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Assessing Important Biological Functions Provided by the Wetlands Reserve Program in Oklahoma, USA
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-07-01)
The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) is a conservation program administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service to reverse the loss of wetlands in the United States by protecting, restoring, and enhancing wetlands. ...
Examining tornado vulnerability and index validation in Oklahoma using components of the Social Vulnerability Index
(2019-12)
Identifying socially vulnerable groups is an important step toward creating resilient communities and reducing future losses of property and human life. A population's vulnerability to a hazard is not based solely on its ...
How Southern is Oklahoma? Segregation in Agricultural Extension, 1914-1965
(Oklahoma State University, 2010-07-01)
An examination of the segregated agricultural extension service at the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Oklahoma State University, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Scope in main is from the passage of the Smith-Lever ...
Effects of Prescribed Fire on Dead Woody Material in Upland Xeric Oak Forests of Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2011-07-01)
The Cross Timbers of Oklahoma is a xeric oak forest adapted to frequent, low intensity fire. These forests may include tracts of old-growth stands that have been altered due to changes in fire regimes following European ...
Stratigraphic Framework and Reservoir Properties, Marmaton/"Cleveland" Interval, North Central Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)
The Marmaton/"Cleveland" interval in north-central Oklahoma contains multiple mappable sandstone bodies that are often labeled "Cleveland", because they occur below the Checkerboard Limestone and above the Marmaton carbonate. ...
Evaluation of Epa Levels I, Ii, and Iii Assessments and the Effects of Land Use on Wetland Communities
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)
Effective tools are needed to monitor and assess wetland ecosystems. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a three level framework that includes landscape assessments (Level I), rapid assessments (Level ...
Flora and Community Assembly of Beaver County: Vascular Plants of the Western Great Plains and Phylogenetic Patterns Along a Hydrological Gradient
(2019-05-01)
Beaver County has the lowest plant collections per area of any county in western Oklahoma, and is located in the understudied shortgrass/mixed-grass prairies of the western Great Plains. The region has a history of high ...
Reservoir and Diagenetic Characterization of the Lower Cochrane Member, Hunton Group - Lincoln and Logan Counties, Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)
The Ordovician - Devonian Hunton Group is an important carbonate reservoir in central Oklahoma. The lower Cochrane member of the Hunton Group was affected by sea level changes during the Llandoverian (Early Silurian), which ...
Oklahoma's Identity: Three Characteristics of the American West
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
This study examines three characteristics of the American West that Oklahoma also possesses. Primary materials include newspapers, court decisions, a pending lawsuit, and federal treaties with the Chickasaw and Choctaw ...
Fire, Browsing, and Deer Density in the Mixed-Grass Prairie
(Oklahoma State University, 2010-05-01)
White-tailed deer are keystone herbivores that have been shown to reduce reproductive success, abundance, diversity, distribution, and survival of plants in the tallgrass prairie. I assessed concerns that deer browsing ...