Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Department "Forestry and Wildlife Science"
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Coral Reefs in Congress
(2022-04-15)
As coral reef ecosystems disappear at an alarming rate, the United States and the wider world are weighing options for bold policy action to stop the loss of climate sensitive ecosystems. It is difficult for policies to ...
Coyotes, deer, and hunters: applied ecology for informing deer and hunter management
(2017-12-01)
My research was conducted to provide new methods and analyses to better inform management of white-tailed deer, coyotes, and hunters in Al In particular, my research will support efforts of the Alabama Deer Management ...
Detecting Toxoplasma gondii in the giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica) in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi
(2022-08-26)
Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic foodborne diseases in the world and has severe negative impacts on humans and causes mortality in several wildlife species. Felids are the only definitive host of the ...
Determining habitat requirements and landscape factors for the decline of the southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis)
(2019-05-16)
Southeastern pocket gophers (Geomys pinetis) are rodents of conservation concern endemic to open-canopy pine forests in the southeastern United States. Preserving habitat is critical for long-term conservation, but there ...
Developing a multiscale modeling framework to assess forest health risk based on the FIA data
(2022-12-05)
Maintaining tree vigor and forest health is critical as forest health risks increase over time. Eastern US forests have been losing quality in recent decades due to forest health risks such as tree mortality and nonnative ...
Development and validation of a Paper-based analytical device (PAD) for formaldehyde detection and its utilization in wood composites emissions
(2022-05-06)
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are caused by different sources, including non-fully cured adhesives used to bond the pieces of wood in the fabrication of wood composites. N on-cured Phenol-Formaldehyde resins represent ...
Development of a Small-Scale Harvester for Biomass Operations
(2020-08-14)
The Oil Embargo of 1973-1974 that quadrupled the price of a barrel of oil in a matter of months sparked the discussions of alternative forms of energy; one of the topics that started to be addressed was renewable energies. ...
Development of bio-based systems as pollutants removal for water remediation
(2021-04-23)
In the search of bio-based alternatives to develop systems that can improve water quality, cellulose nanofibril (CNF) were studied as scaffolds for the development of adsorbents for emerging and unregulated pollutants; in ...
Devolution and Policy Change in the Gulf of Mexico: Red Snapper Management
(2022-07-26)
In 2020, American states were given management authority for Lutjanus campechanus (northern red snapper) in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico through Amendment 50 to the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fishery Management Plan. This ...
Distributions, Movements, and Arboviral Dynamics of Invasive Aedes spp. Mosquitoes in US Gulf States
(2020-07-15)
The Gulf Coast of the United States is a region at high risk for the introduction and establishment of several mosquito-borne pathogens of high concern, including Zika virus, dengue virus and chikungunya virus. The Gulf ...
Do structural and compositional shifts in mixed pine-oak forests alter fuels and fire behavior?
(2022-11-29)
The lack of fire disturbances throughout the 20th century has contributed to forest
structural and compositional shifts, resulting in the encroachment of shade-tolerant and often
fire-sensitive hardwood species in ...
Drivers and consequences of human-elephant interactions in an agricultural landscape of rural Kenya
(2022-08-02)
Globally, interactions between people and wildlife are increasing due to habitat loss and conversion and the movement of people and wildlife into areas in which they were not previously present. Many of these interactions ...
Dynamics of Crop Production and Greenhouse Gas Balance in a Changing Environment: Data-Driven Systems Approach for Sustainable Agriculture in the United States
(2023-11-17)
Contemporary agriculture faces multiple pressing challenges, particularly feeding a growing world population and mitigating climate change. During the past several decades, climate change has significantly impacted crop ...
The Ecology of Scatterhoarding in a Flooded Ecosystem
(2018-05-16)
Food hoarding is a strategy typically used by species that experience times with little food readily available. Scatterhoarders store single food items in many locations throughout their home range before the food-scarce ...
The Ecology of West Nile Virus in Atlanta, Georgia
(2020-11-12)
West Nile virus (WNV) is a vector-borne virus that has caused hundreds of human deaths
and has cost the United States millions of dollars each year since its first emergence in 1999. To
understand the ecology of West ...
Economic Analysis of Habitat Conservation Banking in the United States
(2017-07-28)
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is probably the most powerful environmental law ever enacted in the United States and is often portrayed as one of the most extreme forms of government intervention. Private landowners often ...
Effect of cellulose nanocrystals addition on electrospun silk fibroin composites for the valorization of sericulture production waste streams
(2019-01-23)
The accelerated development in sciences experienced during the last decades, along with the significant expansion of our knowledge about material synthesis and processing have produced relevant breakthroughs in several key ...
The effect of Sirex spp. woodwasps and their fungal associates on Alabama forest health
(2017-04-20)
Forestry is an industry in the Southeastern United States that provides products and jobs to people throughout the region. These forests, while are mostly well managed for various outcomes, are susceptible to a variety of ...
The Effects of 40% Throughfall Reduction on Soil Respiration in a Longleaf Pine Plantation
(2018-08-24)
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests can serve as disturbance-resistant, long-term carbon sinks, but net ecosystem productivity of longleaf pine forests has been shown to be sensitive to drought. Soil respiration (Rs) ...
Effects of Abiotic Factors on White-tailed Deer Activity in South Carolina
(2020-01-06)
A myriad of internal and external factors continuously influence behavior of all animals. One group of environmental factors, abiotic factors (e.g., wind, temperature, and moon phase), are continuously present and constantly ...