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Creator:: Chetock, Jerome J.
Abstract:: First year survival of Douglas-fir seedlings outplanted in areas characterized by intense vegetative competition is heavily dependent on available soil moisture. To test this hypothesis, five distinct classes of Douglas-fir planting stock were planted on the south slope of McCulloch Peak in McDonald Forest in February of 1975. The stocking...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Dealy, J. Edward
Abstract:: Cercocarpus ledifolius (curlleaf mountain- mahogany), a small, hardwood evergreen tree, was studied to provide information on germination and initial seedling growth characteristics, and the species' relationship to its environment.and associated vegetation. Exceptional germination for this species resulted from both a wet cold treatment at 4°C for 170 days (88 percent),...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Wessell, William James
Abstract:: An apparatus was designed to permit freezing tests of needles and other tissue parts from coniferous trees under controlled rates of temperature change with time. The design is based on the principle of a balanced system of refrigeration demand and heat input to achieve a steady temperature state. The apparatus...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Santantonio, Daniel
Abstract:: Root biomass studies were conducted in an old-growth stand of conifers in the western Cascades of Oregon. The root systems of three Douglas-firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii (Mirb. ) Franco) with diameters at breast height of 94, 110, and 135 cm were excavated and weighed to provide a basis for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Alden, John Norman
Abstract:: The relative freezing resistance of tissues in the stem, foliage and buds of terminal twigs from Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) was investigated at about ten-day intervals from summer until the following spring. Tissues from growing twigs collected before development of dormancy had no freezing resistance and were killed immediately...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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