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Wax eggs as a method to identify predators and record interference rates in real and artificial nests of Banded Dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus) in braided river systems
(Lincoln University, 2007)
The exposed gravel of the braided rivers of the eastern South Island of New Zealand provide nesting habitat for rare endemic bird species. These endemic bird species evolved in the absence of mammalian predators and it is ...
Determining and integrating social frames of reference into the management of Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlachicus) in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2004)
While Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) do not appear to have altered biologically since their introduction into New Zealand 100 years ago, the way people have viewed them and classified them has changed. Though at ...
Modelling electricity prices and implications for option pricing
(Lincoln University, 2003)
The pricing of options is generally dominated by the Black-Scholes approach. The characteristics of electricity prices, however, appear incompatible with the assumed process underlying the Black-Scholes model (ie. Geometric ...
Dracophyllum scrub expansion on subantarctic Campbell Island, New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2002)
Campbell Island lies c. 600 km to the south of New Zealand in the Southern Pacific Ocean and is covered mostly by Dracophyllum scrub, tussock-grassland, and upland tundra associations. European contact with the island began ...
Management of endangered species : policy influences and development in New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1987)
This study examines the development of the Wildlife Service's management of endangered fauna and the influences which affected this development. The development of the Wildlife Service and endangered species management was ...
The Culture of the wild: an exploration of the meanings and values associated with wilderness recreation in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2009)
In the latter half of the 20th Century, New Zealand’s wilderness resource developed iconic status at the national and international scales, and now represents highly significant social, cultural, political, ecological and ...
Recreation and tourism management in the protected natural areas of New Zealand and Mexico: a study of institutional arrangements
(Lincoln University, 2005)
This thesis undertakes an institutional analysis of tourism and recreation management in the protected natural area systems of New Zealand and Mexico. The aim of the thesis is to compare the institutional arrangements of ...
A study of factors affecting the adoption and use of computer software in Canterbury (New Zealand) and Florida (Uruguay) dairy farming
(Lincoln University, 2002)
This study is about understanding farmers' information management behaviour, particularly in relation to the software adoption and use process, and consequently how farm information systems might be improved.
Two dairy ...
An analysis of factor costs in the New Zealand meat processing industry
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)
This thesis analyses the factor costs of killing and processing sheep and lambs from works gate to ex-works in a New Zealand processing company.
It examines the effect of throughput numbers on these factor costs using ...
The influence of natural resource endowments on the economics of high country pastoral farming
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)
The study examines how high country pastoral enterprises might have their economic efficiency affected by differences in their land resources. Its approach is to make use of landform-soil classification of high country ...