Search Results - "SEAGLE, S. W"

Application of a forest gap model for prediction of browsing effects on riparian forest succession by Seagle, Steven W., Liang, Suh-Yuen

“…Selective browsing by white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus) severely impacts seedling dynamics within riparian forests on the Patuxent Research Refuge,…”
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Landscape patterns in soil microbial processes in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania by Ruess, R. W., Seagle, S. W.

“…The Serengeti ecosystem contains some of Africa's most geobotanically diverse landscapes and supports some of the highest primary and secondary production on…”
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Large Mammals and Process Dynamics in African Ecosystems by McNaughton, S. J., Ruess, R. W., Seagle, S. W.

“…Nutrient availability is probabilistic at all trophic levels in tropical savannas, because stochastic rainfall events result in a distribution of soil moisture…”
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Can ungulates foraging in a multiple-use landscape alter forest nitrogen budgets? by Seagle, Steven W

“…Ungulates alter nutrient dynamics within many of Earth's ecosystems. However, whether foraging ungulates transfer nutrients among ecosystems at a magnitude…”
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Simulated Effects of Grazing on Soil Nitrogen and Mineralization in Contrasting Serengeti Grasslands by Seagle, Steven W., McNaughton, S. J., Ruess, Roger W.

“…The roles of edaphic characteristics and grazing in regulating nitrogen cycling and belowground processes were simulated for the shortgrass and tallgrass…”
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Browsing and Microhabitat Effects on Riparian Forest Woody Seedling Demography by Liang, Suh Yuen, Seagle, Steven W.

“…Forest seedling demography and seedling diversity are commonly impacted by spatially variable microhabitat effects on germination and establishment. For many…”
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Effects of disturbance on nitrogen export from forested lands of the Chesapeake Bay watershed by ESHLEMAN, K. N, GARDNER, R. H, SEAGLE, S. W, CASTRO, N. M, FISCUS, D. A, WEBB, J. R, GALLOWAY, J. N, DEVINEY, F. A, HERLIHY, A. T

“…The objective of this research project is to develop, test, validate, and demonstrate an analytical framework for assessing regional-scale forest disturbance…”
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Simulated effects of precipitation and nitrogen on Serengeti grassland productivity by Seagle, S.W. (Maryland System Univ., Frostburg, MD (USA). Appalachian Environmental Lab.), McNaughton, S.J

“…In the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, precipitation and soil nitrogen vary greatly between northwestern tallgrass areas and southeastern shortgrass areas,…”
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Comparing estimates of forest site quality in old second-growth oak forests by Sturtevant, Brian R, Seagle, Steven W

“…Site index is a useful tool for evaluating forest site quality, but the application of site index is currently problematic within the central Appalachian…”
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Faunal Richness and Turnover on Dynamic Landscapes: A Simulation Study by Seagle, Steven W., Shugart, H. H.

“…A first-order Markow model is developed to simulate habitat dynamics on landscape islands of differing areal extent. Colonization of these islands is then…”
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Competition and Coexistence of Small Mammals in an East Tennessee Pine Plantation by Seagle, Steven W.

“…Microhabitat use and niche characteristics of Peromyscus leucopus, Ochrotomys nuttalli and Blarina brevicauda were examined in a pine plantation on the Oak…”
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Modeling white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus population control by contraception by Seagle, Steven W., Close, John D.

“…Large populations of white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus present conservation problems in suburban landscapes because of limited population control…”
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Patterns of Small Mammal Microhabitat Utilization in Cedar Glade and Deciduous Forest Habitats by Seagle, Steven W.

“…Differential microhabitat use by the small mammals inhabiting a cedar glade and a deciduous forest was investigated using discriminant function analysis of 30…”
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Species Abundance, Niche Position, and Niche Breadth for Five Terrestrial Animal Assemblages by Seagle, Steven W., McCracken, Gary F.

“…Dueser and Shugart (1979) inherently assumed in their analyses that unequal sample sizes due to differing abundances contain information of biological interest…”
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Forest productivity predicts invertebrate biomass and ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) reproduction in Appalachian landscapes by Seagle, Steven W., Sturtevant, Brian R.

“…Forest-floor detrital food webs are sustained by annual inputs of leaf fall. However, it is unknown whether this bottom-up effect extends to vertebrates…”
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Modeling white-tailed deer Odocoeileus virginianus population control by contraception by SEAGLE, S. W, CLOSE, J. D

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Landscape patterns in soil microbial precesses in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania by Ruess, R W, Seagle, S W

“…A study attempted to characterize landscape patterns in soil microbial processes across the Serengeti. A large variation in soil physical/chemical…”
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Simulated effects of grazing on soil nitrogen and mineralization in constrasting Serengeti grasslands by SEAGLE, S. W, MCNAUGHTON, S. J, RUESS, R. W

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Spatial variation in forage nutrient concentrations and the distribution of Serengeti grazing ungulates by Seagle, Steven W., McNaughton, S. J.

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