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Creator:: Preest, David Stanley
Abstract:: Profitable, even-aged forest management depends on the early establishment and rapid growth of each new forest crop. These, in turn, require that the young trees have access to an adequate supply of native resources of moisture, nutrients and light. In Mediterranean-type climates, competition for soil moisture is the most serious...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Petersen, Terry D.
Abstract:: The release of Douglas-fir from competition with snowbrush (Ceanothus velutinus Dougl.) has often been suggested as a way to improve conifer yield in the western Cascades. This study investigated this possibility by describing changes in the availability of water and light and the response of Douglas-fir to the changing environment,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Howard, Kerry Megan
Abstract:: A detailed analysis was performed on the juvenile growth of six types of Douglas-fir stock under the influence of typical seral Coast Range vegetation. Objectives were to analyze competitive influences important to the growth of tree seedlings and evaluate differences between stock type characteristics and growth patterns in response to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Brandeis, Thomas James
Abstract:: Understory conifer regeneration needs to occur beneath conifer-dominated canopies if two-storied or uneven-aged structures are to be considered for western Oregon Coast Range stand management. To ensure adequate numbers of seedlings to meet stocking or habitat structure objectives, planting may be a solution. We undertook a multi-level study to determine...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Holt, Harvey Allen
Abstract:: The primary objective of this study is to explore the possibilities of two methods to reduce the weight of small commercial timber prior to logging. The two methods studied are injection of cacodylic acid and sour-felling. Treatments were applied in November, 1965 and May, 1966, with final harvest of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Allen, Hollis H.
Abstract:: The inter-relationship of salmonberry and Douglas-fir on cutover areas was investigated in the Coast Range of western Oregon. Animal influences affecting the survival of Douglas-fir in a salmonberry habitat were also investigated. The autecology of salmonberry was considered first by formulating a mathematical model to characterize the lateral encroachment of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: El Hassan, Babiker Ahmed
Abstract:: The juvenile development of Douglas-fir, red alder and snowbrush associations was investigated in western Oregon. The relationship between Douglas-fir and red alder was studied and compared in the Coast, Willamette Valley and Cascade regions. Snowbrush- Douglas-fir stands were sampled in the western Cascades. Alder- Douglas-fir relationships were studied on clearcuts...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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