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Tcwp Newsletter No. 264, Tennessee Citizens For Wilderness Planning

Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning Newsletters

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Macroscopic Sedimentary Charcoal As A Proxy For Past Fire In Northwestern Costa Rica, Kyle James Schlachter

Masters Theses

Proxy records of fire history offer valuable information on the role fire plays in an ecosystem. Such information can be used to understand the inter-relationships among fire, humans, and the environment. In the past, the forests of Costa Rica were thought to have been spared from significant pre-Columbian forest disturbance; however, paleoecological studies have shown that this notion is false. While the long-term human influence is now recognized in Costa Rica, the nature and extent of human effects in different regions remain poorly documented. Knowledge of pre-Columbian land uses in Costa Rica increases our understanding of the possible impacts of …

A Comparative Study Of Behavior In Neonate Gartersnakes, Thamnophis Butleri And T. Radix (Colubridae), In An Area Of Potential Hybridization, Lauren Elizabeth Kirby

Masters Theses

An isolated population of Butler’s gartersnake, Thamnophis butleri (Colubridae), in southeastern Wisconsin has recently been listed as Threatened by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. One of the possible reasons for the decline of T. butleri in Wisconsin is pressure from a closely related species, the plains gartersnake, T. radix. The possibility of hybridization between T. butleri and T. radix has received recent attention because T. butleri is threatened in the area where the hybridization may be occurring. This study addresses the issue of hybridization by studying the behavior of neonatal T. butleri born to females originating from areas where …

The Effect Of Temperature On The Development Rate Of Anelosimus Studiosus, Sarah E. Dalrymple

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Tcwp Newsletter No. 260, Tennessee Citizens For Wilderness Planning

Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning Newsletters

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