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Coppicing Evaluation in the Southeastern U.S. to Determine Harvesting Methods for Bioenergy Production
(2017-05-01)
Renewable fuels are being tested as an alternative for fossil fuels. Woody biomass is an excellent source of renewable energy in terms of cost-benefit and availability. Short rotation woody crops (SRWC) meet intensive wood ...
Flood Control in Toulmins Spring Branch Watershed through LID Practices
(2016-08-03)
Urbanization is known to cause increases in volume of stormwater runoff and peak flow rates, which leads to changes in natural flow regime and increases the likelihood of flooding. Conventional stormwater management practices ...
Essays on International Timber Products Trade
(2017-04-27)
During the last decade, the production and trade of timber products have gone through rapid change due to the implementation of several new policies and regulations. Specifically, one of the world’s largest exporters of ...
Climate and Land Use/Cover Change Impacts on the Ecologically Relevant Flow Metrics in the Cahaba River Watershed
(2016-07-05)
This study explored the impacts of land use/cover (LULC) and climate change on hydrological responses, particularly low-flow regimes, in the rapidly urbanizing upper Cahaba River basin in north-central Alabama. The Cahaba ...
Extra-home range and excursive movements by white-tailed deer
(2017-01-11)
Little information is available concerning excursive movements by white-tailed deer. Past studies addressing these movements have approached excursion detection in a manner that we believe is severely limited and that ...
Multi-scale Habitat Relationships of Grassland Vertebrates in the East Gulf Coastal Plain and Understanding the Consequences of Error in Broad-scale Land Cover Data
(2016-08-04)
Grasslands in the southeastern United States are an ecologically important habitat that has experienced habitat loss and degradation. Conservation efforts have increased the utilization of remotely sensed land cover data ...
Evaluating the functional response of isolated cypress domes to groundwater alteration in west-central Florida
(2017-04-15)
The hydrology of a wetland is the single most important determinant of its function and slight alterations can lead to significant changes in plant communities and biogeochemistry within the wetland. Therefore, understanding ...
Resource Selection and Bait Response by Female Eastern Wild Turkey in Alabama
(2019-08-19)
A key element for the successful management of a wildlife species is understanding the
specific resources an animal is using and at what time of the year. Resource selection by animals is typically addressed in the terms ...
Four Essays on the Economic Development, Resource and Environmental Economic
(2019-08-16)
The economic structure and household livelihood of Mongolia have been experiencing dramatic changes driven by both the socio-economic transition and the climate change in the past decades. This dissertation investigated ...
Understanding wetland hydrology and water quality through data/process based modelling
(2018-04-24)
Rapid coastal development has led to loss/alteration of wetlands, streams, riparian vegetated areas and headwater areas that buffer coastal waterways from pollution. Small wetlands, besides being easily altered, have also ...