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Visitors' perspectives on sustainable tourism: a comparative study of national parks in Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2024)
This study investigated tourists' opinions on destination experiences within National Parks (NPs) in Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania, focusing on visitor satisfaction with the destination. Data was collected in the field ...
Deforestation in Gabon: determinants of forest activities and economic growth amidst landscape protection and climate change crisis
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2024)
Forestry is vital in the socio-progress of numerous societies and nations, especially those with abundant forest reserves, like Gabon. However, managing forests sustainably faces challenges due to factors such as population ...
Youths perceptions of agroforestry in Uganda: motivations and willingness to participate in highland agroforestry tree planting and landscape protection
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2024)
This study investigates public (youths) willingness to participate in highland agroforestry tree planting initiatives and perceptions of agroforestry in Uganda. Through a questionnaire survey (N= 1138), data were collected ...
Calculation and operational assessment of tyre contact areas in the tractor-and-trailer unit
(Česká akademie zemědělských věd, 2024)
This paper deals with the verification of models for the calculation of the contact area with the soil using data measured during the testing of a tractor-and-trailer unit. The main emphasis was put on the method of ...
The Impact of Natural Disturbances on the Central European Timber Market-An Analytical Study
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2024)
Central European countries are strategic wood exporters in the European and international wood trade. In the context of wood exporters, Czechia, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and Austria are the important countries providing ...
Environmental protection and sustainable tourism of cross-border national parks in Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania: contingent valuation method
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2024)
The border triangle between Kosovo, Montenegro, and Albania, comprising national parks in the Western Balkans, is experiencing a surge in mountain tourism, posing environmental conservation and sustainable tourism challenges. ...
The urban greenery of the Brno city as an environment for people's recreation as well as the life of large wild mammals
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2024)
In the model area of the Brno city, research focused on monitoring the occurrence of wild mediumsized and large mammals is underway. The task of the project is to find out the species spectrum of mammals occurring in the ...
Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding
(Nature Publishing Group, 2024)
Plant diversity effects on community productivity often increase over time. Whether the strengthening of diversity effects is caused by temporal shifts in species-level overyielding (i.e., higher species-level productivity ...
Mycorrhizal associations modify tree diversity-productivity relationships across experimental tree plantations
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2024)
Decades of studies have demonstrated links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, yet the generality of the relationships and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear, especially for forest ecosystems. Using 11 ...
Bio-based phase change material for enhanced building energy efficiency: A study of beech and thermally modified beech wood for wall structures
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2024)
This study investigated the impregnation of beech and thermally modified beech (TMB) with a ternary mixture of capric acid, palmitic acid, and stearic acid as a bio-based phase change material (BPCM). Finite element method ...