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Mizzou, volume 089, number 4 (2001 Summer)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2001)
Museum Magazine, Number 72 (2018 Winter)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2018)
Overstory density and its effect on oak regeneration abundance and oak understory height growth in the Missouri Ozark Highlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study examined how overstory density affects regeneration abundance and understory height growth in the Missouri Ozark Highlands. Data were collected on three different treatment types, no harvest management, uneven-aged ...
Systemic preservation and political legitimation : a critical examination of the Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Act ought to be of considerable academic interest. After reviewing the relevant literature pertaining to the origins of the Sherman Act in the social sciences and elsewhere, I perform a textual analysis of Congressional debates in both Houses...
Evaluation of the Private Forestland Ownership Paracelization and its effects on the forest landscape in the southeastern Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This study investigates the impacts of the forestland ownership parcelization on species composition, age structure and spatial pattern of the forest landscape. First, a computer model was developed to create ownership ...
Mizzou, volume 097, number 3 (2009 spring)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2009)
Morphological and biomechanical predictions of cranial kinesis in reptile evolution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Feeding is a complex behavior that all tetrapods engage in on a regular basis to procure energy and survive. The reptilian feeding apparatus includes many types of feeding behaviors including multiple methods of engaging ...
Home aestheticus : species being and the struggle for existence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this paper, I argue for the homo aestheticus thesis - the claim that our species nature is that of artistic producer and consumer; that this nature ...
Payday lending : spatial distribution and neighborhood demographics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Payday lending is a topic of much controversy. Issuing short term loans to high risk borrowers, payday lenders often charge interest rates in excess ...
Fire risk assessment of the western portion of the central hardwoods forest region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study examined how fire risk, a combination of fuels conditions and fire probabilities, varied across a large portion of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. Case studies were conducted to evaluate the fuel loading ...
Mizzou, volume 088, number 2 (2000 Winter)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2000)
Temporal patterns and variability of trophic state parameters in Missouri reservoirs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Eutrophic reservoirs in Missouri, as a group, do not display the bimodal spring and fall pattern of peak algal biomass that is accepted phenology in eutrophic temperate lakes. Instead, Missouri's eutrophic reservoirs display ...
Within-site variability and reliability of foundation designs based on load tests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
is within-site variability, which describes the variability of foundation resistance across a site. Within-site variability is attributed to geologic variation across a site and to differences in construction outcomes among foundation elements. Published...
The impact of place-based pedagogy on teachers' professional identities, instructional decisions, and collaborations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This design study uses a design-based, formative approach to consider teachers' understanding and use of place-based pedagogical practices. The study focuses on teachers' awareness, understanding and use of place as they ...
Mizzou, volume 091, number 2 (2003 Winter)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2003)
Paleoethnobotany of Buena Vista: a case study of ritual feasting in late Preceramic Peru
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This project examines plant macroremains, phytoliths and starch remains recovered from special archaeological and architectural contexts at Buena Vista (11°43'51.72"S, 76°58'5.45"W) , an inland site in the lower Chilló́n ...
An alternative futures analysis of Flathead County, Montana : evaluating tradeoffs among economic growth, land use policy and land use change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
may be used to examine water quality, wildlife habitat, housing affordability, and the cost of public services in the county....
Use of non-lethal endpoints to establish water quality requirements and optima of the Topeka Shiner (notropis topeka)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Water quality influences growth, development, and physiology of aquatic vertebrates. Current criteria on water quality assessments are primarily based on lethal level experiments (e.g. LC50 tests), which are poorly suited ...
Utilizing on-line surveys to gather data: an application to help evaluate Missouri's interpretive programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
Most state and federal agencies involved in the management of natural resources offer educational programs that serve several purposes. In Missouri, the Departments of Conservation and Natural Resources play this vital ...
Application of hyperspectral remote sensing in detecting and mapping Sericea lespedeza in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
When conservationists in Missouri realized that sericea lespedeza was taking its toll by threatening the healthy growth of economic vegetation, they decided to start controlling the invasion of this species. A major challenge ...