Theses - Zoology
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Population dynamics and population genetics of the Critically Endangered Raso lark: implications for conservation
(2018-04-28)The Raso lark is a Critically Endangered bird endemic to the islet of Raso, Cape Verde. This thesis investigates two phenomena that particularly put the species at risk: its extreme fluctuations in population size, and its ... -
Strategies for sustainable livestock production in Brazil and the European Union
(2018-04-28)Livestock provide as much as one-third of all protein consumed by humans, but have a disproportionate and growing environmental impact. Livestock production occupies 50-75% of agricultural land, contributes 15% of anthropogenic ... -
The role of NGOs and sustainability standards in oil palm developments in Gabon and Cameroon
(2016-10-22)In the past five years, much concern has been expressed about the fast expansion of large plantations of oil palm in tropical forest in African countries. However, in this same period, a large number of multinational ... -
The role of parents in Evolution
(2018-04-07)In this thesis, I investigated the role of parental care in evolution. Parents provide the environment in which offspring develop and therefore have a large influence on their offspring's phenotypes, and so are in prime ...
