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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Glade"”.
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The Vascular Flora of Bona Glade Natural Area, Dade County, Missouri
A survey of vascular flora of Bona Glade Natural Area, Dade County, Missouri, was made between September 1985 and December 1986. An annotated checklist of 265 taxa representing 69 families, and 173 genera is included. This includes 23 previous collections from Bona Glade. Seven plant communities …
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Causes of rarity in glade-endemic plants: Implications for responses to climate change
This dissertation documents the relationship between stress-adaptation and reproductive specialization in three endemic plant species: Delphinium treleasei, Echinacea paradoxa, and Scutellaria bushii) that are locally abundant but restricted to stressful habitats and their closely-related …
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Exploring the Glade: a Residential Program as a Transformational Factor on Environmental Knowledge, Attitude, and Action
… Green Leadership Academy for Diverse Ecosystems (GLADE), has on memories, knowledge, attitude, locus of control, and REB. GLADE graduates (2009-2013) were surveyed and invited for interviews to compare initial, short-term, and long-term differences in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. …
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A glade in the kelp forest: socio-spatial opportunities for multi-trophic aquaculture Hout Bay, South Africa
This thesis is centred around the ideas of multi-trophic aquaculture (two or more aquatic species are cultivated and harvested from the same area), with a specific focus on implementing a kelp aquaculture framework. Kelp is an ecosystem driver, filter feeder and a versatile product. In South …
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A Study of the Effect of Potassium on the Yield, Duration of Stand and Chemical Composition of Alfalfa
… of the alfalfa fertility investigations at Glade Spring and at Culpeper may be summarized as follows; 1. Potassium was the main limiting factor in the growth, duration of stand, vigor, and color of alfalfa. 2. In general, yields were related directly to rate of potash fertilization. 3. Yield …
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A Reexamination of the Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris collaris) in Arkansas
… collaris</em>) are habitat specialists on glades. Both <em>C. c. collaris</em> and glade habitats are rare and of special concern in the state of Arkansas. Many glade populations have already been extirpated in the Ozarks of Arkansas and Missouri. Increasing knowledge of the distribution, …
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Early weaning and other methods of intensive lamb production
… ewes and lambs grazed together at Blacksburg and Glade Spring in 1960 and 1961. Data were available on 457 lambs for average daily gain and slaughter grade and on 311 lambs for carcass grade and yield. The data were adjusted for the effects of breed of sire, breed of dam, age of dam, sex, and type …
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Influence of endophyte infection of tall fescue with and without white clover on performance, intake, and bite size in steers during the grazing season and subsequent performance in the feedlot
… endophyte-infected tall fescue with clover at Glade Spring gained at the same rate as those grazing the low endophyte-infected tall fescue without clover during Summer, 1989. During 1990, cattle at Glade Spring had higher (P<.05) daily gains than did those at Blackstone. Rectal temperatures …
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Návrh GUI pro práci s databázemi PostgreSQL
… Návrh rozhraní je proveden pomocí programu Glade, který slouží k navrhování aplikací pro grafickou knihovnu GTK+. K implementaci aplikace je pak použit programovací jazyk C a knihovna pro přístup k databázovému serveru libpq. Cílem této práce je především vytvoření volně šiřitelného a …
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Geology of the Adwolf-Thomas Bridge area, Virginia
… thrust block. The Holston River syncline and the Glade-Pond Mountain anticlinorium form the area southeast of the Seven Springs fault. The Holston River syncline is an asymmetrical, southweat-plunging syncline in rocks of Cambrian age. The Glade-Pond Mountain anticlinorium is also confined to …
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Effects of Burning and Cutting on Plant Diversity on Ozark Cedar Glades in Stone and Taney County, Missouri
… changes in plant diversity in Missouri Ozark glades where eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) was cut with the use of a chainsaw, but not removed, and the glade was subsequently burned. Glades in Missouri are rocky openings within forested habitats characterized by thin nutrient-poor …
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The Vascular Flora of Camp Crowder: an Army National Guard Military Installation in Newton County, Missouri
… observations. These communities include Forest, Glade, Wetland, Stream bank, Prairie remnant, Grassland and Disturbed Areas. An effort was made to account for the occurrence of the flora within this area of southwestern Missouri in relation to the climate, topography, geology, soils, and past …
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Periphyton production in an Appalachian mountain trout stream
… 46) for Guys Run (mainstream), Piney Branch, and Glade Brook, respectively. No relationship between the irradiance and photosynthetic rates was observed. Highest photosynthetic rates occurred in early July following the full emergence of the shading forest canopy. Tests comparing primary …
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Influence of Acremonium coenophialum on Festuca arundinacea growth, chemical composition, digestibility and tall fescue toxicosis
… and regrowth after harvest at bloom), two sites (Glade Spring and Blackstone) and three rates of N fertilization (0, 40 and 80 kg/ha) in a field study. Tall fescue grown at Glade Spring was higher in N, Mg, Al, Cu, Fe and Mn, compared to Blackstone. Nitrogen fertilization increased N, Mg, Ca, B, …
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The Vascular Flora of Boyle County, KY
… plant community, the shale/siltstone glade. Five rare species with state rankings were discussed: American chestnut (<italic>Castanea dentata</italic>), eastern eulophus (<italic>Perideridia americana</italic>), grass pink (<italic>Calopogon tuberosus</italic>), softleaf arrowwood …
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WOODLAND CARIBOU AS ECOLOGICAL DRIVERS OF FIR WITCHES' BROOM INFECTIONS ON THE SLATE ISLANDS
… In four sites, caribou browsing created open-glade forests, and the other four were closed-canopy, fir-dominated forests with minimal caribou influence. I used generalized linear mixed models to examine the relationship between broom infections and biotic and physiographic variables. The best …
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Evidence For Reduced Hawkmoth Pollination in Ruellia Humilis
… outcrossing. The study sites represented both glade and prairie habitat fragments that ranged in size from approximately 10 to 4,000 acres. Historic outcrossing rates were estimated from standing levels of heterozygosity using the mixed mating model. Estimated historic outcrossing rates (th) …
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Comparison of accuracy and efficiency of five digital image classification algorithms
… to imagery of three test sites (Roanoke, VA., Glade Spring, VA., and Topeka, KA.) A variety of land cover features and two types of image data (Landsat MSS and Thematic Mapper) were represented. Classification algorithms were selected from the General Image Processing System (GIPSY) at the …
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Evaluating the Fate of Manure Nitrogen in Confined Dairy Waste Operations: a Full-Scale Waste Analysis and Start-Up Protocol for an Anammox-Based Treatment Technology Applicable to Dairy Waste Management
… was conducted. The Johnson Highland Dairy Farm, Glade Spring, Virginia, was selected for this assessment and a comprehensive analysis of the wastewater characteristics throughout the confined animal feeding operation was completed. The results suggest that ammonia concentrations in the anaerobic …
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A Quantitative Analysis of the Vegetation of Post Oak Savannas in Taney County, Missouri
… probably because it is adjacent to a diverse glade community. An herbaceous community was virtually absent from the woodland. Canopy tree boles were distributed randomly in the old growth savanna, clumped in the restored savanna, and overdispersed in the woodland; these differences probably …
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