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Creator:: Olson, Annette M.
Abstract:: Multiple successional sequences have been observed following disturbance in communities on marine hard substrata. Observations of the turf-forming alga, Iridaea cornucopiae Post. & Rupr. (Gigartinaceae), suggest that I. cornucopiae may assume its dominance by its ability to vegetatively pre-empt space. High limpet densities in the natural community, suggest that I....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Olson for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology presented on May 13, 1985 Title: Early Succession

Creator:: Klein, Kimberly J.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .: Gail S. Olson Signature redacted for privacy. --Robert G. Ant~y The Washington ground squirrel

Creator:: Monsen, Kirsten J.
Abstract:: A major goal of conservation biology is to elucidate the population genetic structure in threatened species and assess the relative importance of the evolutionary forces that shape that population genetic structure. I conducted three studies in the declining amphibian Rana cascadae to assess levels of population genetic differentiation and the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Andrew Blaustein, Deanna Olson, and Fredrick Stormshak for their support and encouragement. I would

Creator:: Clark, Darren A.
Abstract:: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni; hereafter elk) populations in northeast Oregon have declined in the past 10 to 20 years. Concurrent with these declines, cougar (Puma concolor) populations have apparently increased, leading to speculation that predation by cougars may be responsible for declining...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: University. I thank Drs. Andrew R. Blaustein, Daniel D. Roby, and William J. Ripple for their guidance

Creator:: West, Lani
Abstract:: I studied the feeding behavior of marked individuals of the carnivorous marine snail Thais melones in a rocky shore habitat of Pacific Panama. The population of snails consume a variety of invertebrate species such as bivalves, limpets, and polychaetes. Individuals exhibited a range of diet breadth, with some specialized, but...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: drafts of this work. I thank members of my committee Drs. Christopher Bayne, Andrew Blaustein, Art

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