Browsing by Subject "Biotic communities."
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The effect of spatial heterogeneity and environmental gradients on vegetation in a semi-arid environment: Black Mesa, Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
(2001)This research focuses on landscape level patterns in a semi-arid environment, which consists of mesas and canyons in northwest Oklahoma. Among the state's most botanically unique and topographically complex areas, it lies ... -
Effects of fish density, identity, and species richness on stream ecosystems.
(2005)Stream ecosystem properties and functions are important because they provide services such as water purification, oxygen production, and carbon fixation that help sustain life. Aquatic organisms can affect these properties ... -
The effects of woody patches of habitat on grassland small mammals.
(2002)To understand better the influence of habitat modifications on grassland ecosystems, I examined the effects of woody patches on the species richness, species diversity, and total density of grassland small mammals; the ... -
Experimental and modeling studies of canopy radiation and water use efficiencies, soil respiration and net ecosystem carbon exchange.
(2002)Canopy radiation and water use efficiencies (RUE and WUE), soil respiration and interannual availability in net ecosystem carbon exchange (NEE) are important issues in global climate change study. This thesis summarized ... -
An integrative approach to understanding mussel community structure: Linking biodiversity, environmental context and physiology.
(2007)The focus of my third chapter is an integration of the physiology information collected in chapter two to address how species dominance of two distinct thermal guilds (thermally-tolerant and thermally-sensitive) influences ...