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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 ... -
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 ... -
C.caretta Nesting Habitat and Hatch Rate Success
(University of the South, 2013-04)Because the beaches of St. Catherines Island, Georgia are not manipulated and maintained like beaches of tourist destinations, the loggerhead sea turtles that come to nest on this island have to contend with a relatively ... -
The LIfe Goals, Strengths, and Resources of Domestic Violence Victims
(University of the South, 2013-04)Services for domestic violence victims have long assumed that the violence is the main issue. With few exceptions, there has been little effort to focus on the issues that are identified by battered women in a more ... -
The 1950s: A Decade of Intensive Forest Management on the Domain
(University of the South, 2013-04)The objective of this semester long Independent Study was to gain GIS skills and to create maps and imagery of harvests that occurred throughout the 1950s. All of this Domain harvest contracts in this important decade ... -
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 ... -
Toward Liquid Crystalline Supramolecular Squares Based on PLatinum (II) Diimine Complexes
(University of the South, 2013-04)Bipyridine complexes of platinum(II) possess a host of interesting, and potentially useful optical and electronic properties. Conjugating the [bpyPt(II)Cl2] chromophore to b-branched aliphatic fragments results in a new ... -
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. ... -
Interpreting Domain History using GIS Data
(University of the South, 2013-04)Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a dynamic software program that combines, manipulates, analyzes and displays geographic data. The goal of this study was to introduce students to the fundamentals of GIS while ...
