Browsing OSU - Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "ecology"
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American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) population at Camp Gruber, OK, breeding and overwintering survival
(2020-12)The American burying beetle (ABB), Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera: Silphidae), once occurred across two thirds of North America but now occupies <10% of its historic range. Reasons for the decline have not been ... -
Determining the Applicability of the Triangular Distribution in Describing Agricultural Process Energy and Mass Flows
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-05-01)The purpose of this study is to determine the applicability of the triangular distribution in describing agriculture process energy and mass flows. This will be done by using the data obtained from questionnaires applied ... -
Ecological Variables Contributing to Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)The ecology in which an adolescent lives plays a critical role in defining the outcome trajectories of health and well-being during this stage of development. In this current study, family and community ecological variables ... -
Implications of pyric-herbivory on central North American grassland ecology, management and production
(2014-07)The interaction of fire and grazing is an ecological process regulating fire-dependent ecosystems. Prior to European settlement, grasslands were regulated by fires and focal grazing by herbivores (pyric-herbivory), a ...