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Creator:: Dailey, Michele Meadows
Abstract:: This study delineates and characterizes the distribution of montane meadows in the Willamette National Forest, identifies encroachment patterns in relation to topographic features and proximity to trees in the Chucksney-Grasshopper meadow complex, and examines tree species and age distributions in relation to distance from forest edges or isolated tree clusters...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Chucksney-Grasshopper Meadow Complex, Western Cascade Range, Oregon. Abstract approved: Julia A

Creator:: Iyob, Biniam
Abstract:: The objective of this study was to examine vegetation and vegetation change in Eritrea over a period from the mid 1980s to 2002 using satellite remote sensing, and relate observed changes to the recent history of drought and war in the region. Specific objectives were (1) to examine vegetation change...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________ Julia A. Jones The objective of this study was to examine vegetation and vegetation change

Creator:: Bradford, David L.
Abstract:: The EPA’s Western Ecology Division (WED) had been accumulating geographic information system (GIS) data files for up to 20 years. There was no index or catalog for these files; locating data became more difficult over time. More that 4 Tb of data existed on numerous disk volumes in hundreds of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: A Geospatial Data Catalog and Metadata Management Tools for the U.S. Environmental Protection

Creator:: Wargo Rub, Michelle
Abstract:: Since their discovery in 1977, hydrothermal vent communities have offered scientists a unique glimpse into a world that is supported primarily by chemically derived energy rather than direct energy from the sun. Furthermore, studies of hydrothermal vent ecosystems have introduced scientists to amazing animals that have successfully adapted to living...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Julia Allen Jones, Geosciences, Minor Advisor A. Jon Kimerling, Geosciences, Committee Member

Creator:: Meprasert, Somrudee
Abstract:: The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami raised concern among marine park managers and hazard mitigation professionals about the significant impact of major coastal hazards on marine park natural resources and ecosystems. The main reason for this concern is the strong linkage of marine parks and their rich assortment of ecosystem services...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: principal method used to address these issues was a Delphi expert opinion process, supplemented by field

Creator:: Metta, John W. P.
Abstract:: Abstract Watershed-scale fate/transport modeling of contaminants is a tool that scientists and land managers can use to assess pesticide contamination to stream systems. The Catchment Modeling Framework (CMF) is a catchment-scale fate/transport modeling tool. It was developed to help scientists and land managers assess the effects of possible land-use decisions...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: likely not have a masters degree were it not for his help. To Je� McDonnell, Gordon Grant and Julia

Creator:: Martin, Peter
Abstract:: The purpose of this work is to broaden the theoretical foundations of interpolation of spatial data, by showing how ideas and methods from information theory and signal processing are applicable to the the work of geographers. Attention is drawn to the distinction between what we study and how we represent...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: distinction between what we study and how we represent it as a sum of components; hence mathematical

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