Date of Award

7-1-1986

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Biology

First Advisor

Dr. Thomas Bragg

Abstract

The woody vegetative composition of the Oak Glen Wildlife Management Area, a disjunct oak woodland in Seward County, Nebraska, was assessed using the Point-Quarter method. Based on data from three size categories, the presettlement composition of the woodland appears to have been a bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) dominated community which, based on spacing and growth form, may have been savanna-like. Under present management, this community is succeeding to one consisting primarily of elm (Ulmus spp.), and hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

Comments

A Thesis Presented to the Department of Biology and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts University of Nebraska at Omaha. Copyright 1986 Debra Ann Beightol.

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