Population genetic diversity is widely accepted as important to the conservation and management of wildlife. However, habitat features may differentially affect evolutionary processes that facilitate population genetic diversity among sympatric species. We measured genetic diversity for two pond-breeding amphibian species (Dwarf salamanders, Eurycea quadridigitata; and Southern Leopard frogs, L...

Using the Time Of Group Arrival (TOGA) of sferics two year (Jan2003-Dec2004) annual average of about 3,200 and 1,200 cloud-to-ground (CG) flashes were recorded in the two larger islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, Fiji. A two year average CG flash density showed maxima of 0.80 and 0.35 flashes/km per year in two islands. The diurnal variation showed peak activity between 14:00 hrs16:00 hrs LT an...

The most favorable locations for wind farm were determined based on environmental landuse factors, wind resources and the layout of the electrical grid lines. In the study landuse map was prepared and updated by using Survey of India topographic sheet and ASTER satellite imagery in open source Quantum GIS & GRASS GIS software environment. Wind Power Density Layer was digitized by using Indian w...

Digital surface models (DSMs) generated by image matching from aerial images obtained using UAV were evaluated against field reference data and compared to LiDAR data. The performance of DSMs was evaluated both visually and with quantitative tests. In quantitative tests, the ability of DSM to estimate 1) individual tree heights, 2) canopy height and 3) crown projection area were evaluated. The ...

Knowledge Management (KM) is a critical area for small business managers in today’s competitive environment. However, there is a general consensus in relation to the fact that the benefits of KM have not been fully exploited by small firms. In fact, des[ite the wide literature on KM, there is an abundance of research describing how large companies are successfully practising KM, but little cont...

Previous studies of DMSP-OLS stable night lights have shown encouraging agreement between temporally stable lighted areas and various definitions of urban extent. However, these studies have also highlighted an inconsistent relationship between the actual lighted area and the boundaries of the urban areas considered. Applying detection frequency thresholds can reduce the spatial overextent of l...

[1] A joint interpretation of swath bathymetric, seismic refraction, wide-angle reflection, and multichannel seismic data was used to derive a detailed tomographic image of the Nazca–South America subduction zone system offshore southern Arauco peninsula, Chile at 38 S. Here, the trench basin is filled with up to 2.2 km of sediments, and the Mocha Fracture Zone (FZ) is obliquely subducting unde...

Entrepreneurship is an important instrument in planning and realizing rural community development. Owing to current problems societies, focusing on the entrepreneurship of utmost importance. by creating new opportunities for employment income plays role improving socioeconomic conditions villages. The aim this study assess factors influencing development a case villages Torbat-e Heydarieh, Kadk...