Browsing OSU - Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "tallgrass prairie"
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Disturbance history and dynamics in forest and prairie communities
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Effects of Fire and Grazing Driven Heterogeneity on N Cycling in Tallgrass Prarie
(Oklahoma State University, 2005-07-01)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the combined interactive effect of fire and grazing on N availability in tallgrass prairie. To address this, data from recently burned, one year since fire, and two years since ... -
Restored Heterogeneity as a Conservation Strategy for Grassland Birds
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)Grasslands are inherently dynamic in space and time evolving with frequent disturbance from fire and herbivores. Throughout much of the world, grasslands have been converted and fragmented and many remaining grasslands ... -
Runoff and sediment response to mechanical removal of juniper and restoration of rangeland
(2020-12)This dissertation examines runoff and sediment responses to restoring woody plant encroached rangeland in the south-central Great Plains using the paired watershed approach, before-after control-impact (BACI) analysis, and ... -
Tradeoff between water yield and biomass production associated with eastern redcedar encroachment into grassland ecosystems
(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, ...