Browsing by Author "Murray, Bryan"
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Assessing functional diversity of a managed forest-savanna landscape using remote sensing techniques
Pauley, Nicole (2020-05)Global biodiversity loss and changing disturbance patterns are having significant effects on the composition, function, and productivity of biological communities. Functional diversity, a multifaceted trait-based component ... -
Burning question: How much drought causes increased flammability in eastern redcedar?
Dudek, Jeff (2020-12)Encroachment of eastern redcedar, Juniperus virginiana, due to fire suppression, is one of the greatest contributors to the degradation of North American grasslands. Mature trees are unlikely to burn during wet periods. ... -
Estimating live fuel moisture content in Oklahoma plants
Burke, Antigone Jane (2023-05)Live fuel moisture content (LFM) is an important variable in fire danger rating systems. LFM collection is time and resource intensive and plant water relations vary within and between species. Consequently, the best ... -
Factors associated with Paddlefish restoration success in Oklahoma reservoirs: Availability of potentially suitable spawning substrate in reservoir tributaries
Gary, Ryan Alexander (2021-07)American Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) were once widely distributed, but have been extirpated from parts of their native range, primarily due to habitat fragmentation and degradation brought on by dams. To mitigate losses ... -
Long-term loblolly pine aboveground growth, canopy dynamics, and economic implications from throughfall exclusion, fertilization, and thinning in southeastern Oklahoma, USA
Shephard, Noah T. (2020-12)Loblolly pine (Pinus tadea L.) is the most commercially important timber species in the southern USA. Climate change induced drought, due to longer periods without rainfall, will alter forest growth in the region. Loblolly ... -
Seed dispersal and overland flow: The role of rainfall in the proliferation of sericea lespedeza, a non-native invasive legume
Bressoud, Amanda (2021-05)Sericea lespedeza is an invasive legume native to eastern Asia. Although it was initially introduced for forage and erosion control, it has since become a widespread problem, especially in prairie areas, forming dense ... -
Tradeoff between water yield and biomass production associated with eastern redcedar encroachment into grassland ecosystems
Schmidt, Kathryn Nicole (2019-12)Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) is encroaching tallgrass prairie ecosystems in the southern Great Plains disrupting multiple ecosystem services provided by these ecosystems. While not suitable for row crop production, ...