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The Primacy of Mammals as Seed Dispersers and Predators in Salmon-Bearing Ecosystems

Creator:: Harrer, Laurie E. F.
Abstract:: Plants often encase seeds in a nutritional reward to incentivize seed dispersal by birds and mammals, but these seeds may also be removed and destroyed by seed predators. Although birds are typically thought to be the primary seed dispersers of berries in temperate systems, in southeast Alaska and other salmon-bearing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Assessing biological values of Wetland Reserve Program wetlands for wintering waterfowl

Creator:: Evans-Peters, Graham, R.
Abstract:: The Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) is one conservation tool that mitigates national wetland loss and a primary goal for the program includes optimizing wildlife habitat by restoring wetland functions and values. Few studies have evaluated the WRP, which limits our understanding of its impact on wildlife populations. I assessed the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Dr. Richard Halse. I was very fortunate to have mentors who were experts in fields pivotal to

Willamette Valley Prairie Restoration : The Native Seed Network and Sidalcea

Creator:: Lambert, Joshua K.
Abstract:: My internship was conducted with the Native Seed Network program within the Institute for Applied Ecology, a non-profit organization located in Corvallis, whose focus is education, applied research and active restoration and of native ecosystems. My internship goals were to increase my experience in applied restoration ecology and conservation biology...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Richard Halse I understand that my final report will become part of the permanent collection of

Extensive Resource Subsidies by Salmon-Supported Bears to Granivores

Creator:: Shakeri, Yasaman N.
Abstract:: In salmon-rich, northern coastal environments brown bears can occur at high densities and exert wide-ranging effects on ecosystem processes. Bear consumption of seasonally available fruit may provide important seed dispersal services to plants, and by extension, influence the ecology of seed consumers such as small mammals. In this study, we...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The ecology of wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) foraging in Pacific Northwest ecosystems

Creator:: Evans-Peters, Sara Tondee
Abstract:: Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) were first successfully introduced into Oregon and Washington in the 1960s; the population has grown in size and expanded in distribution to a point where it provides an important recreational hunting opportunity in both states that generates significant funds for habitat conservation and contributes financially to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and friend. I also thank my committee members Dr. Clinton Epps and Dr. Richard Halse; Dr. Epps for

Invertebrate composition and distribution in desert springs of Oregon

Creator:: Mauger, Susan
Abstract:: In the summers of 1998 and 1999, aquatic invertebrate and plant communities were sampled from nineteen springs in the Warner Basin of southeastern Oregon. Across the landscape, these springs exhibited a broad range in water temperature (5-24°C), pH, conductivity, elevation, and gradient. Within a particular spring, water temperature and chemistry...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: their goals. Special thanks go to Douglas Markle, Richard Halse, and Scott Pegau for serving on my

Comparing vegetation and soils of remnant and restored prairie wetlands in the northern Willamette Valley

Creator:: Taylor, Sara M.
Abstract:: Native prairies of the Willamette Valley are considered among the rarest of Oregon's ecosystems (Clark and Wilson, 2001). As a result of agriculture conversion, urban development and cessation of native burning, Willamette Valley prairies have become highly fragmented and invaded by non-native species, leaving little room for native plant diversity....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: helped me with the soils component of the research. I want to thank my committee members Richard Halse

Terrestrial lichen and bryophyte communities of the Blue Mountains in Northeast Oregon

Creator:: Hardman, Amanda
Abstract:: Although terrestrial lichens and bryophytes are common in upland plant communities of the Blue Mountains in northeast Oregon, research on cryptogam communities in this region is wanting. Studies have shown that lichens and bryophytes can reduce soil erosion and increase soil fertility in other semiarid habitats of North America. Understanding...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"The Island" Research Natural Area : a vegetation study with time and location comparisons

Creator:: Fox, M. Anne, 1939-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to document vegetation on "The Island", a Research Natural Area at the confluence of the Crooked River and the Deschutes River in central Oregon's Juniperus occidentalis Zone and to compare the results with an earlier study reported in 1964 from 1960-'61 data. Present-day comparisons...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: interest in this study, to Richard R. Halse who along with other helpful input has provided his plant

An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

Creator:: Fluharty, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my conflict resolution studies. Dr. Richard Halse has spent many hours helping me identify plants

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The Primacy of Mammals as Seed Dispersers and Predators in Salmon-Bearing Ecosystems

Assessing biological values of Wetland Reserve Program wetlands for wintering waterfowl

Willamette Valley Prairie Restoration : The Native Seed Network and Sidalcea

Extensive Resource Subsidies by Salmon-Supported Bears to Granivores

The ecology of wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) foraging in Pacific Northwest ecosystems

Invertebrate composition and distribution in desert springs of Oregon

Comparing vegetation and soils of remnant and restored prairie wetlands in the northern Willamette Valley

Terrestrial lichen and bryophyte communities of the Blue Mountains in Northeast Oregon

"The Island" Research Natural Area : a vegetation study with time and location comparisons

An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

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