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Defensible Space Development: Exploring The Role of Arborists in Wildfire Risk Mitigation for Communities of the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Pritchett, Sylvan
Abstract:: Every year in North America homes in the Wildland-Urban interface (WUI) are destroyed by wildfires. The creation of defensible space around homes in the WUI, through the management of vegetation can help mitigate some of the risk posed by fire. While many homeowners recognize the need for defensible space around...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: commercial arborists in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) (Alaska, BC, Washington, Idaho, Oregon) are currently

Competition release and climate change effects on a moisture-demanding tree species in a dry system

Creator:: Seager, S. Trent
Abstract:: Climate change and the increase in meteorological drought have generated global concern over the persistence of ecosystems already in decline from decreased moisture. Evidence suggests dryland ecosystems have been more impacted by drought because of their tightly coupled growth-water relationships and high sensitivity to environmental shift. Removal of competing vegetation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) stands within the dry forests of the Inland Pacific Northwest (PNW

Mapping disturbance interactions from earth and space : insect effects on tree mortality, fuels, and wildfires across forests of the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Meigs, Garrett W.
Abstract:: Given the vital role of forest ecosystems in landscape pattern and process, it is important to quantify the effects, feedbacks, and uncertainties associated with forest disturbance dynamics. In western North America, insects and wildfires are both native disturbances that have influenced forests for millennia, and both are projected to increase...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and fire events across the Pacific Northwest region (PNW). Through three related studies, I worked

Scaling the Issue of Changing Disturbance Regimes: Implications of Novel Landscape Conditions for Black Stain Root Disease

Creator:: Bouché, Adam J.
Abstract:: Changes to disturbance regimes resulting from shifts in forest management practices have created novel landscape conditions in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). I analyzed the implications of changes to landscape conditions caused by forest management for the spread of a native root disease: black stain root disease (BSRD) of Douglas-fir. BSRD...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Pacific Northwest (PNW). I analyzed the implications of changes to landscape conditions caused by forest

Satellite Monitoring of Earth’s Surface Temperature : Effects of Land Cover, Disturbance, and a Changing Climate

Creator:: Mildrexler, David J.
Abstract:: The Earth’s surface is experiencing unprecedented change. Humanity’s growing population, expanding land-use footprint, and increasing global emissions of atmospheric greenhouse gases affect a vast number of species on Earth and the functioning of virtually all ecosystems. Given the vital interactions and feedbacks between the Earth’s land surface and climate, measurements...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Pacific Northwest region (PNW: Oregon and Washington) of the USA during the MODIS Aqua era (since 2003

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:: (PNW) and the Pacific Islands. Thank you all for collecting uncompromised high quality forest

Assessment of the vulnerability of Oregon and Washington's natural areas to climate change

Creator:: Margaret, Massie H.
Abstract:: There are currently more than 580 natural areas in Oregon and Washington managed by 20 federal, state, local, and private agencies and organizations. The natural areas network is unparalleled in its representation of diverse ecosystems found in the region and may be an excellent collection of sites for monitoring long-term...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Overall area of predicted change of formation class from the 2020s to 2080s across the PNW

Tree Species Selection Across Municipalities in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Petter, Joshua S.
Abstract:: There are many benefits provided by trees in urban areas. While there are many recommendations on maximizing the returns from urban trees, there has been little research examining how these managers are prioritizing their tree species selection. A survey instrument was constructed to survey Tree City USA designated cities across...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , 2002), and health of residents (Matsuoka & Kaplan, 2007). Studies in the Pacific Northwest (PNW

Evaluation and improvement of the Community Land Model (CLM4) in Oregon forests

Creator:: Hudiburg, T. W., Law, B. E., and Thornton, P. E.
Abstract:: Ecosystem process models are important tools for determining the interactive effects of global change and disturbance on forest carbon dynamics. Here we evaluated and improved terrestrial carbon cycling simulated by the Community Land Model (CLM4), the land model portion of the Community Earth System Model (CESM1.0.4). Our analysis was conducted...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: (PNW). The fire mod- ule was turned “off” for spinup because in some ecoregions, biomass would “burn

Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) in decline? An investigation into Region 6 harvest volumes

Creator:: Pape, Brianda
Abstract:: Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) have an extensive history of harvest in the United States. The Pacific Northwest is well-reputed as a major source of floral greens for international markets. One NTFP in particular, beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax), has been repeatedly identified as a prominent, high-value species in the floral greens industry...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Defensible Space Development: Exploring The Role of Arborists in Wildfire Risk Mitigation for Communities of the Pacific Northwest

Competition release and climate change effects on a moisture-demanding tree species in a dry system

Mapping disturbance interactions from earth and space : insect effects on tree mortality, fuels, and wildfires across forests of the Pacific Northwest

Scaling the Issue of Changing Disturbance Regimes: Implications of Novel Landscape Conditions for Black Stain Root Disease

Satellite Monitoring of Earth’s Surface Temperature : Effects of Land Cover, Disturbance, and a Changing Climate

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

Assessment of the vulnerability of Oregon and Washington's natural areas to climate change

Tree Species Selection Across Municipalities in the Pacific Northwest

Evaluation and improvement of the Community Land Model (CLM4) in Oregon forests

Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) in decline? An investigation into Region 6 harvest volumes

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