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Persistence of western juniper resource islands following canopy removal

Creator:: Miwa, Christopher
Abstract:: Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) cover has more than doubled within the last century and currently occupies over 9 million acres in the Intermountain West. Encroachment has altered the spatial distribution of soil nutrients and plants in these systems, forming nutrient enriched 'resource islands,' under tree canopies. The purpose of this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Miller et al., 1987). In central and eastern Oregon western juniper forests have expanded especially

Spatial and age class analysis of managed western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) woodlands in central Oregon

Creator:: Zophy, Kelley T.
Abstract:: Juniper is a native species to Oregon and confers ecological benefits to wildlife when it is at savannah and transitional densities. Its range and extent have fluctuated with climatic change, but the current range expansion is unprecedented in its extent. The range expansion has been associated with the degradation of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Ronald J. Reuter Juniper is a native species to Oregon and confers ecological benefits to

Understory vegetation response and nitrogen cycling following cutting of western juniper

Creator:: Bates, Jonathan D.
Abstract:: Since the late 1880's western juniper has expanded in range and increased in density in sagebrush-bunchgrass, riparian, and forested plant communities of the Pacific Northwest. Succession to western juniper woodland has been shown to reduce the productivity and diversity of the understory component, result in concentration of soil nutrients beneath...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Mountain, Oregon. Cutting of western juniper reduced below-ground competition for water and N

Climate-growth relationships of western juniper and ponderosa pine at the pine-woodland ecotone in southern Oregon

Creator:: Knutson, Kevin C.
Abstract:: Pinyon-juniper woodlands throughout the western U.S. have expanded rapidly following European settlement during the late 19th century. In central and eastern Oregon, western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis Hook.) encroachment has been previously documented in the sagebrush steppe and upper elevation aspen communities. While these vegetation changes and dynamics have...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Western Juniper and Ponderosa Pine at the Pine-Woodland Ecotone in Southern Oregon by

Ecological effects of spring and fall prescribed burning on basin big sagebrush : Idaho fescue--bluebunch wheatgrass communities

Creator:: Sapsis, David B.
Abstract:: The vegetation response of spring and fall prescribed fires in basin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata subsp. tridentata Nutt.)/Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer)--bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum Pursh. (Scribn. & Smith)) communities was measured at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in eastern Oregon. Objectives of the study were to quantify...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Role of propagule pressure and priority effects on plant establishment during restoration of invaded shrub-steppe

Creator:: Schantz, Merilynn C.
Abstract:: Biological plant invasions are diminishing the ecological integrity and function of ecosystems worldwide. A primary example of this is in the Great Basin of the United States, where invasive annual grasses, like cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae L. Nevski), are dominating many sagebrush-steppe ecosystems. In these invaded...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Rangeland Ecology and Management presented on May 27, 2014

The Biology and ecology of weeping alkaligrass (Puccinellia distans) and Nuttall’s alkaligrass (Puccinellia nuttalliana)

Creator:: Tarasoff, Catherine
Abstract:: Weeping alkaligrass (Puccinellia distans) and Nuttall’s alkaligrass (Puccinellia nuttalliana) infest Kentucky bluegrass seed fields of eastern Oregon. Weeping alkaligrass is an introduced species from Eurasia, whereas Nuttall’s alkaligrass is native to semi arid environments of western North America. These species are often referred to collectively as ‘alkaligrass’; however, for farmers...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 2006. Title: The Biology and Ecology of Weeping Alkaligrass (Puccinellia distans) and Nuttall’s

Vegetation composition and response to fire of native Willamette Valley wetland prairies

Creator:: Pendergrass, Kathy L. (Connelly)
Abstract:: Fires set by Native Americans were important in shaping and maintaining Willamette Valley prairie plant communities. With fire exclusion after Euro-American settlement in the 1840's, composition of the remaining prairies shifted toward shrub and tree dominance with a concomitant decline in endemic prairie plant populations. I hypothesize that by restoring...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: plant communities at Rose Prairie and Fisher Butte study sites near Eugene, Oregon. Three treatments

Effects of wildfire burn severity on soil microbial communitiesand invasive plant species in the Cascade Range of Oregon

Creator:: Hebel, Cassie L.
Abstract:: Fire suppression in the last several decades has resulted in unprecedented accumulations of organic matter on the landscape, leading to an increase in large, intense wildfires. This study investigated the soil microbial community (using phospholipid fatty acid analysis) across recently burned forests on the eastern slope of the Cascade Range...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Range of Oregon. Abstract approved: Jane E. Smith

Greater sage-grouse reproductive ecology : linkages among habitat resources, maternal nutrition, and chick survival

Creator:: Gregg, Michael A.
Abstract:: Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations declined range wide during the past 50 years. Grouse populations were 2-3 times larger than the current population as recently as the early 1970's. In addition to habitat loss and fragmentation, declines were attributed habitat degradation that caused reduced productivity. Because chick survival remains the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Reproductive Ecology: Linkages Among Habitat Resources. Maternal Nutrition, and Chick Survival Abstract

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Persistence of western juniper resource islands following canopy removal

Spatial and age class analysis of managed western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) woodlands in central Oregon

Understory vegetation response and nitrogen cycling following cutting of western juniper

Climate-growth relationships of western juniper and ponderosa pine at the pine-woodland ecotone in southern Oregon

Ecological effects of spring and fall prescribed burning on basin big sagebrush : Idaho fescue--bluebunch wheatgrass communities

Role of propagule pressure and priority effects on plant establishment during restoration of invaded shrub-steppe

The Biology and ecology of weeping alkaligrass (Puccinellia distans) and Nuttall’s alkaligrass (Puccinellia nuttalliana)

Vegetation composition and response to fire of native Willamette Valley wetland prairies

Effects of wildfire burn severity on soil microbial communitiesand invasive plant species in the Cascade Range of Oregon

Greater sage-grouse reproductive ecology : linkages among habitat resources, maternal nutrition, and chick survival

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