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Creator:: Dwire, Kathleen A.
Abstract:: Organic matter dynamics in riparian ecosystems are largely driven by interactions among hydrology, soil, and vegetation. In two riparian meadows, northeast Oregon, I examined the hypothesis that vegetation and soil characteristics in three plant communities - defined as wet, moist, and dry meadow - were strongly influenced by hydrological and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Busse, Kathryn Grace
Abstract:: Riparian communities dominated by members of the Salicaceae (Salix lasiandra, S. lutea, S. lemmonii, Populus trichocarpa, P. tremuloides and S. exiqua) were studied at the Crooked River National Grassland in central Oregon. The objectives of this study were to examine the relationships between the Salix and Populus species and microsite...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ecology of riparian plant species is necessary. Therefore, autecological studies are warranted. Because

Creator:: Case, Richard L.
Abstract:: Riparian ecosystems play numerous and essential roles related to the quality and flow of water, and food/habitat for fish, and varieties of wildlife. Due to lateral and linear linkages throughout the landscape, these zones influence the integrity of the terrestrial as well as the entire aquatic-riverine ecosystem. Since Euro-American settlement...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Fierke, Melissa K.
Abstract:: Recognizing the importance of native black cottonwood-dominated riparian forests is especially important to preserve, protect, and manage for biodiversity in the Willamette River Valley. Species composition, structure, and biomass along a successional gradient from stand initiation to late succession of black cottonwood (Populus balsamfera L. subsp. trichocarpa (T. & G.)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Riparian Plant Diversity Along a Black Cottonwood Successional Gradient, Willamette River, Oregon 74

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