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Creator:: Carr, Craig A.
Abstract:: Relatively recent increases in ponderosa pine abundance have effected unprecedented changes to ecosystem structure and function. Efforts to restore ponderosa pine systems are often focused on the manipulation of tree structure and the re-introduction of a more natural fire regime. Successful restoration should also incorporate understory components but information addressing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ....................................................................................................... 156 Summary

Creator:: Clark, Patrick Eugene
Abstract:: The effects of late spring defoliation on the winter forage quality of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum [Pursh] Scribn. & Smith), Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer) and elk sedge (Carex geyeri Boott) and the response of wintering Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni Bailey) to changes in winter range forage quality...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Conditioning: Forage Quality vs. Foraging Efficiency 156 8. REFERENCES 158 LIST OF FIGURES Figure

Creator:: Miller, Richard F.
Abstract:: The objectives of this study were to evaluate environmental factors influencing use of several plant communities by cattle, elk and deer; determine under story production by plant species and the amount utilized by cattle, elk and deer in certain plant communities; evaluate the interactions of range use between cattle, elk...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Bryant, Larry Duane
Abstract:: This research was conducted on three study areas on elk winter ranges in Northeast Oregon. One was on the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range and the others were in the same vicinity. Plant appendages, spring and fall defoliation and fall growth of bluebunch wheatgrass were evaluated in terms of quality...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Ballard, Teena M.
Abstract:: Spring chinook salmon spawning occurs in late summer when it is common for cattle to be present in pastures that have streams where fish spawning occurs. This two-year study addressed three main objectives relative to behavioral interactions between cattle and spring chinook salmon during the spawning life history stage. These...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Gillen, Robert L.
Abstract:: Several aspects of cattle grazing behavior and distribution were studied on mountain rangeland dominated by ponderosa pine- Douglas fir, mixed conifer, and white fir forest communities in northeastern Oregon. The association between upland distribution, determined by forage utilization and by direct cattle observation, and several habitat factors was studied through...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Page, Edward B.
Abstract:: Leadership, organizational structure, and communication/interpersonal relations are key functions studied. Evaluation of the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (Project) considers how well those factors were managed by Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management in a bioregional assessment during a period from November, 1994 to November, 1995. Exploration of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for this project through contract number PNW 95-0657. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1

Creator:: McInnis, Michael Lindsay
Abstract:: Esophageal fistulation, stomach content analysis, fecal analysis, and ocular-estimate-by-plot are four of the most publicized methods of determining the diets of large herbivores. The principal objective of this study was to compare the relative values of each of these methods based upon information collected from bi-fistulated (esophageal and rumen) sheep...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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