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Suppressing Canada Thistle Establishment with Native Seed Mixes and Resulting Cost Analysis
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) on conservation lands is costly and diminishes conservation objectives. This project was designed to control Canada thistle by spiking native seed mixtures. Spiking is where a native seed ...
Evaluation of Ring-Necked Pheasant Brood Rearing Habitat and Survival on Post-Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands in Southwest North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
From 2008-2011, we analyzed brood habitat selection and survival of Chinese ringnecked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) from hatch until approximately 30 days post-hatch. We monitored 98 broods at two sites in Adams County, ...
Ring-Necked Pheasant: Evaluation of Winter Survival, Habitat Use, and Current Research Methods of Nest Searching
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Radio telemetry was used to monitor a population of male and female ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus; hereafter pheasant) in southwestern North Dakota to examine pheasant habitat selection. Study objectives were ...
Wetland Assessment and Nutrient Dynamics in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Wetlands provide a variety of services and functions. Studies have highlighted the importance of wetlands in water purification, groundwater replenishment, flood control, sediment and nutrient retention and export, ...
Belowground Bud Banks of Native, Perennial Grasses and Interactions with Fire in the Northern Great Plains
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Mixed-grass prairies of the northern Great Plains evolved following frequent disturbances such as drought, fire, and extensive grazing by ungulates. As a result of periodic natural disturbances, native grass reproductive ...
The Wheat-Hessian Fly Interaction: Co-Evolution and Ecology in an Economically Important Plant-Insect System
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The study of wheat’s H-gene mediated resistance to Hessian flies examined the cost of the constitutively expressed H-gene which functions in the plant’s surveillance system and the cost of the downstream induced response. ...
Fate and Transport of an Estrogen Conjugate 17ß-Estradiol-17-Sulfate in Soil-Water Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The hypothesis of this study was that a sulfate conjugated estrogen, i.e. 17β-estradiol-17- sulfate (E2-17S), could be a precursor to free estrogens detected in the environment. The objectives of were to investigate the ...
The Yellowstone River Waterfowl Hunting Closure in Eastern Montana: Evaluation of Private Landowner Attitudes
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Wildlife managers now hypothesize the limiting factor regarding waterfowl hunting opportunity and goose harvest in the lower Yellowstone River Valley is hunter access rather than waterfowl abundance. This study used a ...
An Assessment of Integrated Weed Management Strategies for Purple Threeawn-Dominated Rangelands
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Purple threeawn (Aristida purpurea Nutt.) is a native bunch grass that is avoided by grazers. It is capable of dominating old cropland and overgrazed pastures, limiting livestock carrying capacity, and degrading wildlife ...
Laboratory and Greenhouse Evaluation of FeEddha Fertilizers of Differing Quality
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Commercial iron ethylene diamine di(hydroxyl phenyl acetic acid) (FeEDDHA) fertilizers containing the same Fe percent and applied at the same FeEDDHA rate control Fe deficiency chlorosis (IDC) differently due to differing ...