The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae Annand (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), is an invasive insect that is causing mortality of eastern hemlock trees, Tsuga canadensis , and Carolina hemlock trees, Tsuga caroliniana, across the eastern United States. To protect these ecologic…
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A fundamental principle underpinning conservation is to evaluate the condition of native vegetation relative to a reference state. Many ecological applications require vegetation condition as a spatially-explicit continuous map layer that covers broad landscape-scaled extents. T…
A portion of this study was initiated to provide the basis for implementing a chill unit accumulation procedure in Yemen. Most continuous or daily minimum, maximum temperature models severely underestimated chilling units, and slight modifications offered little improvement for …
Emerging from Atlanta’s historical rail line infrastructure, the Atlanta Beltline, a twenty-two-mile ring of multi-use trails, parks, and light rail system is shaping a new way of life within the city’s urban core. The Beltline is challenging critical issues such as suburban spr…
Forest-savanna transitions are often discussed as systems that operate next to each other withdistinct woody species and separated into pyrogenic and non-pyrogenic systems with sharptransition between the two systems. It is often hypothesized that fires cannot enter closed canop…
This thesis explores love, nothingness, the body, the moment, and God. The human bodily experience is one of mystery. In writing toward this mystery, I try reclaim my own body and connect with God. My experience with God is an experience of language, but it is also entirely unre…
With more than half of the world’s population living in urban areas, forests have become a valuable resource to support healthy and vibrant cities. From alleviating increasing temperatures, to providing nature-based experiences for city residents; forests in cities can provide e…