SANTRAUKA Tapyba ant šilko – tai menas, artimas jausmams. Ši technologija atsirado Kinijoje ir paplito po visą pasaulį, tik kiekviena tauta tapybą ant šilko suprato ir interpretavo savaip. Tapyba ant šilko šiandien yra labai populiarus ir mielas užsiėmimas. Tapybos ant šilko tecnikos domina ne tik menininkus, bet ir moteris, moytojus bei moksleives. Šis užsiėmimas koordinuoja mokinių veiklą, kuri sužadina smalsumą, aktyvumą, skatina mąstymą. Taigi mano darbo tema: Tapyba ant šilko „Aguonų pieva”. Pasirinkau šį augalo motyvą, nes aguonos – išlikimo ir trapumo simbolis, kuris rečiau sutinkamas lietuvių ornamentikoje, o tai dar labiau paskatino pasidomėti būtent aguonų motyvo tapyba. Darbo tikslas: Paanalizuoti aguonos augalą istorijoje, mitologijoje, simbolikoje, tautosakoje ir pavaizduoti jį tapant ant šilko. Darbo uždaviniai: Panagrinėti aguonos augalo atsiradimo istoriją, simboliką. Paanalizuoti aguonos žiedo reikšmę mitologijoje, tautosakoje. Panagrinėti aguonų neigiamą ir teigiamą poveikį žmogaus sveikatai. Apžvelgti tapybos ant šilko istoriją ir technikas. Paanalizuoti tapybos ant šilko technikų panaudojimą technologijų pamokose. Atlikti kūrybinį darbą „Aguonų pieva“. Metodai. Informacinių šaltinių analizė, mokinių pasiekimų analizė technologijų pamokose, kūrybinis darbas. Šiame darbe aprašomas kūrybinio darbo atlikimas. Savo kūrybiniame darbe pasirinkau vaizduoti aguonų pievą. Aguonų pievos kompoziciją sudaro trys dalys. Sustačius visas tris kompozicijas į vieną... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / SUMMARY Painting on silk - is the art of close feelings. This technology emerged in China and has spread all over the world, but every nation understood the painting on silk and interpreted it in their own way. Paintings on silk are very popular and lovely occupation. Not only artists, but women, teachers and students are interested about painting on silk. This activity coordinates the activities of students, which stimulates curiosity, activity, stimulate thinking. So, my work theme is: Painting on silk “Poppy meadow”. I chose this motif of a plant, because poppy - a symbol of survival and fragility, which is less frequently encountered in Lithuanian ornamentation and this reason, further encouraged finding out precisely poppy motif paintings. Work aim: to analyze the poppy crop in history, mythology, symbolism, and folklore represented by painting on silk. Work tasks: To explore the history and symbolism of poppy plants; To analyze the significance of poppies ring in mythology and folklore; To explore the poppy negative and positive effects for human health; To review the history and techniques of painting on silk; To analyze the techniques of painting on silk adaptation in technology lessons; To do a creative work: “ Poppy meadow”. Work methods: Information Resource analysis; student achievement analysis in technology lessons, creative work. This work describes the performance of creative work. I decided to paint a poppy meadow. The composition of... [to full text]

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kentucky, 2008. / Title from document title page (viewed on May 12, 2008). Document formatted into pages; contains: xvi, 221 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-219).

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 1994. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-46). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Geography.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Geography. / Electronic thesis. Also available in print ed.

Thesis (doctoral)--Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2006. / Errata sheet inserted. Appendix includes reproductions of papers and manuscripts co-authored with Åke Berg. Includes bibliographical references. Issued also electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format; online version lacks appendix of papers.

Thesis (doctoral)--Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2006. / Title from PDF file as viewed on 11/28/2006. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print. Print version includes appendices.

It is an unresolved paradox that non-native species are successful in novel environments whereas native species, presumably adapted to that environment, decline. This knowledge gap has persisted because third party processes in invasion ecology have been overlooked. Ungulate densities are increasing due to the eradication of predators and landscape change and I asked how herbivory and invasion might interact to cause declines of native species. In Garry oak meadows, Canada’s most endangered ecosystem, native forbs have declined relative to non-native grasses and I tested the facilitatory role of herbivory in that degradation. My investigations, novel to the field, were conducted on islands spanning the Canada-US border. Islands served as natural experimental units in a mensurative study of abundance patterns in seven plant groups and 15 focal species along gradients of herbivory, biogeography, soil depth, and human activities. Increasing ungulate densities were related to declines in abundances of native forbs, and increasing abundances of non-native annual grasses. These regional patterns were upheld by two plot-based, 2x2 factorial experiments that contrasted the fitness of native species under manipulations of herbivory and competition for light. Specifically, I showed that ungulates limited the establishment, growth, survival and reproduction of seedlings and transplanted native forbs and shrubs and that competition from non-native species had little effect. I also calculated forage selectivity indices and tested the efficacy of fencing and cutting to reduce competition, for the restoration of native community biomass. Non-native annual grasses were rarely browsed and increased with increasing ungulate density. Non-native perennial grasses declined with herbivory, however, their regional abundances were unaffected by ungulate density despite being preferentially foraged. That non-native annual and perennial grasses differed in their responses to herbivory has consequences for restoration and illustrates the challenge of developing a comprehensive theory of invasion. Reducing ungulates, necessary for the recovery of native forbs, also benefits non-native perennial grasses and therefore their removal speed recovery of Garry oak meadows. Despite advances in invasion ecology, scientists and managers are disconnected and research is rarely implemented. I conclude by proposing seven solutions to facilitate the integration of science into management. / Forestry, Faculty of / Graduate

This research examined a single bulb-bearing edible plant species, yellow glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum ). Three main approaches to the research were taken: 1) an ecological study, to determine the general habitat requirements of the species in western Canada, and to investigate the nature of vegetative reproduction in the species; 2) an ethnobotanical study, consisting of an extensive literature search for all recorded First Nations' uses of the species (in Canada and elsewhere), in addition to interviews with contemporary Interior Salish elders; 3) a nutritional study, examining in detail the nutritional characteristics of the bulbs, and particularly changes in the carbohydrate content over the course of the growing season and with different types of treatments. The ecological data indicate that E. grandiflorum is more abundant in meadow environments or sites with deciduous cover than in sites with coniferous forest cover. Flowering plants tended to be more abundant and robust at low elevation meadows, while seedlings and juveniles were disproportionately represented at high elevation meadows. Decreased juvenile success in the low-elevation meadows may be related to relatively high litter from shrubs and grasses. Experimental data indicate that appendages on the bulbs, which persist as remnants of previous years' bulbs, can act as vegetative propagules if mechanically separated. In addition, both bulbs and appendages were successfully transplanted over a two-year period from a subalpine meadow to a very different habitat type, 1500 m lower in elevation. The ethnobotanical review confirms that the species was traditionally a highly significant root resource for northern plateau peoples, particularly the Secwepemc and Nlaka'pamux peoples, for probably thou.sands of years. These peoples collected, stored, and traded large quantities of the bulbs, and the traditional processing strategies generally included drying and pit-cooking. People developed a detailed ecological understanding of the species, and practiced active resource management strategies. Nutritional results indicated a carbohydrate-rich food resource, with the main storage carbohydrate consisting of starch (not inulin or other fructan) through most of the growing season. There are significant quantities of sugars (including fructo-oligosaccharides) present at the beginning of the growing season, but starch increases rapidly and peaks (along with overall food value) in the early (green) fruit stage of growth. For bulbs at the fruiting stage, drying markedly increases sugars in the bulbs relative to starch, while pit-cooking the dried bulbs does not have significant effects on relative amounts of carbohydrates. However, pit-cooking has important qualitative effects on the appearance, taste, and possibly storage properties of the bulbs, as well as representing an efficient processing strategy. I argue that traditional harvesting and management strategies practiced by First Nations people (including tilling, thinning, replanting of appendages, and landscape burning) mean that the ecology and ethnobotany of the species cannot be considered in isolation. Based on previous ecological and ethnoecological work on this and similar species, it seems likely that yellow glacier lily is adapted to a periodic, moderate disturbance regime, which traditional practices may have mimicked or enhanced. / Graduate

Meadows are important within forest ecosystems because they provide diverse species habitats, facilitate water cycling, help with sediment capture, aid in carbon sequestration, and create natural fire breaks in forested regions. However, fire suppression, poor grazing practices, and climate change have accelerated the encroachment of conifers into historical meadow habitat. This has led to an extensive loss of meadow habitat within the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountain Ranges. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to quantify changes in percent soil moisture and groundwater levels following the removal of encroached lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) in a historic meadow habitat near Lake Almanor, California. A before-after control-intervention (BACI) study design was used, with Marian Meadow (MM) as the control and Rock Creek Meadow (RCM) as the restored meadow. Soil moisture and groundwater level data was collected one year before (water year 2019), and three years after (water years 2020-2023) the removal of lodgepole pine from RCM in the fall of 2020. This data was then analyzed using multiple linear regression and estimated marginal means (EMMs) models. Percent soil moisture increased each year after restoration, with significant increases from pre-restoration values occurring in year 2 and year 3 post-restoration. The overall mean soil moisture content increased from 30.69% (pre-restoration) to 40.42% by the 3rd year post-restoration. Groundwater has had a much more mixed response to restoration, with the 1st year post-restoration seeing a significant decrease in groundwater availability. Years 2 and 3 showed gradual recovery of groundwater levels, although on average they were still less than pre-restoration groundwater levels. This can likely be attributed to moderate drought occurring in the 2020 and 2021 water years. Sources of variability include the 2021 Dixie Fire which burned through both meadows at different severity levels, gaps in the data due to issues with the data loggers, differences in snowmelt timing, and differences in soil attributes. Collectively, however, all these factors converge toward a wetter meadow habitat. Hopefully, the results of this research will help promote a better understanding of how meadow restoration can improve California forestland management.