College of Agriculture: Recent submissions
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Can texture-based classification optimally classify soils with respect to soil hydraulics?
(2022-10-14)
[1] In the past, texture-based classification of soils has been used for grouping soils in
variably saturated water flow and solute transport studies. Classification of soils becomes
especially important for large-scale ...
Micro- and Macroevolutionary Trade-Offs in Plant-Feeding Insects
(2022-10-14)
A long-standing hypothesis asserts that plant-feeding insects specialize on particular host plants because of negative interactions (trade-offs) between adaptations to alternative hosts, yet empirical evidence for such ...
Site fidelity, residence time and movements of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus estimated with long-term acoustic monitoring
(2022-10-14)
Residence time, site fidelity and movements for red snapper Lutjanus campechanus
(Lutjanidae) were estimated from long-term telemetry monitoring (December 2005 to June 2010)
at 6 sites (1 natural and 5 artificial reefs) ...
Effects of Landscape Characteristics on Water Quality and Fish Assemblages in the Tallapoosa River Basin, Alabama
(2022-10-14)
To maintain and improve water quality, there is an increasing need to understand
relationships between current land-use practices (e.g., agriculture, forested/silviculture,
and urban) and stream ecosystems. In this study, ...
Explaining variations in the price of dairy quota: Flow returns, liquidity, quota characteristics, and policy risk
(2022-10-14)
An econometric model based on the net present value model is used to examine factors that drive the variation of California dairy quota values over a 29-year period. The results suggest the price of quota is based on ...
Designing Rainfall Insurance Contracts for Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage
(2022-10-14)
In the paper, preliminary results of the analysis of potential use of climate forecast information in designing rainfall index insurance in the southeastern region of the U.S. are reported. Joint distributions of bi-monthly ...
Spatial Competition and Private Labels
(2022-10-12)
Private labels, also known as store brands, are an important component of competitive strategy among multi-product retailers, as they can increase retailers' power over suppliers in the vertical channel or facilitate ...
Performance of peanuts in Alabama, 2021
(2022-05-04)
Performance of cotton varieties in Alabama, 2021
(2022-05-04)
Performance of soybeans in Alabama, 2021
(2022-05-04)
Performance of field corn hybrids in Alabama, 2021
(2022-05-04)
2020 Aquaponics Industry Survey Dataset
(2022-02-15)
This dataset contains the responses from an international aquaponics industry survey conducted from December 2019 to June 2020. Responses (N = 433) were collected using a mixture of question formats to obtain qualitative ...
Data for: The relative importance of suspended versus benthic food resources to freshwater mussels in central Texas, USA
(2022-01-21)
As unionid mussels continue to decline in North America much remains unknown regarding their primary food resources and feeding relationships. In this study, we quantified stable C (δ13C) and stable N (δ15N) isotopic ...
Performance of grain sorghum in Alabama, 2021
(2021-10-19)
Replication data and code for: Cross-sectional association of Toxoplasma gondii exposure with BMI and diet in US adults
(2021-09-24)
Toxoplasmosis gondii exposure has been linked to increased impulsivity and risky behaviors, which has implications for eating behavior. Impulsivity and risk tolerance is known to be related with worse diets and a higher ...