Traditionally microbial communities were assessed through culturing, which limits the populations detected. Molecular techniques are becoming more popular when assessing microbial communities. To illustrate gene variability...
Mot-clé:
16S rDNA, Ammonia Oxidation, amoA, Archaea et Bacteria
Assujettir:
Soil microbial ecology -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.), Eastern hemlock -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.), Eastern hemlock -- Soils -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)ark (N.C. and Tenn.) et Eastern hemlock -- Microbiology -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
Fire suppression has changed forest structure and composition on xeric sites in the southern Appalachians from open, pine-oak dominated stands to closed canopy, mixed hardwood stands. Improved understanding of fire-related...
Mot-clé:
CBI, dNBR, fire, GSMNP, severity et yellow pine
Assujettir:
Forest fires -- Environmental aspects -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.), Forest biodiversity -- Effect of fires on -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) et Xeric ecology -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
The entrance construction behaviors of Aliatypus thompsoni and Antrodiaetus unicolor (family Antrodiaetidae) and one member of the genus Hebestatis (family Ctenizidae) are described from direct laboratory observations of...
The southern Appalachian Mountains are home to an endemic strain of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis. Protein electrophoretic studies have demonstrated that native Southern Appalachian and northern hatchery-derived wild...
Assujettir:
Brook trout -- Variation et Brook trout -- Ecology
The southern Appalachian Mountains are home to an endemic strain of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis. Protein electrophoretic studies have demonstrated that native Southern Appalachian and northern hatchery-derived wild...
Assujettir:
Brook trout -- Variation et Brook trout -- Ecology
Nonnative, invasive plants such as Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. (Oriental bittersweet) threaten the biodiversity of areas they invade. I examine bittersweet’s effect on the diversity, richness, and total abundance of the...
Mot-clé:
abundance, Celastrus orbiculatus, diversity, invasive species, oriental bittersweet et richness
Assujettir:
Celastrus orbiculatus -- Ecology -- North Carolina -- Biltmore Forest et Plant invasions -- North Carolina -- Biltmore Forest
Socially monogamous birds use biparental care to off-set the high cost of energy, resources, andtime needed to successfully rear their offspring. To be effective, biparental care requirescooperation between the parents. While...
Mot-clé:
biparental care, Carolina chickadee, cooperation, parental effort, parenting styles et reproductive success
As urban development continues to dominate landscapes across the United States, wildlife species are changing their behavior in many ways. Urban animals are often bolder, or less fearful of new stimuli, than rural animals....
Mot-clé:
Behavior, Boldness, FID, Rural, Song sparrow et Urbanization
Assujettir:
Birds -- Flight, Song sparrow, Birds -- Behavior et Urban development
In forests of the southern Appalachians, myrmecochory, or ant-mediated seed dispersal, is a diffuse mutualism between more than 42 species of plants and ants of the genus Aphaenogaster. Myrmecochores produce lipid-rich...
Mot-clé:
Aphaenogaster, Elaiosome, Herb Diversity, Myrmecochory, Rich Cove Forests et Southern Appalachians
Assujettir:
Ants -- Behavior -- Environmental aspects -- North Carolina, Western, Seed dispersal by ants -- North Carolina, Western et Mutualism (Biology) -- North Carolina, Western
The effects of parental care on reproductive success is well studied. Nest building is an important aspect of parental care in birds, but it is not well understood how variation in nest building behavior impacts their...
