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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"eastern Texas"”.
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Breeding Bird Response to Post Oak Savanna Restoration Seven Years Post Management In Eastern Texas
… Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area (GEWMA) in eastern Texas. The results showed a lack of savanna vegetation structure on degraded sites and few savanna or grassland obligate bird species. The goal of this study was to determine how breeding birds of oak savanna vegetation types in eastern …
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ASSESSING FREEZING EFFECT ON KIWIFRUIT CULTIVARS AND MAPPING SUITABLE AREAS FOR GROWING THE CROP IN EASTERN TEXAS
… have attributes that favor production in east Texas, including low pest problems, current long market window for the fruit, strong consumer acceptance and a growing marketplace. There are few kiwifruit study plots in Texas that will determine its adaptation in the region for commercial …
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Effective Design Features for the Management of Behavioral Health Patients In General Emergency Departments of Hospitals
… The study involved three rural hospitals in eastern Texas that may not always have the proper resources to care effectively for this vulnerable patient population. The researcher administered a paper-based survey utilizing a Likert-scale response system to nursing staff across all facilities …
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Detection, Occupancy, Abundance, and Mercury Accumulation of the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in Texas
… of average species abundance across its range in eastern Texas. Abundance and occupancy were predicted by geographic location, and occupancy associated positively with forest cover. Mercury concentrations were predicted by environmental features at multiple scales, whereas body size had little …
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FOOD-WEB AND FUNCTIONAL TRAIT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF PREDATOR ASSEMBLAGES IN PINE FORESTS UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT REGIMES
… communities in two pine forest systems of eastern Texas. The results of this study indicate that the increased frequency of forest management practices such as prescribed fires and thinning operations encourages predator diversity while increasing functional and trophic redundancy within …
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An Invasive Species as a Threat to Native Biodiversity: Larval Competition Between Native Anurans and an Invasive Treefrog
… tadpoles and those of two anurans native to eastern Texas: Green Treefrogs (<em>Hyla cinerea</em>) and Gulf Coast Toads (<em>Incilius nebulifer</em>). Tadpoles of the three species were raised in con- or heterospecific treatments. In heterospecific treatments including <em>O. …
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Investigating the Timing of initial Louann Salt Flow and Its Relationship with the Gilbertown Fault Zone, Southwest Alabama
… through the northern GOM, extending onshore from eastern Texas to western Alabama and Florida. Along the landward terminus of the salt is a system of peripheral faults, including the Gilbertown Fault Zone bordering the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin to the north and east. This study sought to …
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Monitoring Abundance of Ips Bark Beetles and Determining Related Tree Mortality in Arkansas and Texas
… traps in 2012 and 2013 in Arkansas and eastern Texas. Additionally, vehicle-based and comprehensive ground-based surveys were used to estimate and confirm the amount of dead and fading trees in each trapping site. Pine engraver beetles have historically been recognized as secondary …
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A survey on the status of the coyote (Canis Latrans) in Georgia
… lighter and smaller than coyotes reported from eastern Texas. Attempts to classify the skulls to the subspecies level was not feasible because of lack of comparative information. The analysis of skulls did show that specimens from Georgia seem more properly referable to coyotes, although some …
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Effects of Anthropogenic Light and Noise on Anuran Breeding Behavior
… noise on anuran breeding systems in eastern Texas. Specifically, this study investigated whether (1) artificial light and anthropogenic noise altered calling behavior in male anurans, (2) artificial light influenced male call site selection, and (3) artificial light influenced female …
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Effects of a Large-scale Habitat Enhancement Project on Largemouth Bass Behavior, Feeding, and Growth in Grand Lake, Texas
… feeding, and growth in an aging reservoir in eastern Texas. To understand behavioral responses, we compared adult Largemouth Bass habitat selectivity, daily movement rates, and seasonal use area sizes before and after the habitat enhancement project. Adult Largemouth Bass behavior changed …
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Depositional Facies Analysis of the Cotton Valley Group Sandstones of the Blackburn Field, Northern Louisiana using Well Logs and Cores; Implications for Carbon Sequestration
… environments and diagenesis, spanning across eastern Texas through the Florida panhandle. It has served as a hydrocarbon target since the 1940s, and with recent technological advances, there is renewed exploration of the tight reservoirs within the group. Across northern Louisiana, the CVG has …