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Creator:: Harris, Scott H.
Abstract:: Society derives many critical and irreplaceable values from forests. With a growing global human population and rates of consumption, forests are under increasing pressure to provide all these values simultaneously. To meet societal demands for wood products, tree plantations are becoming increasingly common and are replacing native forests. Yet, forests...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Scott H

Creator:: Kim, Hankyu
Abstract:: Anthropogenic land-cover change and climate change are the major drivers of the steep loss of avian biodiversity in past decades. Loss of avian biodiversity is predicted to result in the reduction of ecosystem services and ecological functions. Identifying avian population changes and the drivers of these trajectories is essential for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Richardson Family Fellowship, Provost’s Office Fellowship, H.J. Andrews LTER Grant, Graduate Research

Creator:: Rousseau, Josée S.
Abstract:: The concept of the fundamental niche is frequently used in ecology to define the set of environmental conditions needed by a species to survive and reproduce (Hutchinson 1957). In contrast, the realized niche constitutes the locations where a species actually occurred, which is a function of both the environmental (abiotic)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Adam Hatley, Sophie Garcia-Heras, Diego Zarrates, Jonathon Valente, Hankyu Kim, Scott Harris, Thomas

Creator:: Halstead, Katherine E.
Abstract:: The combined effects of habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation pose a serious threat to Earth's biodiversity, imperiling even relatively common species. 'Habitat' is necessarily a species-specific concept, and investigations of bird diversity relationships and subsequent efforts to prioritize conservation areas, are challenged by the difficulty of estimating complex habitat gradients...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Halstead included: one year of Richardson Fellowship support, two years of funding from the Alfred W

Creator:: Leimberger, Kara G.
Abstract:: Global environmental change is causing local extinctions of species. When species depend on one another, as in the mutualistic relationship between plants and pollinators, loss of one interaction partner may cause cascading effects within the community – such as additional extinctions and reduced pollination services. Network theory provides a way...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . The OSU Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society (FES) contributed a Richardson Scholarship. I

Creator:: Frey, Sarah J. K.
Abstract:: Population trends and patterns in species distributions are the major currencies used to examine responses by biodiversity to changing environments. Effective conservation recommendations require that models of both distribution dynamics and population trends accurately reflect reality. However, identification of the appropriate temporal and spatial scales of animal response, and then...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Holmes, Scott Sillett, and Nick Rodenhouse. ! Field assistance at the Andrews Forest was provided by

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