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Constraints to urban park visitation : Conceptual connections and spatial attributes for traditionally well-served and underserved residents

Creator:: Rushing, Jaclyn R.
Abstract:: Connecting with nature is associated with social, physical, and emotional benefits such as stress relief, improved physical health, and lower crime. Parks and other natural areas offer spaces in which to connect with nature and reap these and other benefits (e.g., family bonding, social events, learning). Despite increasing populations of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jaclyn R. Rushing for the degree of Master of Science in Forest Ecosystems

Wild Waters : Perspectives on Oregon’s Marine Reserves as Marine Wilderness Areas

Creator:: Johnston, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: Designation of areas as marine wilderness has been proposed as a strategy for managing the increasing threats facing the world’s oceans. Although social factors influence marine protected area success, the human dimensions of marine wilderness remain minimally explored. This thesis examines views of marine wilderness expressed by a representative sample...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jennifer R. Johnston for the degree of Master of Science in

Seasonal carbohydrate dynamics and growth in Douglas-fir trees experiencing chronic, fungal-mediated reduction in functional leaf area

Creator:: Saffell, Brandy J., Meinzer, Frederick C., Woodruff, David R., Shaw, David C., Voelker, Steven L., Lachenbruch, Barbara, and Falk, Kristen
Abstract:: Stored non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) could play an important role in tree survival in the face of a changing climate and associated stress-related mortality. We explored the effects of the stomata-blocking and defoliating fungal disease called Swiss needle cast on Douglas-fir carbohydrate reserves and growth to evaluate the extent to which...
Resource Type:: Article

Synergistic effects of wild ungulates and management intensification suppress native plants and promote exotics - Dataset

Creator:: Stokely, Thomas D.
Abstract:: This dataset consists of native and exotic plant species metrics, including cover, richness, relative abundance and responses to the exclusion of wild ungulates and herbivory. The data were used for the manuscript: "Synergistic effects of wild ungulates and management intensification suppress native plants and promote exotics", published in the journal...
Resource Type:: Dataset

Environmental variability and system heterogeneity in terrestrial biogeochemical models

Creator:: Sierra, Carlos Alberto
Abstract:: Ecosystems are highly heterogeneous systems subjected to important levels of environmental variability; however, it is common in terrestrial biogeochemical models to assume homogeneous properties of the elements of the system or constant environmental conditions. For some processes, heterogeneity in these models is treated very simplistically, but there is not much...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Variability and System Heterogeneity in Terrestrial Biogeochemical Models Abstract approved: Mark E. Harmon

Perceptions of protection : coastal resident cognitions concerning new marine reserves in Oregon

Creator:: Perry, Elizabeth E.
Abstract:: Protected area creation, including creation of marine reserves (MRs), is increasingly molded by ecosystem based management (EBM) that integrates biological and social information in the pre and post establishment phases. Collecting social data from large and representative samples of the public (as opposed to other stakeholder groups) before establishing a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________________________ Mark D

Crimes Against Rhinoceros: Exploring Attitudes and Perceptions of Stakeholders in South Africa

Creator:: Kuchy, Andréa L.
Abstract:: African rhinoceros, once abundant across Africa, face threats to their long-term survival primarily due to the syndicated poaching of their horns for Traditional Asian Medicine and as status symbols in Asia. Most studies focusing on the human dimensions of rhinoceros poaching have been limited to examining a few aspects of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Mark D. Needham African

Societal Responses to Using Genetic Engineering for Mitigating Chestnut Blight and Restoring American Chestnut Trees

Creator:: Petit, Joshua D.
Abstract:: Forests face health threats from pests and diseases (e.g., mountain pine beetle, emerald ash borer, chestnut blight [CB], Swiss needle cast), and other issues such as climate change. Interventions such as genetic engineering (GE) have shown promise for mitigating some of these threats. CB, for example, has impacted most American...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ Mark D. Needham Forests face health threats from pests and diseases (e.g., mountain pine

The effects of forest fuel reduction on fire severity and long-term carbon storage

Creator:: Mitchell, Stephen Richard
Abstract:: Two forest management objectives being debated in the context of federally managed landscapes in the US Pacific Northwest involve a perceived trade-off between fire restoration and C sequestration. The former strategy would reduce fuel (and therefore C) that has accumulated through a century of fire suppression and exclusion that has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: APPROVED: Mark Harmon Kari O‘Connell Two forest management objectives being

The Impact of Disturbance on Carbon Stores and Dynamics in Forests of Coastal Alaska

Creator:: Yatskov, Mikhail A.
Abstract:: Changes in climate caused by increased concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the Earth’s atmosphere have led land and ocean surface temperatures to increase by 0.85°C and sea level to increase by 19 cm relative to preindustrial times. Global climate change will lead to further alterations in mean temperature and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF DISTURBANCE Mikhail A. Yatskov, Mark E. Harmon, Olga N. Krankina, Tara M. Barrett, Kevin R

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Constraints to urban park visitation : Conceptual connections and spatial attributes for traditionally well-served and underserved residents

Wild Waters : Perspectives on Oregon’s Marine Reserves as Marine Wilderness Areas

Seasonal carbohydrate dynamics and growth in Douglas-fir trees experiencing chronic, fungal-mediated reduction in functional leaf area

Synergistic effects of wild ungulates and management intensification suppress native plants and promote exotics - Dataset

Environmental variability and system heterogeneity in terrestrial biogeochemical models

Perceptions of protection : coastal resident cognitions concerning new marine reserves in Oregon

Crimes Against Rhinoceros: Exploring Attitudes and Perceptions of Stakeholders in South Africa

Societal Responses to Using Genetic Engineering for Mitigating Chestnut Blight and Restoring American Chestnut Trees

The effects of forest fuel reduction on fire severity and long-term carbon storage

The Impact of Disturbance on Carbon Stores and Dynamics in Forests of Coastal Alaska

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