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Life-history strategies of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) across a volcanic disturbance gradient at Mount St. Helens, Washington

Creator:: Blackman, Tara Elizabeth
Abstract:: In this study, I examine the influence of habitat gradients created by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington USA on a recently established Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) population in the Spirit Lake basin. My goal was to evaluate the responses of fish in seven streams across a volcanic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THE THESIS OF AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Tara Elizabeth Blackman for the degree of

Carnivore Competition: Spatial and Dietary Implications of Gray Wolf Recolonization for Cougars in Northeast Oregon

Creator:: Orning, Elizabeth Kari
Abstract:: After a 40-year absence from Oregon’s landscape, expanding gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations are reestablishing elements of interspecific competition with sympatric large carnivores, like cougars (Puma concolor). This presents new challenges for management of large carnivores and their ungulate prey populations (e.g., elk, Cervus canadensis nelsoni; mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Elizabeth K. Orning for

Survival Rates and Cause-Specific Mortality of Mule Deer in South-Central Oregon

Creator:: Mulligan, Elizabeth M.
Abstract:: It is critical for wildlife managers to understand the population dynamics of a harvested species, particularly for ungulates, which are a valuable wildlife resource. Due to concerns that mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations in Oregon were declining, more comprehensive data on population vital rates and the factors potentially affecting them...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in South-Central Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Elizabeth M. Mulligan for the

The Influence of Wildfire and Invasive Vegetation on Mule Deer

Creator:: Schuyler, Elizabeth
Abstract:: The western United States has experienced large-scale degradation due to land use and land cover changes, invasion of annual grasses, and expansion of woody plants into grass and shrublands and the resultant altered fire regimes. These landscape-scale changes have coincided with declining mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations, making habitat loss...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Elizabeth Marie

Local weather, regional climate, and population dynamics of northern spotted owls in Washington and Oregon

Creator:: Glenn, Elizabeth M.
Abstract:: Since the early 1990s, declines in northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) populations have been documented through extensive field surveys and range-wide demographic analyses. Although loss of late-successional forest has been credited as the primary cause for spotted owl population declines, environmental variation has also been shown to influence vital...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Elizabeth M

Big Fishery, Big Data, and Little Crabs: Using a Genomic Approach to Examine Larval Recruitment Patterns of Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) in the California Current Ecosystem

Creator:: Lee, Elizabeth M. J.
Abstract:: The California Current Ecosystem (CCE) is a dynamic marine ecosystem from which many socioeconomically important fisheries species are harvested. In this thesis, a genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach was used to examine genomic variation in an early life stage of the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister), which constitutes the most valuable single-species commercial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF Elizabeth M.J. Lee for the degree of Master of Science in Fisheries Science

Big fishery, big data, and little crabs: Using genomic methods to examine the seasonal recruitment patterns of early life stage Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) in the California Current Ecosystem

Creator:: Lee, Elizabeth M. J. and O'Malley, Kathleen G.
Abstract:: The California Current Ecosystem (CCE) is a dynamic marine ecosystem from which many socioeconomically important fisheries species are harvested. Here, a genotyping- by-sequencing (GBS) approach was used to examine genomic variation in an early life stage (megalopae) of the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister), which constitutes the most valuable single-species commercial...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Julie S. Barber, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, United States *Correspondence: Elizabeth M. J. Lee

Population trends in northern spotted owls: Associations with climate in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Glenn, Elizabeth M., Anthony, Robert G., and Forsman, Eric D.
Abstract:: We used reverse time capture-mark-recapture models to describe associations between rate of population change (λ) and climate for northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) at six long-term study areas in Washington and Oregon, USA. Populations in three of six areas showed strong evidence of declining populations, while populations in two...
Resource Type:: Article

Effects of oil and natural gas development on territory occupancy of ferruginous hawks and golden eagles in Wyoming, USA

Creator:: Wallace, Zachary P.
Abstract:: Energy development is expanding rapidly across the western US. Negative effects have been documented for some wildlife, but consequences of development are unclear for other taxa, including raptors. We had the opportunity to examine effects of oil and natural gas development on two raptor species of conservation concern, ferruginous hawks...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: territory occupancy by ferruginous hawks had a strong positive relationship to abundance of ground

Small mammal and bird abundance in relation to post-fire habitat succession in mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana) communities

Creator:: Holmes, Aaron L.
Abstract:: Fire is an important disturbance mechanism in big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) communities, yet little is known about wildlife population dynamics during post-fire habitat succession. I estimated the abundance of small mammals and birds in relation to fire history in mountain big sagebrush (A.t. spp. vaseyana) communities on the Sheldon National...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: burned areas than adjacent unburned areas although the relationship was not strong for the latter two

Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

Creator:: Laurance, William F., Useche, D. Carolina, Rendeiro, Julio, Kalka, Margareta, Bradshaw, Corey J. A., Sloan, Sean P., Laurance, Susan G., Campbell, Mason, Abernethy, Kate, Alvarez, Patricia, Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor, Ashton, Peter, Benitez-Malvido, Julieta, Blom, Allard, Bobo, Kadiri S., Cannon, Charles H., Cao, Min, Carroll, Richard, Chapman, Colin, Coates, Rosamond, Cords, Marina, Danielsen, Finn, De Dijn, Bart, Dinerstein, Eric, Donnelly, Maureen A., Edwards, David, Edwards, Felicity, Farwig, Nina, Fashing, Peter, Forget, Pierre-Michel, Foster, Mercedes, Gale, George, Harris, David, Harrison, Rhett, Hart, John, Karpanty, Sarah, Kress, W. John, Krishnaswamy, Jagdish, Logsdon, Willis, Lovett, Jon, Magnusson, William, Maisels, Fiona, Marshall, Andrew R., McClearn, Deedra, Mudappa, Divya, Nielsen, Martin R., Pearson, Richard, Pitman, Nigel, van der Ploeg, Jan, Plumptre, Andrew, Poulsen, John, Quesada, Mauricio, Rainey, Hugo, Robinson, Douglas, Roetgers, Christiane, Rovero, Francesco, Scatena, Frederick, Schulze, Christian, Sheil, Douglas, Struhsaker, Thomas, Terborgh, John, Thomas, Duncan, Timm, Robert, Urbina-Cardona, J. Nicolas, Vasudevan, Karthikeyan, Wright, S. Joseph, Arias-G, Juan Carlos, Arroyo, Luzmila, Ashton, Mark, Auzel, Philippe, Babaasa, Dennis, Babweteera, Fred, Baker, Patrick, Banki, Olaf, Bass, Margot, Bila-Isia, Inogwabini, Blake, Stephen, Brockelman, Warren, Brokaw, Nicholas, Bruehl, Carsten A., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chao, Jung-Tai, Chave, Jerome, Chellam, Ravi, Clark, Connie J., Clavijo, Jose, Congdon, Robert, Corlett, Richard, Dattaraja, H. S., Dave, Chittaranjan, Davies, Glyn, Beisiegel, Beatriz de Mello, da Silva, Rosa de Nazarepaes, Di Fiore, Anthony, Diesmos, Arvin, Dirzo, Rodolfo, Doran-Sheehy, Diane, Eaton, Mitchell, Emmons, Louise, Estrada, Alejandro, Ewango, Corneille, Fedigan, Linda, Feer, Francois, Fruth, Barbara, Willis, Jacalyn Giacalone, Goodale, Uromi, Goodman, Steven, Guix, Juan C., Guthiga, Paul, Haber, William, Hamer, Keith, Herbinger, Ilka, Hill, Jane, Huang, Zhongliang, Sun, I. Fang, Ickes, Kalan, Itoh, Akira, Ivanauskas, Natalia, Jackes, Betsy, Janovec, John, Janzen, Daniel, Jiangming, Mo, Jin, Chen, Jones, Trevor, Justiniano, Hermes, Kalko, Elisabeth, Kasangaki, Aventino, Killeen, Timothy, King, Hen-biau, Klop, Erik, Knott, Cheryl, Kone, Inza, Kudavidanage, Enoka, Ribeiro, Jose Lahoz da Silva, Lattke, John, Laval, Richard, Lawton, Robert, Leal, Miguel, Leighton, Mark, Lentino, Miguel, Leonel, Cristiane, Lindsell, Jeremy, Ling-Ling, Lee, Linsenmair, K. Eduard, Losos, Elizabeth, Lugo, Ariel, Lwanga, Jeremiah, Mack, Andrew L., Martins, Marlucia, McGraw, W. Scott, McNab, Roan, Montag, Luciano, Thompson, Jo Myers, Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob, Nakagawa, Michiko, Nepal, Sanjay, Norconk, Marilyn, Novotny, Vojtech, O'Donnell, Sean, Opiang, Muse, Ouboter, Paul, Parker, Kenneth, Parthasarathy, N., Pisciotta, Katia, Prawiradilaga, Dewi, Pringle, Catherine, Rajathurai, Subaraj, Reichard, Ulrich, Reinartz, Gay, Renton, Katherine, Reynolds, Glen, Reynolds, Vernon, Riley, Erin, Roedel, Mark-Oliver, Rothman, Jessica, Round, Philip, Sakai, Shoko, Sanaiotti, Tania, Savini, Tommaso, Schaab, Gertrud, Seidensticker, John, Siaka, Alhaji, Silman, Miles R., Smith, Thomas B., de Almeida, Samuel Soares, Sodhi, Navjot, Stanford, Craig, Stewart, Kristine, Stokes, Emma, Stoner, Kathryn E., Sukumar, Raman, Surbeck, Martin, Tobler, Mathias, Tscharntke, Teja, Turkalo, Andrea, Umapathy, Govindaswamy, van Weerd, Merlijn, Rivera, Jorge Vega, Venkataraman, Meena, Venn, Linda, Verea, Carlos, de Castilho, Carolina Volkmer, Waltert, Matthias, Wang, Benjamin, Watts, David, Weber, William, West, Paige, Whitacre, David, Whitney, Ken, Wilkie, David, Williams, Stephen, Wright, Debra D., Wright, Patricia, Xiankai, Lu, Yonzon, Pralad, and Zamzani, Franky
Abstract:: The rapid disruption of tropical forests probably imperils global biodiversity more than any other contemporary phenomenon¹⁻³. With deforestation advancing quickly, protected areas are increasingly becoming final refuges for threatened species and natural ecosystem processes. However, many protected areas in the tropics are themselves vulnerable to human encroachment and other environmental...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: were strongest for climate parameters but were also strong for variables describing air and water

Non-wadeable river bioassessment: spatial variation of benthic diatom assemblages in Pacific Northwest rivers, USA

Creator:: Pan, Yangdong, Hughes, Robert M., Herlihy, Alan T., and Kaufmann, Philip R.
Abstract:: Current bioassessment efforts are focused on small wadeable streams, at least partly because assessing ecological conditions in non-wadeable large rivers poses many additional challenges. In this study, we sampled 20 sites in each of seven large rivers in the Pacific Northwest, USA, to characterize variation of benthic diatom assemblages among...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , especially Nitzschia, showed an opposite trend, reflecting a strong in-stream water quality gradient

Phylogenetics, Biogeography, Morphological Variation, and Taxonomic Revision of Sandelia capensis (Cuvier 1829) (Anabantiformes: Anabantidae), a Freshwater Fish from the Coastal Streams of the Cape Region, South Africa

Creator:: Bronaugh, Whitcomb Meade
Abstract:: Accumulating human impacts on freshwater ecosystems have created a biodiversity crisis for freshwater fishes while conservation efficacy remains hampered by the Linnaean shortfall, the ignorance of many species that have yet to be discovered and described. The past discovery of most freshwater fish species was simply a matter of collecting...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: very strong morphological stasis. The relatively stable geomorphology and climate, the broad niche

Stream habitat classification and restoration in the Blue Mountians of northeast Oregon

Creator:: Ebersole, Joseph Lamar
Abstract:: The restoration of rivers and streams should be based on a strong conceptual framework. Streams are developing systems. As such, streams exhibit temporal behaviors that change with changing stream environments. Underlying the dynamic development of streams is potential capacity. Streams express this capacity as an array of habitats over time...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: restoration of rivers and streams should be based on a strong conceptual framework. Streams are developing

Invertebrate composition and distribution in desert springs of Oregon

Creator:: Mauger, Susan
Abstract:: In the summers of 1998 and 1999, aquatic invertebrate and plant communities were sampled from nineteen springs in the Warner Basin of southeastern Oregon. Across the landscape, these springs exhibited a broad range in water temperature (5-24°C), pH, conductivity, elevation, and gradient. Within a particular spring, water temperature and chemistry...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: strong temperature and chemical gradient. For example, invertebrate communities on Abert Rim and Hart

The use of burned forest by breeding birds following the Biscuit Fire in southwest Oregon

Creator:: Donaghy Cannon, Michelle M.
Abstract:: Fire severity is hypothesized as an important driver of bird responses to wildfire. For those species that typically respond negatively to increasing severity, Accessibility of high-severity burned forest may be dependent on the proximity of unburned or low-severity burned forest to meet all of the needs of breeding bird species...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: distance from low-moderate severity burned forest. We found strong evidence that large snags (>52- cm

Heterogeneous thermal habitat for northeast Oregon stream fishes

Creator:: Ebersole, Joseph L.
Abstract:: Discrete coldwater patches within warm streams provide potential thermal refuge for coldwater fishes during periods of heat stress. This analysis focused on heterogeneity in stream water temperatures as influenced by local influx of cooler subsurface waters. Using field thermal probes and recording thermistors, we identified and characterized coldwater patches potentially...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: riparian canopy density over coidwater patches decreased with increasing channel width:depth. Strong

Worldwide phylogeography and local population structure of the rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis)

Creator:: Albertson, G. Renee
Abstract:: Several dolphin species have global distributions. The extent of their radiation and limits to gene flow are presumably a product of oceanographic features both recent and historical, behavioral specializations and social organization. Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) are globally distributed in tropical and subtropical waters and are generally found in depths...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of the mtDNA control region and 15 microsatellite loci, an overall AMOVA indicated strong

Body Condition and Hormone Assessment of Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales (Eschrichtius robustus) and Associations with Ambient Noise

Creator:: Lemos, Leila S.
Abstract:: Anthropogenic activities have posed many threats to the oceans and marine life. Understanding how individuals are affected and physiologically respond to these threats is crucial and allows for management and conservation applications. I evaluated the overall health condition of a subpopulation of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) along the Oregon coast,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: utilization. Lastly, I described a strong correlation between ambient noise and vessel traffic along the

News & Views, 2004

Creator:: Hall, Jim
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: Angeles. Thanks to my parents, I managed to develop a strong appreciation for the outdoors even in the

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