The effect of time-since-treatment and other factors on the perceived scenic beauty of southern pine-oak forest plots /

(Gramann & Rudis, 1994) served as a basis to study the

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gritter, Molly Kay
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
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Summary:(Gramann & Rudis, 1994) served as a basis to study the
a significant effect on scenic beauty. Control (untreated)
also played a significant role in the perception of scenic
an promote higher scenic-beauty values. Treatment type had
beauty. All seasons were significantly different from each
beauty. Four years after the initial scenic-beauty study,
counts of brown. Recovery and growth of Woody species should
differences in scenic-beauty scores between treatments had
diminished.
effect of elapsed time since reproduction cutting on the
estimates (SBEs). Using analysis of variance, time-since-
Forest, Arkansas. Treatments consisted of reproduction cuts
has found that forest scenes with large amounts of green are
human manipulation to trees, increased natural complexity,
in which hardwoods were reduced to varying levels of
increase visual complexity and perceived naturalness thus
increasing scenic beauty. Treatment type and time-since-
lowest. This is consistent with previous research which
mean from year 6 was 40.3 1. This finding is consistent with
other. Summer garnered the highest SBEs while winter had the
plots were higher in scenic beauty than plots that had been
publics perceptions of a plot's scenic beauty. Color slides
rated as higher in scenic beauty than are scenes with large
research that has found larger d diminished evidence of
same scenes from year 6. Ratings were made using a ten-point
scale. Raw ratings were then converted to scenic beauty
scenic beauty of 20 pine-oak plots on the Ouachita National
scenic beauty. The mean SBE from year 2 was -3.01 while the
stocking. An earlier study conducted on the same plots
students rated 320 slides of the plots for scenic beauty.
The process was repeated for this study, using slides of the
This study investigated the effects of silvicultural
treated. The season of the year in which a slide was taken
treatment significantly interacted to affect perceived scenic
treatment was found to be significant in the perception of
treatment, season, and time-since-treatment on the perceived
treatment. In 1992, Texas A&M University undergraduate
were taken of the plots two years and six years after
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