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New technology, new pedagogy? Employing video podcasts in learning and teaching about exotic ecosystems (2011)
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This paper examines the experiences of undergraduate university students in response to the employment of video podcasts to support learning and teaching about exotic ecosystems. Six, 15-20-minute podcasts were made accessible to students through a v... Read More about New technology, new pedagogy? Employing video podcasts in learning and teaching about exotic ecosystems.

Evaluating the perceived effectiveness of video podcasts as a learning resource for geography (2011)
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This paper examines undergraduate student perceptions of the learning utility of video podcasts, with particular reference to their understanding of exotic ecosystems. The podcasts were made accessible to students through a virtual learning environme... Read More about Evaluating the perceived effectiveness of video podcasts as a learning resource for geography.

Ecotourism in Amazonian Peru: Uniting tourism, conservation and community development (2011)
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With reference to two ecotourism enterprises that operate within Tambopata, Peru, this paper evaluates key principles necessary to enable the successful achievement of ecotourism in a little-developed tropical forest region. In so doing, it highlight... Read More about Ecotourism in Amazonian Peru: Uniting tourism, conservation and community development.

'Joined-up geography': Connecting school-level and university-level geographies (2010)
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A case study of activities to enhance undergraduate recruitment into geography (2008)
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Rainforest diversity and ecotourism: Exploring the links (2008)
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Can visitor satisfaction and knowledge about tropical rainforests be enhanced through biodiversity interpretation, and does this promote a positive attitude towards ecosystem conservation? (2007)
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Can visitor satisfaction and knowledge about tropical rain forests be enhanced through biodiversity interpretation and does this promote a positive attitude towards ecosystem conservation? (2007)
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Globalisation and culture: A case study of two subterranean communities in southern Tunisia (2005)
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Linking teaching and research in an undergraduate fieldwork module: A case study (2004)
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Contrasting water management techniques in Tunisia: Towards sustainable agricultural use (2003)
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Tunisia is a marginal country hydrologically and it has adopted a number of distinctive methods of water management for agriculture. The central region supports modern dam irrigation, whilst traditional rainwater harvesting is practiced in the south.... Read More about Contrasting water management techniques in Tunisia: Towards sustainable agricultural use.

Area, shape and isolation of tropical forest fragments: Effects on tree species diversity and implications for conservation (2003)
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Aim: To quantify the influences of forest area, shape and isolation on tree species diversity in Ghana and to compare their significance with the influences of climate (average annual rainfall) and disturbance (fire burn, logging, agriculture). Locat... Read More about Area, shape and isolation of tropical forest fragments: Effects on tree species diversity and implications for conservation.

Subterranean settlements in southern Tunisia: Environmental and cultural controls on morphology, community dynamics and sustainability (2003)
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An evaluation of Foreign Fieldwork in promoting Deep learning: A preliminary investigation (2002)
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This article defines and evaluates the role of foreign fieldwork in promoting deep learning by university undergraduates of geography and environmental management. Empirical results show that students generally rose to the challenge of predictive-ana... Read More about An evaluation of Foreign Fieldwork in promoting Deep learning: A preliminary investigation.

Species composition in fragmented forests: Conservation implications of changing forest area (2001)
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An important aspect of forest fragmentation is the ensuing change in forest area and the impact this has on species numbers and composition. Quantifying this is an important step in prioritizing forest fragments for biodiversity conservation. Species... Read More about Species composition in fragmented forests: Conservation implications of changing forest area.

Why are tropical rain forests so species rich? Classifying, reviewing and evaluating theories (2001)
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Two classifications are presented that organize the major processes and theories addressing the high species diversity of tropical rain forests. The first typology organizes environmental and biological processes within a spatio-temporal hierarchy, w... Read More about Why are tropical rain forests so species rich? Classifying, reviewing and evaluating theories.

Every drop counts: Water and agriculture in Tunisia (2001)
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The effect of sampling on the species-area curve (1994)
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The species-area curve has been used to link the biological with the geographical. Larger areas of land would seem to contain more species as a result of both the effect of sampling (i.e. more samples are taken to represent larger areas) and ecologic... Read More about The effect of sampling on the species-area curve.

Post-1883 ash fall on Panjang and Sertung and its ecological impact (1992)
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This paper describes the post-1883 history of volcanic disturbance to the islands Panjang and Sertung, within the Krakatau group, Indonesia. Historical data are reviewed briefly, together with previous stratigraphic and geochemical data. In 1989 six... Read More about Post-1883 ash fall on Panjang and Sertung and its ecological impact.

The use of mineral magnetic analyses as an aid in investigating the recent volcanic disturbance history of the Krakatau Islands, Indonesia (1991)
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The recent disturbance of vegetation on islands within the Krakatau group, Indonesia, by a succession of ash falls from Anak Krakatau, has complicated studies of tropical ecosystem recovery since the major eruption of 1883 provided a ‘clean slate’. M... Read More about The use of mineral magnetic analyses as an aid in investigating the recent volcanic disturbance history of the Krakatau Islands, Indonesia.