Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Masters Theses & Specialist Projects Graduate School 8-2010 Reestablishing Diversity in Our Hardwood Forests: A Transplant Study of Five Spring-Flowering Herbs Danielle Racke Western Kentucky University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses Part of the Forest Biology Commons, Plant Biology Commons, and the Plant Breeding and Genetics Commons Recommended Citation Racke, Danielle, "Reestablishing Diversity in Our Hardwood Forests: A Transplant Study of Five Spring-Flowering Herbs" (2010). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 195. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/195 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses & Specialist Projects by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. REESTABLISHING DIVERSITY IN OUR HARDWOOD FORESTS: A TRANSPLANT STUDY OF FIVE SPRING-FLOWERING HERBS A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of Biology Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Kentucky In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science By Danielle Racke August 2010 REESTABLISHING DIVERSITY IN OUR HARDWOOD FORESTS: A TRANSPLANT STUDY OF FIVE SPRING-FLOWERING HERBS Date Recommended 27 July 2010 Dr. Albert J. Meier Director of Thesis Dr. Michael K. Stokes Dr. John M. Andersland Dr. Richard G. Bowker August 2010 Dean, Graduate Studies and Research Date Acknowledgements This project was made possible with the cooperation of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, the Kentucky Division of Forestry and the principle investigators of the Upper Green River Biological Preserve. Financial support for this project comes from the Upper Green River Biological Preserve Research Enhancement Grant, Western Kentucky University Department of Graduate Studies, WKU Department of Biology and the WKU Ogden College of Science and Technology.