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Fire risk assessment of the western portion of the central hardwoods forest region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
forests, determine the temporal variability in fuel accumulation rates, and quantify the role of topographic roughness in fire regimes. Using knowledge gained from these case studies two regional scale studies were conducted describing 1) variability...
Bathing on the edge of empire : local variation and regional adaptation in the late Roman military bathhouses of Arabia/Palaestina
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
within the regional, socio-political, economic, and cultural contexts. The goals of the current project are three-fold: First, it considers long-held scholarly interpretations and assumptions regarding the role of baths in acculturating indigenous, non...
Multiscale Study of the Interactions between Climate, Land Use, and Agricultural Productivity in Western Sahel: A Case Study of Chad
(2014-09-30)
coordinates of that area are: North 14.403, West 10.815, East 24.219, and South 7.328. Agricultural productivity country summary data for Chad was obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Other data sets, including...
Boonslick regional profile
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1974)
"This is the tenth regional profile prepared by the Department of Regional and Community Affairs. It is hoped that the statistical data and brief analysis will assist communities and regions in evaluating trends occurring in their areas...
Bootheel regional profile
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1972)
A-B-C-D regional profile
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1973)
"This region teemed with activity a century ago then lost its zest at the turn of the century. Like many other areas that were so completely wedded to the agricultural economy, this area lost population and stature in the first two thirds...
Raptor and wading bird migration in Veracruz, Mexico : spatial and temporal dynamics, flight performance, and monitoring applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation is organized in four chapters that deal with different aspects of my long-term studies of migratory raptors, vultures, and wading birds, in central Veracruz, Mexico, during the course of three spring and ten fall seasons (1991...
Risk assessment of adopting agroforestry in a peasant economy : the Honduran case
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1996)
was conducted in 1994, in 14 villages representing three regions in the El Merendon mountain range of Honduras Central America. Stochastic dominance was used in the assessment of risk perception; discriminant analysis and the logit model were used to identify...
Factors influencing upland oak advance reproduction in the Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Successful oak stand regeneration requires an abundance of well developed advance reproduction. Past studies have found that oak reproduction varies on upland landscapes by inferred measures of nutrient and water supply ...
Stand structure development effects on wood quality of Melina (Gmelina arborea roxb.)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
A stem analysis was perform to examines the effects of thinning treatments on Melina (Gmelina arborea) wood quality and tree architecture in the North Coast of Colombia. 27 plots under forest management regimes and age classes were evaluated. Split...
Estimation of total height, growth, and mortality of forest trees in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
predicting the mean height-diameter trend for each species (pseudo-R2 values ranged from 0.56 to 0.88), but for a given tree diameter observed tree heights were highly variable. In addition, an evaluation of the Central States variant of the Forest Vegetation...
GPS measurements of present day crustal deformation within the Lebanese Restraining Bend along the Dead Sea Transform
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The Lebanese restraining bend is a 200 km long bend with a left lateral sense of slip located along the Dead Sea fault system (DSFS) between 33.2 and 34.6 degrees north latitude. The DSFS is a transform plate boundary fault system accommodating...
How surplus grade A milk is marketed in the Midwest
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962)
Green hills regional profile
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1973)
"This is the third regional profile prepared by the Department of Regional and Community Affairs. It is hoped that the statistical data and brief analysis will assist communities and regions in evaluating trends occurring in their areas...
Florida citrus growers' first impressions on genetically modified trees
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2017)
Citrus greening is jeopardizing the Florida citrus industry. A line of research some expect to be the ultimate solution to the disease is developing trees that are resistant to it by using genetic modification. Little, ...
Growth and structure of the Mexican cattle industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, College of Agriculture, 1985)
Northwest Missouri regional profile
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1974)
"This is the thirteenth regional profile prepared by the Department of Regional and Community Affairs. It is hoped that the statistical data and brief analysis will assist communities and regions in evaluating trends occurring in their areas...
The agricultural development of Nepal : analysis of the agricultural sector
(Agricultural Experiment Station University of Missouri--Colombia, 1976)
Policy and program incentives and the adoption of agroforestry in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
. The data from this study is drawn from a 2006 survey of 360 landowners conducted in four counties in two regions of Missouri, USA, selected because of their proximity to agroforestry research centers, their rural or urban character, and a land holding...
Prairie stream ecology : temporal and spatial patterns of macroinvertebrates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Tallgrass prairie streams and their fauna are understudied, due in part to their rarity. The composition of prairie stream communities differs geographically due to regionally and locally determined environmental characteristics and varies over time...