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Effects of prescribed burning in Missouri Ozark upland forests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Prescribed fire is used in Missouri to achieve various silvicultural goals, but the use of burning in upland Ozark forests raises many questions that research has yet to answer. The purpose of this study is to examine the ...
Variation in the flood tolerance of three midwestern oak species
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Several studies on flood tolerance of hardwood seedlings have suggested ecotypes exist among seed sources related to past flooding history and soil hydrological properties of the collection site. Our study examined differences ...
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 ...
Restoring forest composition and structure of riparian corridors in the Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Desire to restore the function of riparian forest ecosystems has become a primary objective of many land management agencies in the United States. In the eastern U.S., much emphasis has been placed on planting native ...
Seasonal variation in nutrient availability and uptake by oak saplings following four nitrogen treatments on Missouri River floodplain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Bottomland restoration of native hardwood species provides a variety of benefits to the environment and the landowners. However, when reforesting agricultural floodplains along the Missouri River, high soil pH often causes ...
The potential of producing bioenergy crops on conservation reserve program land in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas (MINK Region) to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions : an integrated economics and biological modeling approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Concerns about global warming and climate change have generated increasing interest in development of bioenergy crops as a potential source of low-carbon energy. The goal of this research was to quantify environmental and ...
Fire effects and litter accumulation dynamics in a montane longleaf pine ecosystem
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
A common obstacle for public land managers developing fire management plans in the eastern and southern United States is the lack of quantitative information on historic fire regimes and the effects that varying fine fuel ...
Establishing pin oak reproduction in bottomland forests in southeastern Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
In pin oak (Quercus palustris Muenchh.) bottomland forests in southeast Missouri, we revisited clearcuts, shelterwood harvests, and controls within the Mingo Basin. Seventeen years later, we found significant changes, in ...
Ambrosia beetle habitat use, host use, and influence on early wood colonizing microbes in an oak-hickory forest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Knowledge of how exotic ambrosia beetles influence microbe communities and how forest characteristics affect ambrosia beetle abundance will improve ...
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 ...
A multi-configuration evaluation of the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) in a mixed land use watershed in the central U.S.A.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Distributed watershed hydrologic/water quality (H/WQ) models are ubiquitous tools for watershed management. Despite advancements, there remain impediments for end-users. This study presents a practical framework for use ...
Quantifying error in vegetation mapping
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Understanding the current distribution and structure of forest vegetation is important for designing forest management plans and prioritizing restoration at landscape scales. This project provides information on Random ...
Silvopasture's effect on growth and development of white and black oaks in an intensively managed upland central hardwood forest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Silvopasture is a practice that integrates elements of forest management, pasture management and livestock husbandry in a mutually beneficial manner ...
Designing a LANDIS PRO harvest module and examining the effects of temporal resolution on simulation outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The development and testing of forest landscape models is an ongoing process. This thesis documents a portion of this process working with the LANDIS PRO 7.0 forest landscape model in two parts. In the first chapter I ...
Woody species and forest structure in northern Missouri riparian forests with different ages and watershed sites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
A chronosequence (1 to 250+ years) of 160 woody species plots was established throughout northern Missouri riparian forests to explain the influence of site hydrology and stand age on species distribution and forest ...
Long-term effects of a prescribed fire regime on tree seedling density in an oak-hickory woodland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The massive of oak-hickory forests and woodlands, in combination with the decline of dominant overstory oaks, is becoming an important management issue in the Central Hardwoods Region. Suppression of understory-tolerant ...
Quantifying bottomland hardwood forest and agricultural grassland evapotranspiration in floodplain reaches of a mid Missouri stream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Bottomland hardwood forests (BHF) play an important role in floodplain dynamics, particularly along urban streams where flood mitigation is critical to protecting human life and property. Enhanced evapotranspiration (ET) ...
Tropical forest conservation Ecuador's Socio Bosque Program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Ecuador experienced a deforestation rate, for the period between 2005 and 2010, of 186,448 ha/year. Thus, Ecuador is among the countries with the highest ...
Urban sprawl in the state of Missouri : current trends, driving forces, and predicted growth on Missouri's natural landscape
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Missouri reflects a full range of sprawl characteristics that include large metropolitan centers, which led growth in 1980s, and smaller metropolitan and rural areas, which led growth in 1990s. In order to study the ...
Modeling historic, current, and available aboveground forest biomass along the Missouri River corridor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This research presents the culmination of statistical, landscape, and geospatial analyses that examine the geographic dynamics of aboveground forest biomass (AFB) within the Missouri River corridor, Missouri USA. The ...