Kleinman, Jonathan Samuel(University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)
Compound disturbances may result in novel forest successional and developmental patterns. This study investigated effects of post-wind disturbance salvage harvesting, a unique compound disturbance of which the ecological ...
Cissell, Jordan Robert(University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)
The mangrove forests of Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba, are of critical importance from both biodiversity and ecosystem service perspectives. The peninsula is home to more than 1,000 invertebrate species, more than 80 percent of ...
Ford, Scott(University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)
Natural disturbances alter the biophysical conditions of ecosystems, influencing patterns of structure, composition, and successional dynamics. These disturbances often create structural legacies that promote biodiversity ...
Carter, Shawn Michael(University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)
Human industry and agriculture have long-term effects on the erosion and transport of sediment from the continental surface to the ocean. Riverine suspended sediment flux can be increased where soils are exposed to erosion ...
Wells, Thomas(University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)
This dissertation is a policy analysis of lateral connectivity issues on aging and manipulated river systems. The research focuses on associated issues of ecosystem health and human impacts as illustrated in a case study ...
Almeyda Zambrano, Sandra Lucia(University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)
We assessed how habitat use and preference in the endemic, and Critically Endangered, yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) are linked to forest structure and composition. The study took place in the community ...
Glass, Caroline Day(University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a community development strategy that has increasingly gained exposure in urban areas across the United States as a method for reducing sprawl and increasing community vitality. ...
Trammell, Benjamin Walker(University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)
All forest ecosystems are subject to natural disturbances that influence development and succession. Forest disturbances are typically classified based on severity and spatial extent with events ranging from small, single-tree ...
River’s slope (bed and flow) is a key parameter in fluvial hydrology, hydraulics and geomorphology. It affects many important fluvial variables such as flow velocity and sediment transport, especially bedload. Limitation ...
Stone, Monica Helen(University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)
Recent tropical cyclones, like Hurricane Katrina, have been some of the worst the United States has experienced. Tropical cyclones are expected to intensify, bringing about 20% more precipitation, in the near future in ...
Pierce, Gregory Howell(University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)
Tornadoes have the potential to alter river geomorphology. Considering the frequency and intensity of tornado events in the U.S., it is likely that tornadoes are an unaccounted source of natural disturbance in fluvial ...
White, John Parker(University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)
Human-bear conflicts have been an important issue for wildlife officials in Great Smoky Mountains National Park since it was first established in 1934. In the Park’s early decades, biologists used capture and relocation ...
Cox, Lauren Elizabeth(University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)
Forest disturbances alter environmental conditions, influence species composition and stand structure, and affect successional and developmental pathways. Natural disturbances differ in magnitude, severity, and return ...
Jackson, Charles A. T.(University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)
Natural disturbance is a fundamental process that exerts a strong influence in shaping forest structure, composition, and function. Canopy disturbances are often classified based on spatial extent and severity along a ...
Hoffman, Amanda Jane(University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)
Rutgers University- New Brunswick is a public four-year institution located within the limits of New Brunswick and Piscataway, New Jersey. Separated into four sub-campuses, Rutgers University – New Brunswick has developed ...
Haney, Nicholas Ryan(University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)
Benches are bank-attached channel deposits occurring at an elevation between the channel banks and the bed. Their occurrence in a variety of geologic and hydrologic settings has led to confusion about the mechanisms driving ...
Ford, Gene A.(University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)
In the early twentieth century, American industrialists enlisted professional planners, architects, landscape architects, and engineers to design state of the art company towns as part of concerted efforts to improve the ...
White, Stephen Daniel(University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)
Natural disturbances play important roles in shaping the structure and composition of all forest ecosystems and can be used to guide silvicultural practices. Disturbance intensity is measured along a gradient ranging from ...
Jing, Xuehan(University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)
The Birmingham Metropolitan Area experienced land use land cover (LULC) change over the last three decades, such as the development of urban area, the development of transportation system, deforestation, and rise of ...
Vaughn, Ryan Scott(University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)
Abstract There is a growing body of research that examines bedrock channels. Despite this, biotic-abiotic interactions remain a topic mostly addressed in alluvial systems. This research seeks to identify patch-scale ...