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Evaluation of the fire and fuels extension (FFE) to the forest vegetation simulator (FVS) within the Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) is a stand-based, individual tree growth and yield model designed and maintained by the USDA Forest Service. It ...
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 ...
Thinning and burning in oak woodlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The legacy of fire suppression in savanna, woodland, and forest ecosystems since the early 20th century has allowed heavy encroachment of fire-intolerant species throughout open-oak communities of Midwestern North America. ...
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 ...
Woody biomass availability for energy : a perspective from non-industrial private forest landowners in the U.S. Great Lakes states
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners control 58% of all forests in the U.S. Great Lakes States consisting of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. A regional assessment of the availability of woody biomass for ...
Timber product value loss due to prescribed fire caused injuries in red oak trees
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Prescribed fire is used for a variety of land management tasks in sites containing merchantable sized red oak trees with sparse information on how it affects lumber product values. We analyzed how fire related injuries ...
Macroinvertebrate assemblage composition along a longitudinal multiple-land-use gradient in a midwestern stream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Land use changes often alter hydrogeomorphology and hydrologic flow regimes, which can adversely impact stream aquatic biota. Hinkson Creek Watershed (HCW, 231km2) located in Boone County, central Missouri, is comprised ...
Quantifying urban stormwater suspended sediment particle size class distribution in the central U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Stormwater samples were analyzed from 17 urban monitoring sites (n=272) during spring 2011 to better understand urban land use suspended sediment contributions to receiving water bodies in central Missouri, USA. Samples ...
Social availability of woody biomass for renewable energy : Missouri non-industrial private forest landowners perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The importance of bioenergy, particularly woody biomass, continues to gain significance in Missouri. Although physical estimates of standing wood have been used to assess and project total above-ground woody biomass, these ...
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 ...
Site quality factors affecting Acer saccharum, Quercus rubra and Quercus alba abundance and height growth rates in young even-aged stands located in central Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Sugar maple importance has been increasing in Missouri's forest for the previous several decades. Managers have little information to guide them with selecting silviculture treatments for managing this increasingly important ...
Measuring and modeling stream and air temperature relationships in a multiland use watershed of the central United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
A nested-scale experimental watershed study design approach was used in an urban watershed of the central U.S. to investigate stream water temperature (Tw) variability during water year's 2011, 2012, and 2013. Drought ...
Juniper expansion in a prairie-forest transition region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) is a highly adaptable native, north-American conifer that appears to have expanded from protected refugia to previously un-occupied land types likely in response to fire suppression ...
Dendroecology of forests in Missouri : disturbance and integration over multiple centuries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Disturbances are fundamental components of ecological systems which operate at variable frequencies and magnitudes that affect the structures and processes of the system. Multiple disturbance types have functioned in oak ...
The economic feasibility of an integrated woody biomass harvest in the Missouri Ozark Highlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Questions have risen in recent years regarding the impacts of biomass harvesting for renewable energy production and on the cost and efficiency of biomass harvesting using different harvest equipment configurations. Missouri ...
Modeling regeneration and early stand dynamics of Missouri Ozark forests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Projecting the effects of silvicultural choices on forest regeneration has traditionally been difficult. In an effort to improve upon this, a collection of empirical models based on leading hypotheses and theories of tree ...
The Land Capability Potential Index: a decision support tool for the management of Missouri River floodplain habitat
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The Land Capability Potential Index (LCPI) is a hydrogeomorphic model of potential flow-return interval and soil drainage developed as a decision support tool for the restoration and management of floodplain habitat on the ...
Climate change in the Missouri central hardwood region : consequences for forest landscapes, and management strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Climate change may result in a change in the tree species present within forests. The Missouri Central Hardwood Region represents one area where these ...
Effects of regeneration harvests on stand development and oak (Quercus spp.) regeneration through 15 years in bottomland hardwood forests of Northern Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Bottomland hardwood forests provide important economic and ecological values within the midwestern United States, yet silvicultural guidelines for reaching management objectives have been poorly developed outside the ...