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The presence and characterization of measurement error in forestry

Creator:: Canavan, Sean Joseph
Abstract:: Measurement error (ME) is a component of any study involving the use of actual measurements, but is often not recognized or is ignored. The consequences of MEs on estimates of tree and stand attributes and the parameters and predictions of forest models can be varied and severe, including the presence...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Disaggregative and individual-tree growth models in theory and application

Creator:: Ritchie, Martin W.
Abstract:: Disaggregative and individual-tree/distance-independent modeling methods are compared and contrasted. Differences between the two are related to differences in functional and apparent resolution and may be illustrated using aggregation theory. When considering models of different levels of resolution describing a given phenomenon, invariance with respect to the aggregation implied (symmetry) may...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Generation of an animation interface for ORGANON

Creator:: Hanus, Mark L.
Abstract:: The focusing of public attention on the practices of forest managers has resulted in the need for new tools to help explain the results of these practices. The traditional tools of tables and graphs of numerical values require a significant investment in learning the forestry profession. Once the investment is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Stand level silvicultural optimization utilizing a late-seral index constraint

Creator:: Semeliss, Wade Alan
Abstract:: A dynamic programming algorithm (MS PATH) was used to develop a stand level optimization model, FPS Optimizer. The model incorporates a late-seral constraint on the profit maximizing objective function utilizing a four-descriptor structural index as a proxy. This index, the 'Old-Growth Index', rates the late-seral structural quality of a given...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: forest. 3 Late-seral wildlife habitat at the stand level Characteristics and justification A

Growing stock assessment and growth prediction system for managed hill dipterocarp forest of Peninsular Malaysia

Creator:: Kassim, Abd. Rahman
Abstract:: The silviculture of mixed dipterocarp forests of Peninsular Malaysia can potentially be improved by developing quantitative tools and guidelines for this forest type. This thesis addresses three key objectives; 1) to test the hypothesis that a maximum size-density relationship can be identified in hill dipterocarp forests of Peninsular Malaysia, 2)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: forests. Malayan Forest Record no. 23, Forestry Department Kuala Lumpur. Yong, T. K. 1990. Growth and

Comparison of timber tax options available to western Oregon small nonindustrial private forest land owners

Creator:: Cannon, T. Lincoln
Abstract:: Most forests and timber in Western Oregon are taxed under the Western Oregon Forest Land and Severance Tax (WOST), a system which is accepted as one that promotes "correct" economic rotation lengths. This study was motivated by the observation that an optional tax with the same stated purpose - the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Tradeoffs associated with managing forested landscapes for multiple-uses

Creator:: Lichtenstein, Mark E.
Abstract:: This study focuses on the tradeoffs that exist for managing forested landscapes for biodiversity and timber production. Tradeoff evaluation is important to natural resource managers so they can understand the benefits and costs of alternative management prescriptions. The study examines three watersheds in the Oregon Coast Range and 166 terrestrial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effects of traditional and "New Forestry" practices on recreational and scenic quality of managed forests

Creator:: Brunson, Mark W.
Abstract:: Criticism of established forestry practices has led to the development of alternative silvicultural methods known collectively as "New Forestry." The primary objective of New Forestry is to address concerns about biological diversity, but it is generally acknowledged that controversy will continue until social concerns are also addressed. Consequently, this dissertation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Evaluating village-based tree nurseries in Senegal a comparative study of four projects

Creator:: Glowacki, Therese L.
Abstract:: Reforestation projects in Senegal are often the vehicles which administer and implement social forestry activities. Their objectives are to help people solve their wood supply problems, enhance the environment by planting trees on farms and in villages, and introduce reforestation as a self-sustaining practice in village culture. Many projects establish...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Comparing structure and development of Douglas-fir old-growth, plantations, and young natural forests in western Oregon

Creator:: Dowling, Christopher D.
Abstract:: Ages, diameter growth, density, tree size, and species were studied in old-growth, plantation, and young natural Douglas-fir stands in three areas in western Oregon: the western and eastern Coast Range and the western Cascades. The purpose was to compare the development of these three stand types and to determine whether...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Citizen-agency interactions : an investigation of postfire environments

Creator:: Olsen, Christine Shaw
Abstract:: Wildfire management has grown increasingly complex in recent years, particularly in the West and in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) where a steady population growth has resulted in greater risk to people and property. Recent trends suggest the process of recovering from large fires (>100,000 acres) will become increasingly important to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: agencies and communities (National Interagency Fire Center 2007). However, many forest management

Yield and financial analysis of "New forestry" techniques on the McDonald and Dunn Forests

Creator:: Bartlett, David M.
Abstract:: In the Pacific Northwest, a transition has begun that is shifting many practices in forest management. Traditionally, harvesting and regeneration has been done through clearcutting which removes all trees in the area being cut and plants an entirely new stand. Clearcutting is often the most efficient method for harvesting forests...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Forest and wildlife habitat analysis using remote sensing and geographic information systems

Creator:: Fiorella, Maria R.
Abstract:: Forest and wildlife habitat analyses were conducted at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in the Central Cascade Mountains of Oregon using remotely sensed data and a geographic information system (GIS). Landsat Thematic Mapper(TM) data were used to determine forest successional stages, and to analyze the structure of both old and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Measuring the economic impact of forests on neighboring properties

Creator:: Kim, Yeon-Su
Abstract:: This thesis investigated the contribution of the forest to neighboring property prices and explored the possible impacts from different neighboring forest characteristics with the hedonic property price model. The quadratic Box-Cox model was applied to choose the proper functional form. The square root model was chosen to be the interpretable...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Federal forest revenue-sharing in coastal Oregon : an assessment of historical and future tax equivalence

Creator:: Powell, Leslie A. (Leslie Ann)
Abstract:: Public land ownership withdraws property from the tax base of local property tax districts. Publicly-managed lands occupy approximately 17.5 million acres of forested lands in Oregon (inclusive of federal, state, and county ownership). To compensate local taxing districts for foregone property tax collections, Congress enacted a series of federal revenue-sharing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Assessment of the accuracy of forested classifications within two broad-scale remotely-sensed vegetation databases in eastern Oregon

Creator:: Langhoff, Cory A.
Abstract:: An accuracy assessment of two broad-scale vegetation databases for eastern Oregon, both developed from satellite imagery, was performed to assess the usefulness of the databases for forest landscape planning and assessment efforts. The two databases were the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) vegetation database and the U.S. Geological Survey National...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: USDA Forest Service (LaGrande Forestry and Range Sciences Lab 2002). The INLAS project is

People in the forests : interactions between community and forest health in Wallowa County

Creator:: Kelly, Erin Clover
Abstract:: Forests of the Inland West have been experiencing forest health problems arising from over a hundred years of fire suppression, logging, grazing, and mismanagement. Rural communities, meanwhile, have seen escalating unemployment, an exodus of young families, and a dearth of middle-income jobs. The objectives of this thesis are to: 1)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

On-site public evaluations on the use of prescribed fire and mechanical thinning

Creator:: Reed, Michelle A.
Abstract:: The forest health of the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon and Washington has sustained great impacts primarily caused by disease and insect epidemics. In order to restore forest health and reduce fuel loads, management tools like prescribed fire and mechanical chinning are being tested by forest managers in the region'...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: primari l'i :::auseci ::iisease and insecc epidemics. "' ...L.i..l. L\J rest:ore forest health anct

The Forest Field Program : a case study in forest education for Latino youth

Creator:: Gonzalez, Emily A.
Abstract:: This study involved the development of two bilingual and inquiry-based forest education programs within the Central Willamette Valley of Oregon. The first program used the participatory research (PR) process to engage 7th and 8th grade Latino students as participatory researchers to interview members of their community to learn their perspectives...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Edward C. Jensen This study involved the development of two bilingual and inquiry-based forest

Spatially explicit inter-temporal forest management decision under the risk of fire

Creator:: Konoshima, Masashi
Abstract:: This paper presents a framework for analyzing efficient spatial allocation of forest management efforts - fuel treatment and harvest - under the risk of fire. The framework integrates a fire behavior model and a spatially-explicit stochastic dynamic optimization model. I investigate the effects of spatial interaction across plots during forest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: allocation of forest management efforts - fuel treatment and harvest - under the risk of fire. The framework

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The presence and characterization of measurement error in forestry

Disaggregative and individual-tree growth models in theory and application

Generation of an animation interface for ORGANON

Stand level silvicultural optimization utilizing a late-seral index constraint

Growing stock assessment and growth prediction system for managed hill dipterocarp forest of Peninsular Malaysia

Comparison of timber tax options available to western Oregon small nonindustrial private forest land owners

Tradeoffs associated with managing forested landscapes for multiple-uses

Effects of traditional and "New Forestry" practices on recreational and scenic quality of managed forests

Evaluating village-based tree nurseries in Senegal a comparative study of four projects

Comparing structure and development of Douglas-fir old-growth, plantations, and young natural forests in western Oregon

Citizen-agency interactions : an investigation of postfire environments

Yield and financial analysis of "New forestry" techniques on the McDonald and Dunn Forests

Forest and wildlife habitat analysis using remote sensing and geographic information systems

Measuring the economic impact of forests on neighboring properties

Federal forest revenue-sharing in coastal Oregon : an assessment of historical and future tax equivalence

Assessment of the accuracy of forested classifications within two broad-scale remotely-sensed vegetation databases in eastern Oregon

People in the forests : interactions between community and forest health in Wallowa County

On-site public evaluations on the use of prescribed fire and mechanical thinning

The Forest Field Program : a case study in forest education for Latino youth

Spatially explicit inter-temporal forest management decision under the risk of fire

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