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Changes in Southern Piedmont Grassland Community Structure and Nutritive Quality Under Future Climate Predictions: Tropospheric Ozone and Altered Rainfall
(2011-05-19)
Tropospheric (ground-level) ozone (O3) is the most significant phytotoxic air pollutant in the United States. It is readily transported to rural agricultural and forested areas from urban centers. Estimating the effects ...
A Decision Support Tool: Integrating Wildlife Occupancy Models with Stand Projections
(2011-08-16)
With the increase in consumptive trends of wood products there is greater push for ecosystem management. Ecosystem management is a process that aims to conserve major ecological services and restore natural resources while ...
Two-year Bark and Ambrosia Beetle Diversity Study at the Talladega National Forest in the Southeastern United States
(2011-05-16)
Over two year period (March 2008 to February 2010), bark and ambrosia beetles were captured in three different trap types (intercept panel, flight intercept and pitfall) at the Talladega National Forest in Chilton, Bill ...
Production of Bioethanol and Furan Derivatives from Softwood Hemicellulose
(2011-06-06)
Woody biomass provides a great potential for the biofuels production in the United States. Hemicellulose accounts for 20-30% of dried woody biomass, which can be readily broken down to simple sugars (primarily xylose and ...
Influence of Spatial and Temporal Use of Resources by a Top Predator on Use of Resources by Co-occurring Species of Mesopredators and Prey
(2011-11-16)
Use of resources by a species can be influenced by interactions with co-occurring species. Use of both space and time can be altered to putatively reduce interspecific competition or risk of predation. I used occupancy ...
Home Range, Activity Patterns, and Habitat Selection of the Coyote (Canis latrans) Along an Urban-Rural Gradient
(2011-08-02)
Throughout the past several decades, coyotes (Canis latrans) have become common inhabitants of urban areas in the southeastern United States. Because their southward expansion is recent, there is a lack of information on ...
Resource Partitioning between Generalist Competitors & Factors Affecting the Detectability of Scat by Dogs
(2011-08-17)
Syntopic generalist competitors like Procyon lotor and Didelphis virginiana must partition resources in order to coexist. Our study examined spatial and temporal resource partitioning using occupancy modeling to account ...
Strands For Wood Composites: Mechanics & NIRS Based Nondestructive Testing
(2011-08-25)
Improvements in silvicultural techniques have allowed for rapid growth and shorter rotation age of southern pine species utilized for structural wood components. However, the rapid growth results in lumber consisting ...
Survival estimates of white-tailed deer fawns at Fort Rucker, Alabama
(2011-07-19)
Decreases in recruitment of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns have been noted at several locations across the Southeast. Understanding the reason for these decreases is important for management of deer ...
Characterization of Phenol Formaldehyde Adhesive and Adhesive-Wood Particle Composites Reinforced with Microcrystalline Cellulose
(2011-07-25)
The use of lignocellulosic materials as reinforcement in polymer adhesives has increased considerably over the past few years. Lignocellulosics, also known as natural fibers are more attractive to use compared with synthetic ...