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Functional groups, traits, and the performance of species in restoration

Creator:: Roberts, Rachael E. (Rachael Elaine)
Abstract:: In ecological restoration, species that are sown to increase the native plant diversity range in establishment ability. Some species readily establish, while others rarely do. This study set out to investigate some of the potential processes influencing species establishment, as well as the traits that are associated with the success...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: members of my committee, Eric Seabloom and Ricardo Letelier also provided great suggestions and helped

The Impact of Surface Ocean Mixing on Phytoplankton Communities and Associated Carbon Pools

Creator:: VerWey, Brian J.
Abstract:: Deep mixing events in the ocean’s surface layer act as physical drivers of carbon export by detraining dissolved and particulate organic matter, including surface phytoplankton communities, to depth. Once removed from the sunlit surface ocean environment, phytoplankton accumulation rates are dependent on the relative contributions of loss processes, such as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Fungal Secondary Metabolism of Basidiobolus meristosporus: a Novel Natural Product Reservoir

Creator:: Trautman, Ian A.
Abstract:: Secondary metabolites (SMs) play an integral role in the life history of most fungal species. Fungal metabolomic studies provide insights into how fungi perform certain ecological functions, how they compete and interact with other organisms, and the breadth of fungal chemodiversity. Fungal SMs have also been utilized for a variety...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: goes out to my committee members Drs. Jessie Uehling and Ricardo Letelier as well, for the time and

Lichen Studies of Tropical Dry Forest: A Systematic and Ecological Approach

Creator:: Miranda-González, Ricardo
Abstract:: In recent years, our ecological knowledge of tropical dry forests has increased dramatically. However, whole components of the ecosystem, like lichenized fungi, remain mostly unknown. Crustose lichens in these forests are so abundant, that they are responsible for the characteristic appearance of a “white bark forest” during the dry season....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Tackifier Type and Concentration have Varying Impacts on Growth of Dryland Mosses

Creator:: Blankenship, Wyatt D.
Abstract:: There is growing interest in using biocrusts (assemblages of cyanobacteria, lichens, mosses, and other taxa in various proportions covering the upper few millimeters of the soil surface) to assist in restoring ecosystem function and native plant communities in dryland ecosystems. Biocrusts can be transplanted and established using jute or thatch,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Responses of Pacific Northwest prairies to soil nutrient manipulations : implications for restoration of Castilleja levisecta and control of invasive species

Creator:: Lawrence, Caitlin E.
Abstract:: Pacific Northwest prairies have become significantly reduced in extent, and in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, less than one percent of native upland prairies remain. Many species have been impacted by this extreme loss of habitat, including Castilleja levisecta (golden paintbrush), a threatened hemiparasitic forb species endemic to the Pacific...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee members, Dr. John Lambrinos and Dr. Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez. I am deeply grateful to a number of

Biological Soil Crusts of the Great Basin : An Examination of their Distribution, Recovery from Disturbance and Restoration

Creator:: Condon, Lea A.
Abstract:: We are at risk of losing the sagebrush steppe in the floristic Great Basin to the invasion of Bromus tectorum L., cheatgrass. The floristic Great Basin includes the Central Basin and Range, the Northern Basin and Range, and the Snake River Plain. The Great Basin receives most of its precipitation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: discussing larger issues in arid lands and the sagebrush steppe with Dr. Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez. His warm

Non-Native Plant Invasion along Elevation and Canopy Closure Gradients in a Middle Rocky Mountain Ecosystem

Creator:: Averett, Joshua P., McCune, Bruce, Parks, Catherine G., Naylor, Bridgett J., DelCurto, Tim, and Mata-González, Ricardo
Abstract:: Mountain environments are currently among the ecosystems least invaded by non-native species; however, mountains are increasingly under threat of non-native plant invasion. The slow pace of exotic plant invasions in mountain ecosystems is likely due to a combination of low anthropogenic disturbances, low propagule supply, and extreme/steep environmental gradients. The...
Resource Type:: Article

Silviculture Impacts and Population Genomics of Coniferiporia sulphurascens, the Causal Agent of Laminated Root Rot

Creator:: McMurtrey, Shawn
Abstract:: Within the Pacific Northwest, USA, root diseases of conifers are a major forest health concern. These diseases are primarily caused by basidiomycete fungi. These fungal associates play a vital role in carbon sequestration but also have a significant negative economic impact within the timber industry. As a result, research on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Jared M. LeBoldus Abstract Within the Pacific Northwest, USA, root diseases of

Epidemic Dynamics of Sudden Oak Death in the Forests of Oregon

Creator:: Carson, Adam
Abstract:: Sudden Oak Death (SOD) is a forest disease caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora ramorum, and infects trees in the Western United States and Europe. This generalist pathogen can infect over 130 species of plants, and causes rapid mortality in tree species in the Fagaceae. Sexual reproduction is thought to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ensuring that the leaf bait samples kept coming in. Additionally, to Sky Lan, Ricardo Alcalá- Briseño, and

Insights into the pathology and epidemiology of Phytophthora ramorum, causal agent of sudden oak death

Creator:: Daniels, Hazel A.
Abstract:: Sudden oak death is caused by the clonally reproducing generalist oomycete Phytophthora ramorum. The pathogen can infect more than 130 different plant hosts including Quercus spp., Larix kaempferi, and Notholithocarpus densiflorus, as well as common nursery genera such as Rhododendron and Camelia, where it causes symptoms ranging from bleeding cankers...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Jared M. LeBoldus Sudden oak death is caused by the clonally reproducing generalist

Fluorescence and nonphotochemical quenching responses to simulated vertical mixing in the marine diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii

Creator:: Milligan, Allen J., Aparicio, Uriel A., and Behrenfeld, Michael J.
Abstract:: The fluorescence signal emitted from phytoplankton exposed to natural sunlight has been considered a potentially useful tool to examine phytoplankton physiology from in situ radiometers and satellites, but variability in the fluorescence signal is confounded by non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). This pathway dissipates excitation energy as heat rather than fluorescence. It...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , Kiefer et al. 1989) and physiological vari- ability (Letelier et al. 1997, Morrison 2003, Schallen- berg

An algorithm for detecting Trichodesmium surface blooms in the South Western Tropical Pacific

Creator:: Dupouy, C., Benielli-Gary, D., Neveux, J., Dandonneau, Y., and Westberry, T. K.
Abstract:: Trichodesmium, a major colonial cyanobacterial nitrogen fixer, forms large blooms in NO₃-depleted tropical oceans and enhances CO₂ sequestration by the ocean due to its ability to fix dissolved dinitrogen. Thus, its importance in C and N cycles requires better estimates of its distribution at basin to global scales. However, existing...
Resource Type:: Article
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Space-based lidar measurements of global ocean carbon stocks

Creator:: Behrenfeld, Michael J., Hu, Yongxiang, Hostetler, Chris A., Dall’Olmo, Giorgio, Rodier, Sharon D., Hair, John W., and Trepte, Charles R.
Abstract:: Global ocean phytoplankton biomass (C-phyto) and total particulate organic carbon (POC) stocks have largely been characterized from space using passive ocean color measurements. A space-based light detection and ranging (lidar) system can provide valuable complementary observations for C-phyto and POC assessments, with benefits including day-night sampling, observations through absorbing aerosols...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: . Citation: Behrenfeld, M. J., Y. Hu, C.A.Hostetler, G. Dall’Olmo, S. D. Rodier, J.W.Hair, andC. R. Trepte

Influence of Raman scattering on ocean color inversion models

Creator:: Westberry, Toby K., Boss, Emmanuel, and Lee, Zhongping
Abstract:: Raman scattering can be a significant contributor to the emergent radiance spectrum from the surface ocean. Here, we present an analytical approach to directly estimate the Raman contribution to remote sensing reflectance, and evaluate its effects on optical properties estimated from two common semi analytical inversion models. For application of...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: . Milligan, P. G. Falkowski, R. M. Letelier, and E. S. Boss, “Climate-driven trends in con- temporary ocean

Community Ecology and Population Genomics of Rhizopogon in the Madrean Sky Island Archipelago

Creator:: Piña Páez, Carolina G.
Abstract:: Anthropogenic induced climate change is predicted to alter distribution of existing plant populations. As plants migrate over space and time, populations often fragment and contract, affecting basic elements of population dynamics (e.g., population size, gene flow, genetic diversity, etc.). Little is known, however, how these impacts on plant species will...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Víctor, Bruno, Kathy, Calel, Camila M, Jenny, Ricardo, Fer, Majo, Emma, Melissa, Arturo, and Lluvia. To

Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3

Creator:: Maree, Hans J., Almeida, Rodrigo P. P., Bester, Rachelle, Chooi, Kar Mun, Cohen, Daniel, Dolja, Valerian V., Fuchs, Marc F., Golino, Deborah A., Jooste, Anna E. C., Martelli, Giovanni P., Naidu, Rayapati A., Rowhani, Adib, Saldarelli, Pasquale, and Burger, Johan T.
Abstract:: Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is one of the most important grapevine viral diseases affecting grapevines worldwide. The impact on vine health, crop yield, and quality is difficult to assess due to a high number of variables, but significant economic losses are consistently reported over the lifespan of a vineyard if...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , National Research Council, Bari, Italy Edited by: Ricardo Flores, Instituto de Biología Molecular y

Photoacclimation in Marine Phytoplankton Under Various Light and Nutrient Regimes and the Resulting Effect on Photosynthetic Electron Flow and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Transients

Creator:: Brown, Matthew B.
Abstract:: Photoacclimation is the process by which plants and phytoplankton adjust the concentration and composition of their photosynthetic machinery (i.e. their photoacclimation state) in response to changes in their light or nutrient environment. The purpose of photoacclimation is to balance the rate at which light energy is absorbed with the energetic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Signaling. 5, 1: 89-94 Behrenfeld M., P. Falkowski (1997) A consumer’s guide to phytoplankton primary

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:: . Bassoni, K. L. Kiehne, B. Temesgen, J. P. van Buijtenen, M. M. Sewell, K. A. Marshall, and D. B. Neale

Contrasting Epiphytic and Ground Layer Macrolichen Communities along the Coast-to-inland Climatic Gradient in Oregon

Creator:: Glauser, Abby L.
Abstract:: Cyanolichens, lichens with a cyanobacterial photobiont, benefit our ecosystems by the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form for other organisms. They are highly sensitive to air pollution and require liquid water for photosynthesis. Many cyanolichen species frequently occur on the ground in the Pacific Northwest, however, most macrolichen...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Ricardo Miranda- Gonzales, Rob Smith, and Bailey Rodgers. You are all really wonderful people. Thank

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:: , and Ricardo Miranda-Gonzalez, great officemates who dealt with my eccentricities and always helped

Factors influencing the effects of host diversity on plant disease epidemics for wheat stripe rust and potato late blight

Creator:: Garrett, Karen A.
Abstract:: Most studies of plant disease epidemiology have focused on epidemics in host populations composed of a single genotype. But crop plant diversity can be a useful means of improving the deployment of resistance genes. In a series of experiments with wheat stripe rust and potato late blight, we studied factors...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Jorge Andrade, Carlos Canizares, Gabriela Chacon, Hugo Luna Vi1chez, Ricardo Orrego, Willmer Perez

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