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Ice Age Mapping as a Case Study: Interactive Cartography and Big Open Data in Paleoecology
(2020)Online interactive mapping interfaces are valuable tools in paleoecological and global change research, because these maps demonstrate key ecological concepts such as species moving through time and space and the effects ... -
Identifying Optimal Restoration Sites to Connect Prairie Remnants in Southwest Wisconsin
(2018)Wisconsin prairies are significantly reduced from their original pre-settlement range. Remaining remnants are often small, fragmented and isolated making them vulnerable to environmental threats and prairie-dependent species ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on UW-Madison's Community Members’ Consumer Behavior and Economic Security, and what this Means for Local Businesses
(2020-12-14)Since the beginning of COVID-19 the UW-Madison community as well as communities around the world have been affected in numerous ways, particularly in ways pertaining to their local economy. Both students and businesses in ... -
The Impact of Logging on White-Tailed Deer During the 1800s: Northwoods Wisconsin Case Study
(2001-05)The current persistence of white-tailed deer population fluctuations cannot be understood without fully analyzing and appreciating northern Wisconsin's environmental history, particularly logging-induced population ... -
Impact of Time Step On the Results of a Fully-Distributed Watershed Model for Scenario Analysis
(2019)Major storms are significant drivers of runoff from agricultural areas, which implies that modeling watershed processes at smaller time steps, such as hourly versus daily, will allow such effects to be expressed in a ... -
Implementation of Agrarian Reform in North Sumatra, Indonesia: the Productiveness of Institutional Fragmentation
(2018)Over the past few years, the Government of Indonesia has set out to implement an ambitious goal of formally changing land tenure arrangements on over 20 million hectares of land across the country. With the official intention ... -
Implementing CAMPFIRE as a Sustainable Land-use Strategy: an Cultural-Historical Analysis of Wildlife in Zimbabwe's Communal Lands
(1998)This thesis addresses the concept of CAMPFIRE, the acronym for Communal Areas Management Program for Indigenous Resources, as a sustainable land-use option in Zimbabwe's ecologically marginal Communal Lands, and in so doing ... -
Implications of Climate Change Driven Flooding in the McCaslin Brook Watershed
(2011-05-09)Locate parcels affected by flooding due to changes in precipitation in the McCaslin Brook Watershed in Oconto County, WI. A series of precipitation scenarios based on climate models are evaluated to assess local climate ... -
The Implications of Interactions Among Environmental Rehabilitation, Social Safety Net and Microfinance Programs to Resource Access and Vulnerability in Tigray, Ethiopia
(2012)The current study will examine implementation of the Food Security Program in Ethiopia as an integrated approach to poverty alleviation which includes development trends to understand how they interact in practice for a ... -
Implications of Madison's Cycling Policies for a Heterogeneous Population
(2011)With the emerging importance of bicycling as a sustainable form of transportation, coupled with its health benefits enhancing quality of life, understanding the ways bicycle policy is being addressed by cities is crucial ... -
In Search of a Sustainable Future Barriers to Organic Food Production in the Rock River Basin
(2009-12)Organic is fast becoming a buzzword on the lips of everyone from politicians and scientists to weekend grocery shoppers. Defining organic, however, is challenging without comparison to conventional production methods. ... -
The Influence of Climate, Cattle Density and Lake Morphology on Sporormiella Abundances in Modern Lake Sediments in the U.S. Great Plains
(2011)Sporormiella, a genus of coprophilous fungus, is increasingly used as a qualitative proxy for megafaunal density. Decreased spore abundances in late-Pleistocene and Holocene sediments are thought to signal prehistoric ... -
Influence of Land Use Change on Grant River Hydrology, Grant County, Wisconsin
(2008-07-21)Over the past two centuries, widespread agriculture has been significantly altering the landscape. It is known that agriculture can significantly alter hydrologic processes and increase soil erosion. While corn is the ... -
Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Cartography: Using Deep Learning for Map Style Transfer and Map Generalization
(2020)Maps have always been considered as a combination of science and art. Following a set of stylistic design criteria that integrates human creativity, perception, and experience, cartographers are able to produce unique map ... -
Interaction of Human Settlement, Vegetation Patterns and Soils in the Northern Minnesota Prairie-Forest Region from the Euro-American Settlement Era to Present
(2017)From studying pollen and charcoal in lake sediments, scientists have reconstructed the past climate, fire frequency, and intensity as well as the vegetation patterns in the state of Minnesota. They concluded that the climate ... -
Interview with Elizabeth Emerson and Mark Lawrence, Washington, D.C. architects
(2018-05-08)This interview was conducted as part of Rebecca Summer's research for the dissertation "The Urban Alley: A Hidden Landscape of Social Change in Washington, D.C." Emerson and Lawrence are the architects of E/L Studio and ... -
Interview with Giorgio Furioso, Washington, D.C. developer
(2018-05-08)This interview was conducted as part of Rebecca Summer's research for the dissertation "The Urban Alley: A Hidden Landscape of Social Change in Washington, D.C." The interview covers real estate development and real estate ... -
Interview with Nick Burger, Washington, D.C. neighborhood representative
(2018-01-12)This interview was conducted as part of Rebecca Summer's research for the dissertation "The Urban Alley: A Hidden Landscape of Social Change in Washington, D.C." Burger is an elected commissioner for the ANC 6B (Advisory ... -
Interview with Nooni Reatig, Washington, D.C. architect
(2018-01-04)This interview was conducted as part of Rebecca Summer's research for the dissertation "The Urban Alley: A Hidden Landscape of Social Change in Washington, D.C." Reatig is an architect and developer at Suzane Reatig ... -
Investigating Successional Dynamics in Naturally-Regenerated Tropical Forests of Puerto Rico: Testing and Learning from a Chronosequence Approach
(2014)Globally, naturally‐regenerated secondary forests account for 57% of total forest cover, with most regrowth occurring on former pasture and cropland. These anthropogenic forests may provide important ecosystem goods and ...