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Creator:: Binggeli, Christian
Abstract:: Riparian areas are an integral component of fluvial ecosystems. The management of Oregon's riparian areas has come under greater scrutiny since that latest revision of the Oregon Forest Practices Act (1994). Many riparian areas lie within forested areas. Riparian management issues such as anadromous fish population decline and large woody...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Creator:: Troncoso, Guillermo E.
Abstract:: Soil moisture and temperature regimes during spring-summer 1996 were evaluated in plots with compaction and organic residues treatments established in 1993 at three sites in the Sierra National Forest after forest harvesting. The results indicate that the bare condition (non-compacted soil with total removal of the harvesting residues and forest...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Newman, Joseph Paul
Abstract:: Effects of three mulches of tree foliage and twigs (red alder, Douglas-fir, and salal) and homogenized, partially decomposed material (forest floor) on soil macronutrients (Ca, K, Mg, P, NO3, and NH4) were evaluated in the summer of 1997. These effects were measured with buried, coated ion-exchange resin bags at two...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Geyer, Eric A.
Abstract:: The optimum goal of forest management is to foster long-term productivity and ecological integrity while maintaining or increasing short-term growth and yield through sustainable practices. Understory vegetation plays a definite role in forest functions through nutrient cycling and habitat provisions. The objective of this study was to determine how salal,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: redacted for privacy. Abstract approved: I J~ R. Boyle The optimum goal of forest management is to

Creator:: Swearingen, Kurt A.
Abstract:: An experiment was established in 1992 in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains of California to assess the effects of high levels of surface organic residues, severely compacted soil, and shrub competition on the development of mixed conifer plantations. This study was conducted in 1997 to determine if selected combinations of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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