This paper explores the mutual constitution between language, thought, and culture within the context of Tibetan honorifics. I employ Van Dijk’s Critical Discourse Analysis to argue that changes in honorific usage pre- and post-Chinese occupation reflect and reify changes in ideology and culture within Tibetan communities. Analyzing usage patterns and...
Native plants are popular with gardeners, in part due to their purported benefits to pollinators. Studies have examined the relative attractiveness of regionally relevant native plants to wild bees in other areas of the United States, but no studies were available for plants native to the Pacific Northwest. We conducted...
Biological control (“Biocontrol”) is the use of living organisms to suppress pest populations. Insect predators and parasitoids are important biocontrol agents (also known as natural enemies) in garden systems. Studies have examined the relative attractiveness of garden plants to insect natural enemies in other areas of the United States, but...
Urban gardens are uniquely positioned to support bee conservation. Gardens, when managed for pollinators, can provide food sources (pollen and nectar), nesting sites, and mating sites. Some bees (like sweat bees in the family Halictidae), are known to thrive in urban areas, we wanted to understand what types of bees...
Bees, like humans, have food preferences. While there may be a diversity of plants to forage from in a landscape, bees may preferentially visit specific flowering plants. Nectar and pollen are the primary resources bees collect from flowers. Bees might collect nectar from many different plants, but they can be...
“Leafcutter bee” is the nickname for bees in the family Megachilidae. Like the name suggests, some bees in this family cut portions of leaves as nesting material. Leafcutters, however, are not limited to leaves alone! Some use mud, resin, sticks, pebbles, or petals in their nest construction. Megachile montivaga (the...
Bees, like humans, have three types of photoreceptors in their compound eyes that allow them to see color. Bees see ultraviolet (UV) light, blue light, and green light, whereas most humans see red, blue, and green. We developed a methodology1 to simulate bee vision that can be used to photograph...
Healthy soils are the basis for sustainable gardening. Although agricultural soils have been extensively studied, we know surprisingly little about residential and community garden soils. We studied the physical, biological, and chemical characteristics of soils from 67 vegetable garden in the Willamette Valley, and compared these to published recommendations for...
To understand how a garden’s characteristics influence the soil microbial community, we sampled bacterial microbes from 40 Oregon gardens. Half of the gardens were located in Central Oregon, and the other half were located in the Willamette Valley. Within each region, half of the gardeners reported that they only used...
Over three years (2017-2019), we surveyed 24 gardens in urban and peri-urban regions across Portland. The gardens varied in size, the types of plants grown, and in the landscapes that surrounded them. All gardens were privately owned, except for one demonstration garden managed by Master Gardeners. We collected bees three...
To improve our understanding of the abundance and diversity of bacterial microbes in garden soils, we collected soil samples from 40 gardens across Central Oregon and the Willamette Valley. We included gardens with different management practices and, within a garden, we sampled soil from beds with different crops. We found...
This guide is designed as a public tool, and an accompaniment to the online iNaturalist guide Summer Garden Bees of Portland. You can use this link to access it: https://beav.es/Tdj.
The 67 bee species included in this guide were found in a three-year study of garden bee communities active during...
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The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
Background: Selenium’s (Se) effect on cattle health relies, in part, on the biosynthesis of selenoproteins (SEP), which in turn perform antioxidant activities and protect tissues against harmful mediators produced during infectious diseases. Selenoproteins comprise a small group of selenocysteine (Sec) containing proteins that are involved in redox homeostasis. Selenium supplementation...
College students have reported increased levels of financial difficulties in the past decade and are working part or full time to afford tuition and cost of living. I explored the factors associated with working students' experiences of stress, also testing if they experience more stress than non-working students, and if...
Monitoring is usually among the first actions taken to help inform recovery planning for declining species, but these data are rarely used formally to inform conservation decision making. For example, Central Valley Chinook salmon were once abundant, but anthropogenic activities have led to widespread habitat loss and degradation resulting in...
A major challenge in ecology is disentangling interactions of non-native, potentially invasive species on native species. Conditional two-species occupancy models examine the effects of dominant species (e.g., non-native) on subordinate species (e.g., native) while considering the possibility that occupancy of one species may affect occupancy and/ or detection of the...
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In the U.S. Pacific Northwest, climate change is increasing air temperatures, decreasing warm season (April–September) streamflow, and increasing cool season (October–March) streamflow. Warmer water temperatures may alter conditions for migratory coldwater fishes like the Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus. Consequently, an understanding of Bull Trout migration and survival is critical...
Introduced species may exhibit variations in their preferred climatic niches between their native and introduced ranges, which can have important implications for the transferability of distribution models. In the Himalayan ecoregion, little is known about the geographic distribution and climatic niche overlap between native and introduced cold-water species. Here, we...
Tropical instability waves (TIWs) are identified in three multiyear equatorial mooring records in Pacific and Atlantic cold tongues to evaluate how TIWs modulate turbulence. At 0◦ , 140 ◦W in the Pacific, TIWs are present in 43% of observations, and are associ ated with elevated vertical shear and a 40%...
Unusual for a comedy, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale centres early modern preservation: a state that was neither illness nor wellness, but a reprieve from both degeneration and reproduction. Unlike survival or recovery, preservation sits comfortably with death and even borrows some of its features. Moreover, as a liminal state that...
‘Top Shelf’ (Reg. no. XXX, PI YYYY), experimental designation DH162310, is a two-row winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) released by Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station in 2023. It is a malting cultivar that is known to be a non-producer of glycosidic nitrile (GN0). Glycosidic nitrile is the precursor to a regulated...
Flexible and printed electronics have become increasingly popular as they make possible the production of flexible, low-cost, multifunction devices that are unachievable through traditional manufacturing methods. The printed films are significantly impacted and thus limited by the existing ink production process. Herein, an alternate technique of generating high-quality titanium dioxide...
The counseling profession has historically emphasized generalist practice, viewing specialization as a possible threat that could lend to fragmentation. Specialization is occurring within CACREP graduate programs (CACREP, 2016) through post-graduates focused on continuing education experiences and the professions’ acknowledgment of the importance of competence areas. Research has noted the importance...
All animal hospitals treat pets that are stressed, aggressive, or extremely fearful in the hospital setting. The responsibility rests with the employees of veterinary hospitals to be educated in identifying behaviors, in the species they work with, so they can adapt and create a less stressful experience. Improving care for...
This paper details the time periods before and during the rise to power of Vladimir Lenin and Francisco Franco. The historical analysis was conducted with first a general historical overview relying upon influential texts within each field, and then goes into an in-depth analysis of primary source documents both published...
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between bicultural identity integration and implicit attitudes among Latine bicultural individuals. We hypothesized that (a) those with high levels of blendedness and harmony in bicultural identity integration would exhibit fewer negative implicit racial attitudes, and conversely, (b) those with high levels of conflict...
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Focus on Forestry is published by Oregon State University's College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.
Focus on Forestry is published by Oregon State University's College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.
Focus on Forestry is published by Oregon State University's College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.
Focus on Forestry is published by Oregon State University's College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.
Focus on Forestry is published by Oregon State University's College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.
Focus on Forestry is published by Oregon State University's College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.
Focus on Forestry is published by Oregon State University's College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.
Focus on Forestry is published by Oregon State University's College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.
Focus is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.
Focus is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.