Browsing by Subject "disturbance"
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(2012-07-16)Open coastlines are dynamic environments which experience seasonal and long-term physical changes. Sandy beaches line much of this coastline. As part of the requirements for Ph.D., I conducted a study examining intertidal ...
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(2019-10-31)Hurricane Irma struck the National Key Deer Refuge (NKDR) on 10 September 2017, disturbing forested habitat used by endangered species across the refuge through high winds and storm surge flooding. By investigating the ...
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(2017-07-27)The Department of Defense owns the management rights to over 12 million hectares of land used for training maneuvers in the name of national security. A caveat of using these lands is the requirement to comply with federal ...
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(2014-05-07)Estuaries are subjected to variable salinity regimes governed by variable freshwater inflow and tidal regimes. Estuaries are less saline near the river (source of fresh water); salinities increase towards the inlet of the ...
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(2021-07-08)Woody plant encroachment (WPE) reduces ecosystem services and economic benefits obtained from rangelands. Prescribed fire disturbance regimes have been identified as an ecologically and economically viable management ...
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(2009-05-15)Red spruce is a shade-tolerant conifer whose distribution and abundance reflect Quaternary climate history as well as natural and anthropogenic disturbances. This species once extended further south than its present ...