Natural Resources, School of

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research





PhD candidates
: You are welcome and encouraged to deposit your dissertation here, but be aware that
1. it is optional, not required (the ProQuest deposit is required); and
2. it will be available to everyone online; there is no embargo for dissertations in the UNL Digital Commons.

Master's candidates: Deposit of your thesis or project is required. (If an embargo [restricted access] is necessary, you may deposit it at https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/embargotheses/ only after getting approval from your department and the Graduate Office; contact Terri Eastin).

TO DEPOSIT YOUR DISSERTATION OR THESIS

1. Create or log in to your Digital Commons account
To create an account: click on My Account at https://digitalcommons.unl.edu then Sign up.
Fill in your names, email address, create a password, and click on Create Account.
Reply to the confirming email from the system, if you get one (check your spam folder).
Your email address will not be published or shared.

2. Instructions for deposit
Click the Submit your paper or article link at the bottom of the gray box at left.

You should be able to copy (Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) most fields.
TITLE: Fill it in using title case (that is, capitals for the first letter of all words except articles and prepositions).
AUTHOR: In each respective box, enter your names (and/or initials) as they appear on the title page of your dissertation or thesis. You are the sole author; your advisor is not considered a co-author. Institution is University of Nebraska-Lincoln (not "at Lincoln" or ", Lincoln"). Do not leave this field blank.
FIRST ADVISOR: Enter your advisor’s name. Add a second and third, if needed (advisors only, not committee members).
DATE OF THIS VERSION: Month and Year only.
CITATION: Copy and paste the rest of whatever appears on the title page of your work. It usually starts with something like “A THESIS Presented to the Faculty …” and ends with “Lincoln, Nebraska [month] [year].”
ABSTRACT: Just include the body of the abstract, not the title or your name, but DO add your advisor’s name at the end of the abstract after the word Advisor and a colon, like this: Advisor: ….
Skip the ORCID IDs, Keywords, Disciplines, and Comments fields, and DO NOT check a bubble for the Publication Status field.
Click UPLOAD FILE FROM YOUR COMPUTER. Select the file of your work from your device (should be in Portable Document Format, PDF).
Click the SUBMIT button at the bottom.

YOU DID IT; your work is submitted!

CONGRATULATIONS on reaching this amazing milestone in your academic career!

3. After your initial deposit
Upon deposit, you will receive an email that your submission has been received; you will need to forward this message to the Graduate Office.

Before we complete your upload, we usually wait several days to give you an opportunity to correct those oops issues that seem to emerge just after deposit. Before it’s been posted, you can still log back in and select Revise and upload a new version so you can upload a version with your advisor's name spelled right or whatever else needs to be fixed.

It is important that you DO NOT resubmit another file after it’s been posted online. This causes lots of problems.

But have no fear: If further changes are needed after it’s been posted, you can send a revised file to the series administrator (Sue Gardner) requesting to replace it.

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2019

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Regime Detection Measures for the Practical Ecologist, Jessica L. Burnett

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Urban Forests in a Changing Environment: Motivations for Tree Planting and Perspectives of Climate Change Impacts on Urban Forests, Tobias Burnham

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SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE FORENSICALLY SIGNIFICANT BLOW FLIES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE), Royce T. Cumming

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Relative Density and Resource Selection of Urban Red Foxes in Lincoln, Nebraska, Kyle Dougherty

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Modeling Waterfowl Hunter and Ducks Unlimited Member Behavior Using Mark-Recapture Methods, Katherine Graham

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Rangeland Management during Drought: Assessing Social-Ecological and Cognitive Indicators of Ranchers’ Adaptive Capacity, Tonya Haigh

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Implications of Channel Catfish Movement in an Internationally Managed System, Henry Hansen

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Hunter and Angler Motivations, Preferences, and Barriers to Waterfowl Hunting in the Central United States, Matthew P. Hinrichs

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Nitrate Removal and Placement of Floating Treatment Wetlands in the Midwest, Mary G. Keilhauer

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Drought impacts assessment in Brazil - a remote sensing approach, Denis Mariano

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The Niobrara National Scenic River: Exploring Co-Management Through a Case Study of the Niobrara Council, Melissa M. Mosier

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Developing a Framework to Link Multi-Sector Drought Impacts to Drought Severity at the State Level, Mary Noel

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Population Dynamics of the Freshwater Mussel Lampsilis cardium Reintroduced in Nebraska, Lindsay M. Ohlman

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Evaluation of the METRIC model for mapping energy balance components and actual evapotranspiration for a super-intensive drip-irrigated olive orchard, Samuel Ortega

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Improving Aquifer Characterization through Integration of Airborne Electromagnetics (AEM) and Well Hydrographs, Jacqueline Polashek

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Implementing the North American Bat Monitoring Program in Nebraska: An Assessment of Nebraska Bats with an Emphasis on Citizen Science, Baxter Seguin

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Traffic Noise and Sexual Selection: Studies of Anthropogenic Impact on Bird Songs and Undergraduate Student Reasoning of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Sarah Spier

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Traffic Noise and Sexual Selection: Studies of Anthropogenic Impact on Bird Songs and Undergraduate Student Reasoning of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Sarah Spier

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Density and Mass Effect on the Development of Phormia regina, Brandon H. Strauss

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Evaluating soil loss from ephemeral gullies with photogrammetry, Chinthaka B. Weerasekara

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Investigation of GRACE-derived Information on Forest Drought Stress Across the Contiguous US, Beichen Zhang

2018

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THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND UTILITY OF FEEDING BY DERMESTES MACULATUS, Braymond Adams

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The Impact of Land Use on Nitrate-N Movement and Storage in the Vadose Zone of the Hastings’ WHPA, Craig Adams

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Spatial and Temporal Structure of a Canid Community in Nebraska, Lucia Corral Hurtado

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Boundary Spanners and Trust Development Between Stakeholders in Integrated Water Resource Management: A Mixed Methods Study, Jodi L. Delozier

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Nebraska Wetland Condition Assessment: Intensification of the National Wetland Condition Assessment throughout Nebraska, Cody Dreier

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Investigating Mechanisms of Hydraulic Conductivity Transience in Sandy Streambeds, Wilhelm Fraundorfer

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A Comparison of VNIR and MIR Spectroscopy for Predicting Various Soil Properties, Joshua R. Gates

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Groundwater Recharge Response to Reduced Irrigation Pumping in Western Nebraska, Justin Philip Gibson

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Motivations, Specializations, Identities, and Constraints Associated with Hunting in Nebraska, Alisha Grams

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Motivations, Specializations, Identities, and Constraints Associated with Hunting in Nebraska, Alisha Grams

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Managing for Vegetation Heterogeneity on Rangelands: An Exploration of Rancher Attitudes, Stephanie Marie Kennedy

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Competition among three forensically important blow fly species (Diptera: Calliphoridae): Phormia regina, Lucilia sericata, and Chrysomya rufifacies, Amber MacInnis

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Relationships Among Biodiversity Dimensions of Birds in Nebraska, Nadejda Mirochnitchenko

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Analysis of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Satellite-Derived Data as a Groundwater and Drought Monitoring Tool, Anthony James Mucia

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A Comparative Study of the Role of Values in Reasoning about Socio-Hydrological Issues in Undergraduate Students from Developed and Developing Countries, Destini Petitt

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Landscape Structure and Dynamics of Recreational Fisheries, Christine N. Ruskamp

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Assessment of the Ponderosa Woodlands in Nebraska's Wildcat Hills: Implications for Juniperus Encroachment and Management, Allie Victoria Schiltmeyer

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Examining Patterns in Nest Predation using Artificial Nests, Victoria L. Simonsen

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Distribution and Habitat Association of the Northern Long-eared Bat, Zachary A. Warren

2017

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Plant Diversity Influences the Structure and Function of a Restored Prairie and its Responses to Added Disturbances, Rebecca Bevans

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SOIL ECOSYSTEM SERVICE TRADEOFFS AND SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS, Hannah E. Birge

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Assessing Responses of Betula papyrifera (Paper Birch) to Climate Variability in a Remnant Population Along the Niobrara River in Nebraska Through Dendroecological and Remote Sensing Techniques, Evan Bumann

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Improving the Accuracy of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Probe Estimate of Soil Water Content Using Multiple Detectors and Remote Sensing Estimates of Vegetation, Xiaochen Dong

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Influences of Catch-and-Release Angling on Fish Avoidance Behavior, Alexis D. Fedele

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Integration of Hydrogeophysical Datasets for Improved Water Resource Management in Irrigated Systems, Catherine E. Finkenbiner

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Recreational Angler Site Choice and Behavior within Midwestern Reservoirs, Brian S. Harmon

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Understanding Cigarette Butt Littering Behavior on Public Beaches: a Case Study of Jekyll Island, Georgia, Maranda R. Miller

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Assessing Relationships Between Angling Effort and Larval Trematodes in Small Bluegill, Alexis Park

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Problematizing Socio-Scientific Issues: An Approach to Understanding Student Decision-Making Using Construal Level Theory, Ashley M. Peterson

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HETEROGENEITY OF AVIAN BREEDING HABITAT ON GRAZING LANDS OF THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS, Maggi S. Sliwinski

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Trophic Dynamics of Flathead Catfish in the Missouri River Bordering Nebraska, Dylan R. Turner

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FISH AND MACROINVERTEBRATE RESPONSE TO RESTORED OFF CHANNEL HABITATS ON THE LOWER PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA, Caleb Uerling

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Mapping the Ecology of Information: Hierarchical Habitat Selection by Nebraska Pheasant Hunters, Lyndsie Wszola

2016

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Exploration of Student Biodiversity Knowledge and Decision-making for a Wildlife Conservation Socioscientific Issue, Ashley R. Alred

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Resilience and Heterogeneity Following Fire in the Nebraska Sandhills, Jack R. Arterburn

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The Cosmic-ray Neutron Probe Method for Estimating Field Scale Soil Water Content: Advances and Applications, William A. Avery

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Industrial Ecology Analysis of the Potential for an Eastern Nebraska Industrial Symbiosis Network (ENISN): A Comparative Study, Bradley A. Behne

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River Otter (Lontra canadensis) Distribution and Habitat Suitability in Nebraska, Nathan R. Bieber

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Exploring Elementary Students’ Agricultural and Scientific Knowledge Using Evidence Centered Design, Molly R. Brandt

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Applications of Time-lapse Imagery for Monitoring and Illustrating Ecological Dynamics in a Water-stressed System, Emma Brinley Buckley

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Interpreting Temperature- and Precipitation-related Scientific Information for the Agricultural Community In the U.S. Corn Belt, Shuwei Dai

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IMPROVED MICROPLATE FLUOROMETRIC SOIL ENZYME ASSAY FOR β-GLUCOSIDASE DETECTION, Emily C. Hoehn

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Adaptation to Climate Change via Insurance and Financial Incentives, Eric R. Holley

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An Investigation into Factors Influencing Attitude Toward a Wildlife Corridor, Erin Kubicek

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The Influence of Training on Guides and Their Environmentally Responsible Behaviors and Transformational Leadership Abilities, Nancy Qwynne Lackey

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COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY OFFICERS’ EXPERIENCES WITH GREEN OFFICE PROGRAMS: A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION, Logan Lamb

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Instructional Framing and Student Learning of Community Interactions, Nathaniel Niosco

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Optimizing the Safety Margins Governing a Deterministic Design Process while Considering the Effects of a Future Test and Redesign on Epistemic Model Uncertainty, Nathaniel B. Price

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Gaur (Bos gaurus) Abundance, Distribution, and Habitat use patterns in Kuiburi National Park, Southwestern Thailand, Supatcharee Tanasarnpaiboon

2015

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CARBON STORAGE POTENTIAL OF WINDBREAKS ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, William Ballesteros Possu

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Civic Capacity and Integrative Public Leadership: A Case Study of the Nebraska Water Leaders Academy, JoLeisa S. Cramer

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Shorebird Migratory Stopover Responses to Local and Regional Change: Habitat Decisions in a Vanishing Landscape, Caitlyn Gillespie

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Bioenergetics and habitat suitability models for the Chinese mystery snail (Bellamya chinensis), Danielle M. Haak

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Assessment of disturbance effects of an existing wind energy facility on greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) breeding season ecology in the Sandhills of Nebraska, Jocelyn O. Harrison

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A DESERT IN DISGUISE: THE RESILIENCE OF THE NEBRASKA SANDHILLS, Jeff Hartman

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Resilience Thinking and Structured Decision Making in Social-Ecological Systems, Noelle M. Hart

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ANALYZING THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOIL MOISTURE AND BIOPHYSICAL VARIABLES IN WET AND DRY SEASONS AT A RAINFED AND IRRIGATED FIELD IN EASTERN NEBRASKA, Eric Hunt

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Coupling Soil Oxygen and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics, Karla M. Jarecke

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Introducing green manures in an organic soybean-winter wheat-corn rotation: Effects on crop yields, soil nitrate, and weeds, Katja Koehler-Cole

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GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN ECUADORIAN ASTROBLEPID CATFISHES, Katherine M. Lawry

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Hydrologic Mediation of the Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Soil Carbon Dioxide Stable Isotopic Composition of a Subalpine Watershed, Theresa Marie Lorenzo

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Occupancy Analysis and Density Estimation of Kori Bustards (Ardeotis kori) and Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) for Use in Landscape Conservation Planning in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana, Kathryn R. McCollum

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Habitat and Site Selection of Pheasants and their Hunters During the Hunting Season, Lindsey Messinger

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Plant Diversity Affects Performance of Invasive Thistles in Restored Nebraska Grasslands, Katilyn J. Price

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Green roof energy balances for native grasses and sedum, Chris Schwarz

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POPULATION DYNAMICS AND MOVEMENT OF CHANNEL CATFISH IN THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH, Stephen F. Siddons

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Ecology and Management of Superabundant Fish Populations, Nathaniel T. Stewart

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THREE-DIMENSIONAL WIND SPEED AND FLUX MEASUREMENTS OVER A RAIN-FED SOYBEAN FIELD USING ORTHOGONAL AND NON-ORTHOGONAL SONIC ANEMOMETER DESIGNS, Taylor Thomas

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Acute Toxicity of β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA) to Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) and Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Jiayi Wang

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Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Male Greater Prairie-Chicken Vocalizations and Chorus, Cara E. Whalen

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Soil Preferences of Nicrophorus Beetles and the Effects of Compaction on Burying Behavior, Kelly A. Willemssens

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Phosphorus Release Potential of Agricultural Soils of the United States, Rebecca A. Young

2014

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Improving Drought Management for Transboundary River Basins in the United States through Collaborative Environmental Planning, Crystal J. Bergman

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The Hard Winter of 1880-1881: Climatological Context and Communication via a Laura Ingalls Wilder Narrative, Barbara Boustead

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Management of Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus in the Missouri River, Nebraska, Brandon L. Eder

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Response of Large River Fishes to a Prolonged High Water Event in the Missouri River, Nebraska, Nicholas Paul Hogberg

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Simulation of Meteorological Fields for Icing Applications at the Summit of Mount Washington, Sandra L. Jones

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A Case Study of Changing Cropping Diversity and Agricultural Risk in the Doulthabad Mandal of Telangana State in India, Srikanth Kondabolu

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Accuracy or Precision: Implications of Sample Design and Methodology on Abundance Estimation, Lucas K. Kowalewski