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Within-population genetic structure differs between two sympatric sister-species of ectomycorrhizal fungi, Rhizopogon vinicolor and R. vesiculosus

Creator:: Dunham, Susie M., Mujic, Alija Bajro, Spatafora, Joseph W., and Kretzer, Annette M.
Abstract:: Using spatial autocorrelation analysis, we examined the within-population genetic structure of Rhizopogon vinicolor and R. vesiculosus, two hypogeous ectomycorrhizal (EM) species that are sympatric sister taxa known to differ in their clonal structure. We collected 121 sporocarps and 482 tuberculate EM of both species from a 20 ha forest stand...
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Full Text:: sympatric sister-species of ectomycorrhizal fungi, Rhizopogon vinicolor and R. vesiculosus Susie M. Dunham1

Phylogenetics and genomic patterns of speciation in Pinus with an empahsis on subgenus Strobus

Creator:: Syring, John V.
Abstract:: Data from nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions (nrITS) and chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) have failed to resolve phylogenetic relationships in Pinus. To provide greater interspecific resolution, five low-copy nuclear genes were developed from mapped conifer anchor loci. Four genes were sequenced from species representing all Pinus subsections. Individual loci do...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Results strongly support P. nelsonii as sister to sect. Parrya, and suggest a moderately well-supported

Evolutionary relationships among Pinus (Pinaceae) subsections inferred from multiple low-copy nuclear loci

Creator:: Syring, John, Willyard, Ann, Cronn, Richard, and Liston, Aaron
Abstract:: Sequence data from nrITS and cpDNA have failed to fully resolve phylogenetic relationships among Pinus species. Four low‐copy nuclear genes, developed from the screening of 73 mapped conifer anchor loci, were sequenced from 12 species representing all subsections. Individual loci do not uniformly support either the nrITS or cpDNA hypotheses...
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Full Text:: placement of P. nelsonii as sister to the remaining members of sect. Parrya, suggest a moderately well

Use of simultaneous analyses to guide fossil-based calibrations of Pinaceae phylogeny

Creator:: Gernandt, David S., Magallon, Susana, Lopez, Gretel Geada, Flores, Omar Zeron, Willyard, Ann, and Liston, Aaron
Abstract:: Uncertainties in the age and phylogenetic position of Pinaceae fossils present significant obstacles to our understanding of the timing of diversification in the family. We demonstrate that simultaneous phylogenetic analyses of chloroplastDNA(matK and rbcL) and nonmolecular characters that include both extant genera and a limited number of fossil taxa provide...
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Full Text:: three-genome data set of Wang et al. (2000), Pseudolarix was the sister group either to Tsuga and

Phylogeny, cospeciation, and host switching in the evolution of the ascomycete genus Rhabdocline on Pseudotsuga and Larix (Pinaceae)

Creator:: Gernandt, David S.
Abstract:: The relative role of cospeciation and host switching in the phylogenetic history of ascomycete foliar symbionts is addressed in the orders Leotiales and Rhytismatales, fungi associated predominantly with Pinaceae (Coniferales). Emphasis is placed on comparing the evolution of the sister genera Pseudotsuga and Larix (Pinaceae) with that of the pathogenic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with Pinaceae (Coniferales). Emphasis is placed on comparing the evolution of the sister genera

Morphological and genetic characterisation of Beauveria sinensis sp. nov. from China

Creator:: Chen, Ming-Jun, Huang, Bo, Li, Zeng-Zhi, and Spatafora, Joseph W.
Abstract:: Beauveria sinensis sp. nov. was isolated from a larva of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected from Tiantangzhai, Anhui province, China. It is characterized by elongated ellipsoidal to cylindrical conidia, solitary conidiogenous cells that are cylindrical or with slightly swollen bases, white to pale pink colony in culture, and small mycelial pellets consisting...
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Full Text:: unique species and sister to B. sungii. It does not, however, form a monophyletic group with other

Evaluating Letharia Vulpina Transplants for Bioindication of Nitrogen Deposition

Creator:: Kovasi, Adrienne, McCune, Bruce, and Jovan, Sarah
Abstract:: The epiphytic lichen Letharia vulpina has been commonly sampled in-situ for nitrogen (N) deposition biomonitoring studies but has never before been transplanted for this purpose. In the high-elevation wilderness areas of southern California Letharia vulpina is generally uncommon, making in-situ sampling difficult. In this study, we compared thallus N accumulation...
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Full Text:: high-elevation wilderness areas of southern California Letharia vulpina is generally uncommon, making

An Evaluation of Putative Sympatric Speciation within Limnanthes (Limnanthaceae)

Creator:: Meyers, Stephen C., Liston, Aaron, and Meinke, Robert
Abstract:: Limnanthes floccosa ssp. floccosa and L. floccosa ssp. grandiflora are two of five subspecies within Limnanthes floccosa endemic to vernal pools in southern Oregon and northern California. Three seasons of monitoring natural populations have quantified that L. floccosa ssp. grandiflora is always found growing sympatrically with L. floccosa ssp. floccosa...
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Full Text:: within Limnanthes floccosa endemic to vernal pools in southern Oregon and northern California. Three

Internal transcribed spacer region evolution in Larix and Pseudotsuga (Pinaceae)

Creator:: Gernandt, David S. and Liston, Aaron
Abstract:: The nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region has been characterized in the sister genera Larix and Pseudotsuga (Pinaceae). Complete sequences were obtained for seven species of Larix from North America and Eurasia and five species of Pseudotsuga from western North America and eastern Asia. ITS region lengths...
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Full Text:: of Pseudotsuga were sister taxa, and the three East Asian species sampled formed a clade. The Larix

Chloroplast DNA characters, phylogeny, and classification of Lathyrus (Fabaceae)

Creator:: Asmussen, Conny B. and Liston, Aaron
Abstract:: Mapped cpDNA restriction site characters were analyzed cladistically and the resulting phylogenetic hypotheses were used to test monophyly and relationships of the infrageneric classification of Lathyrus (Fabaceae) proposed by Kupicha (1983, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 41: 209–244). The validity of previously proposed classification systems and questions presented...
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Full Text:: twisted style, should either include sections Orobon and Orobastrum or be redefined as three sections, one

Insights into phylogeny, sex function and age of Fragaria based on whole chloroplast genome sequencing

Creator:: Njuguna, Wambui, Liston, Aaron, Cronn, Richard, Ashman, Tia-Lynn, and Bassil, Nahla
Abstract:: The cultivated strawberry is one of the youngest domesticated plants, developed in France in the 1700s from chance hybridization between two western hemisphere octoploid species. However, little is known about the evolution of the species that gave rise to this important fruit crop. Phylogenetic analysis of chloroplast genome sequences of...
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Full Text:: . bracteata as sister to the clade of octoploid/decaploid species. No extant tetrap- loids or hexaploids are

Molecular systematic studies in the genus Ribes (Grossulariaceae)

Creator:: Messinger, Wes
Abstract:: Infrageneric classification in Ribes has previously relied on a few, often conflicting, morphological markers, such as spines, glands, and inflorescence morphology. Suggestions that hybridization drives the evolution of the genus have not been tested using phylogenetic methods. To assess the validity of infrageneric classifications and the importance of hybridization to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and true gooseberries are united, suggesting either a sister group relationship or the possibility

A Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) seed cone provides the earliest fossil record for Picea (Pinaceae)

Creator:: Klymiuk, Ashley A. and Stockey, Ruth A.
Abstract:: Premise of study: Sequence analyses for Pinaceae have suggested that extant genera diverged in the late Mesozoic. While the fossil record indicates that Pinaceae was highly diverse during the Cretaceous, there are few records of living genera. This description of an anatomically preserved seed cone extends the fossil record for...
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Full Text:: the subfamily Pinoideae ( Gernandt et al., 2011 ), to which some au- thors also attribute the sister

The Seed Cone Eathiestrobus gen. nov.: Fossil Evidence for a Jurassic Origin of Pinaceae

Creator:: Rothwell, Gar W., Mapes, Gene, Stockey, Ruth A., and Hilton, Jason
Abstract:: Premise of the study: Pinaceae and nonpinoid species are sister groups within the conifer clade as inferred from molecular systematic comparisons of living species and therefore should have comparable geological ages. However, the fossil record for the nonpinoid lineage of extant conifer families is Triassic, nearly 100 million years older...
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Full Text:: conifers have con- cluded that Pinaceae forms the sister group to all other crown group families ( Quinn

New perspectives on evolutionary relationships within Pinus (Pinaceae) and within subsection Ponderosae (subgenus Pinus)

Creator:: Willyard, Ann Nachreiner
Abstract:: A fossil-calibrated phylogenetic framework based on exemplars from each of the four taxonomic sections within Pinus was created using multiple nuclear and chloroplast loci. Calibration at the well-defined subgeneric split within Pinus with either fossil leaves and cones (ca. 45 million years ago) or fossil wood (ca. 85 million years...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: accessions resolve with Sabinianae at one locus, but in a monophyletic clade sister to other Ponderosae at

Evolutionary relationships and an investigation of sympatric speciation within Limnanthaceae

Creator:: Meyers, Stephen C.
Abstract:: Limnanthes floccosa ssp. floccosa and L. floccosa ssp. grandiflora are two of five subspecies of Limnanthes floccosa endemic to vernal pools in southern Oregon and northern California. Three seasons of monitoring natural populations have quantified that L. floccosa ssp. grandiflora is always found growing sympatrically with L. floccosa ssp. floccosa...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: southern Oregon and northern California. Three seasons of monitoring natural populations have quantified

Systematics, phylogeny, and biogeography of the hysterangiales and related taxa (Phallomycetidae, Homobasidiomycetes)

Creator:: Hosaka, Kentaro
Abstract:: Monophyly of the gomphoid-phalloid clade was confirmed based on multigene phylogenetic analyses. Four major subclades (Hysterangiales, Geastrales, Gomphales and Phallales) were also demonstrated to be monophyletic. The interrelationships among the subclades were, however, not resolved, and alternative topologies could not be rejected statistically. Nonetheless, most analyses showed that the Hysterangiales...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sister group with either the Hysterangiales or Phallales. Unweighted parsimony character state

Morphogentic studies of intraspecific hybrids of Microseris laciniata (Hook.) Sch.-Bip.

Creator:: Pires, Maria Joaquina Pinheiro
Abstract:: Microseris laciniata is a perennial, self-incompatible species classified in subgenus Scorzonella. It is morphologically the least specialized species in the genus, in contrast to the members of subgenus Microseris, which are morphologically advanced, self-compatible annuals. First-generation hybrids were available from crosses involving eight populations of two subspecies of Microseris laciniata...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: suggestive of shared self-incompatibility factors among sister plants. Pollen stainability was investigated

Symbiosis in the Pacific Ring of Fire : evolutionary-biology of Rhizopogon subgenus Villosuli as mutualists of Pseudotsuga

Creator:: Mujic, Alija Bajro
Abstract:: Rhizopogon is a large genus of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi that grows in association with host trees of the family Pinaceae. We have conducted a series of studies investigating the ecology and evolutionary biology of the EM symbiosis shared between R. subgenus Villosuli and trees of the genus Pseudotsuga. Two members...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the genus Pseudotsuga. Two members of R. subgenus Villosuli, the sister taxa R. vinicolor and R

Lichen Biomonitoring from Valley to Alpine in Central and Southern California

Creator:: Kovasi, Adrienne I.
Abstract:: In the mountains of central and southern California, high elevation wilderness areas lack epiphytic lichens that can be used to inform us about atmospheric deposition in multiple ways. Epiphytic lichens are capable of accumulating elements proportionally to the local atmospheric concentration, establishing them as commonly used biomonitor of key elements....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Bruce McCune In the mountains of central and southern California, high elevation wilderness

Genome Organization in the Ectomycorrhizal Truffle Rhizopogon vesiculosus

Creator:: Lu, Dabao Sun
Abstract:: Rhizopogon vesiculosus is a common ectomycorrhizal (EM) symbiont of Pseudotusga menziesii (Douglas-fir) in the coast range of the Pacific Northwest. The species has been studied for its systematics, genet size, population structure, and competitive ability in several field and experimental studies. This thesis seeks to provide a more thorough characterization...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: specific genes (SSG) and orthologous clusters shared with the sister genus Suillus, along with clusters

Advances in molecular systematics of clavicipitaceous fungi (Sordariomycetes: Hypocreales)

Creator:: Kepler, Ryan M.
Abstract:: Historical concepts of Clavicipitaceae have included a broad range of species that display diverse morphologies, ecological modes and host associations. When subjected to multigene phylogenetic investigation of evolutionary history, the family was found to be polyphyletic, largely driven by diversity in the genus Cordyceps, previously containing over 400 taxa. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: morphologies. Clavicipitaceae remains considerably diverse and its members attack hosts across three

Developing techniques for evaluating the susceptibility of root-disease resistant Port-Orford-Cedar to foliar and stem canker diseases.

Creator:: Martin, Danielle K. H.
Abstract:: Since around 1923 Port-Orford-cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray) Parl.) has been affected by Phytophthora root disease caused by the virulent introduced pathogen Phytophthora lateralis. A systematic resistance testing and breeding program located at the USDA Forest Service Dorena Genetic Resource Center in Cottage Grove, Oregon was initiated in 1997 with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Yosemite region nitrogen deposition and patterns in the composition of lichen communities

Creator:: Hutten, Martin
Abstract:: This dissertation describes patterns in epiphytic macrolichen community composition along a nitrogen deposition gradient in the Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada in California. This region is part of the largest federal air quality Class 1 designated air-shed in the western United States, covering the entire crest of the Sierra...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: westernmost foothills, most of the region is federally designated Wilderness and has been subjected to few

Fescue taxonomy in the Pacific coast states

Creator:: Wilson, Barbara L.
Abstract:: Accurate taxonomy is essential to preservation and management of native grasses. Four problems in fescue taxonomy were investigated: the identity of the native fescue that dominates western Oregon and Washington prairies, the relationship of native Festuca roemeri to closely related grasses, the status of F. howellii and F. washingtonica, and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: populations of F. idahoensis and the northwest California fescue. All three fescues were tetraploid. All

Potential susceptibility of tanoak associated and rare ericaceous plant species of southwestern Oregon to Phytophthora ramorum

Creator:: Zanzot, James W.
Abstract:: The sudden oak death pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum, is present in southwestern Oregon, and while an eradication effort is underway, the potential impact of the polyphagous pathogen on surrounding vegetation is unknown. Plant communities in the area are substantially different from those affected in California, although tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus), evergreen huckleberry...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: were used to test species commonly associated with tanoak, as well as three rare or endemic ericaceous

Spatial and chronological patterns of Purshia tridentata as influenced by Pinus ponderosa overstory

Creator:: Sherman, Robert James
Abstract:: Twelve sites of uniform topography and soils were selected in the Pinus ponderosa/Purshia tridentata/Festuca idahoensis Association. These sites were located in the rain shadow on the east flank of the Oregon Cascades. A fire history in the form of fire scars on ponderosa pine was available for nine of these...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: age of 30 it is likely that only two or three individuals remain alive. Clump distribution and

Biology and management of Meloidogyne chitwoodi using oxamyl on potato in the western United States

Creator:: David, Nicholas L.
Abstract:: Field trials were conducted during 2001 to 2003 to investigate soil population dynamics of Meloidogyne chitwoodi, tuber symptom suppression using oxamyl, and post-harvest tuber symptom development on short-season potato varieties Russet Norkotah and Russet Nugget (San Luis Valley only). The experiments were located in the San Luis Valley in Colorado,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: multi-modal in all three regions representing distinct periods of egg hatch and root and tuber

An investigation into the ecology and distribution of Kalmiopsis leachiana (Hend.) Rehder

Creator:: Marquis, Robert John
Abstract:: Ecological factors associated with the relictual distribution of the endemic shrub Kalmiopsis leachiana (Ericaceae) were investigated. A prostrate evergreen species with small coriaceous leaves, K. leachiana is restricted to two disjunct populations in the Siskiyou Mountains and southern Cascade Mountains of southwestern Oregon, USA. Exact distributions of individual populations were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Kalmiopsis populations was sampled using a nested plot technique. Analysis showed there to exist three

Mycorrhizal fungi and their relationship to plant succession in subalpine habitats

Creator:: Cazares, Efren
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: graduate career. I would particulary like to thank my parents, brothers and sisters for their love and

Phenotypic variation in diploid and tetraploid populations of Claytonia perfoliata (s.l.) (Portulacaceae)

Creator:: Miller, John M.
Abstract:: Meiotic chromosome counts from 200 populations of Claytonia (Montia) perfoliata (sensu lato) reveal a polyploid pillar complex based on three morphologically different, chemically distinct, and geographically defined diploids. The basic chromosome number is x=6. Diploid C. perfoliata Willdenow with linear juvenile leaves and deltoid mature basal leaves ranges southeastward from...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: populations of Claytonia (Montia) perfoliata (sensu lato) reveal a polyploid pillar complex based on three

Impact of raspberry bushy dwarf virus, raspberry leaf mottle virus, and raspberry latent virus on plant growth and fruit crumbliness in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) 'Meeker'

Creator:: Quito-Avila, Diego F.
Abstract:: The United States is the third-largest producer of raspberries in the world. Washington State leads the nation in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) production. 'Meeker', the most grown red raspberry cultivar in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, Canada) is highly susceptible to Raspberry crumbly fruit, a virusinduced...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: single or mixtures of the three viruses, in all possible combinations, were generated by graft

Ecophysiology of the cyanolichen Lobaria oregana

Creator:: Antoine, Marie E.
Abstract:: This thesis consists of three manuscripts describing ecophysiological research on the cyanolichen Lobaria oregana. The first manuscript includes a re-evaluation of the assumptions underlying past estimates of N fixation by this species and provides an estimate of annual N fixation at the Wind River Canopy Crane (WRCC). Based upon litterfall...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Cyanolichen Lobaria oregana. Abstract approved: This thesis consists of three manuscripts

Pendent Usnea (Lichens; Ascomycetes; Parmeliaceae) in Western Oregon : taxonomy; morphological characters; and geographical distribution

Creator:: Pittam, Sherry K.
Abstract:: Pendent Usnea species were collected in western Oregon and examined. Character states, such as cortex-medulla-axis ratio; fibril length; papilla diameter; branching patterns; and presence or absence of fibrils, papillae, soredia, isidia; plus chemistry, were recorded and analyzed by inspection for differences. Historical names were researched in the literature. A comparison...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon Cascades, at 2480 meters, and a site in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness just east of Three Fingered

Physical factors affecting longevity and germination of seed of Western dwarfmistletoe (Arceuthobium campylopodum Engelm. f. campylopodum)

Creator:: Beckman, Kent Mardsen
Abstract:: Longevity and germination of seed of western dwarfmistletoe (Arceuthobium campylopodum Engelm. f. campylopodum) of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) was investigated to determine: 1) the influence of humidity and temperature on seed viability and deterioration during storage; 2) the physiology of seed dormancy; 3) the composition of seed reserve food...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: area near the town of Sisters. Throughout the three years, seed from over 2,000 plants was collected

Bioindication of air quality in forests of northern and central California using epiphytic macrolichen communities

Creator:: Jovan, Sarah
Abstract:: The unifying purpose of this dissertation was to describe, model, and map relationships between epiphvtic macrolichen communities and air quality in Ibrests of northern and central California. First, multivariate analyses were used to subdivide the large study area into three model areas with similar climate, topography, and lichen communities: the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: into three model areas with similar climate, topography, and lichen communities: the NW Coast. the

Conservation biology of Perideridia erythrorhiza (Apiaceae) : experimental reintroduction and life history

Creator:: Roberts, Kimberly A.
Abstract:: An experimental reintroduction was performed to determine the best method to create new populations of the tuberous species Perideridia erythrorhiza, a rare vascular plant endemic to southern Oregon. Only a handful of sites are currently present, and many of these are subject to other land uses such as urban development...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: equivalent to a three year old plant - about the stage in development when plants begin to reproduce - in

Factors affecting germination of endomycorrhizal spores

Creator:: Daniels, Barbara Ann
Abstract:: Four isolates of Glomus mosseae, collected from diverse geographic locations, were pot cultured on varied host plants or stored in the same soil as collected. Spores of three isolates failed to germinate on any of five agar media while the fourth germinated well on all media. Lack of germination on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: collected. Spores of three isolates failed to germinate on any of five agar media while the fourth

Distribution of understory species in relation to maximum and minimum tree influence in the montane forest of the Central Oregon Cascades

Creator:: Robinson, Andrew Frederick, Jr.
Abstract:: Twenty sites of uniform topography and soil were select ed in the montane forest found on the East flank of the Central Oregon Cascades. These sites were located along a vegetational gradient composed of five plant communities: Abies/Pachistima, Pinus/Ceanothus, Pinus Arctostaphylos-Purshia, Pinus/Purshia/Festuca, and Juniperus Festuca. An attempt was made to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: showed an inconsistent distributional pattern in rela- tion to tree influence. Similarly, three

Castilleja and Pedicularis are confirmed as telial hosts for white pine blister rust in whitebark pine ecosystems of Oregon and Washington

Creator:: Mulvey, Robin L.
Abstract:: The primary objective of this research was to determine if native species within the genera Castilleja and Pedicularis are naturally infected by white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) in whitebark pine ecosystems of the Oregon and Washington Cascade Range. Secondary objectives were to monitor the phenology of aecial and telial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: established (28 in 2008 and 21 in 2009) and monitored three to six times per season. Natural C. ribicola

Conservation biology of Plagiobothrys hirtus (Boraginaceae) : evaluation of life history and population enhancement

Creator:: Amsberry, Kelly
Abstract:: Plagiobothrys hirtus (Boraginaceae) is a state and federally listed endangered plant found only in Douglas County, Oregon. This vernal pool endemic has historically been threatened by agricultural conversion of seasonal wetlands in the Sutherlin area, and is currently being eradicated as habitat is lost due to the rapid urban development...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Greenhouse-grown plants were installed in six plots within three soil moisture zones at each of the two

Serological identification of common and strain-specific antigens in Agrobacterium

Creator:: Bouzar, Hacene
Abstract:: Two new methods, one of broad specificity and the other of narrow specificity, were developed for the identification of agrobacteria. The former method was based on ribosomal antigens that were common to members of the closely related Agrobacterium and Rhizobium genera. Antisera to unwashed 50 S ribosomal subunits from five...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: three Rhizobium leguminosarum strains, and nine other genera outside the Rhizobiaceae. Only the

A taxonomic revision of Astragalus mokiacensis and allied taxa within the Astragalus lentiginosus complex of Section Diphysi

Creator:: Alexander, J. Andrew
Abstract:: North America, with over 400 species of Astragalus (Fabaceae), is one of three major centers of diversity, all of which comprise the majority of the nearly 1750 species of Astragalus worldwide. One of the most diverse species, Astragalus lentiginosus of Section Diphysi, is a polymorphic complex of over 40 varieties,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _______________________________________________ Aaron I. Liston North America, with over 400 species of Astragalus (Fabaceae), is one of three

Phylogeography and Evolution of Effector Genes in Phytophthora Species

Creator:: Shakya, Shankar K.
Abstract:: Plant pathogens in the genus Phytophthora are known to cause disease on field crops, nursery plants, and forest trees. The best known example probably is Phytophthora infestans, which triggered the infamous Irish potato famine. Other important Phytophthora species include: P. ramorum (sudden oak death pathogen), P. sojae (soybean root rot...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: evolution of RxLR (Arginine-any amino acid-Leucine-Arginine) effector genes in three Phytophthora

Reconsidering Relationships among Stem and Crown Group Pinaceae: Oldest Record of the Genus Pinus from the Early Cretaceous of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Creator:: Ryberg, Patricia E., Rothwell, Gar W., Stockey, Ruth A., Hilton, Jason, Mapes, Gene, and Riding, James B.
Abstract:: This study describes a specimen that extends the oldest fossil evidence of Pinus L. to the Early Cretaceous Wealden Formation of Yorkshire, UK (131-129 million years ago), and prompts a critical reevaluation of criteria that are employed to identify crown group genera of Pinaceae from anatomically preserved seed cones. The...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Pinus form a clade with three very Pinus-like species that currently are assigned to the stem genus

Nursery, cold storage, and field studies on western conifers inoculated with spores of Pisolithus tinctorius

Creator:: Alvarez, Isabel Fernandez
Abstract:: Inoculations of white fir, Shasta red fir, Douglas fir and ponderosa pine with Pisolithus tinctorius spores when outplanted failed to produce P. tinctorius mycorrhizae at the end of the first growing season. In the third year a few P. tinctorius mycorrhizae were formed on white fir. Inoculations reduced seedling survival...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . tinctorius. The spores were applied at three rates with vs. without cold-wet pretreatment of 7 vs. 21 days

Epiphytic macrolichens in relation to forest management and topography in a western Oregon watershed

Creator:: Berryman, Shanti D.
Abstract:: This dissertation describes patterns in epiphytic macrolichen community composition, diversity, and biomass across various stand types in the Blue River watershed of western Oregon. It first examines the relative importance of ecological factors such as stand age, remnant tree retention, and topography to lichen communities in the landscape. It then...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , kg/ha) was estimated for three functional groups: nitrogen-fixing cyanolichens, forage lichens, and

Fire history of the ponderosa pine forests of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon

Creator:: Soeriaatmadja, Roehajat Emon, 1936-
Abstract:: Fire has played a prominent role in the development and character of the ponderosa pine forests in western North American. Its records are written in the scars of trees that have survived the fire. Careful studies of these fire-scars may be used as a means of reconstructing the fire history...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: still exist on a number of the High Cascade peaks, includ- ing Three Sisters, Three -fingered Jack and

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:: continua of characteristics. Processes can be considered on three major gradients that are nested in both

Developing models to predict favorable environments for rice blast

Creator:: Calvero, Silvino B.
Abstract:: Statistical analyses were used to develop predictive models of rice blast and to relate the favorability of environment to disease incidence and severity on different rice cultivars at five sites in Asia. The WINDOW PANE program was used to search for weather factors highly correlated with blast. Stepwise and r-square...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: hypothetical sowing months at Cavinti, the IRRI blast nursery, and Sitiung sites revealed three blast

Taxomony and mycorrhizal ecology of the desert truffles in the genus Terfezia

Creator:: Alsheikh, Abdulmagid M.
Abstract:: Mycorrhizal fungi in arid and semiarid rangelands have received little study in southwest Asia and north Africa, although they are important in food production and rangeland productivity. The desert truffles of the genera Terfezia and Tirmania form fruiting-bodies and mycorrhizae with rangeland plants. This thesis treats the taxonomy and the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: located of one species and five synonyms. Three new species are provisionally proposed. Most Terfezia

Candidate Genes Associated with Blister Rust Resistance in Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) Revealed through de novo Transcriptome Assembly and Differential Gene Expression Analysis

Creator:: Bair, Zolton J.
Abstract:: Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is an iconic North American high-elevation tree species currently threatened by climate change, mountain pine beetle, and white pine blister rust (WPBR), a lethal disease caused by the non-native fungal pathogen Cronartium ribicola. In collaboration with the USDA Forest Service Dorena Genetic Resource Center, germplasm was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: chamber to initiate WPBR infection. Three days after inoculation, needle tissue was sampled and flash

Revegetation in the 1914-1915 devastated area of Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creator:: Bailey, Warren Hutchinson, 1914-
Abstract:: At the time of the eruptions of Lassen Peak in 1914-1915, an area of vegetation along the east slope of the mountain approximately 1 1/4 miles wide and four miles long was destroyed. Except for a few surviving trees, all vegetation was destroyed. A study of the revegetation of this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: herbaceous plants, rooted in the old soil, managed to grow through as much as three feet of ash. Woody

A biosystematic study in the genus Aster, section Aster, in western North America

Creator:: Dean, Milton Lee
Abstract:: A biosystematic investigation was undertaken in 15 species and three subspecies of the genus Aster, in western North America. Previous studies had been based entirely on external morphological features, and it was believed that much could be learned about the natural affinities of the taxa by exploring their cytological and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: biosystematic investigation was undertaken in 15 species and three subspecies of the genus Aster, in western

A comparative study of temperate Chamaecyparis forests

Creator:: Hawk, Glenn M.
Abstract:: The objectives of this study include: (1) analysis of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, C. taiwanensis, and C. formosensis forests including the structure, composition, and dynamics of plant communities and their environmental relationships; and (2) comparison of the temperate Chamaecyparis forests of Taiwan and the Pacific Northwest with emphasis on structural and successional...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: four communities in Taiwan and three zones with eight communities in the Pacific Northwest are

Distribution and prediction of Swiss needle cast of Douglas-fir in coastal Oregon

Creator:: Rosso, Pablo H.
Abstract:: This study was directed to improve our understanding of the ecology of Swiss needle cast (SNC) of Douglas-fir, a disease that produces extensive damage to forests and plantation in the coastal region of Oregon and Washington. A disease prediction model for the coastal area of Oregon was built by establishing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: parents, Gogó y Manuel. My brothers and sisters: Manuel, Marina, Juan, Sebastian, Agueda y Martin. Their

Ecology of Pinus albicaulis on Bachelor Butte, Oregon

Creator:: Lueck, Dennis
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: having named it as part of a "family" of peaks (viz. the Three Sisters, the Husband, the Wife, and the

Nitrogen fixation by Purshia tridentata : some ecological aspects and root nodule anatomy

Creator:: Dalton, David Andrews
Abstract:: This study examines several aspects of nitrogen fixation by Purshia tridentata (Pursh) D. C., a rosaceous shrub widespread in the central Oregon pumice region, especially as an understory species in Pinus ponderosa and Pinus contorta forests. Anatomical studies of root nodules under the light microscope revealed strong similarities to other...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: tridentata (Pursh) D. C. (bitterbrush or antelope brush) 2 is in one of the three rosaceous shrub genera

Phylogenetics, population genetics, molecular epidemiology, and pathogenicity of the Douglas-fir Swiss needle cast pathogen Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii

Creator:: Winton, Loretta M.
Abstract:: A hierarchical series of studies, based mainly on molecular data, was conducted to elucidate the life history of the Douglas-fir Swiss needle cast pathogen Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii at macro- and micro-evolutionary scales. This information was then utilized to design and evaluate molecular diagnostic tools for use in studies on the epidemiology...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Wilderness; LM, Limestone; NF, North Fork; JH, Juno Hill)............................. 95 6.2. Percentage of

Calochortus howellii : ecology of a rare serpentine endemic, and comparison with the new species, C. umpquaensis (Liliaceae)

Creator:: Fredricks, Nancy Ann
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: three field seasons, 1983-1985. Of those plants tagged, 67 percent bloomed at least once during the

Influence of atmospheric humidity and free water on germination and germ tube growth of Botrytis cinerea Pers.

Creator:: Carre, Deborah Danielle
Abstract:: The influence of atmospheric humidity and free water on germination and germ tube growth of Botrytis cinerea Pers. ex Fr. was studied. Relative humidities (RH) were maintained inside insulated humidity chambers with sulfuric acid solutions of the appropriate concentrations. Insulation was necessary to reduce the incidence of condensation caused by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: parents, John and Georgine and my sisters, for their enduring love. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

Canopy epiphyte studies in the central Oregon Cascades : implications for the management of Douglas-fir forests

Creator:: Sillett, Stephen Charles
Abstract:: This thesis includes four separate studies. The first two studies assessed edge effects in a 700-year-old forest. After 20 years of exposure, epiphyte assemblages on the clearcut edge were similar to those of the forest interior, but there were some differences in vertical distribution patterns. Several species restricted to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: populations in three forest age classes 58 4.3 Effects of forest age on five dependent variables for two

Pathological and ecological aspects of decline and mortality of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis in southeast Alaska

Creator:: Hennon, Paul Edward
Abstract:: Alaska-cedar (Chamaecvparis nootkatensIs (D. Don) Spach) is a valuable tree that is suffering from a serious decline and mortality of unknown cause throughout southeast Alaska. Epidemiological and pathological studies were initiated to determine if a pathogen is the primary cause of this problem. By examining old aerial photographs and by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: undertaking field studies in a remote portion of the Alaskan wilderness, the list of people that were of

Seasonality as a driving factor of decomposition pathways in both meadows and forests : an exploration across a gradient of climate in Oregon

Creator:: Colby, Samantha E.
Abstract:: Soil food webs process the majority of terrestrial carbon, and influence overall ecosystem function. A primary distinction among soil food webs is based on fungal versus bacterial pathways of decomposition; these lead to fundamentally different soil function, and are expected to differ in dominance between meadows and forests. This assumption...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: function. In chapter 2 of this thesis, I asked the following three major questions: 1) Whether meadows

An analysis of montane forest vegetation on the east flank of the central Oregon Cascades

Creator:: West, Neil E.
Abstract:: Montane forest vegetation as it occurs on the east flank of the central Oregon Cascades has provided excellent conditions for a "natural experiment" in the use of various methodologies in studying vegetational distribution. This "experiment" has reflected on some theory and practice for the discipline of plant synecology. Detailed descriptions,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the electronic processing of the data. The author's wife, Darlene A. West and sister, Cheryl G

Non-target Effects of Biological Control: Ecological Risk of Tyria jacobaeae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) to Senecio triangularis (Asteraceae) in Western Oregon

Creator:: Rodman, Madison G.
Abstract:: Non-target effects are one of the greatest potential risks of weed biological control programs, and understanding non-target effects of biological control at the population level is crucial for predicting when they will occur and altering the perception of biological control as a whole. In this thesis, we assessed the ecological...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: accessible, of moderate size, and were not located within protected wilderness areas. The Big Lake site

Interrelationship of wheat cultivar mixtures, stripe rust and yield

Creator:: Akanda, Shamsul I.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) cultivars and three two-component mixtures, planted at five ratios, were studied both in the presence and

Physiological relationships between dwarf mistletoe and ponderosa pine

Creator:: McDowell, Larry Leon
Abstract:: A comparative study was made of Pinus ponderosa Laws, and Arceuthobium campylopodum Engelm. f . campylopodum to determine (1) whether or not the parasite or parasitized tissues accumulate abnormal concentrations of minerals, (2) whether or not there was evidence of a blockage of mineral translocation in the phloem because of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , which are part of a new stand on cut-over land near Sisters, Oregon. Samples were from trees having no

Ecological thresholds, climate extremes, and tree species' distributions across the Pacific coastal United States

Creator:: Lintz, Heather E.
Abstract:: Species' distributions across the landscape are perhaps the least understood yet most conspicuous features of life on earth. Ecologists have long studied species' distributions; yet, many questions remain about why species occur where they do. Such questions persist largely because species' distributions are complex systems with challenging properties like non-linearity,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: work develops an approach to quantify thresholds from response surfaces in three-dimensional state

A molecular phylogeny for the Mimulus moschatus alliance (Scrophulariaceae) and its conservation implications

Creator:: Whittall, Justen Bryant
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , although a "total evidence" approach provided improved resolution in determining the sister taxon to the M

Isolation of putative pAgK84 transconjugants from commerical cherry and raspberry plants treated with Agrobacterium radiobacter strain K84

Creator:: Lu, Shu-Fen
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: raspberry strains was distributed among three groups : biovar 1, biovar 2, and biovar x. A high proportion

Benthic algal communities of the Metolius River

Creator:: Sherman, Barbara Jane Powell, 1938-
Abstract:: Samples of benthic algae were collected from the Metolius River of central Oregon at two-week intervals between April 15, 1967 and March 9, 1968. Species of filamentous algae and diatoms present were recorded for every sampling station on each sampling date. Permanent mounts of diatom frustules were prepared. This sampling...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: over a three year period. 13 4. Temperature recorded at selected sites on the Metolius River during

Genetic diversity of populations of Astragalus oniciformis using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers

Creator:: Alexander, J. Andrew
Abstract:: Astragalus oniciformis Barneby is a xerophyte of the sagebrush deserts of central Idaho. It is a narrow endemic of the upper Snake River Plains where it inhabits stabilized, aeolian sand deposits over Quaternary basalt flows. The objective of this study was to determine the levels and distribution of genetic differentiation...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Rapa Nui (Easter Island) that has been extinct in the wild since 1960. Forty-three samples of S

Purification and partial characterization of a virus associated with korogwe leaf spot disease of sisal

Creator:: Mpunami, Anatolia
Abstract:: Sisal Wave sisalana Perrine), one of Tanzania's main cashcrops, is severely affected by korogwe leaf spot disease (KLS).Infected plants show chocolate brown, concentric, scablike eruptions on both surfaces of mature leaves, and produce stained, low-quality fiber. A flexuous, rod-shaped virus was isolated from KLS-infected sisal leaves and studied at Oregon...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: two sisters Angela and Leonalda who lovingly cared for my son during this long period of separation

Expression of secondary metabolites following manipulations of the C:N ratio in spotted knapweed, Centaurea maculosa Lam.

Creator:: Brodhagen, Marion L.
Abstract:: Spotted knapweed, Centaurea maculosa Lam. (Compositae) is an extremely successful introduced weed species in the northwestern United States. Multiple factors may be responsible for its success, including chemical defense. Two different types of putative chemical defense agents are the focus of this thesis. The first is a bitter-tasting sesquiterpene lactone,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . maculosa foliage. 1.2. Tentative structures of three polyacetylenic compounds isolated from roots of C

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:: ecology, botany, and fire ecology in the Yosemite wilderness. Drs. Patricia Muir and Bruce McCune have

Performance of Willamette Valley native plants following herbicide exposure

Creator:: Blakeley-Smith, Matthew R.
Abstract:: Prairies were once the dominant vegetation type in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Land use conversion, fire suppression, succession, and invasive species have reduced Willamette Valley prairies to less than 1% of their historical area. The remnant prairies that persist today are small in size and are highly fragmented. Marginal strips of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: parents planted the seed that developed into a great fascination with the natural world. My big sisters

Effects of grazing and nitrogen enrichment on the taxonomic structure of periphyton assemblages in lotic ecosystems

Creator:: Lundberg, Chris H.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Dan Lundberg, for their love, and for encouraging my curiosity, and also my sisters, Karen Van

Conservation of Sidalcea nelsoniana through habitat management : effects of burning, mowing, and altered flooding regime on a rare Willamette Valley perennial

Creator:: Bartels, Marilynn R.
Abstract:: Active habitat management plays a key role in the preservation of native ecosystems and rare species, especially in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, where natural succession to woodlands threatens the few wetland prairies remaining after 150 years of agriculture and urbanization. Sidalcea nelsoniana, listed as threatened under the federal Endangered...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , thousands of laughs, and those much needed study breaks. To my sisters Karen and Kim, my brothers Dale and

Insights into Novel Non-Fumigant Nematicides: Physiological and Cellular Responses of Meloidogyne Incognita and Other Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

Creator:: Wram, Catherine L.
Abstract:: Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) pose a severe threat to crop production with the economic losses due to nematode parasitism in excessive of US$ 80 billion each year. Meloidogyne incognita, a globally distributed pest with a diverse host range, contributes significantly to this economic loss. The most reliable way to manage PPN...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Marie Loiseau (and Sydney) have become my sisters and I will be forever grateful for your love and

Morphology, physiology and pathogenicity of Trichoconis padwickii Ganguly, the cause of Stackburn disease of rice

Creator:: Chuaiprasit, Chalermlarb
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: thankful to my brothers and sisters for their inspiration and encouragement. TABLE OF CONTENTS

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:: questions (and curiosity) than answers, Bruce McCune for expertise in navigating space beyond three

Ecology of Corydalis aquae-gelidae, a rare riparian plant

Creator:: Goldenberg, Douglas M.
Abstract:: Corydalis aquae-gelidae is a large herbaceous perennial in the Fumariaceae that has high habitat specificity. It is endemic to the western Cascade Range of Oregon and Washington, almost entirely on the Mt. Hood and Gifford Pinchot National Forests. It is a federal C2 candidate under the Endangered Species Act and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the roadless areas of the Roaring 9 River Watershed, or the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness

Systematic and reproductive studies of Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae) in the Pacific Northwest : implications for conservation biology

Creator:: Meinke, Robert James
Abstract:: The Mimulus washingtonensis complex is a group of morphologically similar species centered in the Pacific Northwest. All are rare, and most are under consideration for listing as endangered. Morphometric and pollination data were used in developing a revised taxonomy for the group. Five species and two varieties are recognized. Mimulus...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 1982). Although only three Oregon species are listed as threatened or endangered by the federal

Effects of substrate relief, light intensity and herbivory on the distribution and abundance of periphyton in laboratory streams

Creator:: DeNicola, Dean M.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sisters for their support and for continuing to expose me to a diversity of intellectual interests

Cryptogam communities in forest and steppe ecosystems of Oregon, USA

Creator:: Root, Heather T.
Abstract:: I focus on addressing knowledge gaps relating to management of cryptogams in Oregon's public lands in Pseudotsuga menziesii-Tsuga heterophylla forests on the west side of the Cascade Range and dryland steppe in the Cascade Range's rainshadow. While a great deal of research has illustrated the importance of late-successional forests for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and the Sisters Bakery with me. Finally, I would like to thank my major professor, Bruce McCune

Vegetative ecology of a montane mire, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Creator:: Seyer, Susan C.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ground waters of the three types are distinct. If iassification is done according to the water source

Serological and biological characterization of seed-borne isolates of blackeye cowpea mosaic and cowpea aphid-borne mosaic potyviruses in Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp

Creator:: Bashir, Muhammad
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: %) potyviruses, and seven with CMV (2.0%) cucumovirus. Forty-three isolates of B1CMV and 55 of CABMV were

The sequestrate relatives of Russula in Australia and New Zealand

Creator:: Lebel, Teresa
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Australasian genera and species of sequestrate Russulales are provided. Forty-three new species are proposed

Shrub epiphyte communities in relation to stand management in forests of western Oregon

Creator:: Rosso, Abbey L.
Abstract:: This dissertation describes the epiphyte communities on tall shrubs in forests of western Oregon, with a focus on potential effects of management practices on these communities. Shrubs and other hardwoods have recently gained recognition as hotspots of diversity for epiphytes in young conifer forests of the region. Yet little is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: collect microplot data. Eleven of the 51 plots had fewer than 20 stems, including four unthinned, three

Systematics of the genus Rhizopogon inferred from nuclear ribosomal DNA large subunit and internal transcribed spacer sequences

Creator:: Grubisha, Lisa C.
Abstract:: Rhizopogon is a hypogeous fungal genus that forms ectomycorrhizae with genera of the Pinaceae. The greatest number and species of Rhizopogon are found in coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwestern United States, where members of the Pinaceae are also concentrated. Rhizopogon spp. are host-specific primarily with Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: do not see very often. First I thank my parents, Miriam and Drago, and my sisters, Vida and Diane

Description and classification of the forests of the upper Illinois River drainage of Southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Atzet, Thomas
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to develope a plant community classification within the Siskiyou mountains, a small range within the Klamath geological province well known for its geologic and floristic diversity. Forest land managers have expressed the need for identification of basic Land classes that will aid in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , the Siskiyous now contained elements of three origins; the Arcto- Tertiary Geoflora, the Madro

Characteristics of soil organic matter in two forest soils

Creator:: Crow, Susan E.
Abstract:: Soil organic matter (SOM) is the terrestrial biosphere's largest pool of organic carbon (C) and is an integral part of C cycling globally. Soil organic matter composition typically can be traced directly back to the type of detrital inputs; however, the stabilization of SOM results as a combination of chemical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sisters who, even though I am the oldest, have shown me how it's done a time or two. My parents gave me

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