| dc.contributor.author | Renton, David Allen | |
| dc.description.abstract | Prairie-pothole-wetland water budgets are largely dependent on atmospheric interactions. Modeling of prairie-pothole wetlands has suggested that climate change may cause significant decreases to a wetland’s hydroperiod and ponded-water area. Thus, waterfowl populations are expected to suffer under a changed climate. I performed an in-depth literature review to summarize the effects of climate change and upland management on prairie-pothole wetland hydrology. The literature review was used to determine practices that were utilized in an experimental investigation of the effects of upland management on wetland hydrology. I also used a wetland simulation model to explore the use of grazing and burning to mitigate the effects of climate change on prairie-pothole wetlands. Results from my field experiments and model simulations suggest that increased temperatures will have a significant impact on wetland hydrology, impacts that may be partially mitigated with upland-vegetation management. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | |
| dc.title | Managing Upland Vegetation as a Mitigation Strategy for Climate-Change Effects on Prairie-Pothole Wetlands | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-01T18:05:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-05-01T18:05:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28071 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | U.S. Geological Survey grant, Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, North Central Chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientists, and Natural Resources Management Department of North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Natural Resources Management | en_US |
| ndsu.department | School of Natural Resource Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Natural Resources Management | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | DeKeyser, Shawn | |
