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Top-down Influences of bald eagles on common murre populations in Oregon

Creator:: Horton, Cheryl A.
Abstract:: Populations of organisms are influenced by both top-down (predator driven) and bottom-up (environment or resource driven) effects. Seabird research has largely focused on bottom-up factors influencing reproduction, with little emphasis on top-down. Our goal was to better understand top-down impacts on colonial nesting seabirds over a range of spatio-temporal scales....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Cheryl A. Horton for the degree of Master

Delineating pattern and process in tropical lowland : mealy parrot migration dynamics as a guide for regional conservation planning

Creator:: Bjork, Robin D.
Abstract:: Most reserves fail to capture the habitat heterogeneity necessary to maintain viable populations of wide-ranging species. Methods to determine defensible dimensions of reserves and reserve networks are needed. The primary goal of this study was to develop such methods for lowland tropical forests by examining habitat- and spatial-use patterns of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Conservation Planning. / Abstract approved: ..,,. Signature redacted for privacy. Reed F. Noss Most

Multiscale relationships of wintering birds with riparian and wetland habitat in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Adamus, Paul R.
Abstract:: Relatively little is known about wintering bird communities in lowlands of the Pacific Northwest, yet, the condition of winter habitats potentially can pose a major constraint on bird populations. I initiated a study to determine: (1) Which avian species use lowland riparian and wetland habitats in the Willamette Valley during...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: McComb, Raymond O'Connor, Dave Wallin, and members of my committee. Reed Noss, as the committee Chair

Virulence characteristics of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) in brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, fry

Creator:: Maret, Joseph J.
Abstract:: Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is an acute, contagious disease of trout fry and fingerlings caused by viruses of the family birnaviridae. IPN disease usually results in mortality that is inversely proportional to the age of the fish. While many studies have been carried out to increase our understanding of IPN,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: virus (IPNV) in brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, fry AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Joseph J

Disentangling bottom-up and top-down effects on survival during early ocean residence in a population of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Creator:: Miller, Jessica A., Teel, David J., Baptista, Antonio, and Morgan, Cheryl A.
Abstract:: We evaluated the relative importance of "bottom-up" (production-limited) and "top-down" (predator-mediated) processes during early marine residence in a population of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from the upper Columbia River, USA. We examined length, mass, and condition index of age-0 juveniles collected in the ocean during June and September across 11...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Jessica A. Miller, David J. Teel, Antonio Baptista, and Cheryl A

Composition, structure, and biomass of cottonwood-dominated gallery forests along a successional gradient, Willamette River, Oregon

Creator:: Fierke, Melissa K.
Abstract:: Recognizing the importance of native black cottonwood-dominated riparian forests is especially important to preserve, protect, and manage for biodiversity in the Willamette River Valley. Species composition, structure, and biomass along a successional gradient from stand initiation to late succession of black cottonwood (Populus balsamfera L. subsp. trichocarpa (T. & G.)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: using understory plant species composition and abundance in sites of all ages. Abundance of reed

The Influence of Alternate Life History Strategies and Natal Conditions on the Reproductive Performance of Adélie Penguins Breeding on Ross Island, Antarctica

Creator:: Kappes, Peter J.
Abstract:: A fundamental objective of ecology and population biology is to identify factors that drive population dynamics and determine the population-level consequences of their interaction with the environment. Studies of reproductive performance can illuminate population dynamic processes, including the links between organismal biology, the environment, and life history theory. A central...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Engelman, Digger Anthony, Anna Mangan, Leila Duchac, Cheryl Horton, Lee Foster, Chad Marks-Fife, Kevin

Hydrologic and vegetation responses associated with restoration of wetlands in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Coleman, Gregory A.
Abstract:: I examined hydrological and plant community changes associated with the implementation of a restoration management plan in two riparian meadows located within an agricultural landscape of the central Willamette Valley, Oregon. I established exclosure fencing (a form of passive restoration) in one agricultural field and established fencing and plugged a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: native plant abundance. Agriculturally excluded wetlands dominated by Reed canary grass (Phalaris

Ecological characteristics of montane floodplain plant communities in the Upper Grande Ronde basin, Oregon

Creator:: Otting, Nicholas J.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Communities in the Upper Grande Ronde River Basin, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Nicholas J. Otting

The reproductive biology of the mountain cottontail rabbit in Oregon

Creator:: Powers, Roger Alan
Abstract:: The reproductive characteristics of the mountain cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus nuttalli (Bachman), were investigated from 269 specimens collected in central Oregon between 28 May 1968 and 28 August 1969. Male rabbits were in breeding condition between mid-February and 3 July 1969. Nearly 77% of the females bore four litters between 7...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: COTTONTAIL RABBIT IN OREGON Redacted for privacy Abstract approved: B. J. Verts The reproductive

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Top-down Influences of bald eagles on common murre populations in Oregon

Delineating pattern and process in tropical lowland : mealy parrot migration dynamics as a guide for regional conservation planning

Multiscale relationships of wintering birds with riparian and wetland habitat in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Virulence characteristics of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) in brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, fry

Disentangling bottom-up and top-down effects on survival during early ocean residence in a population of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Composition, structure, and biomass of cottonwood-dominated gallery forests along a successional gradient, Willamette River, Oregon

The Influence of Alternate Life History Strategies and Natal Conditions on the Reproductive Performance of Adélie Penguins Breeding on Ross Island, Antarctica

Hydrologic and vegetation responses associated with restoration of wetlands in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Ecological characteristics of montane floodplain plant communities in the Upper Grande Ronde basin, Oregon

The reproductive biology of the mountain cottontail rabbit in Oregon

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