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Filtering by: Subject Land use, Rural -- Oregon, Eastern Academic Affiliation Forest Ecosystems and Society Date 2014

Landsat-based monitoring of annual wetland change in the main-stem Willamette River floodplain of Oregon, USA from 1972 to 2012

Creator:

Fickas, Kate C.

Abstract:

Despite holding substantial ecological value, wetlands in the United States have experienced a significant decline in both area and function over the past century with the majority of freshwater wetland loss attributed to agricultural conversion. Agriculture is the second largest industry in the State of Oregon and the State places...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

second largest industry in the State of Oregon and the State places substantial emphasis in its land