Browsing 2011 MU theses - Freely available online by Thesis Department "Geography (MU)"
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Assessing grassland distributions and spatio-temporal variations in the U.S. Great Plains with MODIS imagery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)The North American Great Plains is the primary grassland in the United States. Both cool season grasses (CSG) and warm season grasses (WSG) grow in the Great Plains, with their distributions vary with environmental conditions ... -
Gentrification through the eyes (and lenses) of Kansas City residents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Gentrification is a process where the middle class migrates to decaying or predominately poor areas of a city and changes the landscape. Since the phenomenon was first recognized in the 1960s in London, it has spread to ... -
Reimagining alpacas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Newly "discovered" to industrialized societies, alpacas have gained popularity as both livestock and pet in the United States over the last quarter century. This American micro-culture is a nexus of many traditional and ... -
Spatial distribution and historical dynamics of threatened conifers of the Dalat Plateau, Vietnam
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)The Dalat Plateau is one of several biodiversity hotspots in Vietnam. It is considered to be one of five centers of plant diversity and one of three endemic bird areas in the country. Almost half of the conifer species ...