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Vertebral elemental markers in elasmobranchs : potential for reconstructing environmental history and population structure

Creator:: Smith, Wade D.
Abstract:: Differences in the chemical composition of calcified structures can be used to reveal natal origins, connectivity, metapopulation structure, and reconstruct the environmental history or movement patterns of many marine organisms. Sharks, skates, and rays (elasmobranchs) lack the calcified structures, known as otoliths, that are typically used for geochemical studies of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Biology of Fishes 37: 337-345. 11 Smith, S. E., Au, D. W., and Show, C. 1998. Intrinsic rebound

Performance of Willamette Valley native plants following herbicide exposure

Creator:: Blakeley-Smith, Matthew R.
Abstract:: Prairies were once the dominant vegetation type in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Land use conversion, fire suppression, succession, and invasive species have reduced Willamette Valley prairies to less than 1% of their historical area. The remnant prairies that persist today are small in size and are highly fragmented. Marginal strips of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew R. Blakeley-Smith for

Characterization of fungal and bacterial communities associated with mat-forming ectomycorrhizal fungi from old-growth stands in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

Creator:: Hesse, Cedar N.
Abstract:: Mat-forming ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi represent a prevalent constituent of many temperate forest ecosystems and create dramatic changes in soil structure and chemistry. EcM mat soil have been shown to have increased microbial respiration rates and have been hypothesized to harbor unique assemblages of fungi and bacteria. The objectives of this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ Joseph W. Spatafora Mat-forming ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi represent a prevalent

Human Alteration of a Neotropical Landscape Drives Long-term Changes in its Forest Bird Communities

Creator:: Curtis, Jenna R.
Abstract:: Human alteration of natural landscapes leads to biodiversity loss, often from a combination of area effects and fragmentation effects. Smaller habitat patches support fewer species than large ones and incur additional consequences from isolation. Efforts to preempt biodiversity loss from insular habitat fragments are complicated by individualistic species responses and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________________________________ W. Douglas Robinson Human alteration of natural landscapes leads to biodiversity loss

Lichens, earth tongues, and endophytes: evolutionary patterns inferred from phylogenetic analyses of multiple loci

Creator:: Platt, Jamie L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Phylogenetic Analyses of Multiple Loci. Abstract approved: ---" Joseph W. Spatafora The inoperculate

The effects of irrigation water withdrawals on macroinvertebrate community structure and life history strategies

Creator:: Miller, Scott W.
Abstract:: I used current water management practices in central and eastern Oregon and Washington as natural experiments to quantify the effects of irrigation water withdrawals on macroinvertebrate community structure and life history strategies. Reduced discharge had direct (e.g. decreased velocity and wetted habitat) and indirect (e.g. increased conductivity and temperature) effects...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Scott W

Carbon dynamics following landscape fire: influence of burn severity, climate, and stand history in the Metolius Watershed, Oregon

Creator:: Meigs, Garrett W.
Abstract:: Fire is a fundamental disturbance that drives terrestrial and atmospheric carbon dynamics. Previous studies have quantified fire effects on carbon cycling from local to global scales but have focused nearly exclusively on high-severity, stand-replacement fire. Since 2002, variable-severity wildfires have burned more than 65 000 ha across the east slope...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Garrett W. Meigs for the degree of Master of Science in Forest Science presented on June 8, 2009

Drivers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition in roots : hosts, neighbors, and environment

Creator:: Phillips, Wendy S.
Abstract:: The vast majority of terrestrial plant species live in symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). AMF and plants live in complex networks, with roots of individual plants hosting multiple AMF, and single AMF colonizing multiple plants concurrently. Through the exchange of resources, the two partners of this symbiosis can have...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ____________________________________________________________________ Virginia M.Weis Eric W. Seabloom The vast

The roles of provenance and phylogeny in recruitment, community assembly, and species coexistence in invaded California grasslands

Creator:: Brandt, Angela J.
Abstract:: Biological invasions pose one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity, but many naturalized invaders coexist with the native community. Community ecology theory provides a framework for understanding the mechanisms by which invaders might coexist with native species or exclude them from the community, thus informing management practices to maximize...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Coexistence in Invaded California Grasslands Abstract approved: Eric W. Seabloom Sally D

Relationships of green-tree retention following timber harvest to forest growth and species composition in the western Cascade Mountains

Creator:: Rose, Coulter R.
Abstract:: National Forest management in the Pacific Northwest is shifting from a focus on commodity production to ecosystem management, in which the health of the entire forest ecosystem is considered, rather than that of a few key species. Ecosystem management includes retention of some live trees following timber harvest (green-tree retention)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: W. Curtis Johnson, for their time and help throughout this project. Dr. McCune conceived of using

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Vertebral elemental markers in elasmobranchs : potential for reconstructing environmental history and population structure

Performance of Willamette Valley native plants following herbicide exposure

Characterization of fungal and bacterial communities associated with mat-forming ectomycorrhizal fungi from old-growth stands in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

Human Alteration of a Neotropical Landscape Drives Long-term Changes in its Forest Bird Communities

Lichens, earth tongues, and endophytes: evolutionary patterns inferred from phylogenetic analyses of multiple loci

The effects of irrigation water withdrawals on macroinvertebrate community structure and life history strategies

Carbon dynamics following landscape fire: influence of burn severity, climate, and stand history in the Metolius Watershed, Oregon

Drivers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition in roots : hosts, neighbors, and environment

The roles of provenance and phylogeny in recruitment, community assembly, and species coexistence in invaded California grasslands

Relationships of green-tree retention following timber harvest to forest growth and species composition in the western Cascade Mountains

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