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Foraging Ecology of Rangeland Bats
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Land-use and land cover changes impact the distribution of landscape features in rangelands and wildlife use of the landscape. To balance the requirements of wildlife groups that respond differently to landscape features, ...
The Use of Sediment Removal to Reduce Phosphorus Levels in Wetland Soils and the Distribution of Plant-Available Phosphorus in Wetland Soils and its Potential Use as a Metric in Wetland Assessment Methods
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Plant-available phosphorus (P) in wetland soils and its relationship with wetland communities and condition is somewhat unknown in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) in North America. Research objectives were to determine ...
Soil Salinity and Sodicity Impacts on Soil Shrinkage, Water Movement and Retention
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Saline, sodic, and saline-sodic ground waters are problematic throughout the Northern Great Plains and Red River Valley. High sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) and low electrical conductivity (EC) of soil solution and irrigation ...
The Effects of Herbivory and Vegetation Competition on Seedling Survival and Growth in the Middle Sheyenne River Watershed, North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
There is a concern about the lack of regeneration of riparian hardwood forest communities in the Middle Sheyenne River Watershed of northeastern North Dakota. Natural resource managers and landowners are unsure if herbivory ...
Effect of Larval Diet on Endogenous Carbon Reproductive Resources of Fifth Instars and Adult Females of the Moth, Heliothis Virescens
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Mostly adult Lepidoptera feed on plant nectar. That is, adults can only contribute to
carbon, and not nitrogen, acquisition. The moth Heliothis virescens were used to explore the
hypothesis that larval nutrition influences ...
Biological Capabilities of Selected Ecological Sites in the Western Dakotas
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The study was conducted on the Dakota Prairie National Grasslands (DPG) within the Little Missouri National Grassland (LMNG) of North Dakota and Grand River National Grassland (GRNG) of South Dakota during the summer and ...
The Effects of Salinity on Herbivorous Pests of Corn and Soybean
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Many environmental factors, including soil characteristics, are critically important for plants, herbivorous arthropods, and their interactions. Despite increasing evidence that soil salinity can drastically impact plants, ...
Influences of Cattle Grazing and Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Activity on Northern Mixed Prairie Plants
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Video summarizing a Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience.
Paleoclimatic Interpretation of the Moorhead Low Water Phase of Glacial Lake Agassiz in the Southern Basin based on Fossil Coleoptera Assemblages
(North Dakota State University, 2009)
See submission document for full abstract.
Beryl Levine: North Dakota's first female State Supreme Court justice
(North Dakota State University, 2009)
The intent of this thesis is to explore the life and perspective of the North Dakota State Supreme Court's first female justice, Beryl J. Levine. The overarching question throughout this thesis is, whether or not, because ...