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  • Lichen Biomonitoring from Valley to Alpine in Central and Southern California

    Creator:
    Kovasi, Adrienne I.
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    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....
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    : ______________________________________________________ Bruce McCune In the mountains of central and southern California, high elevation wilderness

  • Lichen Functional Trait Variation Along an East-West Climatic Gradient in Oregon and Among Habitats in Katmai National Park, Alaska

    Creator:
    Spickerman, Kaleigh
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    Functional traits of vascular plants have been an important component of ecological studies for a number of years; however, in more recent times vascular plant ecologists have begun to formalize a set of key traits and universal system of trait measurement. Many recent studies hypothesize global generality of trait patterns,...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Bruce McCune Functional traits of

  • Lichen communities and caribou habitat in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA

    Creator:
    Nelson, Peter R.
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    Lichens play many important roles in subarctic terrestrial ecosystems by fixing nitrogen, colonizing rock and gravel, stabilizing otherwise bare soil, adding significantly to vegetation biodiversity and serving as the primary food for caribou in the winter. In these chapters, I analyzed lichen community and ecological trait structure along environmental gradients,...
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    approved: Bruce McCune Lichens play many important roles in subarctic terrestrial ecosystems by fixing

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

    Creator:
    Miranda-González, Ricardo
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    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....
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    : ___________________________________________________________ Bruce McCune In recent years, our ecological knowledge of tropical dry forests has

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

    Creator:
    Hutten, Martin
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    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...
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    Communities. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________________ Bruce

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

    Creator:
    Sillett, Stephen Charles
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    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...
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    , Bruce McCune, Bill Denison, Peter Neitlich, Jeri Peck, Mark Wilson, Don Zobel, and George Carroll

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

    Creator:
    Berryman, Shanti D.
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    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...
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    : __________________________________________ Bruce McCune This dissertation describes patterns in epiphytic macrolichen

  • Cryptogam communities in forest and steppe ecosystems of Oregon, USA

    Creator:
    Root, Heather T.
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    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...
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    Abstract approved: Bruce McCune I focus on addressing knowledge gaps relating to management of

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

    Creator:
    Jovan, Sarah
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    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...
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    . Bruce McCuiie, much-loved and inspiring mentor. who provided insightful, patient guidance and

  • Riparian lichens of northern Idaho

    Creator:
    Hutchinson, Jenifer L.
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    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...
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    Lichens of Northern Idaho. Abstract Approved Bruce McCune Riparian forests in the Idaho Panhandle