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Creator:: Langhoff, Cory A.
Abstract:: An accuracy assessment of two broad-scale vegetation databases for eastern Oregon, both developed from satellite imagery, was performed to assess the usefulness of the databases for forest landscape planning and assessment efforts. The two databases were the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) vegetation database and the U.S. Geological Survey National...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and Dr.'s Jon Kimerling and Donald Zobel for taking the time to participate on my graduate committee

Creator:: Kinoshita, Jun R.
Abstract:: Using GIS, this study creates a predictive model of a distinct population of French-Canadian settlers, highlighting shared environmental characteristics of known sites that may have factored into their decision-making process as they chose locations for their farmsteads. While traditional historic and archaeological research has been conducted on French Prairie, the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and successful. Dr. Sunil Khanna, Dr. Jon Kimerling, and Dr. Aima Harding, have my appreciation for

Creator:: Camara, Kelli Marie
Abstract:: Winter wheat is commonly grown in dryland cropping systems in the Pacific Northwest region of semi-arid eastern Oregon. For agronomic, economic, and environmental reasons, it is important to understand the long-term sustainability of such dryland systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term effects of tillage, nitrogen...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . I am very grateful to the faculty members who served on my committee; Richard Dick, Jon Kimerling

Creator:: Harris, Norman Rex
Abstract:: Small herds of cows were observed and spatially mapped over continuous twenty-four hour periods. Treatments were implemented that investigated the effect of water site and supplementation on animal distribution patterns. A series of six observation periods constituted each observation series. Observation series were repeated winter (January) and summer (July) for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . William Krueger, Dr. Jon Kimerling, and Dr. Jack Higginbotham (Graduate School Representative). Your

Creator:: Habron, Geoffrey Bryan
Abstract:: The dissertation introduces community-based adaptive watershed management (CAWM) as a holistic conservation framework. The CAWM framework integrates social and ecological suitability to achieve conservation outcomes. The core theoretical concepts consist of adaptive management, adoption-diffusion, symbolic interactionism, community-based conservation, spatial analysis and watershed management. The CAWM framework is applied to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: including Jon Kimerling, Gordon Matzke and Susan Hanna for providing critical insights. I thank Rebecca

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