dc.contributor.advisor | Knapp, Benjamin O. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Anderson, Samantha E. | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2017 Spring | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Understanding how forests respond to traditional management in the context of climate change is increasingly important for developing multi-objective management strategies. In the Missouri Ozarks, the influence of long-term forest management on climate mitigation and adaptation potential is largely unknown. Using data from two long-term thinning studies, we determined the influence of stand density on carbon dynamics and drought response in the Missouri Ozarks. First, carbon storage and sequestration rates of even-aged short leaf pine and upland oak forests were assessed to better understand the role of manipulating stand density in mitigating climate change. Next, we developed a short leaf pine tree ring-width chronology to determine the influence of thinning on tree-level growth response during a severe drought. Results offer valuable information to land managers regarding the effects of stand density and traditional management practices on mitigation and adaptation to climate change in the Missouri Ozarks. | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/65963 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/65963 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | eng |
dc.source | Submited to University of Missouri--Columbia Graduate School. | eng |
dc.title | Effects of stand density on mitigation and adaptability to climate change in pine and hardwood forests of Missouri | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Natural resources (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
thesis.degree.name | M.S. | eng |