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Creator:: Maret, Mary P.
Abstract:: Prior to European settlement, native prairie dominated the landscape of the Willamette Valley. Today, due to urbanization, agriculture, and the cessation of burning, only isolated remnants of these grasslands still exist. In response to conservation concerns, there has been a move to restore the remaining prairies in the Willamette Valley,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in the Willamette Valley, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mary P. Maret for the degree of

Creator:: Goodridge, Jennifer M.
Abstract:: Reducing the cover of non-native species is one of the challenges of ecosystem restoration. The goal of this study is to identify native species traits that will increase native species cover and reduce non-native species cover in the first growing season at upland and wetland prairie restoration sites. Native and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Hunt 1975 Carex densa 0.893 G yes Guerrant and Raven 1995 Carex turn ilicola 1.694 G yes Guerrant and

Creator:: Bartels, Marilynn R.
Abstract:: Active habitat management plays a key role in the preservation of native ecosystems and rare species, especially in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, where natural succession to woodlands threatens the few wetland prairies remaining after 150 years of agriculture and urbanization. Sidalcea nelsoniana, listed as threatened under the federal Endangered...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: closely approximate the behavior of large-scale fires (Maret 1996). Within each mowing treatment area

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