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60. Woody Brush Fire Responses in a Western Oklahoma Rangeland
No full textWhen prescribed fire is utilized to control invading tree species in rangelands in concert with grazing, it can provide an increase in grass cover concomitant with a reduction in tree cover. However, over time a lack of woody browsing may lead to increases in brush cover that may outcompete grass species. Following a prescribed 2022 fire to reduce woody species’ abundance, we measured post-fire Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra) characteristics along a transitional sumac edge from interior, stand-edge, and exterior quadrats. Key aspects we measured at all three transition stages included stem counts (both fire-killed and alive post-fire), bare ground percentage, basal and canopy level woody stem counts, and stem heights for both live and dead stems. Our results indicated that the ratio of dead to live sumac stems was not different along the stand transition, however the relative height of alive vs. dead stems increased from interior through stand-edge to exterior quadrats. Average stem counts and heights were greatest on interior quadrats, while bare ground was greatest at stand-edge quadrats. Apparently, prescribed fire in the absence of woody browsers may invigorate sumac stand expansion and persistence.https://dc.swosu.edu/rf_2025/1039/thumbnail.jp
Institutional Characteristics 2024-25
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Vol. 62 No. 1 - Whole No. 412
No full textOMS 4 Updates Mythsoc Steward Position Openings Help Needed in California Reviews and Reports Announcements
Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic
Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to
the study, discussion, and enjoyment of mythic,
mythopoeic, and fantasy literature, especially the works of
J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and other
Inklings. To promote these interests, the Society
maintains a website, social media, and digital archives,
sponsors annual conferences (Mythcon and OMS), grants
annual awards for fiction and scholarship, sponsors
discussion groups, and issues three publications: Mythlore,
our scholarly journal, The Mythic Circle, our literary
magazine, and Mythprint, our newsletter
Divinity and the Void in Chinese and Thai Translations of the \u3ci\u3eAinulindalë\u3c/i\u3e
Get PDFThis article treats Chinese and Thai translations of the opening lines of the Ainulinalë, not to evaluate their fidelity to the original, but to explore the surplus meanings inherent in those languages. From a close reading of the first line emerge several new variations, including a new reading of the name Eru in Chinese, and a changed linguistic register of the Thai version. In each case there is some attempt to resolve the paradox of Eru as primal deity and Tolkien’s use of lower-case “he”—which one would expect to be “He.” Lacking capital letters, the Chinese and Thai translators use lexical solutions to the typographic problem. The second half of the paper deals with Buddhist and Daoist meanings of terms used to translate Void, void (as noun) and void (as adjective)
Evolution Podcast Project: Sexual Dimorphism
No full textTitle: Evolution Podcast Project Teacher: Dr. Marcella Santos Course: Spring 2025 Evolution (BIOL-4853) Recording Month: April 2025
Bryant Franco Sea and Chandlar Perzanowski – Sexual Dimorphis
Physics Alumni Newsletter Spring 2025
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The Physics Alumni Newsletter is produced by the SWOSU Physics Department.
Our Engineering Physics students are recruited in fields such as electronics, aerospace, mechanical engineering, petroleum engineering and software engineering. Graduates also have careers in meteorology, architecture, education and more
Mythopoeic Society Digital Downloads Surpass One Million Downloads Since 2017
Get PDFIn less than eight years, the Mythopoeic Society’s publications have been downloaded more than one million times by readers from around the world. What started as fan-produced lithographs in southern California a few decades ago is now a highly respected print and digital collection of scholarly and artistic works
