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Inter-relationships of vegetation, hydrology and micro-climate in a young, Douglas-fir forest

Creator:: Barnard, Holly Rene
Abstract:: The links between forests, streamflow, and climate are poorly understood. Despite hundreds of studies over the past 60 years, fundamental questions of forests' effects on the hydrologic cycle remain unanswered. The hydrological cycle involves mutually-dependent biological and physical processes that operate at multiple scales of time and space, and this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -fir Forest Abstract approved: Barbara J. Bond Jeffrey J. McDonnell The links

Thinning aged Douglas-fir : an analysis of mobilization costs and a log bucking strategy for revenue improvement

Creator:: Pilkerton, Stephen J.
Abstract:: Contract harvest operations have become the preferred approach to reducing the largest cost component of timber production through free market competition amongst logging contractors bidding or negotiating for work. The goal of this research was to investigate economic components of harvesting operations not previously studied for steep slope thinning harvests...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Thinning Aged Douglas-Fir: An Analysis Of Mobilization Costs And A Log Bucking Strategy For Revenue

Temporal effect of vegetation management on growth and wood quality of conifers in a western Oregon plantation

Creator:: Goracke, Heidi S. Roe
Abstract:: Concern over the increasing proportion of juvenile wood grown in second growth plantations has led to a large amount of research on the effects of common silvicultural practices on wood quality. Lacking is research on the effect of timing and duration of vegetation control on wood quality near the pith...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: OF DOUGLAS-FIR SEEDLINGS IN WESTERN OREGON

Characterizing early-seral competitive mechanisms influencing Douglas-fir seedling growth, vegetation community development, and physiology of selected weedy plant species

Creator:: Dinger, Eric J.
Abstract:: Three studies were conducted to characterize and present early-seral competition between Douglas-fir seedlings and the surrounding vegetation communities during Pacific Northwest forest establishment. The first experiment served as the foundation for this dissertation and was designed to quantify tradeoffs associated with delaying forest establishment activities by introducing a fallow year...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and development of Douglas-fir saplings in the Oregon coast range. Western Journal of Applied

Estimation of leaf area index and simulation of evapotranspiration for intensively managed Douglas-fir forests

Creator:: Rogers, Nicole S.
Abstract:: Understanding the tradeoff between water use and productivity is critical for modeling growth of intensively managed Douglas-fir forests in the Pacific Northwest. Evapotranspiration is closely linked to carbon dioxide intake during the process of photosynthesis. However, summer drought characterizing the growing season in this region imposes a limit on carbon...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Methods were employed across Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menzsii) stands in the Oregon Coast Ranges

The combined effects of vegetation control and seedling size class on Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seedling productivity on a site in Oregon

Creator:: Lefebvre, Robert F.
Abstract:: Controlling competing vegetation with the application of herbicides and increased seedling size at planting has been shown to increase seedling survival and growth. These two important reforestation tools have often been studied independently of each other, limiting comparisons that can be made between them. This study utilized a factorial treatment...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Class on Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) Seedling Productivity on a Site in Oregon

Thinning effects on stand and tree growth : different perspectives on same old questions

Creator:: Romero Castaño, Pablo
Abstract:: The search for the stand density that optimizes growth and hence generates the maximum amount of wood is one of the philosopher’s stone in modern forestry. Since scientific methods were applied to forestry, numerous generations of foresters have studied the relations between stocking density and growth, obtaining diverse results and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: largest and oldest Douglas-fir thinning experiments with the native region of this species. The

Using Remote Sensing and Process-based Growth Modeling to Predict Forest Productivity Across Western Oregon

Creator:: McAdam, Erick
Abstract:: Accurate measurement of forest productivity is fundamental to understand the carbon balance of forested ecosystems. Recent changes in climate highlight the importance of developing methods to measure forest productivity so that sound economic and environmental decision can be made. Efforts to measure forest productivity across the landscape using remote sensing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in a study of more than 100 plantations of Douglas‐fir scattered over much of western Oregon. While

Impact of Climate and Disturbance on the Formation of Earlywood and Latewood in Douglas-fir at the Salal Fields Study Site

Creator:: Gourley, Derek M. F.
Abstract:: Wood density is controlled to a large extent by the relative widths of earlywood and latewood in the stem, but the mechanisms controlling these amounts are poorly understood in coastal Douglas-fir. To understand the role of climatic factors, one hundred and thirty-six increment cores were collected and measured from the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Earlywood and Latewood in Douglas-fir at the Salal Fields Study Site. Abstract

Silvicultural Treatment Impacts on Understory Trees and 20-Year Understory Vegetation Dynamics in Mature Douglas-Fir Forests

Creator:: Priebe, Jim E.
Abstract:: Policy regarding the management of public forests has undergone a drastic shift over the past couple of decades due to the loss old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the United States. For much of the 20th century, forest management on public lands emphasized timber production through the use...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the central Oregon Coast Range, and another 50-year-old Douglas-fir/western hemlock stand in

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Inter-relationships of vegetation, hydrology and micro-climate in a young, Douglas-fir forest

Thinning aged Douglas-fir : an analysis of mobilization costs and a log bucking strategy for revenue improvement

Temporal effect of vegetation management on growth and wood quality of conifers in a western Oregon plantation

Characterizing early-seral competitive mechanisms influencing Douglas-fir seedling growth, vegetation community development, and physiology of selected weedy plant species

Estimation of leaf area index and simulation of evapotranspiration for intensively managed Douglas-fir forests

The combined effects of vegetation control and seedling size class on Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seedling productivity on a site in Oregon

Thinning effects on stand and tree growth : different perspectives on same old questions

Using Remote Sensing and Process-based Growth Modeling to Predict Forest Productivity Across Western Oregon

Impact of Climate and Disturbance on the Formation of Earlywood and Latewood in Douglas-fir at the Salal Fields Study Site

Silvicultural Treatment Impacts on Understory Trees and 20-Year Understory Vegetation Dynamics in Mature Douglas-Fir Forests

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