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Influence of silvicultural treatments, overstory, and understory vegetation on quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) regeneration in southeastern Idaho

Creator:

Muñoz, Bethany L.

Abstract:

Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is known to be a widely distributed, shade-intolerant and short-lived hardwood found in both seral, even-aged and stable, uneven aged stands. There have been reports of extensive aspen mortality, crown thinning, and branch dieback across North America that have been linked to the occurrence of...

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Masters Thesis

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inhibiting nutrient uptake and therefore, limiting aspen regeneration (Clark and St. Clair, 2011
Competition release and climate change effects on a moisture-demanding tree species in a dry system

Creator:

Seager, S. Trent

Abstract:

Climate change and the increase in meteorological drought have generated global concern over the persistence of ecosystems already in decline from decreased moisture. Evidence suggests dryland ecosystems have been more impacted by drought because of their tightly coupled growth-water relationships and high sensitivity to environmental shift. Removal of competing vegetation...

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Dissertation

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Microsoft Word - ST Seager dissertation (June 2017).docx
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...

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Dissertation