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Simulated response of ecosystem processes to climate change in northern California and western Nevada

Creator:: McGlinchy, Maureen C.
Abstract:: In order to investigate potential climate impacts on landscape-scale ecosystem processes, I implemented a dynamic general vegetation model (DGVM) over a large domain in northern California and western Nevada on a rectangular grid of ca. 800-meter spatial resolution. I used 100 years of observed, monthly climate and nine future climate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: Ronald P. Neilson Beverly E. Law In order to investigate potential

Social Acceptance of Landscape-Scale Restoration : Treatment of Riparian Areas in the Lower Joseph Creek Watershed, Oregon.

Creator:: Kohler, Gabriel E.
Abstract:: Managing riparian areas in the dry forests of the intermountain west for diverse public values can create conflict, potentially limiting social acceptance in landscape-scale restoration projects. This thesis examined accelerated landscape-scale restoration as part of a broader shift toward ecosystem management on national forestland, which incorporates social values into forest...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: support of Dr. John Bailey, who provided perspective on the research process as a whole, and practical

Changing Storms and Snowpack Fate in the Western United States

Creator:: Hu, Jyun-Yi Michelle
Abstract:: Cold-season storms are responsible for generating most of the snow that accumulates in mountainous watersheds across the western United States, but with overwhelming evidence of warming temperature trends, this seasonal snowpack is at risk for melt, The vast majority of snow trend studies utilize undifferentiated air temperature records – these...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee members – Dr. David Rupp, Dr. Stephen Good and Dr. John Bailey – who read my emails, sat through

A Case Study of the Elk Creek Landscape Restoration Project

Creator:: Negherbon, Lindsey B.
Abstract:: Land management agencies are faced with decreasing budgets and staff, even as acres in need of restoration treatment are increasing. Rural communities in the West are still suffering from sharp declines in timber harvests since the 1990s and are now contending with wildfires that are increasing in size and severity....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ., Catranides, O., & Todd Schulke. (2008). The role of nongovernmental organizations in fire education, fuels

Using Spatial Capture-Recapture to Estimate Density of Roosevelt Elk in Western Oregon

Creator:: Nelson, Jennifer E.
Abstract:: Spatial capture-recapture (SCR) is employed for estimating abundance and density of species, particularly those that are cryptic or solitary, and evaluating how population density varies with habitat. However, it is uncertain whether estimates are biased when applied to species that aggregate, such as elk (Cervus canadensis). Wildlife managers in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: friend, Rachel Crowhurst, and committee members John Bailey, Tabitha Graves, DeWaine Jackson, and Jim

Demography, home range, and habitat selection of northern spotted owls in the Ashland Watershed

Creator:: Schilling, Jason W.
Abstract:: Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) inhabit productive forests that historically supported frequent, large, variable-severity fires in the Klamath province of southwestern Oregon occur in complex. The potential for high-severity wildfire remains high throughout this region, so remaining spotted owl habitat is at risk. An adaptive management approach to fire...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: during the course of this study. I am grateful to my committee members Dr. John Bailey and Dr. Eric

Case Study: Pisgah Nantahala National Forest Plan Revision and American Ginseng Management

Creator:: Swartz, Shawn C.
Abstract:: The Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests (PNNF) are located in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. A center of biological diversity, they are also within a few hours’ drive of much of the population of the United States. Therefore, there are many desires and objectives the public has for how these national...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Badege Bishaw, Committee members: Dr. Eric Jones and Dr. John Bailey Shawn Swartz

Effects of season and interval of prescribed burns on pyrogenic carbon cycling in ponderosa pine stands in Malheur National Forest

Creator:: Matosziuk, Lauren
Abstract:: In ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests of the western United States, prescribed fires are used to reduce fuel loads and restore historical fire regimes. The season in which prescribed burns are performed and the interval between burns can have complex consequences for the ecosystem, including soil carbon cycling through the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: effects of burning at 5 and 15-year intervals in either the spring or fall. In October 2015, both O

Addressing Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology : A Combined Hydrometric and Isotopic Approach to Evaluate the Origin and Age of Water in a High-Elevation Tropical Ecosystem

Creator:: Mosquera, Giovanny M.
Abstract:: This thesis focuses on the identification of ecohydrological processes in nested system of catchments in a tropical alpine (the wet Andean páramo) ecosystem. We accomplish this by conducting a water stable isotopic characterization of water sources, an evaluation of the mean transit time (MTT) of streams waters, and the investigation...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 2-4. Relationship between β 2 H and β 18 O values in the (a) precipitation, (b) streamflow, and

Forest Fire Effects on Radiative and Turbulent Fluxes over Snow : Implications for Snow Hydrology

Creator:: Gleason, Kelly E.
Abstract:: As a result of a warming climate, subsequent declining snowpack, and a century of fire suppression, forest fires are increasing across the western United States. However, we still do not fully understand how forest fire effects snowpack energy balance, nor the volume and availability of snow melt and associated water...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee, Dr. John Bailey, Dr. Julia Jones, and Dr. Christoph Thomas, for adding breadth and depth to my

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Simulated response of ecosystem processes to climate change in northern California and western Nevada

Social Acceptance of Landscape-Scale Restoration : Treatment of Riparian Areas in the Lower Joseph Creek Watershed, Oregon.

Changing Storms and Snowpack Fate in the Western United States

A Case Study of the Elk Creek Landscape Restoration Project

Using Spatial Capture-Recapture to Estimate Density of Roosevelt Elk in Western Oregon

Demography, home range, and habitat selection of northern spotted owls in the Ashland Watershed

Case Study: Pisgah Nantahala National Forest Plan Revision and American Ginseng Management

Effects of season and interval of prescribed burns on pyrogenic carbon cycling in ponderosa pine stands in Malheur National Forest

Addressing Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology : A Combined Hydrometric and Isotopic Approach to Evaluate the Origin and Age of Water in a High-Elevation Tropical Ecosystem

Forest Fire Effects on Radiative and Turbulent Fluxes over Snow : Implications for Snow Hydrology

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