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The Primacy of Mammals as Seed Dispersers and Predators in Salmon-Bearing Ecosystems

Creator:

Harrer, Laurie E. F.

Abstract:

Plants often encase seeds in a nutritional reward to incentivize seed dispersal by birds and mammals, but these seeds may also be removed and destroyed by seed predators. Although birds are typically thought to be the primary seed dispersers of berries in temperate systems, in southeast Alaska and other salmon-bearing...

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Masters Thesis

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THE THESIS OF Laurie E. F. Harrer for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Science presented
Extensive Resource Subsidies by Salmon-Supported Bears to Granivores

Creator:

Shakeri, Yasaman N.

Abstract:

In salmon-rich, northern coastal environments brown bears can occur at high densities and exert wide-ranging effects on ecosystem processes. Bear consumption of seasonally available fruit may provide important seed dispersal services to plants, and by extension, influence the ecology of seed consumers such as small mammals. In this study, we...

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Masters Thesis

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to thank Laurie Harrer for her assistance in the field, as well as assisting with organizing field
An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

Creator:

Fluharty, Suzanne M.

Abstract:

This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...

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Dissertation