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Trade-offs between management for fire risk reduction and northern spotted owl habitat protection in the dry conifer forests of southern Oregon

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Comfort, Emily Julia, 1974-

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There is a perceived trade-off between fire risk reduction and northern spotted owl habitat protection in dry-conifer forests in southwestern Oregon. Management options for balancing this trade-off need to be sought at the landscape level. Applied landscape ecology suggests three important features to consider are (1) patch size and configuration...

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projects, has been an advisor to all my research and a great friend. James Johnston really helped spark
Managing for landscape resilience in the frequent-fire forests of central Oregon

Creator:

Platt, Emily K.

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Wildfire in dry, frequent-fire forests is a pressing issue for natural resource managers, communities and politicians in the western United States. Area affected by wildfire has climbed steadily over the last twenty years and is expected to increase in the future. Recognition of the importance of both social and biophysical...

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, John Bolte, Alan Ager, Keith Olsen, Rob Pabst, James Sulzman, Cynthia Schwartz, and Susan Charnley. A
Bridging Ways of Knowing to Model the Dynamics of Fire as an Ecocultural Process on Frequent Fire Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest

Creator:

Greenler, Skye M.

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Wildfire impacts have intensified in many ecosystems across the western United States due to the combined impact of fire exclusion, climate change, and land management practices. However, on many of these landscapes, fire is a fundamental ecological process that has shaped vegetation structural and compositional diversity, ecosystem function, landscape pattern,...

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dissertation. Meg Krawchuk and James Johnston have mentored me throughout my time at OSU and I truly