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Vegetation composition and response to fire of native Willamette Valley wetland prairies

Creator:

Pendergrass, Kathy L. (Connelly)

Abstract:

Fires set by Native Americans were important in shaping and maintaining Willamette Valley prairie plant communities. With fire exclusion after Euro-American settlement in the 1840's, composition of the remaining prairies shifted toward shrub and tree dominance with a concomitant decline in endemic prairie plant populations. I hypothesize that by restoring...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

Pringle, Sally Claggett, Stephanie Schultz, Chris Wobbe, and Rosemary Streatfeild. And thanks to my