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Development and evaluation of a technique for evaluating riparian vegetation change in the tallgrass prairie
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
North America's tallgrass prairie region is one of the world's most endangered ecosystems. Recent management and research efforts have focused on the effects of anthropogenic change to upland components of the tallgrass prairie, however, little...
The location of U.S. sugarbeet production
(University of Missouri-Columbia, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1976)
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...
Why the early-week market?
(University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1958)
Three essays on the impact of public policies on the health and educational outcomes of young adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
, as well as quasiexperimental and descriptive analyses to evaluate how two public polices improve outcomes for young adults. The first essay focuses on effects on young adults' health outcomes, while the second and third chapters focus on impacts...
Will Agbiotech Applications Reach Marginalized Farmers? Evidence from Developing Countries
(AgBioForum, 2006)
countries, greater effort is needed to enhance the international exchange of safety and efficacy information, remove the isolation of public research institutions, and overcome barriers to public-private research collaboration....
An assessment of the agricultural potential of central Tunisia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
"The assignment of the team was to assess the agricultural potential of the eight delegations comprising the Central Tunisia project zone. Since the vast majority of the area's residents are small, dryland farmers, the team devoted the major share...
Using the monthly classification of global SSTs and 500 HPA height to predict temperature and precipitation regimes one to two season in advance for the Mid-Mississippi Region
(National Weather Association, 2008-07)
to the local and regional media as well as the agricultural communities in the mid- Mississippi River Valley. A simple forecast verification scheme was borrowed and used to score the long range forecasts, and skill scores were used to compare and evaluate...
Games leaders play : renegade regimes and international crises
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
distribution? Why do they sometimes escalate the crisis to the point of war, a war they are likely to lose, and sometimes seek conciliation and settlement? This puzzle regarding the foreign policy behavior of renegade regimes leads to the central question...
The essence of servant leadership : a case study of a female administrator in a public school setting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding of the behaviors of a female servant leader in a public school setting and her impact on the staff and culture of the building. The research questions focused on the leader...
Rural agglomeration : how does the distribution of people across rural America affect entrepreneurship?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Where people live affects a region's economy. Urban economists have long analyzed the effects of large and densely settled regions -- urban agglomerations -- on the local economy, finding that people and businesses in these places tend to benefit...
Detection of a Far-Infrared Bow-Shock Nebula Around R Hya: the First MIRIAD Results
(American Astronomical Society, 2006)
far-IR nebulae around bright central sources....
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...
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...
Ecological Regionalism: A Synthesis of Ecological Economics and Organicist Regionalism
(2015-08-04)
To realize visions of regional ecological and economic sustainability—extant the
ecological economics literature—a unified understanding and philosophy of the region is
needed. Additionally, this philosophy needs to be ...
2011 proceedings
(2011)
Growth and structure of the Mexican cattle industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, College of Agriculture, 1985)
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...
Spillovers and Crowding Effects in a Mixed Biotech Industry : The Case of Canola
(AgBioForum, 2006)
is consistent with a research clustering effect. The second model, which uses additional data on firm revenue to estimate crowding effects, shows that although private firms tend to crowd one another, public-firm expenditure on basic and applied research creates...