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Physical and chemical characteristics of riparian soils two third order streams in the western Cascades of Oregon

Creator:: Gillham, Marla L.
Abstract:: Study objectives were to survey and compare physical and chemical characteristics of soils within two thirdorder montane riparian ecosystems: a 500-year old Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menzlesii) forest at Mack Creek, and a mature red alder (Alnus rubra) forest occupying a 35-year old clearcut at Quartz Creek, both near Blue River,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Denitrification potential in forest riparian soils of the western Oregon Cascades : spatial and temporal variation

Creator:: McClellan, Michael H.
Abstract:: Denitrification, the biological or chemical reduction of ionic nitrogen oxide or dinitrogen, has not been widely studied in forest ecosystems despite widespread interest in other facets of the forest nitrogen economy. This study had three main objectives: to determine whether potential for denitrification exists in forest riparian and hill slope...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Four centuries of soil carbon and nitrogen change after severe fire in a Western Cascades forest landscape

Creator:: Giesen, Thomas William
Abstract:: Fire is a major disturbance process in many forests. Long-term studies of the biogeochemical effects of fires, especially on soils, are very rare. Consequently, long-term effects of fire on soils are often hypothesized from short-term effects. In a chronosequence study, I studied 24 western Cascades (Oregon) forest stands thought to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . The sites are located on the western slope of the Cascade Range about 75 km east of Eugene, Oregon

Fire history, fire regimes, and development of forest structure in the central western Oregon Cascades

Creator:: Weisberg, Peter J.
Abstract:: Fire history and fire regimes were reconstructed for a 450 km² area in the central western Oregon Cascades, using tree-ring analysis of fire scars and tree origin years at 137 sampled clearcuts. I described temporal patterns of fire frequency, severity, and size, and interpreted topographic influences on fire frequency and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effect of fire regime on coarse woody debris in the west central Cascades, Oregon

Creator:: Wright, Pamela J.
Abstract:: This study examined the effect of fire regime on coarse woody debris (CWD) mass using a combination of field data and modeling. The objectives were to use field sampling to determine how CWD differs between two areas that have had different fire regimes, and investigate how fire frequency and severity,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .............................................................................. 11 Fire North to South in the Cascade Range

Effects of vegetation and disturbance on fungal communities in the western Cascades of Oregon

Creator:: Kageyama, Stacie Ann, 1967-
Abstract:: The use of high throughput molecular methods that allow for the study of bacterial communities in environmental samples is commonplace in microbial ecology. Until recently, fungal community ecology has focused on isolation, collection of sporocarps, or collection of ectomycorrhizal roots. The techniques used to extract and amplify DNA from environmental...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sharing their collective knowledge of forest soil ecology. Dave invited me to join his lab and

Effects of wildfire burn severity on soil microbial communitiesand invasive plant species in the Cascade Range of Oregon

Creator:: Hebel, Cassie L.
Abstract:: Fire suppression in the last several decades has resulted in unprecedented accumulations of organic matter on the landscape, leading to an increase in large, intense wildfires. This study investigated the soil microbial community (using phospholipid fatty acid analysis) across recently burned forests on the eastern slope of the Cascade Range...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: SEVERITY ON SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES AFTER WILDFIRE IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF

The relationship of Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium douglasii) to environmental and stand conditions and plant communities in the southern Oregon Cascades

Creator:: Marshall, Katrina
Abstract:: This study examined the relationships between the frequency of occurrence and severity of Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium douglasii Engelmann), environmental and stand conditions, and plant communities in the Southern Oregon Cascade Mountain Province. Data for the study was collected from the same ecology plots that were previously used to define...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Tree species-soils relationships in old-growth forests of the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Cross, Alison
Abstract:: Tree species directly and indirectly affect soil nutrient cycles. I sought to characterize soils and foliage associated with four common canopy tree species (Douglas-fir, western hemlock, western redcedar, and bigleaf maple) in mixed-species old-growth forests of the Oregon Coast Range and to determine whether and how soils differ among the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Oregon Coast Range. Abstract approved

Fire severity and vegetation response to fire in riparian areas of the Biscuit and B&B Complex Fires, Oregon

Creator:: Halofsky, Jessica E.
Abstract:: Fire is the dominant disturbance process in western U.S. forests, and although effects of fire in upland forests are relatively well-studied, there is little information about fire effects on riparian forests, critical areas of the landscape for both habitat and water quality. This dissertation examines different aspects of fire effects...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Oregon, the Biscuit Fire in southwestern Oregon and the B&B Complex Fire in the Cascade Mountain Range

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Physical and chemical characteristics of riparian soils two third order streams in the western Cascades of Oregon

Denitrification potential in forest riparian soils of the western Oregon Cascades : spatial and temporal variation

Four centuries of soil carbon and nitrogen change after severe fire in a Western Cascades forest landscape

Fire history, fire regimes, and development of forest structure in the central western Oregon Cascades

The effect of fire regime on coarse woody debris in the west central Cascades, Oregon

Effects of vegetation and disturbance on fungal communities in the western Cascades of Oregon

Effects of wildfire burn severity on soil microbial communitiesand invasive plant species in the Cascade Range of Oregon

The relationship of Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium douglasii) to environmental and stand conditions and plant communities in the southern Oregon Cascades

Tree species-soils relationships in old-growth forests of the Oregon Coast Range

Fire severity and vegetation response to fire in riparian areas of the Biscuit and B&B Complex Fires, Oregon

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