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Venom Neutralization by Rattlesnake Serum Albumin
(American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1969-06-20)The blood serum of the eastern diamond back rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) neutralizes lethal doses of C. adamanteus venom in mice. The protective capacity of the serum is associated with the serum albumin, rather than ... -
Annotated Bibliography on Ecological Aspects of Regional Development
(1974-06)This bibliography on ecological aspects of regional development was prepared as a background document for the SCOPE (International Council of Scientific Unions, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) Workshop ... -
Project Status Report: Ecology and Environment Project
(1974-06-21)We present here the extended outline and copies of the illustrations used in the Status Report of the IIASA Ecology and Environment Project, presented at Schloss Laxenburg on 21 June 1974. Section 1., "General Review", is ... -
A Case of Forest Ecosystem Pest Management
(International Canadian Conference on Applied Systems Analysis, 1975)The boreal forests of North America have, for centuries, experienced periodic outbreaks of a defoliating insect called the Spruce Budworm. In anyone outbreak cycle a major proportion of the mature softwood forest in effected ... -
Notes on Resilience Measures
(1975-07)The author presents some points taken from his notes on a Resilience Measures Presentation by C.S. Holling (IIASA, 11 July 1975) and suggests that they should probably be dealt with explicitly before a final document is prepared. -
Hypotheticality, Resilience and Option Foreclosure: Summary Notes of a IIASA Workshop
(International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1975-07)An informal workshop on the themes of hypotheticality, resilience, and option foreclosure was held in Laxenburg on 7 July 1975. This Working Paper is meant to serve as an informal record of the workshop. It includes the ... -
Towards a Structural View of Resilience
(IIASA, 1975-08)The result of resilience is persistence: the maintenance of certain characteristic behavioral properties in the face of stress, strain and surprise. But the origins of this resilient behavior lie in the structure of the ... -
Methodological Problems in the Modeling and Analysis of Ecological Systems
(International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1975-08)I would like to give you an overview of basic ecological modeling and analysis problems by discussing three things. First, I will try to explain the general attitude of systems-oriented ecologists towards their subject ... -
Looking at Ourselves: Thoughts on Process and Product in Applied Systems Analysis
(International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1975-09)This paper raises some issues concerning the practice and utilization of applied systems analysis (ASA). Our present concept of good ASA necessarily implies two assumptions: (1) It is socially desirable to make decisions ... -
Intertemporal Indicator Evaluation: A Preliminary Note on Problems for Evaluating Time Stream Data for Environmental Policy Analysis
(IIASA, 1976-01)Assumptions regarding the aggregation of time stream data (e.g. "discounting") are crucial in the evaluation of regional development proposals and the assessment of environmental impacts. Nonetheless, present practice ... -
Spatial Structure Relationship in a Forest Insect System: Simulation Models and Analysis
(IIASA, 1979)This paper analyses relationships among dispersal, spatial heterogeneity, and local ecological processes in the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) - boreal forest system of eastern North America. A range of ... -
Ecological policy design: lessons from a study of forest/pest management
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Lessons for Ecological Policy Design: A Case Study of Ecosystem Management
(Elsevier BV, 1979-06)This paper explores the prospects for combining elements of the ecological and policy sciences to form a substantive and effective science of ecological policy design. This exploration is made through a case study whose ... -
Food, Health, and Population: Policy Analysis and Development Priorities in Low-Income Countries
(IIASA, 1979-06)This paper presents a policy analysis of rural development strategies in low-income countries. Governments, development agencies, and scholars are now giving increased attention to structuring and supplementing growth ... -
Witches, Floods, and Wonder Drugs: Historical Perspectives on Risk Management
(Springer, 1980)Risk is a people problem, and people have been contending with it for a very long time indeed. I extract some lessons from this historical record and explore their implications for current and future practice of risk ... -
The Carbon-Dioxide Review
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The CO2 Question
(American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1984-03-09)