Date of Award
Fall 12-15-2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Department
Biology
College
College of Science
First Advisor
Karen Aguirre
Abstract/Description
The intent of my honors thesis is to conduct a comparative analysis of seed banks between Carolina bays of high and low human impact. My study will use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to characterize types of land use within Carolina bays and in 250-m buffer zones. Representative bays from high-impact and low-impact classifications will be chosen as study sites, and seed bank samples will be collected and germinated. While it is beyond the scope of my study to identify a mechanism by which it occurs, I will investigate the presence of a relationship between land use and bay vegetation biodiversity.
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Recommended Citation
Snyder, Maeve, "Seed Bank Study of the Effect of Land Use on Vegetation Diversity in Carolina Bays" (2013). Honors Theses. 37.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/honors-theses/37