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A Study of Urban Vegetable Garden and their Soils in Corvallis and Portland, OR

Creator:

Nelson, Michael, II

Abstract:

Urban agriculture (UA) is defined as the production of food crops or livestock within urban areas. Despite its popularity in the United States, research into UA systems suffers from a general underrepresentation of commercial urban systems. As a result, urban growers often have unique technological needs that are unmet by...

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Masters Thesis

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, and Alex Stone, for supporting and facilitating my work. I am also grateful to my co-authors, who
Microbial community structure as influenced by season and stand age in a Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) ecosystem

Creator:

Kucera, Jennifer Moore

Abstract:

Forest harvest can have significant impacts on forest ecosystems that may influence the capacity of soils to sequester carbon (C). The microbial community controls decomposition, which is a critical process in partitioning litter- and root-C between CO₂ and storage in semi-permanent soil-C pools. The objectives of this study were to...

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Dissertation

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Rygiewicz, Alex Stone, and especially Elizabeth Sulzman who were always willing to lend an ear and provide