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Optimal spatial-dynamic resource allocation facing uncertainty : integrating economics and ecology for invasive species policy

Creator:: Hall, Kim M.
Abstract:: The spatial and temporal behavior of invasive species spread implies that optimal management strategies involve decisions over space and time. Dispersal and propagule pressure are two primary drivers of the spatial-temporal ecological process of species invasion. In the case of riparian communities, stream flow drives the dispersal of vegetation propagules....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: grateful to my adviser, Jo Albers, for all of her encouragement, support and wisdom. To my committee

In situ Agrobiodiversity Conservation Planning in Centers of Origin: The Role of Culture

Creator:: Guerrero Ochoa, Isabel G.
Abstract:: Managing agricultural diversity ensures a range of public services, such as genetic resource diversity, food security for subsistence-based economies, and landscape resilience in the context of climate change, among others. These agrobiodiversity conservation services are positive externalities from agrobiodiversity conservation. Whereas their value is not captured in market transactions, management...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: long dissertation journey, especially during my times of low energy. I am also very grateful to Jo

PAC Optimal MDP Planning with Application to Invasive Species Management

Creator:: Taleghan, Majid Alkaee, Dietterich, Thomas G., Crowley, Mark, Hall, Kim, and Albers, H. Jo
Abstract:: In a simulator-defined MDP, the Markovian dynamics and rewards are provided in the form of a simulator from which samples can be drawn. This paper studies MDP planning algorithms that attempt to minimize the number of simulator calls before terminating and outputting a policy that is approximately optimal with high...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 H. Jo Albers JO.ALBERS@UWYO.EDU Haub

Identifying Opportunities for Collaboration in Resilience-Based Management: Coordinating Rancher and Land Manager Incentives

Creator:: Maher, Anna T.
Abstract:: Resilience-based management in rangelands implies maintaining desirable ecological states and avoiding thresholds to less desirable ones; however, the efficacy of resilience-based management depends upon several driving forces. These forces include management by those who depend upon rangelands for their livelihoods, the current state of ecological health of rangelands, and changing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________________________ Heidi J. Albers John A. Tanaka Resilience-based management in rangelands implies

Anaerobic Dechlorination of PCE to Ethene, Modeling, and Characterization of the Factors Affecting the Transformation Rates

Creator:: Albers, Delancy R.
Abstract:: Tetrachlorethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE) were common solvents used in the 1970’s that are now frequently observed groundwater contaminants. One method of remediating these contaminants is in-situ bioremediation that uses a dechlorinating microbial population. The microbial population performs the sequential reductive dechlorination of PCE and TCE to cis-1,2-dichloroethene (c-DCE), vinyl...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Delancy R. Albers for the

Impacts of Tree-species Composition and Diversity on Ecosystem Services in Plantations of the Coastal Pacific Northwest: Assessing Values, Trade-offs, and Synergies

Creator:: Himes, Austin
Abstract:: The objective of this dissertation was to examine trade-offs and synergies between multiple ecosystem services derived from plantation forests in the coastal Pacific Northwest. I accomplished this in five chapters. In the first chapter I provided background information for the study. In the next chapter I set the context for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Lisa Ganio, Jo Albers, Hannah Gosnell, and Matt Powers. Each of them has shown patience and a

Cost  analysis  of quarantine  zone  size  and control  policy  for  an invasive  forest  pathogen 

Creator:: Hall, Kim M.
Abstract:: Quarantines and control programs are two policy tools used to prevent and reduce the damages caused by invasive species. Quarantines restrict the movement of material that could spread invasive species. Their requirements impose costs on businesses within the quarantine zone by creating barriers to trade and increasing production costs, which...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Initial attack fire suppression, spatial resource allocation, and fire prevention policy in California, the United States, and the Republic of Korea

Creator:: Lee, Yohan
Abstract:: In this dissertation, I combined a scenario-based, standard-response optimization model with a stochastic simulation model to improve the efficiency of the deployment of initial attack firefighting resources on wildland fires in California and the Republic of Korea. The optimization model minimizes the expected number of fires that do not receive...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _________________________________________________ Heidi J. Albers In this dissertation, I combined a scenario-based, standard-response

Land trusts in the New West : conserving and responding to local geographies?

Creator:: Loynes, Kathryn
Abstract:: This research focuses on the relationship between the emerging role of land trusts and rapid growth and change in the West. Teton County, Idaho, Teton County, Wyoming, and Sublette County, Wyoming, and each of their associated land trusts, are used as case studies. Each county has experienced varying levels of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: development of this work, including Dr. Larry Becker and Dr. Hannah Gosnell from Geography and Dr. H. Jo

Effects of stream restoration on macroinvertebrate communities in an Oregon Coast Range system

Creator:: Christensen, M. Jo
Abstract:: Stream-restoration projects are usually designed to improve habitat quality for fishes. These projects manipulate flow patterns, substrate distribution, and amount and placement of large woody debris. Consequently, they also affect the size and composition of the aquatic macroinvertebrate community. This research evaluates two types of fish habitat restoration: off-channel structures...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in an Oregon Coast Range system AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF M. Jo Christensen for the degree of

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Optimal spatial-dynamic resource allocation facing uncertainty : integrating economics and ecology for invasive species policy

In situ Agrobiodiversity Conservation Planning in Centers of Origin: The Role of Culture

PAC Optimal MDP Planning with Application to Invasive Species Management

Identifying Opportunities for Collaboration in Resilience-Based Management: Coordinating Rancher and Land Manager Incentives

Anaerobic Dechlorination of PCE to Ethene, Modeling, and Characterization of the Factors Affecting the Transformation Rates

Impacts of Tree-species Composition and Diversity on Ecosystem Services in Plantations of the Coastal Pacific Northwest: Assessing Values, Trade-offs, and Synergies

Cost  analysis  of quarantine  zone  size  and control  policy  for  an invasive  forest  pathogen

Initial attack fire suppression, spatial resource allocation, and fire prevention policy in California, the United States, and the Republic of Korea

Land trusts in the New West : conserving and responding to local geographies?

Effects of stream restoration on macroinvertebrate communities in an Oregon Coast Range system

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