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Incidence And Life History Of Beech Scale, Initiator Of Beech Bark Disease, In The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Robert Angelo Vance

Masters Theses

American beech, Fagus grandifolia Ehrlich, in eastern North America are currently threatened by the devastating beech bark disease. This disease is caused by the fungal pathogens, Nectria coccinea var. faginata Lohman, Watson and Ayers, and Nectria galligena Bres., which infect trees that are predisposed by infestations of beech scale, Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger. In 1993, beech bark disease was discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP).

In 1994, a 2-year cooperative research project involving the National Park Service and the University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station was initiated to study several aspects of beech bark disease in the GSMNP. …

Using Gis To Analyze The Precipitation Regime Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tn/Nc, Thomas Bryan Coffey

Masters Theses

Studies or research conducted in remote areas of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) involving the use of precipitation data, have often resolved to utilizing the precipitation data from weather stations located in more easily accessible areas or from nearby towns and cities. This study was conducted to determine an accurate annual average precipitation value for the GSMNP and to develop an average annual precipitation database (coverage) for the park as a whole. Precipitation data from 51 weather stations in and around the GSMNP were placed into the geographic information system (GIS), ARC/INFO, and three methods were implemented to …