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How do Plant-Microbial Interactions Influence Plasticity Under Novel...
Field Methods: We propose to explore the effects of plant-microbial interactions on plasticity in flowering time and growth of populations from a broad latitudinal gradient. We... -
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Cades Cove White-tailed Deer Monitoring...
Nighttime roadside spotlight counts of white-tailed deer in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park -
Appalachian Trail Visitor Impact Assessments to Enhance Sustainability and...
We will visit two 5k segments within GRSM as part of a larger research study on the Appalachian Trail to take an array of measurements on the condition of the A.T. tread and to... -
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Deer Exclosure Vegetation Monitoring Database
This is the monitoring database for the deer exclosure project in the park -
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fisheries Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) Surveys
These data represent an assessment of Ichthyofaunal community structure in selected streams located in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM). Sites are sampled on a... -
Great Smoky Mountains All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) Plot Vegetation...
These data encompass all of the vegetation inventory data collected by GRSM Inventory and Monitoring staff from 1998 to 2002. Protocols for these plots mostly follow Jenkins... -
The Evolutionary Genetics of Mushroom-feeding Drosophila in Great Smoky...
Field Methods: Fly collections. Drosophila will be collected from forests during summer months (May to October) by sweep-netting or aspirating over naturally-occurring... -
Vascular Plant and Lichen Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Researchers are conducting watershed by watershed surveys for lichens and vascular plants in the park, especially to note locations of new and rare species. In 1999, this team... -
Changes in Woody Fuel Loading and Ericaceous Shrub Cover from 2003 to 2019...
Field Methods: In 2003-2004, 180 locations within Great Smoky Mountains National Park were visited to inventory overstory composition, fuels, and ericaceous shrub cover (Waldrop... -
Lepidoptera Survey of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
"PI conducted invenotry work of the lepidoptera, especially moths, of the park for the ATBI. Just under 900 species of moths and butterflies were known from the park before... -
Ultrasonic Acoustics of the Federally Endangered Carolina Northern Flying...
Field Methods: To determine distribution and habitat occupancy of Carolina Northern Flying Squirrels (CNFS) with GSMNP, I will randomly place detectors in high-elevation spruce-... -
Lepidoptera Survey of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
"PI conducted invenotry work of the lepidoptera, especially moths, of the park for the ATBI. Just under 900 species of moths and butterflies were known from the park before... -
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Elk Exclosure Vegetation Monitoring
This database contains all long-term vegetation monitoring data related to elk (Cervus elaphus) reintroduction and management in GRSM. Each vegetation plot consists of an... -
Great Smoky Mountain National Park Monitoring Wells: Proposed Inclusion into...
Field Methods: Each proposed well will need to be accessed, video-logged, and equipped with a locking cap. Video-logging will allow the North Carolina Division of Water... -
Genetic Characterization of Feral Swine in Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
Field Methods: As a component of feral swine control measures conducted by National Park Service employees within Great Smoky Mountain National Park, I would request that either... -
Great Smoky Mountains National Park American Beech Monitoring
This database includes ratings of branch dieback, defoliation, beech scale and presence of Nectria spp. on high elevation American beech at least 3.5 cm in diameter in ten 20m x... -
Bird Genoscape Project - Mapping the Flyways of the Birds of North America.
Field Methods: Birds will be captured via passive mist netting as well as by using target taxa song playbacks. The use of species-specific song playbacks will reduce the... -
Fine-scale Genetic Structure in the Desmognathus quadramaculatus-marmoratus Complex.
Field Methods: I will sample salamanders at five locations within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Collections will take place during June 2015. D. quadramaculatus and D.... -
GIS evaluation of elk data in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Summary of proposed field methods and activities: Using data collected from NPS staff to analyze information on elk caving areas. -
Great Smoky Mountains National Park American Holly Monitoring
The data is from a multi-year study of the impact of an unidentified defoliator. Collected data include: diameter, height, crown class, percent live crown ratio, percent crown...