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Enhancing rare plant population predictions through demographic modeling of seed predation, dispersal, and habitat suitability
Understanding the effects of seed predation, dispersal, and recruitment on the population dynamics of rare plant species is essential for generating...
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Tip, Shoot, Root, and Regeneration Pests
Tree branches, shoot tips, and fine roots, are high in nutritive value and generally have comparatively lower amounts of defensive compounds than...
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A review of management actions on insect pollinators on public lands in the United States
Public lands face growing demands to provide ecosystem services, while protecting species of conservation concern, like insect pollinators. Insect...
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Dispersal, population size, and reproduction in a fire-maintained frosted elfin (Callophrys irus) metapopulation
The frosted elfin ( Callophrys irus ) is imperiled and declining over much of its range with many extant populations separated by large expanses of...
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A River Somewhere in Georgia
By the middle of the nineteenth century, Eli Whitney’s 1793 invention of the cotton gin had enabled Georgia to become the veritable fountainhead of...
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The Nexus of Events That Led to Forest Stand Dynamics
Much hard work with periodic, exciting breakthroughs by academicians, students, and practicing foresters of several generations slowly congealed into...
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The pyrogenic bunchgrass Aristida beyrichiana is negatively affected by soil biota when planted outside of its home soil
PurposePrevious research alludes to two wiregrass ( Aristida beyrichiana ) ecotypes from mesic and xeric environments. It is unknown whether these...
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Comparative assessment of soil health indicators in response to woodland and silvopasture land use systems
The change in land-use systems due to new management practices and confined agricultural space leads to a major shift in soil health. Soil microbial...
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Land-use change alters specialist bee diet and drives body size declines
ContextLand-use change can cause decreases in plant abundance and richness and the replacement of wild plants with domesticated plants. Changes in...
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Cultural Plant Geography Introducer: Karl S. Zimmerer
Cultural plant geography has undergirded the research career of William M. Denevan. Rooted in human-environment geography, Denevan’s contributions...
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Quantifying knots by image analysis and modeling their effects on the mechanical properties of loblolly pine lumber
Automated grading machines that quantify knots are increasingly deployed by lumber mills, however their use in mill studies that assess lumber...
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Phylogenetic, biogeographical, and morphological diversity of the Paronychia chartacea (Caryophyllaceae) clade from the Coastal Plain Floristic Province of North America
The Coastal Plain Floristic Province is a biogeographic hotspot that contains a diverse flora, but botanists are still striving to learn the extent...
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Diurnal behavior and distribution patterns of Kiko wethers in southern-pine silvopastures during the cool-season grazing period
Goats are commonly used to utilize the understory vegetation in pine silvopasture systems. Understanding goats’ behavior and their distribution...
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Foliage re-establishment of Pinus palustris Mill. saplings after spring or fall prescribed fire
Repeated fire is key to the viability of longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystems, but its acceptance as a management tool may depend on...
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Diurnal behavior and distribution patterns of Kiko wethers and Katahdin rams in woodlands with different vegetation heights during fall
Meat-type goats and sheep are common small ruminants in the southeast USA, where a vast coverage of woodland (61%) presents a huge potential for...
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Litter breakdown among intermittently connected and unconnected geographically isolated Wetlands: how nutrient inputs alter wetland function
Geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs) comprise a significant portion of the wetlands in the U.S., connecting to surrounding landscapes in varying...
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Top–down effects of raptor predation on northern bobwhite
Understanding how predators affect prey species is a central endeavor in applied ecology. Game birds are a culturally and economically important...
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Comparison of phylogenetic and taxonomic diversity of pitcher plant bogs in Georgia’s Coastal Plain
Diversity studies via floristic surveys and taxonomic metrics have proven essential for discerning community composition and biodiversity; however,...
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Effects of dual mycorrhizal inoculation on Pinus strobus seedlings are influenced by soil resource availability
PurposeMycorrhizal interactions can drive plant productivity, diversity, and ecosystem function; however, gaps remain in our understanding of...
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Flood Pulses
Water levelsWater levels often change in wetlands, particularly in wetlands along rivers or on the shorelines of lakes. These flood pulsesFlood...