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Forest dynamics on the hickory ridge of St. Catherine's Island
(University of the South, 2013-04)
The Hickory Ridge of the Georgia barrier island, St. Catherine’s Island, stands as one of the few remaining of its kind and recently received its own habitat designation by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. While ...
Fire as a Management tool for Oak Hickory Regeneration
(University of the South, 2013-04)
The former pasture that is now Compartment 50 is a naturally regenerated mixture of hardwood and pine species located on the Domain of Sewanee: University of the South at the end of Breakfield Road. The site was reforested ...
Oak and shortleaf pine regeneration through harvest and fire
(University of the South, 2013-04)
Forest restoration is practiced with the goal of restoring a given piece of forest to predetermined reference conditions in order to restore the presence of native species and promote forest health. University Domain ...
Understanding SElf, Nature, and Civilization through Rice: Comparative Anthropology of Rice Culture in Thailand and Japan
(University of the South, 2013-04)
Although intensive wet-rice agriculture was not indigenous to either Japan or Thailand before theYayoi Period (c. 300 BC) in Japan and approximately 1000 BC in Thailand, it has become the dominant crop and staple food of ...
Archaeological Testing of Two Late 19th-Early 20th Century Rural Farmsteads on the Domain
(University of the South, 2013-04)
Across the Domain are rock features composed of loose, native stone thought to be anthropogenic in origin (chimney falls, field clearance, rock cairns, or potential graves). In an effort to understand the variability and ...
Urban Farmer Perceptions of Agroecology and Worker Agency in Cuba
(University of the South, 2013-04)
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the small island nation of Cuba has become famous for the prevalence of urban agroecology, which grew rapidly out of a harsh food shortage, economic crisis, and scarcity of agrochemicals. ...
White Pine Invasion of Woodlands: Competitive Displacement or "Empty-Niche" Colonization?
(University of the South, 2013-04)
Following the removal of white pine, native hardwoods may either re-colonize the niches formerly occupied by the white pine or the hardwoods may be unable to exploit the resources necessary to replace them. Although other ...
Glowing Gels: The Exploratory Synthesis of Glutamate-derived Rylene Organogelators
(University of the South, 2013-04)
Perylenediimides and related molecules are well known for their optical properties, which included intense photoluminescence. Low molecular mass organogels offer a unique method for preparing responsive nanoscale materials. ...
The Hall Effect in N and P-Type Semiconductors
(University of the South, 2013-04)
Many important conduction properties of semiconductors can be obtained through the Hall Effect. The Hall Effect can be clearly observed in n and p type semiconductors when a current is flowing through the conductor with a ...
Wet savanna restoration through harvest and burning
(University of the South, 2013-04)
This study took place on a 10-acre tract of mixed hardwood and grassland adjacent to the Sewanee airport located in Franklin Co., TN. The objective of this study was to use harvesting and fire as a management tool to ...