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Silvicultural impacts of sheep grazing in Oregon's Coast Range

Creator:: Leininger, Wayne C.
Abstract:: A three-year investigation was conducted during 1980-1982 to evaluate the potential of using herded sheep as a silvicultural tool to suppress brush in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) plantations of Oregon's Coast Range. Sheep browsing of Douglas-fir was highest in May soon after bud break. Averaged over the 2 years of grazing,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Effect of western juniper on understory herbage production in Central Oregon

Creator:: Vaitkus, Milda R.
Abstract:: Evidence suggests that western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) in Central Oregon affects understory production and composition. As trees increase in size and density, understory production is reduced and composition changes. This study was designed to identify the relationship between production and composition of understory vegetation and various tree canopy sizes of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Understory competition for resources in Pinus ponderosa forests of northeastern Oregon

Creator:: Riegel, Gregg M.
Abstract:: The objective of this research was to determine which environmental resources, light, water, and nutrients, control understory plant production and composition in a Pinus ponderosa forest in northeastern Oregon. A split-plot experimental design, with three blocks, four treatments, and 44 plots, was established in the summer of 1985. Twenty plots...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: light measurements. Larry Bryant (USFS PNW, La Grande) graciously loaned a water pump enabling us to

"The Island" Research Natural Area : a vegetation study with time and location comparisons

Creator:: Fox, M. Anne, 1939-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to document vegetation on "The Island", a Research Natural Area at the confluence of the Crooked River and the Deschutes River in central Oregon's Juniperus occidentalis Zone and to compare the results with an earlier study reported in 1964 from 1960-'61 data. Present-day comparisons...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Soil and understory vegetation characteristics of a tractor-logged forest in eastern Oregon

Creator:: Snider, Michael Duane
Abstract:: A 1.5 ha mixed conifer stand in the Blue Mountains of Oregon was intensively examined to assess the impact of logging disturbance on soils and herbaceous vegetation. Sampling was conducted six years after much of the timber overstory was removed in a shelterwood cut and yarded by crawler tractor. A...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The influence of environmental attributes on temporal and structural dynamics of western juniper woodland development and associated fuel loading characteristics

Creator:: Johnson, Dustin D.
Abstract:: Since European American settlement of the Intermountain Region, dramatic changes in vegetation composition and structure have occurred in the sagebrush steppe ecosystem. Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis spp. occidentalis Vasek), although indigenous to the Intermountain Region, has increased since the late 1800s. Considerable work has been done documenting juniper woodland expansion...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The response of soils, streambanks and instream coliform bacteria levels to grazing management in a riparian area

Creator:: Bohn, Carolyn C.
Abstract:: This thesis describes a case study of the effects of five systems of grazing on watershed values in a deteriorated riparian area. Soil infiltration, bulk density and penetrability, streambank edge movement and coliform bacteria were monitored for seven years along a stream in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. For...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Growth responses of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) to defoliation

Creator:: Osman, Khalid Amir
Abstract:: The effect of defoliation intensity and season on Douglas-fir growth were studied in three replications in the Siuslaw National Forest during 1988-1990. Four intensities of defoliation were applied once in either spring or summer 1988. Stem diameter and canopy area were linearly inversely proportional to the level of defoliation. Defoliation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Physiology 7:247-254. Mc Naughton, S. J. 1983. Compensatory plant growth as a response to herbivory. Oikos

Spring, summer and fall use by cattle and big game on foothill rangelands

Creator:: Miller, Richard F.
Abstract:: The objectives of this study were to evaluate environmental factors influencing use of several plant communities by cattle, elk and deer; determine under story production by plant species and the amount utilized by cattle, elk and deer in certain plant communities; evaluate the interactions of range use between cattle, elk...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Quality of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) as a winter range forage for Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) in the Blue Mountains of Oregon

Creator:: Bryant, Larry Duane
Abstract:: This research was conducted on three study areas on elk winter ranges in Northeast Oregon. One was on the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range and the others were in the same vicinity. Plant appendages, spring and fall defoliation and fall growth of bluebunch wheatgrass were evaluated in terms of quality...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Silvicultural impacts of sheep grazing in Oregon's Coast Range

Effect of western juniper on understory herbage production in Central Oregon

Understory competition for resources in Pinus ponderosa forests of northeastern Oregon

"The Island" Research Natural Area : a vegetation study with time and location comparisons

Soil and understory vegetation characteristics of a tractor-logged forest in eastern Oregon

The influence of environmental attributes on temporal and structural dynamics of western juniper woodland development and associated fuel loading characteristics

The response of soils, streambanks and instream coliform bacteria levels to grazing management in a riparian area

Growth responses of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) to defoliation

Spring, summer and fall use by cattle and big game on foothill rangelands

Quality of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) as a winter range forage for Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) in the Blue Mountains of Oregon

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