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The Bridges of Madison County and Iowa: Production, Reception, and Place
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY AND IOWA: PRODUCTION, RECEPTION, AND PLACE Gregory R. Wahl, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation directed by: R. Gordon Kelly, Department of American Studies The 1992 Warner Books novel The Bridges of Madison County, the first by …
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Geology of the Greenland Sandstone, Winslow (Pennsylvanian) Formation, Eastern Madison County, Arkansas
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Kansas, Geology, 1968.
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Population Distribution and Demographics of Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in Silver Creek, Madison County, Kentucky
… <em>Micropterus dolomieu</em> in Silver Creek, Madison Co, KY. The stream was electro-shocked at 19 locations during the Fall of 2011 and Spring of 2012. At each stream site width (m), depth (m), flow (m/s), and percentage of substrate type pool, riffle, run was recorded across transects as the …
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Edaphic, Microtopographic, and Light Characteristics Associated with the Endangered Running Buffalo Clover (Trifolium stoloniferm) at the Blue Grass Army Depot, Madison County, Kentucky
<p>Soil, microtopographic, and light parameters associated with federally endangered running buffalo clover (<italic>Trifolium stoloniferum</italic>) plants on the Blue Grass Army Depot, Richmond, KY, were examined during the 2004 and 2005 growing season. Study samples or measurements were …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Perceptions Of Professional Learning Communities And Student Achievement
… through such communities in schools. </p> <p>In Madison County Schools, Madison County, KY, there are multiple opportunities for teachers to develop professionally as individuals, team members, schools, and collectively as a district. These professional learning opportunities are well planned and …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Perceptions Of Professional Learning Communities And Shared And Supportive Leadership
… personal practice. This study utilized the five Madison County (KY) middle schools to assess the relationship between teachers’ perceptions of shared and supportive leadership practices and the other indicators of an effective Professional Learning Community. The characteristics evaluated …
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Migration in the Cotton South: The Geographic Mobility of Alabama Farmers, 1850-1860.
… many, who are merely independent." In his own Madison County, Clay saw "numerous farm houses, once the abode of industrious and intelligent freemen, now occupied by slaves, or tenantless, deserted, and delapidated [sic]." The result was, as Clay somberly concluded, an agricultural region where …
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American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) may use tail-pumping to maintain balance
… to December 2015 at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County, Kentucky. During observations of focal kestrels, I noted their behavior (e.g., landing on a perch, hunting, or consuming prey), including when and how often they pumped their tails (i.e., rapid movement of the tail down, then back up …
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A Comparison of Management Strategies for the Federally Endangered Running Buffalo Clover (Trifolium stoloniferum) on the Blue Grass Army Depot, KY
… on the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) in Madison County, KY, where one of T. stoloniferum’s largest populations occurs. Fifty-nine patches of T. stoloniferum on the BGAD were treated annually between 2012 and 2014 with combinations of mowing and grass-specific herbicide. Patches of T. …
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Annual variation in timing, orientation and effects of weather on Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) and spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) movements in central Kentucky
… the Central Kentucky Wildlife Management Area, Madison County, Kentucky. The pond was checked daily for salamander movements from 17 January 2010 to 26 September 2010 and from 26 January 2011 to 3 August 2011, which corresponded to the activity season. Weather variables examined in relation to …
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Correlation Between Teacher Efficacy And Effective Professional Learning Communities
… <p>This study administered the survey in five Madison County middle schools. All schools are working to enhance professional learning communities within their schools. These initiatives are carried throughout the district and coordinated as part of a district initiative. Professional learning …
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Effect of nestling sex ratio on the provisioning behavior of adult Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)
… provisioning behavior of Eastern Bluebirds in Madison County, Kentucky, in 2004. I experimentally manipulated brood sex ratios in 24 bluebird nests, creating female-biased (N = 8), male-biased (N = 5), and control (N = 11) nests. Following manipulation, nests were video-taped to record adult …
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Nocturnal Habitat Selection During Spring Migration by American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) in Central Kentucky
… Wildlife Management Area, both located in Madison County, Kentucky. A total of 84 field, 421 ha, of four habitat types, burned, grazed, hayed, old/fallow, were searched for woodcock. Roost sites were marked and the vegetation of each site was compared between age classes, sexes, and between …
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The regional stratigraphy of lower Missourian rocks from eastern Kansas to central Iowa
… were investigated in an area from northern Linn County, Kansas, to northern Madison County, Iowa. Physical evidence does not indicate a break in sedimentation between the Bethany Falls limestone and the Winterset limestone. Fusulinids of the genera Oketaella, Pseudostaffellia, Millerella and …
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Perceived Predation Risk And The Responses Of Adult And Nestling Tree Swallows (tachycineta Bicolor)
… to July 2016 at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County, Kentucky. I conducted 68 trials at 22 nest boxes. Tree Swallows were exposed to models of four potential predators, including taxidermy mounts of a raccoon (Procyon lotor) and an eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), a study skin of an …
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Vocalizations Of Adult American Kestrels (falco Sparverius): Effect Of Breeding Stage, Sex, And Context On Call Use And Characteristics
… and experimental study of American Kestrels in Madison County, Kentucky, from February to July 2013. I observed kestrels and recorded all vocalizations uttered by males and females during different breeding stages and different behavioral contexts. In addition, I conducted playback experiments …
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Factors influencing pre-fledging mass recession of nestling Tree Swallows
… breeding season at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County, Kentucky. Nestling Tree Swallows (n = 127) in 29 broods were divided into half-weighted (n = 32), full-weighted (n = 36), and control (n = 59) treatment groups. Lead weights weighing 2.5% (0.6 g) or 5% (1.2 g) of the nestling’s mass …
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Vocal responses of Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata) to raptors that differ in predatory threat
… were conducted at seven different locations in Madison County, Kentucky. The mean number of jays present was 2.6 (range = 1 – 6), and jays uttered five different vocalizations, with ditonal and monotonal jeers given most frequently. The rate at which jays uttered ditonal jeers differed …
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