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Creator:: Matney, Casey A.
Abstract:: State-and-transition models (STMs) have been successfully used to describe ecological dynamics in woodlands, shrublands, grasslands, and several other ecosystems. Changes in vegetation and soil are measured to gauge and predict plant community dynamics within ecological states and transitions between alternative ecological states. Ecological states and their boundaries are defined by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Next, my committee members; Steven Petersen, Jay Noller, John Buckhouse, and Cynthia Ocamb, your

Creator:: Biskie, Howard A
Abstract:: Grazing cattle usually have access to streams as a source of drinking water. A model was developed for the personal computer to predict the bacterial quality of these streams. The model estimates the number of organisms that enter the stream by the direct deposit of feces and by runoff from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Dr. J. Ronald Miner of the Office of International

Creator:: Huff, Steven
Abstract:: Quantifying biomass is important for sustainable forest management. The purpose of this study is to obtain allometric relationships for seven species of shrubs common in northeastern California so that estimates of carbon and fuel loading may be better realized. Although some shrub biomass equations exist, such equations are limited in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: process; and to Elijah Allensworth, Michael Shettles, Jeremiah Moore, Michael Hoe, and Dr. Mauro

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:: Gehler, Jan Lamp
Abstract:: This research evaluated the importance of select competencies in the area of human behavior, important to home-based caregivers employed independently and/or within a service agency in the State of Alaska. Data were gathered from respondents working in home-based care (N=76), and from those working in a related field (N=38). Data...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: experience. Clustering Work-related Information E. J. McCormick (1980) has identified a variety of purposes

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