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Characteristics of forests at spotted owl nest sites in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:

Hershey, Kit

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This study describes the composition and structure of forests within the immediate vicinity of Northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) nest sites in the Klamath, Coast, and Cascade provinces of western Oregon and the Olympic province, Washington. I compared forest stand data collected at 105 nest sites with data from...

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Masters Thesis

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of spotted owl nest sites in western Oregon and the Olympic Peninsula, and (2) test the null
Landscape composition around northern spotted owl nests, central Cascade Mountains, Oregon

Creator:

Swindle, Keith A.

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This study describes the composition of forest landscapes surrounding northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) nests in the central Cascade Mountains of Oregon. I compared forest composition around 126 owl nests in 70 pair territories with forest composition around 119 points drawn randomly from all terrestrial cover-types, and around 104...

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Masters Thesis

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Around Northern Spotted Owl Nests. Central Cascade Mountains. Oregon. Abstract approved: - E. Charles
Trade-offs between management for fire risk reduction and northern spotted owl habitat protection in the dry conifer forests of southern Oregon

Creator:

Comfort, Emily Julia, 1974-

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There is a perceived trade-off between fire risk reduction and northern spotted owl habitat protection in dry-conifer forests in southwestern Oregon. Management options for balancing this trade-off need to be sought at the landscape level. Applied landscape ecology suggests three important features to consider are (1) patch size and configuration...

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Dissertation

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reduction and northern spotted owl habitat protection in dry-conifer forests in southwestern Oregon