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Patterns in responses of an amphibian assemblage to wetland restoration

Creator:: Rowe, Jennifer C.
Abstract:: Wetland restoration success in attaining wildlife conservation goals can be confounded by the presence of multiple biological invaders. Wetland management activities typically target invasive plants, but bottom-up responses of higher trophic levels in novel communities are difficult to predict. We surveyed plant and amphibian assemblages at 26 sites enrolled in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Metro. The members of my graduate committee, Bruce Dugger, Sam Chan, and Lisa Ganio, all

Three essays on international trade and regional productivity

Creator:: Moon, Hanpil
Abstract:: A firm's productivity is composed of two parts: pure technical change and location-specific (agglomeration) externalities. Regional productivity is thus an aggregation of productivity of firms producing similar goods and located in a given region. International trade can affect both components of regional productivity. First, trade openness in a closed economy...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: acknowledge Dr. Bruce A. Weber, Dr. Jeff Reimer, Dr. Christian Langpap, and Dr. Russell E. Ingham for

Irrigation choices for major West Coast crops : water scarcity and climatic determinants

Creator:: Olen, Beau
Abstract:: Recent climate change forecasts have aroused growing interest in the influence of water scarcity and climate on agricultural production and irrigation practice. However, it is common in the economic literature to aggregate disparate crops when modeling irrigation choices. That approach confounds the crop-specific effects of climate and water scarcity that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Dr. Bruce Weber, and Dr. Raymond Brooks. Thank you, Dr. Langpap for the help throughout my thesis

Vertebral elemental markers in elasmobranchs : potential for reconstructing environmental history and population structure

Creator:: Smith, Wade D.
Abstract:: Differences in the chemical composition of calcified structures can be used to reveal natal origins, connectivity, metapopulation structure, and reconstruct the environmental history or movement patterns of many marine organisms. Sharks, skates, and rays (elasmobranchs) lack the calcified structures, known as otoliths, that are typically used for geochemical studies of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Selina S. Heppell, Jessica A. Miller, Zanna Chase, Bruce McCune, and Christian Langpap - for their

Empirical Analyses of Forestry Interactions with Climate Uncertainty and Threatened Species

Creator:: Johnson, Kelsey K.
Abstract:: Forests are highly valuable resources providing both timber as well as many non-use values like habitat for various endangered and threatened species, carbon sequestration, and recreation, to name a few. Given that there are 765 million acres of forestland in the United States, almost 60% of which are privately owned,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: through land-use decisions will be affected by the magnitude of climate uncertainty (Mezey and Conrad

How Does Climate Change Adaptation and Carbon Price Policy Affect Forested Landscapes? An Empirical Analysis of Forest Management under Climate Change on the U.S. West Coast

Creator:: Hashida, Yukiko
Abstract:: Private forest landowners can adapt to climate change by altering their timing and intensity of harvests, by changing thinning or fertilizing activities, and by altering the tree species growing on their land. The well-being of humans is closely tied to the ecosystem services that forests provide as both market and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Land use policy and property value

Creator:: Grout, Cyrus A.
Abstract:: A plethora of land use policies are implemented at the local, state, and federal levels to influence the manner in which land is utilized. The distribution of the costs and benefits associated with implementing such land use policies always has been, and will continue to be, a source of contention....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: recent empirical studies produce mixed results, identifying restriction effects (Anderson and Weinhold

Cost-efficient management of aquatic invasive species : application to New Zealand mudsnails in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Lim, Youngah
Abstract:: By affecting the ecological, pecuniary and aesthetic productivity of ecosystems, invasive species (IS) increase production and management costs to business, while straining public agencies' budgets with monitoring, enforcement and management efforts. Understanding invasion pathways or vectors, and identifying costs and benefits of alternative management strategies are critical to public and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: trout leading to fish weight loss (Bruce et al., 2009; Vinson and Baker, 2008). Although economic

The Influence of Alternate Life History Strategies and Natal Conditions on the Reproductive Performance of Adélie Penguins Breeding on Ross Island, Antarctica

Creator:: Kappes, Peter J.
Abstract:: A fundamental objective of ecology and population biology is to identify factors that drive population dynamics and determine the population-level consequences of their interaction with the environment. Studies of reproductive performance can illuminate population dynamic processes, including the links between organismal biology, the environment, and life history theory. A central...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , The Heppells, Bruce Dugger, Kelly Beidenweg, Dan Roby, Doug Robinson, and Taal Levy all

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Patterns in responses of an amphibian assemblage to wetland restoration

Three essays on international trade and regional productivity

Irrigation choices for major West Coast crops : water scarcity and climatic determinants

Vertebral elemental markers in elasmobranchs : potential for reconstructing environmental history and population structure

Empirical Analyses of Forestry Interactions with Climate Uncertainty and Threatened Species

How Does Climate Change Adaptation and Carbon Price Policy Affect Forested Landscapes? An Empirical Analysis of Forest Management under Climate Change on the U.S. West Coast

Land use policy and property value

Cost-efficient management of aquatic invasive species : application to New Zealand mudsnails in the Pacific Northwest

The Influence of Alternate Life History Strategies and Natal Conditions on the Reproductive Performance of Adélie Penguins Breeding on Ross Island, Antarctica

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