Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wyoming, 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 22, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

The Mountain Meadows Massacre is widely considered to be the most violent and controversial event in Utah’s history. This qualitative study investigates how the massacre has been portrayed to Utah’s schoolchildren through the state’s history and social studies curricula, and why curricular narratives of the massacre have changed with time. The study presents a content analysis documenting changes in curricular narratives of the Mountain Meadows Massacre from the years 1908-2011. The content analysis also compares these narratives with four concurrent sources providing narratives of the massacre: (a) public monuments commemorating the massacre, (b) curricular narratives published by Utah’s dominant religious and cultural institution—The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church), (c) Paiute Indian narratives of the massacre, and (d) scholarly histories. Using a continuum of Mormon/Paiute culpability as a frame of reference, this research employs literatures from the theory of ideology in curriculum, multicultural education theory, postcolonial theory, and Mormon historiography to provide critical analysis of changes in narratives of the massacre. Data drawn from this analysis are used to answer the following question: What factors have contributed to changes over time in how the Mountain Meadows Massacre has been portrayed in Utah’s public school curricula? The response to this question provides a basis for discussing and understanding the relationship between hegemony and curriculum in Utah society.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2008. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-196). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Šio darbo metu buvo ištirta ir įvertinta buvusių bebrų patvankų vietose ir ant bebrų trobelių susiformavusi augalija, jos pokyčiai laike priklausomai nuo apleistų bebraviečių amžiaus. Taip pat bebrų pievų augalija buvo palyginta su sąlyginai natūralių šlapių pievų augalija. Transformuotų bebrų buveinių fitocenozių tyrimai atlikti 2007 – 2010 metų liepos – rugsėjo mėnesiais palei Sąvalkos upelį (Vilniaus r., Nemenčinės apylinkės, Pailgės km.) esančiose trijose apleistose bebrų ir trijose natūraliose šlapiose pievose, o 21 bebrų trobelės augalija buvo tiriama Vilniaus, Molėtų ir Širvintų rajonuose. Pievose pagal Braun-Blanquet metodiką buvo aprašyti 48 (4 m2 kiekvienas) tiriamieji laukeliai, o ant bebrų trobelių 21 (vid. 10 m2 kiekvienas). Jie leido nustatyti tirtų augimviečių floristinę sudėtį, identifikuoti ir aprašyti augalų bendrijas, nustatyti ekologinius augalų poreikius bei įvertinti apleistų bebrų pievų augalijos pokyčius priklausomai nuo bebraviečių amžiaus. Apleistose bebrų pievose išskirtos 113 induočių augalų rūšių, natūraliose šlapiose pievose – 109, o ant bebrų trobelių 104. Apleistose bebrų pievose formuojasi įvairios augalų bendrijos, tačiau tirtose pievose dažniausios buvo Molinio-Arrhenatheretea elatioris R. Tx. 1937 klasei priklausančios bendrijos. pagal Ellenberg’o skalę vertinti augalų ekologiniai poreikiai apleistose bebravietėse, natūraliose šlapiose pievose ir ant bebrų trobelių iš esmės yra panašūs. Visose tirtose buveinėse vyravo mezofitai. Tačiau yra... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The work presents exploration and evaluation of the data on the vegetation which forms on beaver lodges and in abandoned beaver meadows and its alteration in time. Likewise, comparison of the abandoned beaver meadows phytocenoses with the plant communities of naturally flooded meadows is presented. Research on meadows phytocenoses occured in 2007 – 2008, each year explorations were holding from July till August, in Sąvalka stream valleys (East Lithuania). Three abandoned beaver meadows and three naturally flooded meadows were explored. Botanical composition of plants communities was determined using Braun-Blanquet method (Braun-Blanquet, 1964), took 48 squares, each 4 m2, in six meadows and 21 squares on beaver lodges, each 10 m2 , and evaluating all plant species from them. The scale of H. Ellenberg (2001) was used to decide plants species attachment to hydrological regime, soil reaction, and trophical features of abodes. Coefficients of Sörensen and Jaccard (Dombois-Mueller, Ellenberg, 1974) were used to express floristical similarity of communities. In abandoned beaver meadows 109 plant species were identified meanwhile in naturally flooded meadows – 100; 104 plant species were identified on beaver lodges. Various phytocenoses are formed in beaver meadows, however, communities belonging to the Cl. Molinio-Arrhenatheretea elatioris R. Tx. 1937 are the most frequent. In comparison with naturally flooded meadows, phytocenoses of beaver meadows are distinguished by the... [to full text]

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, June, 2006. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-207)

The endangered willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) breeds in mountain meadows in the Sierra Nevada, which have been intensively modified, especially reducing meadow wetness, which favors easy access for mammalian predators to reach nesting areas in the meadow interior. High nest predation frequency is one of the main factors for willow flycatcher and other passerines? populations decline. I conducted trapping in wet and dry areas on 10 meadows in May?August of 2007 and 2008 to identify the assemblage of potential mammalian nest predators. I compared the predator activity between wet and dry areas of the meadows and determined the relationship between predator activity with vegetation and hydrology of the meadows. In 2008, I used radio-telemetry on deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and yellow-pine chipmunks (Tamias amoenus) to determine their movement patterns across wet and dry areas, and between forest and meadow. My results showed that chipmunks? and squirrels? activity was restricted almost to dry areas. The activity of yellow-pine chipmunks was 96% and 97% higher in dry versus wet areas in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Voles, mice, and shrews were active in both site types. Voles (Microtus spp.) and shrews (Sorex spp.) were in general more active in wet areas versus dry areas in 2007. Deer mice were equally active in both site types in 2007 and more active in wet areas in 2008. Between years, predators were 68% more active in wet areas in 2007 compared to 2008, and similarly 52% more active in dry areas. Radio-tagged deer mice used the forest and the meadow and were more common in dry areas, whereas yellowpine chipmunks used more the forest than the meadows and were active only in dry areas. Passerines nesting in drier areas are exposed to a larger assemblage of potential predators and are more likely to be predated. My results suggest that increasing the proportion of inundated areas in the meadows would help reduce predator activity (especially chipmunks and squirrels) and consequently nest predation, helping increase flycatcher numbers. In addition, wetter conditions will favor an increment in food availability for flycatchers and an increment in willow cover, which consequently will provide more nesting substrate and will help increase nest concealment.

Thesis (D. Ed. Min.)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008. / Abstract. Description based on Microfiche version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-157).

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.

Meadows are critical in arid and semi-arid Argentinean Patagonia because of their importance for regional biodiversity. Despite this, little information on the spatial distribution of meadows is available and no analysis of the potential effect of climate change on meadows has been performed, which hampers conservation planning. In this study, I modeled the spatial distribution of meadows and investigated how climate change may affect the current distribution of meadows in arid and semiarid Patagonia by 2050. In addition, I investigated conservation status and areas of desertification vulnerability of those areas predicted to contain meadows. I used high-resolution imagery available in Google Earth software to visually estimate presence and absence of meadows. To model current and future distribution of meadows I used these observations and different socio-environmental predictor variables. I implemented generalized linear, additive, boosting, and random forest models, as the basis for a mean ensemble technique. I predicted future distribution of meadows using four different general circulation models and the A2 SERES scenario. The final ensemble model was an accurate representation of the current distribution of meadows in Patagonia and indicates they are severely under-represented within protected areas. I determined that overall meadow abundance is going to decrease by 2050 given the changes in climate. However, there were two contrasting trends: severe reduction of meadows in northwest Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego Island, and an expansion of suitable areas for meadows in the south and a small section in the northwest. This first regional map of meadow distribution across Argentinean Patagonia and information on meadows vulnerability to climate change represent key information for planning actions to conserve this critical habitat.