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dc.contributor.advisorTrauth, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Marie)eng
dc.contributor.authorRomero, Miriam, 1975-eng
dc.coverage.spatialMissourieng
dc.date.issued2010eng
dc.date.submitted2010 Springeng
dc.descriptionThe entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file.eng
dc.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on August 16, 2010).eng
dc.descriptionThesis advisor: Dr. Kathleen Trauth.eng
dc.descriptionPh. D. University of Missouri--Columbia 2010.eng
dc.description.abstractA new methodology to quantify wetland health is developed using landscape characteristics for 49 wetlands in northern Missouri and relating them to wetland health. Wetland health was defined in this project as the presence of sensitive or rare amphibian species, such as tiger salamanders or northern crayfish frogs, which are very sensitive to habitat disturbance. Crops, forest, grass, stream, roads, change in elevation, and others characteristics were landscape characteristics considered because they are assumed to affect wetland habitat for amphibians. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed at the different spatial scales mentioned above, to test the relationship between wetland health and landscape variables. It was found that proximity to roads affect negatively the wetlands health up to a distance of 900 meters, while crops can have a negative effect up to a distance up to 2100 meters.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.format.extentxii, 152 pageseng
dc.identifier.merlinb77840070eng
dc.identifier.oclc656291208eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/8278
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/8278eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.subject.lcshGeographic information systems -- Methodologyeng
dc.subject.lcshWetlandseng
dc.subject.lcshWetland ecologyeng
dc.subject.lcshWetland managementeng
dc.subject.lcshRare amphibianseng
dc.subject.lcshRiparian ecologyeng
dc.titleLandscape analysis using GIS methodology for the evaluation and prediction of relationships of amphibian health in Missouri wetlandseng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil and Environmental Engineering (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelDoctoraleng
thesis.degree.namePh. D.eng


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