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2011
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Eric N. Hansen Erlend Nybakk Lyndall Bull Pablo Crespell Arnaldo Jélvez Chris KnowlesSammendrag
Softwood sawmilling is important to the economy of many nations and huge volumes of softwood lumber are produced annually. Accordingly, the economic success of softwood sawmills, as they compete with substitutes such as steel and concrete, is of interest to various industry stakeholders, especially managers, and researchers. Given the strong connection between innovativeness and firm performance in the literature, this study investigates innovativeness in sawmills in Australia, Canada, Chile, Norway, and the USA. Mail surveys were used in each of the countries to collect data regarding product, process, and business systems innovativeness and firm performance. Findings suggest that sawmills focus equally on product and process innovativeness, firm size positively impacts innovativeness, and that overall, process innovativeness is what drives firm performance in this sector. Findings suggest that managers should focus on being innovative since this positively impacts firm performance.
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John Marshall Bryden Amaia Arandia Liam Dunne Karlheinz KnickelSammendrag
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Arild AndersenSammendrag
The species richness of leafmining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in four different environments were compared: Hay meadow, seashore meadows, biologically managed grass and conventionally managed grass. Hay meadows had the highest species richness, followed by seashore meadows, biologically managed grass fields and conventionally managed grass fields.
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Arild AndersenSammendrag
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Arild AndersenSammendrag
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Ingeborg KlingenSammendrag
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The use of Chinese cabbage as a trap crop where insect pathogenic fungi may prolifereate has been tested in a series of push-pull strategy experiments both in the laboratory and in the field. The pest species studied are the cabbage- and turnip root fly (Delia radicum and D. floralis). In a dual choice laboratory experiment, both healthy and Entomophthora muscae inoculated D. floralis were tested for choice of plant for oviposition. The choices were 1) Broccoli against Broccoli 2) Chinese cabbage against Broccoli 3) Broccoli against Broccoli under sown with clover 4) Chinese cabbage against Broccoli under sown with clover. In a semi-field pilot study with Broccoli and Chinese cabbage the choice between main - and trap crop for healthy and inoculated flies, as well as fungal transmission between flies over time, was studied. A pilot field study has also been performed to investigate the overall effect of using Chinese cabbage as a trap crop as well as studying the spatial distribution of Delia eggs in a cabbage field. The results from the dual choice experiment and both pilot studies indicates that using Chinese cabbage as a trap crop is a promising strategy for the management of D. radicum and D. floralis, both as a oviposition attractant and as a trap crop where insect pathogenic fungi may proliferate and kill the adult flies.
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Trond Hofsvang Ghislain Tepa-Yotto Ignace Godonou May-Guri SaethreSammendrag
The use of the aphid parasitoid Lysiphebus testaceipes in biological control.
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Helmer BelboSammendrag
The theoretical potential for increased efficiency in early thinning by using accumulating harvester heads was investigated through simulation. Thinning was performed in corridors perpendicular to the strip road in 75 artificially generated stands with varying average tree size and density. The work pattern and work time in the crane work for five sizes of heads, with grapple diameters in the range of 10 to 50 cm, was estimated by the simulation model. The efficiency increased rapidly when the grapple diameter increased from two to four times the average diameter in the harvested stand, reducing the work time per tree by 15 to 50 percent compared to the single tree handling harvester head. Further increases in grapple dimension also increased the efficiency, but not at the same rate. In real work, the efficiency increase by an accumulating harvester head will probably be slightly lower due to less optimal harvesting conditions, operator skills and other non-productive work tasks that are not affected by work method.