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Bush honeysuckle : invasive species
(Missouri River Relief, 2018)
growing plants because it blocks light and stunts native plant growth. Shade competition is the major reason Bush Honeysuckle suppress and damage thenative species that historically would have occurred in upland forests near the Missouri River. This makes...
Silver carp : invasive species
(Missouri River Relief, 2018)
"Reasons for Invasive Status: Silver Carp are native to eastern Asia, but were imported to the United States in 1973, primarily as a biological water quality control mechanism in fish hatcheries to clean up excess plankton in the water. The fish...
Zebra mussel : invasive species
(Missouri River Relief, 2018)
"Reasons for Invasive Status: Originally from the seas of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, this species was accidentally brought over by cargo ships coming into the Great Lakes from the Black Sea. Zebra Mussels can spread so quickly because not only...
Japanese hop : invasive species
(Missouri River Relief, 2018)
"Reasons for Invasive Status: Japanese Hop is native to China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. It wasimported to the U.S. from Asia in the mid-to-late 1800s for ornamental use. The plant twines to climb adjacent vegetation and structures and sprawls across...
Bighead carp : invasive species
(Missouri River Relief, 2018)
or be reduced for all animals and the whole ecosystem suffers as a result. Bighead Carp predation on plankton alters the plankton community to smaller plankton that are less useful to native species and they sometimes promote the proliferation of toxic algal...
Distribution and abundance of anurans in southeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
landscape or habitat types within a landscape and the species richness of the anuran community. Three anuran species (Blanchard's cricket frog, Fowler's toad, and southern leopard frog) were selected to investigate the effects of forest fragmentation...
More than a river: using nature for reform in the progressive era
(2013)
how progressives looked to nature as a tool of social reform. Each of these men understood the American environment in multiple contexts. Nostalgia and romanticized Missouri River history activated themes of empire, race, and manhood in Neihardt’s work...
Missouri master naturalist state program manual
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2021)
"The Missouri Master Naturalist State Program Manual is a resource for conducting the Missouri Master Naturalist program. It contains the guidelines for the administration and operation of this volunteer program. Chapter Advisors, officers, board...
Missouri master naturalist state program manual
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2022)
"Learn about the workings of the Missouri Master Naturalist program. Along with an overview of this statewide volunteer conservation program, this manual details certification, training and volunteer service requirements and offers operation...
Missouri master naturalist state program manual (2017)
(University of Missouri. Extension Division, 2017)
The Missouri Master Naturalist Program Manual is a resource for conducting the Missouri Master Naturalist program. It contains the guidelines for the administration and operation of this volunteer program. Chapter Advisors, officers, board members...
The impacts of partner abundance on benefits from facultative pollination mutualism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Partner abundance affects costs and benefits in obligate mutualisms, but its role in facultative partnerships is less clear. I investigated this topic in a small alpine pollination web in the Colorado Rocky Mountains ...
Managerial perceptions and responses to climate change in Missouri state parks and historic sites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Climate change has been described as one of the greatest, long-term challenges facing modern society. Its impacts range from alteration of ecosystem structure and function...
The Longue Durée of Choctaw Removal, 1800-1860
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Historians have long considered Indian removal to be a product of Andrew Jackson's Presidency (1829-1837). They point to the Indian Removal Act (1830), the Cherokee...
A comparison of grant-funded outdoor classrooms in rural and nonrural Missouri schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study addressed the question: How do outdoor classrooms in rural and nonrural areas of Missouri compare? Data was collected from applications for state funded grants awarded from 2004- 2006 to elementary schools in rural and nonrural areas...
Residents' perceptions and preferences of vacant lot vegetation, wildlife and use in St. Louis, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
. This exclusion disempowers residents and provides greenspace that while ecologically useful, can be socially unjust. St. Louis, Missouri is one of many Midwest cities dealing with a high level of vacancy, with lots concentrated in the predominantly low...
The greatest improvement of any country: economic development in Ullapool and the Highlands, 1786-1835
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This thesis explores the possible causes underlying the failure of Ullapool to develop in the half century after its founding. The study seeks to place Ullapool within a wider context, examining several interconnected ...
Participant biographies
(2011)
This document provides, in alphabetical order, short biographies of the colloquium participants.
CVM News 2022 July-December
(University of Missouri--Columbia. College of Veterinary Medicine, 2022)
Six-month compilation of news and events articles published by the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine....
A call to citizenship : Anti-Klan activism in Missouri, 1921-1928
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This dissertation examines the efforts of anti-Klan activists in Missouri to challenge the growth, recruitment, and political ambitions of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s. As a nation-wide organization, the Klan made major inroads in Missouri...
2012-2013 Graduate school catalog
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)