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Population Abundance And Growth Of Elk (Cervus Canadensis) In Western North Carolina, Jessica Braunstein
Population Abundance And Growth Of Elk (Cervus Canadensis) In Western North Carolina, Jessica Braunstein
Doctoral Dissertations
In an effort to restore extirpated elk to their previous range, 52 elk were reintroduced to Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) in North Carolina during 2001 and 2002. Since their reintroduction, elk numbers have increased and their range has extended beyond GRSM boundaries. My primary research objectives included estimating population abundance, apparent survival, per capita recruitment, and population growth rate of elk in North Carolina. I used spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR) models based on fecal DNA to identify individual elk and estimate population abundance and growth in the region. Technicians and I walked a series of transects throughout the …
Brown People, Green Spaces: Colonial Imaginaries And The Whiteness Of Nature, Jeffrey Michael Desalu
Brown People, Green Spaces: Colonial Imaginaries And The Whiteness Of Nature, Jeffrey Michael Desalu
Masters Theses
For several years, conversations about the absence of racial and ethnic diversity in ecology and evolutionary biology (EEB) and the conservation movement have been growing in scope. Critics argue that the overwhelmingly white demography of EEB departments and conservation organizations deprive both of a necessary diversity of perspective and, more importantly, deprive people of color and other minoritized groups of a voice in the study of and advocacy for their lived environments. Here, I situate the current conversations in historical context, arguing that the current lack of diversity is in part a reflection of the material and ideological bases for …
Are Fungal Endophytes Of Fire Adapted Plants Also Fire Adapted?, Alexander C. Dowd
Are Fungal Endophytes Of Fire Adapted Plants Also Fire Adapted?, Alexander C. Dowd
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Communication Distance Predicts Territory Size For An Urban Songbird, Ruth A. Simberloff
Communication Distance Predicts Territory Size For An Urban Songbird, Ruth A. Simberloff
Masters Theses
Many studies demonstrate that urban noise interferes with animal communication by masking acoustic signals such as birdsong, but the functional consequences of impaired communication are still not well understood. Although many bird species sing at higher amplitude in noise pollution, communication distance is still reduced in noisy urban soundscapes. Song is a long-distance signal that functions to attract a mate and defend a territory, so a reduction in communication distance could negatively influence a male’s reproductive or competitive success. Reduced territorial success could manifest as more frequent territorial intrusions, reduced territory quality, or reduced territory size. We examined the relationship …