogenic land-use are reducing the diversity of pollinators through habitat destruction, degradation and landscape simplification. This may adversely affect both wild and domesticated flowering ... -
Livsløpsanalyse av to regionalnettstrekninger i Agder, med fokus på materialbruk, klimagassutslipp og arealbruk
(Master thesis, 2023)Klimaendringer er en av nåtidens største utfordringer, og det er en forventning i samfunnet at verdier skal skapes på en bærekraftig måte. Et viktig tiltak for å nå nasjonale klimamål er elektrifisering, og et robust og ... -
Livsløpsvurdering av tomatproduksjon i Norge : hvordan vil klima- og miljøpåvirkninger endres ved bruk av biogassressurser?
(Master thesis, 2018)Produksjon av biogass gir energi i form av biogass og et næringsrikt gjødselprodukt i form av biogjødsel. I tillegg arbeides det med å finne aktuelle bruksområder for CO2, som er et biprodukt fra oppgraderingen av biogass ... -
Local and systemic defence responses in trees against pathogenic fungi : differences revealed at the transcriptional level
(PhD Thesis;2011:43, Doctoral thesis, 2011)Forest trees dominate the earth surface and has special place in the economy and ecology of the planet. Due to the long life span of woody trees they are challenged by the abiotic and biotic factors. Over the long history ... -
Local pollen analysis in a boreal forest setting : vegetation and land-use history at the summer farm Finnerudseter in south-eastern Norway
(Master thesis, 2016-07-27)Traditional cultural landscapes are threatened in Europe due to changed land-use practices. However, the historical extent of this human land-use practice is not yet fully known. This thesis describes the vegetation history ... -
Lokal aksept for vindkraft i innlandsområder : en studie av aktørers argumentasjon og holdninger til vindkraftplaner i sine lokalsamfunn
(Master thesis, 2013-08-20)I 2012 ble det bygget ut mer vindkraft i Norge enn noen gang tidligere (NVE 2013a), og denne utviklingen er forventet å fortsette i tiden framover. I tillegg til tekniske og økonomiske forhold, avhenger realisering av ... -
Lokal forvaltningsmodell i Ytre Hvaler nasjonalpark
(Master thesis, 2012-08-06)Denne oppgaven ser på etablering av lokal forvaltningsmodell for Ytre Hvaler Nasjonalpark. Lokal forvaltning betyr at forvaltningsmyndighet flyttes fra Fylkesmannen til kommune og fylkeskommune, ved at de to sistnevnte ... -
Lokal overvannshåndtering – regnbed Bolstadhagen, Drammen
(MINA fagrapport;68, Report, 2020)Norges miljø‐ og biovitenskapelige universitet (NMBU) har i samarbeid med Drammen kommune gjennomført et forskningsprosjekt for å vurdere hvordan Bolstadhagen regnbed (som består av 4 deler i serie, bed 1‐4) fungerer i ... -
Lokalbefolkning og turismeutvikling - konflikt eller verdifull sameksistens? Caseanalyse fra Tinn kommune.
(Master thesis, 2014-09-04)Etter en lang periode med fokus på å verne sårbare naturområder fra bruk er det nå en endring i forvaltningsfokuset til norske myndigheter. «Bruk og vern» er blitt et allmennkjent begrep. Reiselivsnæringen har fått et solid ... -
Lokale, regionale, og nasjonale aktørers perspektiver og prioriteringer om villreinforvaltning i Snøhetta villreinområde
(Master thesis, 2023)Sammendrag Kvalitetsnorm for villrein av 2022 ga resultatet middels kvalitet i fire av ti nasjonale villreinområder, og dårlig kvalitet i de seks resterende (Rolandsen et al., 2022). Én av tre delnormer omhandler leveområder ... -
Long term biological effects of ionizing radiation on the eye development in gamma-irradiated Atlantic salmon embryos
(Master thesis, 2021)Organisms are at their most sensitive to ionizing radiation during the embryonic life stage, and the eye is one of the most sensitive tissues. High proliferation-rate, cell-differentiation and embryonic development depend ... -
Long term effects of clearcutting on litterfall and understory vegetation in boreal spruce forests in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)Boreal forests capture and store substantial amounts of carbon in a global perspective, and the soil is especially important acting like a long-term reservoir of captured atmospheric CO2. Most of the soil carbon originates ... -
Long term effects of sheep grazing on Alpine avifauna
(Master thesis, 2013-08-07)The ecosystem changes caused by livestock grazing are considered to be among the main reasons for the severe and steady decline observed in the abundance of many grassland birds worldwide. Several studies have shown ... -
Long term performance of an urban decentralised greywater treatment system in Oslo, Norway
(Master thesis, 2014-10-06)Source separation of wastewater keeps the nutrient-rich fraction from the toilet (blackwater) separated from the remaining main volume (greywater). This separation optimises the recycling of both nutrients and water. A ... -
Long-range pollution and historic climate and element trends in an 1100-year lake sediment record from the remote lake Sarsvatnet, Svalbard
(Master thesis, 2022)Although remote, the Arctic is influenced by long-range pollution from lower latitudes. Lake sediments are sensitive to minor environmental changes, and thus accumulated heavy metals and organic substitutes can represent ... -
Long-term changes in the bird community in urban green spaces in Oslo, Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)Urban areas are becoming increasingly dominant worldwide, and studies of long-term trends in urban bird populations are necessary to evaluate the impact cities have on wildlife and the ecosystem function upon which humans ... -
Long-term development in Lake Øyeren studied by paleolimnological method
(Master thesis, 2017)Lake Øyeren is a freshwater lake in SE-Norway that is located in the lower part of the river Glomma, having a large drainage area. In the northern part of the lake, river Glomma and two smaller rivers have built up the ... -
Long-term effects of clear-cut forestry on predation of artificial caterpillars in boreal forests of southeastern Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)Predator-prey interactions are one of the key ecological interactions contributing to ecosystem structure and stability within complex forest ecosystems. Intact forest ecosystems contain high abundances and diversity of ...