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A Denroecological Analysis of Disturbance of Remnant Pinus Palustris, Southeastern Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 2006-04-28)
Pinus palustris Miller (longleaf pine), in Virginia, is at the northernmost extent of its range. During presettlement times, this species occurred throughout the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of Virginia in pure and mixed ...
We the "White" People: Race, Culture, and the Virginia Constitution of 1902
(Virginia Tech, 2003-09-29)
In 1902, in an effort to reestablish what they saw as whites' natural right to control government rule over blacks, the delegates to Virginia's Constitutional Convention of 1901-1902 declared the new constitution law that ...
On the Path to Slavery: Indentured Servitude in Barbados and Virginia during the Seventeenth Century
(Virginia Tech, 2000-04-18)
This is an investigation and analysis of the institution of indentured servitude in the English colonies of Virginia and Barbados in the first half of the seventeenth century. It argues that the system of indentured ...
"United in Interest and Feeling:" The Political Culture of Union in the Virginia Borderland, 1850 - 1861
(Virginia Tech, 2014-05-05)
This thesis explores the role of political culture in the secession of two Virginia counties: Augusta and Rockbridge. These two counties, which in 1850 were staunchly loyal to the Union, shifted loyalties late in the ...
Spatial Ecology of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in the Appalachian Mountains of Western Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 2019-08-27)
Despite the prevalent distribution of bobcats in western Virginia and the broader region of Appalachia, there is a paucity of information on their spatial ecology in this region. Due to the unique ecological conditions of ...
Examining the market and regulatory dynamics behind the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project
(Virginia Tech, 2020-06-08)
The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project will be only the second operating offshore wind project in the United States when it enters service later this year. This gives Virginia, a state criticized for a ...
Building Marketing Capacity of Local Food Systems: Case Studies from the Shenandoah Valley
(Virginia Tech, 2014-09-17)
Small and medium-sized farms are an important demographic of the agricultural sector in the Shenandoah Valley and Chesapeake Bay watershed. Having sufficient food system infrastructure available and accessible to these ...
Patrick County, Virginia and the Civil War, 1860-1880
(Virginia Tech, 1990-11-14)
In 1860, Patrick County. like the rest of Virginia and much of the South. wavered uneasily on the brink of secession. In a county where large planters were few, secession was not overwhelmingly popular. Slaveholding families, ...
Developing an index of biotic integrity (IBI) for warmwater wadeable streams in Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 1996)
The index of biotic integrity (IBI) comprises several fish-assemblage attributes, called metrics, that reflect how a site differs from least-disturbed (by anthropogenic influences) conditions. Understanding how metrics at ...
Reviving Stone: Architecture for Living
(Virginia Tech, 2007-05-04)
This design project is a house located in Locust Grove, Virginia. The materials and spatial characteristics, such as stone and wood, are inspired by the indigenous barns of the area. Architecture can be a means of ...