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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Ozark Highlands"”.
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Earthworm dynamics in tallgrass prairies in the Ozark Highlands region of northwest Arkansas
… and endangered natural ecosystem throughout the Ozark Highlands region in the mid-southern United States. Tallgrass prairies have been disturbed for agricultural production and/or urban expansion; thus, as a result, efforts have been undertaken to reclaim areas previously used for agricultural …
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Modeling Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Net Return Implications for Cow-Calf Producers in the Ozark Highlands
<p>Cow-calf producers in the Ozark Highlands region are under continuous pressure to improve economic efficiency. Additionally, estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cow-calf and forage production processes may become increasingly important as policy makers seek to mitigate or reduce …
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Overstory density and its effect on oak regeneration abundance and oak understory height growth in the Missouri Ozark Highlands
… and understory height growth in the Missouri Ozark Highlands. Data were collected on three different treatment types, no harvest management, uneven-aged management, and even-aged management. The probability of obtaining regeneration that met height and abundance thresholds decreased with …
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Characterization of Problematic Red Clay Soils in Arkansas for the Purpose of Onsite Wastewater System Placement
… have the potential to reduce, but only in the Ozark Highlands [Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) 116A], which is referred to as the red-soil exception. There is currently little scientific data to support the geographic restriction of the red-soil exception. The objectives of this study were to: …
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Assessment of Soil Properties and Vegetation in a Mounded Native Tallgrass Prairie with an Aquic and Udic Soil Moisture Regime in the Ozark Highlands Region of Northwest Arkansas
… in a mounded native tallgrass prairie in the Ozark Highlands region of northwest Arkansas. The secondary objective was to evaluate the effects of soil depth (i.e., 10, 20, 30, and 50 cm), mound position (i.e., mound summit and inter-mound), soil moisture regime (i.e., udic and aquic), and …
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Genetic And Morphological Assessment Of Pigtoe Mussels (unionidae: Pleurobemini: Fusconaia/pleurobema Spp.) in Ozark Drainages
… harbor cryptic diversity within drainages of the Ozarks. Further, Pleurobema rubrum and P. sintoxia have been shown to be possible conspecifics despite have differing shell morphologies. This study sought to use the COI mitochondrial gene to investigate the taxonomic identity of Pleurobemini …
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Effects of Burning and Cutting on Plant Diversity on Ozark Cedar Glades in Stone and Taney County, Missouri
… monitor 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 …
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Bat occupancy of forests and managed savanna and woodland in the Missouri Ozark Region
… history for 5 common bat species in the Missouri Ozark region: big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus), eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis), northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis), and tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). We identified sites that were …
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Groundcover Management System and Nutrient Source Impact Physical Soil Quality Indicators in an Organically Managed Apple Orchard
… NOP requirements for improving soil quality in Ozark Highlands apple orchards concurrent with production of certified organic crops.</p>
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Increased Effluent Dosage Effects on Septic System Absorption-field Products of Differing Architecture Types
… karst features are prevalent throughout the Ozark Highlands region of Northwest Arkansas, surface and groundwater resources are susceptible to contamination. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of soil condition (i.e., wet and dry) and absorption-field-product …
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Streams in a changing landscape : identifying candidate reference reaches to assess the physical and biotic integrity of Missouri's wadeable streams
… impairment than did fish, particularly in the Ozark Highlands aquatic subregion. We used the results of our watershed-level models to predict biotic metric values to over 28,000 wadeable stream reaches across the state and rescaled and summed individual metric scores to generate an overall …
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Long-term Effects of Broiler Litter Application Rate on Runoff, Leaching, and Soil Respiration from a Captina Silt Loam
… BL to pasture lands in karst regions, like the Ozark Highlands, can potentially reduce water quality if BL-derived contaminants enter surface or groundwater via runoff or drainage. Additionally, BL applications stimulate carbon dioxide (CO2) release from the soil to the atmosphere and may …