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Chaparral history, dynamics, and response to disturbance in southwest Oregon : insights from age structure

Creator:: Duren, Olivia
Abstract:: Fuels management on Bureau of Land Management lands in SW Oregon, USA, is motivated by the needs to reduce fire hazard and restore ecosystems thought to be impacted by fire suppression. Chaparral is one of the most characteristic vegetation communities of SW Oregon's interior valleys, and extensive acreages within this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ___________________________________________________________________________________ Patricia S. Muir Fuels management on Bureau of Land Management lands in SW Oregon, USA

An evaluation of the invasion potential of Kochia prostrata (forage kochia) in southwestern Idaho, USA

Creator:: Gray, Erin C.
Abstract:: Purposeful introductions of exotic species for rehabilitation efforts following wildfire are common on rangelands in the western U.S., though potential ecological impacts of introduced species in novel environments are often poorly understood. One such introduced species, Kochia prostrata (L.) Schrad (forage kochia) has been seeded on over 200,000 ha throughout...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Patricia S. Muir Purposeful introductions of exotic species for rehabilitation

Factors limiting the distribution of the sensitive lichen Usnea longissima in the Oregon Coast Range : habitat or dispersal?

Creator:: Keon, Dylan B.
Abstract:: The sensitive lichen Usnea longissima Ach., formerly a fairly common circumboreal species, has been extirpated from much of its range (e.g., Eastern Europe). Although the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW) remains a relative stronghold for the species, U longissima faces increasing pressure in the region from habitat loss, air pollution, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Coast Range: Habitat or Dispersal? Abstract approved: _~B... Patricia S. Muir The sensitive lichen

Stand structures of Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) woodlands and their relationships to the environment in southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Gilligan, Laurie A.
Abstract:: Large areas of non-coniferous communities in southwestern Oregon are thinned to reduce fire hazard and accomplish ecosystem restoration, under the assumption that current fuel loads are unnaturally high. Although Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) woodlands are a characteristic landscape component in this region, little is known about their current or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ Patricia S. Muir Large areas of non-coniferous communities in southwestern Oregon are

Relationships of exotic species and wildfire to the threatened plant Silene spaldingii

Creator:: Menke, Carolyn A.
Abstract:: In the canyon grasslands of Garden Creek Ranch Preserve in Idaho, where the threatened plant Silene spaldingii occurs and invasion by the exotic species Centaurea solstitialis and Bromus tectorum is proceeding rapidly, I examined environmental and community patterns of site invasion, and evaluated the apparent influence of invasion on Silene...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Wildfire to the Threatened Plant Silene spaldingii Abstract approved: Patncia S. Muir In the

Effects of variation in ecosystem carryover on biodiversity and community structure of forest floor bryophytes and understory vascular plants : a retrospective approach

Creator:: Traut, Bibit Halliday
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Bryophytes and Understory Vascular Plants: A Retrospective Approach Abstract approved: Patricia S. Muir

Establishment tolerance of six native sagebrush steppe species to imazapic (PLATEAU®) herbicide implications for restoration and recovery

Creator:: Bekedam, Steven
Abstract:: Scientists and land managers realize that integrated weed management (IWM) strategies are needed to attain successful and lasting improvements of weed infested landscapes. At this time no broadly reliable and environmentally safe IWM strategy has been developed to control exotic annual grasses that dominate many ecosystems of the northern Great...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: development. I thank my committee members, Dr. Patricia Muir, Dr. Jed Coiquhoun, and Dr. Sally Hacker, for

Hydromulch tackifier and sucrose effects on microbial nitrogen and Bromus tectorum biomass

Creator:: Perkins, Lora B.
Abstract:: There is growing interest in using nutrient manipulations to control invasive plants such as Brornus lectorurn L. (cheatgrass). Both labile (sucrose) and recalcitrant (straw and sawdust) carbon sources are added to the soil surface to reduce plant available soil N via soil microbial immobilization. However, the application rates used in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Pyke Patricia S. Muir There is growing interest in using nutrient manipulations to control invasive

Riparian lichens of northern Idaho

Creator:: Hutchinson, Jenifer L.
Abstract:: Riparian forests in the Idaho Panhandle, north of Whitebird, were surveyed for rare riparian lichen species. The region was stratified into nine geographic units and by stream size. Eighty-one plots were surveyed for lichen community, stand and river characteristics. Variables important to lichen community composition included regional differences, elevation, climatic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , patience and support throughout my time at OSU. I also thank my committee, Pat Muir and Boone Kaufthian

Stream DOC, nitrate, chloride and SUVA response to land use during winter baseflow conditions in sub-basins of the Willamette River Basin, OR

Creator:: Frentress, Jay
Abstract:: To better understand the impact of land use on stream nutrient export, a synoptic sampling of 57 sub-basins within the Willamette River basin was conducted during winter baseflow conditions (February 2009). I assessed whether stream dissolved organic carbon (DOC), NO₃⁻ and Cl⁻ and specific ultra-violet absorbance (SUVA) values were correlated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Chaparral history, dynamics, and response to disturbance in southwest Oregon : insights from age structure

An evaluation of the invasion potential of Kochia prostrata (forage kochia) in southwestern Idaho, USA

Factors limiting the distribution of the sensitive lichen Usnea longissima in the Oregon Coast Range : habitat or dispersal?

Stand structures of Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) woodlands and their relationships to the environment in southwestern Oregon

Relationships of exotic species and wildfire to the threatened plant Silene spaldingii

Effects of variation in ecosystem carryover on biodiversity and community structure of forest floor bryophytes and understory vascular plants : a retrospective approach

Establishment tolerance of six native sagebrush steppe species to imazapic (PLATEAU®) herbicide implications for restoration and recovery

Hydromulch tackifier and sucrose effects on microbial nitrogen and Bromus tectorum biomass

Riparian lichens of northern Idaho

Stream DOC, nitrate, chloride and SUVA response to land use during winter baseflow conditions in sub-basins of the Willamette River Basin, OR

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