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Creator:: Velazquez-Martinez, Alejandro
Abstract:: The objectives of this research were to study: a) the effect of thinning and treatments consisting of pruning and multinutrient fertilization on aboveground biolnass increment, growth efficiency (GE), and foliar nutrients; b) the influence of topoedaphic variables (soil nutrients, slope, aspect, and rock content) and foliar nutrients on both leaf...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Kim, Sang-kyun
Abstract:: In western Oregon, hardwood trees occupy 20% of the timberland but account for less than 1% of the timber harvest. Information about how to manage them effectively is limited. The objective of this study was to examine: 1) effect of thinning on tree growth, plant moisture stress, and crown cover...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Riegel, Gregg M.
Abstract:: The objective of this research was to determine which environmental resources, light, water, and nutrients, control understory plant production and composition in a Pinus ponderosa forest in northeastern Oregon. A split-plot experimental design, with three blocks, four treatments, and 44 plots, was established in the summer of 1985. Twenty plots...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . 1976). Commercially thinning Pinus allows more light to reach the forest floor and increases soil

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