Browsing by Department "Forestry and Wildlife Science"

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Survival of Adult White-tailed Deer and Movement Relative to Temporal Patterns of Predation Risk

Wiskirchen, Kevyn, H. (2017-01-20)

Estimates of survival and cause-specific mortality are important tools for guiding management decisions of game species. Concerning the management of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), region-specific information ...

Three Essays on Silvopasture in the Southeastern U.S.: Landowner and Community Assets, Natural Resource Professionals’ Perceptions, and Landowner Engagement

Stutzman, Emily (2016-05-05)

Today’s natural resource professionals (NRP) support landowners in pursuit of multiple objectives, including recreation, income, long-term value creation, and responsibly managing natural resources for future generations. ...

Timber Barons, Taxes, and Technology: From Past to Present, an Examination of how Alabama’s Lumber History Foreshadowed Current Forestland Ownership Trends

Hunt, Seth (2016-07-27)

In the last twenty years the forest products industry has divested most of its forested landbase, and much of this land was in the Southeast. The majority of those divested acres are now owned by real estate investment ...

Timberland Dynamics and Hunting Demand: Special Reference to Alabama

Adjei, Eugene (2020-07-16)

Alabama’s rural lands are experiencing changing trends over the years. During the past few decades, the state has experienced dramatic land use and land cover as well as timberland changes due to rapid economic and population ...

Translocating Captive Female White-tailed Deer & Training and Experience Increase Classification Accuracy in White-tailed Deer Camera Surveys

Elliott, Jace (2022-01-06)

Thousands of captive white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) facilities exist across North America for the purpose of producing trophy-quality deer (i.e., exceptionally large-antlered). Many of these deer get marketed ...

Turkey Oak (Quercus laevis W.) Seedlings Experience Primarily Competitive Pressures, not Facilitation, from the Overstory in a Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris M.) Ecosystem

Reynolds, Sean (2020-07-09)

At a site dominated by longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) in southwestern Georgia, silvicultural plans designed to encourage ecosystem-level tolerance to climate changes - namely increased water stress - are under ...

Understanding extinction risk in aquatic invertebrates using range size and genetic diversity

Garugu, Surya Deepika (2023-05-17) ETD File Embargoed

Genetic diversity is not only necessary for evolutionary processes but also for ecosystem functioning and population stability. This is particularly true for ecosystem engineers that contribute broadly to function and food ...

Understanding wetland hydrology and water quality through data/process based modelling

Ramesh, Rasika (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 ...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Monitoring of Forestry Best Management Practices: Feasibility, Potentiality, and Framework

Rijal, Arjun (2023-04-20) ETD File Embargoed

This study explores unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the forestry sector and evaluates the feasibility and potential of UAVs for monitoring forestry best management practices (BMPs). The review of 58 studies from 2003 ...

An Urban Forest Inventory at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama

Boland, Cameron (2022-11-29) ETD File Embargoed

Redstone Arsenal (RSA) is a United States Army Post in Huntsville, Alabama. To promote RSA’s management goals, an urban forest inventory was conducted to make good land management decisions in urban areas and maintain ...

Use of R3 recommended actions in addressing minority participation in recreational freshwater fishing in Alabama

Nichols, Emily (2022-05-02)

Recreational fishing license sales and expenditures fund aquatic resource operations and provide education and outreach services. With declines in participation, as measured by license sales, managers and researchers alike ...

Using Airborne and Spaceborne lidar for Mapping Forest Attributes in Southern Alabama.

Brown, Schyler (2022-11-21) ETD File Embargoed

Remote sensing has become a major resource for assessing ecosystems and global carbon cycling. In forest applications, remote sensing data have been used to estimate the amount of carbon stored or lost in forests due to ...

Using remote sensing to detect indicator species of tidal influence along the lower Apalachicola River, Florida

Davis, Eian (2023-04-27) ETD File Embargoed

Wetlands are an important part of coastal ecosystems for the multiple services they provide, including erosion control, water quality, and wildlife habitat. With the threat of rising sea levels, it is important to ...

Using Unoccupied Aircraft System (UAS) to Assess Crop Damage by Wild Pigs in Alabama

Fay, Arielle (2024-04-29)

Agriculture is essential for human sustenance and global economies, cultures, and societies. However, wildlife damage to crops can significantly diminish productivity, necessitating effective mitigation strategies. ...

Utilizing Cast Antlers for Profiling Quality and Annual Repeatability of Antler Characteristics in a Nutritionally Stable Environment for White-tailed Deer

Deig, Nicholas (2020-07-14)

Antlers are often used as indicators of management effectiveness in deer populations, and increasing antler size is frequently a management objective. Thus, managers are interested in assessing antler characteristics and ...

Valorization of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) Downed Timber: Degradation and Recovery of Natural Polymers to Improve Bioeconomy Strategies

Hernandez-Diaz, Javier Abraham (2024-05-01) ETD File Embargoed

In the aftermath of events such as hurricanes, downed timber's economic impact can reach billions. Accurate forecasting of stumpage prices post-events is crucial yet challenging due to data nature. This study innovatively ...