A survey of partial cuts planted with bare-root seedlings, was conducted on the Prospect Ranger District, Rogue River National Forest, Oregon, during the 1977 summer season. The purpose was to assess stocking and its composition under present levels of canopy cover, and to determine relationships between canopy density and performance...
Sapling Douglas-fir trees on five sites in the Coastal and
Cascade Mountain ranges of Oregon were measured five times during
the year from the summer of 1977 through the spring of 1978 for
diurnal patterns of xylem water potential, stomatal conductance and
abscisic acid. Vapor pressure deficit and solar radiation...
The role of moisture stress in seedling physiology and establishment
was studied in both the field environment and laboratory
experiments. Plant moisture stress was measured using the pressure
chamber technique. This technique was modified and tested using a
fascicle of pine needles as a sample, an improvement which allows the...
The hypothesis is explored that lodgepole pine at the seedling emergence period is more resistant to low temperatures than ponderosa pine. Differential tolerance between species to low temperatures is then related to the prevalence of lodgepole pine in frost pocket areas in central Oregon to the exclusion of ponderosa pine....
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of age
on rates of transpiration by Douglas-fir seedlings. Seeds were
collected from a xeric site (Goldendale, Washington) and a mesic
site (Forks, Washington). The seedlings were grown in a cold frame
and in a growth chamber for periods of...