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Developing and Testing a Trafficability Index for Planting Corn and Cotton in the Texas Blackland Prairie
(2010-07-14)
The Texas Blackland Prairie is one of the most productive agricultural regions in
Texas. This region provides a long growing season coupled with soils that have a high
water holding capacity. However, the soils also provide ...
The Teran de los Rios-Massanet Expedition of 1691: a scholarly edition and comparative study
(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)
This thesis edits and compares two diaries written during one of the earliest Spanish expeditions into Texas during 1691-1692. The first governor of the Province of the Tejas Indians, Domingo Ter??n de los R??os, steered ...
Habitat relationships of seven breeding bird species in the Leon River Watershed investigated at local scales
(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)
Over the past 100150 years Texas rangelands have dramatically changed from native open savannahs to dense woodlands. On the Edwards plateau, a major management concern is the increasing encroachment of Ashe juniper ...
Management effects on labile organic carbon pools
(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)
It is well documented that increases in soil organic matter (SOM) improve soil
physical properties and increase the overall fertility and sustainability of the soil.
Research in SOM storage has recently amplified following ...
The influence of local and imported factors on the design and construction of the Spanish missions in San Antonio, Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
San Antonio, Texas, is home to several eighteenth-century Spanish Franciscan missions,
which represent some of the best examples of Spanish colonial mission architecture in
the United States and which together comprise the ...
Ranges, movements, and spatial distribution of radio-tagged Rio Grande wild turkeys in the Edwards Plateau of Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)
To determine possible causes of declining Rio Grande wild turkey (RGWT; Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) abundance in the southern Edwards Plateau, research was conducted on 4 sites, 2 with stable (S [SA and SB]; Kerr and ...
Geomorphology and morphometric characteristics of alluvial fans, Guadalupe Mountains National Park and adjacent areas, west Texas and New Mexico
(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)
This study qualitatively and quantitatively analyzes the geomorphology of alluvial fans in the Guadalupe Mountains Region (GMR) of west Texas and south-central New Mexico. Morphometric data for 31 alluvial fans and drainage ...
Bear Creek: a case study in locating historic site remains in southeast Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
In the Gulf Coastal Prairie and Marsh region of Texas, historic archaeological
sites are often obscured by dense vegetation resulting in extremely limited surface
visibility. In an environment such as this, historic sites ...
Alonso de León's 1690 expedition diary into Texas: an edition and study of the Spanish texts with semi-paleographic transcriptions
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
The 1690 expedition led by Alonso de León into present day Texas proved to be
a pivotal journey that had lasting effects on the development of Spain's land north of the
Rio Grande. This expedition established the first ...
Associations of watershed and instream environmental factors with aquatic macrofauna in tributaries of the Pedernales River, Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)
Intermittent headwater streams serve important functions in semi-arid rangelands, both for humans and wildlife. However, few studies have assessed species-environment relationships for fish and benthic macroinvertebrate ...