The Benefits of Aerial Hunting for Feral Hog Management in Southeast Texas Pasture and Rangelands

Abstract The Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS), vector analysis, and critical level approaches are diagnostic tools commonly used for assessing nutrient status of trees by foliar analysis. This study evaluated the relative merits of the three approaches for identifying N and P deficiencies in stands of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) in southeast Texas. Only 25% of the time did all three approaches select the same stands as N deficient, and only once did they agree that a stand was N sufficient. The three approaches agreed 25% of the time that stands were P deficient and 13% of the time that stands were P sufficient. No method was universally accurate in predicting response across soil groups. The critical level approach proved best for identifying all responsive sites, and it would be useful if the cost of fertilization was deemed low in comparison with the cost of lost growth when responsive sites are not fertilized. The DRIS approach failed to identify some responsive sites, but a high proportion of the sites it predicted would respond, did respond. It would be useful if the cost of fertilization were deemed high in comparison with the cost of lost growth when responsive sites are not fertilized. The vector analysis approach proved most useful because of its ability to predict response to N and P when added together. Soil group alone was a reasonable predictor of response to fertilization. South. J. Appl. For. 25(2):84–87.

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Analysis of waterway transportation in Southeast Texas waterway based on AIS data

Ocean Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.oceaneng.2016.05.012 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 121 ◽

pp. 196-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Xing Wu ◽

Aesha L. Mehta ◽

Victor A. Zaloom ◽

Brian N. Craig

Keyword(s):

Southeast Texas

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Sapling growth and survivorship as affected by light and flooding in a river floodplain forest of southeast Texas

Oecologia ◽

10.1007/s00442-004-1522-6 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 139 (3) ◽

pp. 399-407 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Jie Lin ◽

Paul A. Harcombe ◽

Mark R. Fulton ◽

Rosine W. Hall

Keyword(s):

Floodplain Forest ◽

River Floodplain ◽

Sapling Growth ◽

Southeast Texas

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A Model for Evaluating Hunting and Contraception as Feral Hog Population Control Methods

Ecologist-Developed Spatially-Explicit Dynamic Landscape Models ◽

10.1007/978-1-4614-1257-1_8 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 133-150

Author(s):

Jennifer L. Burton ◽

Marina Drigo ◽

Ying Li ◽

Ariane Peralta ◽

Johanna Salzer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Population Control ◽

Control Methods ◽

Feral Hog

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Literature update for Texas fleshy basidiomycota with new vouchered records for southeast Texas

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas ◽

10.17348/jbrit.v14.i2.1023 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 465-479

Author(s):

David P. Lewis ◽

Clark L. Ovrebo ◽

N. Jay Justice

Keyword(s):

New Taxa ◽

New Records ◽

Southeast Texas

This is a second paper documenting the literature records for Texas fleshy basidiomycetous fungi and includes both older literature and recently published papers. We report 80 literature articles which include 13 new taxa described from Texas. We also report on 120 new records of fleshy basdiomycetous fungi collected primarily from southeast Texas.

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In-person and cyber dating abuse: A longitudinal investigation

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/02654075211065202 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 026540752110652

Author(s):

Yu Lu ◽

Joris Van Ouytsel ◽

Jeff R. Temple

Keyword(s):

High School Students ◽

Panel Analysis ◽

School Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Dating Abuse ◽

Longitudinal Investigation ◽

Southeast Texas ◽

Cyber Dating Abuse ◽

Longitudinal Associations ◽

One Year

While studies have identified associations between cyber and in-person dating abuse, most research has relied on cross-sectional data, limiting the ability to determine temporality. This study tested the longitudinal associations between cyber and physical and psychological forms of in-person dating abuse. Data were from an ongoing longitudinal study following a group of high school students originally recruited in Southeast Texas, US, into their young adulthood. Three waves of data (Waves 4–6) were used, with each wave collected one year apart. At Wave 4, participants’ age ranged from 16 years to 20 years (mean = 18.1, median = 18.0, SD = .78). The analytical sample consisted of 879 adolescents/young adults (59% female, 41% male; 32% Hispanics, 28% Black, 29% White, and 11% other) who completed the dating abuse questions. Cross-lagged panel analysis showed that dating abuse victimization and perpetration were predictive of subsequent dating abuse of the same type. Cyber dating abuse perpetration was found to predict subsequent physical dating abuse perpetration as well as physical dating abuse victimization, but not vice versa. Further, cyber dating abuse perpetration predicted psychological dating abuse victimization, but not vice versa. Cyber dating abuse victimization was not significantly associated with either physical or psychological dating abuse temporally. Overall, findings suggest that cyber dating abuse perpetration may be a risk marker for both physical and psychological forms of in-person dating abuse. Interventions may benefit from targeting cyber dating abuse perpetration as means to prevent in-person dating abuse.

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Simulation of 5DOF Model for Arial Grasping

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.772.381 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 772 ◽

pp. 381-387

Author(s):

Haniyeh Rashidi Fathabadi ◽

Afshin Banazadeh ◽

Fariborz Saghafi

Keyword(s):

Trajectory Optimization ◽

Vertical Plane ◽

Initial Position ◽

Degree Of Freedom ◽

Mathematical Representation ◽

Additional Mass ◽

Additional Degree ◽

Air Vehicle ◽

Euler Approach ◽

Aerial Hunting

This study presents dynamic modeling and simulation of an air vehicle consisting of a body, gripper and a claw. This model is inspired from birds’ aerial hunting, while considering the extra degree of freedom associated with the claw. For a manipulator like a gripper, additional degree of freedom creates more flexibility for grasping. The main contribution of this paper focuses on the development of a model that is suitable for trajectory optimization in grasping phase. Mathematical representation of the system is developed based on the Newton-Euler approach in MATLAB-Simulink environment, considering the motion in vertical plane. The dynamic behavior of the system is evaluated by simulation in variety situations and sensitivity analysis is carried out to determine and characterize the parameters having the most and least effects on grasping. It is shown that the initial position of the gripper and the claw as well as the additional mass that is added to the system in grasping phase make considerable changes in the dynamics that necessitates the use of the control system. In addition, smooth trajectories and controls are obtained by adding friction to the system in order to avoid dynamic divergence.

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Comparison of Planted Loblolly and Slash Pine Performance in Southeast Texas

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry ◽

10.1093/sjaf/17.1.26 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 26-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. David Lenhart ◽

Gary D. Kronrad ◽

Michael S. Fountain

Keyword(s):

Loblolly Pine ◽

Tree Height ◽

Pinus Elliottii ◽

Slash Pine ◽

Volume Index ◽

Fusiform Rust ◽

Tree Diameter ◽

Stem Straightness ◽

Southeast Texas ◽

Total Tree

Abstract The performance of young (less than 10 yr) loblolly (Pinus taeda L.) and slash (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) pine trees was compared on planted sites in southeast Texas. Performance was compared for: total tree height; tree diameter; height to live tree crown; tree volume index,; incidenceof fusiform rust (Cronartium quercuum [Berk.] Miyabe ex Shirai f. sp. fusiforme); crookedness of stems; and survival rates. For these young trees, slash pine tended to perform better in southeast Texas than loblolly pine in total tree height, tree diameter, stem size, height to first livebranch and stem straightness. However, loblolly pine was less susceptible to fusiform rust than slash pine, and its mortality rate was lower than slash pine. However, based on the performance of these young plantations, a recommendation on the preferred pine species to plant in southeast Texasmight be premature. South. J. Appl. For. 17(1):26-31.

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