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Reproduction in Male Crotalus adamanteus Beauvois(Eastern Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake): Relationship of Plasma Testosterone to Testis and Kidney Dimensions and the Mating Season
(2022-03-03)
The reproductive ecology of male Crotalus adamanteus Beauvois (Eastern
Diamond-backed Rattlesnake) from southwestern Georgia (Joseph W. Jones Ecological
Research Center, Baker County) was studied from 14 August 2003 to ...
Root-Inhabiting Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and their Fungal Associates Breeding in Dying Loblolly Pine in Alabama
(2019-08-02)
Root feeding bark beetles in the family Curculionidae and the ophiostomatoid fungi they vector contribute to root disorders of Pinus species around the world. In the southeastern United States root feeding beetles in the ...
Regional sources of nitrous oxide over the United States: Seasonal variation and spatial distribution
(2022-03-04)
his paper presents top-down constraints on the magnitude, spatial distribution, andseasonality of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions over the central United States. We analyzedata from tall towers in 2004 and 2008 using a high ...
Century-long increasing trend and variability of dissolved organic carbon export from the Mississippi River basin driven by natural and anthropogenic forcing
(2020-04-02)
There has been considerable debate as to how natural forcing and anthropogenic activities alter the timing and magnitude of the delivery of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to the coastal ocean, which has ramifications for ...
Long-term trends in evapotranspiration and runoff over the drainage basins of the Gulf of Mexico during 19012008
(2020-04-01)
The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is facing large pressures from environmental changes since
the beginning of the last century. However, the magnitude and long-term trend of total water
discharge to the GOM and the underlying ...
Evaluating water stress controls on primary production in biogeochemical and remote sensing based models
(2022-12-02)
Water stress is one of the most important limiting factors controlling terrestrial primary production, and the performance of a primary production model is largely determined by its capacity to capture environmental water ...
Improving Representation of Crop Growth and Yield in the Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model and Its Application to China
(2022-07-29)
To accurately assess the roles of agriculture in securing food security and maintaining environmental sustainability, it is essential to improve the representation of crop growth, development, and yield formation in global ...
Small-scale land-use variability affects Anopheles spp. distribution and concomitant Plasmodium infection in humans and mosquito vectors in southeastern Madagascar
(2022-03-11)
Background: Deforestation and land-use change have the potential to alter human exposure to malaria. A large percentage of Madagascar's original forest cover has been lost to slash-and-burn agriculture, and malaria is one ...
The Impact of Drought and Vascular-Inhabiting Pathogen Invasion in Pinus taeda Health
(2020-04-01)
The complex interaction of various biotic and abiotic factors may put the overall stand health of Pinus spp. at risk. A study was designed to determine the combined impact of drought and vascular-inhabiting fungi (Leptographium ...
Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Dominates Cheek Pouch Contents of the Great Basin Pocket Mouse (Perognathus Parvus)
(2019-09-15)
Most of the native shrubsteppe habitat in the northern Columbia Basin of eastern Washington has been invaded by cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) or converted to agricultural lands. Therefore, ecological patterns and dynamics ...
Is natural defense capacity correlated with allocation of dry mass to the stem in loblolly pine?
(2020-06-09)
In addition to selecting loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) genotypes for superior growth, the concept of customized genetic selection may apply where tree vigor is threatened by insects and disease. A study conducted with ...
Screening Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) families for physical and mechanical properties using vibrational spectroscopy
(2020-05-26)
In a bid to control the loblolly pine decline complex, stakeholders are using the selection and deployment of genetically superior families that are disease tolerant. It is vital that we do not compromise other important ...
Rapid Quantitative Analysis of Forest Biomass Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Partial Least Squares Regression
(2020-04-02)
Fourier transform infrared reflectance (FTIR) spectroscopy has been used to predict properties of forest logging residue, a very heterogeneous feedstock material. Properties studied included the chemical composition, thermal ...
Integrating info-gap decision theory with robust population management: a case study using the Mountain Plover
(2022-03-04)
Wildlife managers often make decisions under considerable uncertainty. In the
most extreme case, a complete lack of data leads to uncertainty that is unquantifiable.
Information-gap decision theory deals with assessing ...
Southeastern Blueprint Environmental Pollution Project
(2025-06-10)
This project aims to aid in the decision making for conservation planning of migrating birds in the Southeast United States by evaluating the utility of including new data focused on environmental pollution (air, light, ...
Wild Pigs: inciting factor in southern pine decline?
(2021-03-22)
During an investigation into southern pine decline at Fort Benning Georgia, the possibility of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) as an inciting factor became evident. Their rooting activity caused significant root damage on sites ...
Building Consensus for Ambitious Climate Action Through the World Climate Simulation
(2023-01-14)
Sociopolitical values are an important driver of climate change beliefs, attitudes, and policy preferences. People with individualist-hierarchical values favor individual freedom, competition, and clearly defined social ...
Chemometric modeling of thermogravimetric data for the compositional analysis of forest biomass
(2020-04-01)
The objective of this study was to investigated the use of chemometric modeling of thermogravimetric (TG) data as an alternative approach to estimate the chemical and proximate (i.e. volatile matter, fixed carbon and ash ...
Vegetation Functional Properties Determine Uncertainty of Simulated Ecosystem Productivity: A Traceability Analysis in the East Asian Monsoon Region
(2020-04-02)
Global and regional projections of climate change by Earth system models are limited by their uncertain estimates of terrestrial ecosystem productivity. At the middle to low latitudes, the East Asian monsoon region has ...