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Historical Change and the Hydrogeomorphic Context of Present-day Floodplain Forests in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Bervid, Heather D.
Abstract:: Floodplain forests play many important roles in the fluvial processes and environments of large alluvial rivers, including acting as geomorphological influences and habitat for native fish during high flows. Many large, gravel-bed river systems have undergone substantial change in recent centuries, resulting in loss of forested area to agriculture, reduction...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Valley-scale map of select reaches from Figure 1, depicting a,d) 1851 and b,e) 2020 floodplain forest

Decomposition of Brassicaceae Residue in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Berry, Pete A.
Abstract:: An important inoculum source of Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa (syn Plenodomus spp.), the pathogens that cause black leg in Brassicaceae crops, is infected plant residues. The general acceptance of conservation tillage in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA, has enabled a build-up in the amount of residue on or near...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Pete A

White-breasted nuthatch density and nesting ecology in oak woodlands of the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Viste-Sparkman, Karen
Abstract:: Habitat loss causes a reduction in available resources for wildlife, alters the configuration of remaining habitat, and may isolate wildlife populations. White-breasted nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis) are experiencing long-term population declines in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, where they are historically associated with oak woodlands. As secondary cavity-nesters, white-breasted nuthatches may...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: __________________________________________________________________ Richard A

Diagnosis and Etiology of a Soilborne Disease Complex of Winter Squash (Cucurbita maxima) in the Willamette Valley, OR

Creator:: Rivedal, Hannah M.
Abstract:: Winter squash (Cucurbita maxima) grown in Oregon’s Willamette Valley for edible seed, frozen foods, and fresh markets is susceptible to an undiagnosed soilborne disease. Diseased squash fields exhibit symptoms of stunting, root and crown rot, vascular discoloration, and late-season wilt, which in extreme cases can lead to total crop failure....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: indicate mean symptom rating. Farm A, B, and C were tested in 2015, farm A, C, and D were tested in 2017

Landscape Genomics and Climatic Responses of Willamette Valley Alders

Creator:: Kral, George L.
Abstract:: The climate of the Pacific Northwest is in flux, and existing forest ecosystems are stressed and poised to shift in fundamental ways, with or without human intervention. This dissertation probes the nature of forest responses to environmental change through investigations of morphology and genetics of three species of alder co-occurring...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Willamette Valley is dominated by a single plastid lineage which is subdivided into geographically

“Gold Dirt:” An Exploratory Study of Beginner Women Farmers’ Experiences with Farmland Tenure Mediating Care for Soil in Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Christophel Michaels, Rosa J.
Abstract:: This thesis investigates how beginning, women farmers, within in a women farmers’ network in the Willamette Valley, Oregon are accessing land and farming information. Using ethnographic, community-based research methods, I ask how land access mediates their ability to care for their land and soil. Are these farmers interested in fostering...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Joan E. Gross This thesis investigates how beginning, women farmers, within in a women

Subsistence variability in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Havercroft, Francine M.
Abstract:: During the summer of 1981, Oregon State University archaeologically tested three prehistoric sites on the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. Among the sites tested were typical Willamette Valley floodplain and adjacent upland sites. Most settlement-subsistence pattern models proposed for the Willamette Valley have been generated with data from the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in the Willamette Valley by Francine M. Havercroft A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

The Willamette Valley choices for the future

Creator:: Lawrence Halprin & Associates
Abstract:: This book is an environmental primer for the people of the Willamette Valley. It sets forth basic principles showing how men's actions cause future consequences in the environment.
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: FUTURE ~ 'IIARIQS SHOWING COJ'.-'SEQU£l-,'{)F.$ OP 'ALTERNATrvE A'PPROACFIE'.S TO D£VELOP111ENT . IN

Choices for the future: The Willamette Valley

Creator:: The Willamette Valley Livability Forum
Abstract:: Prepared for by the Willamette Valley Livability Forum. May 1999.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . This project is partially funded by a grant from the Transportation and Growth Management (TGM) Program

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Historical Change and the Hydrogeomorphic Context of Present-day Floodplain Forests in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Decomposition of Brassicaceae Residue in the Willamette Valley

White-breasted nuthatch density and nesting ecology in oak woodlands of the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Diagnosis and Etiology of a Soilborne Disease Complex of Winter Squash (Cucurbita maxima) in the Willamette Valley, OR

Landscape Genomics and Climatic Responses of Willamette Valley Alders

“Gold Dirt:” An Exploratory Study of Beginner Women Farmers’ Experiences with Farmland Tenure Mediating Care for Soil in Willamette Valley, Oregon

Subsistence variability in the Willamette Valley

The Willamette Valley choices for the future

Choices for the future: The Willamette Valley

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