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Creator:: Hart, Benjamin T. N.
Abstract:: Over the course of the last century, a successful history of fire suppression has contributed to unsuccessful present day control over wildfire. In the absence of fire and the janitorial and ecological services it provides, drier inland forests are shifting in species composition and exceeding densities that cannot survive and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Jane E. Smith Over the course of the last century, a successful history of

Creator:: Longway, Lucas J.
Abstract:: Giant chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla) is an evergreen hardwood often found as a shrubby understory component of coniferous forests in the Pacific Northwest United States. Due to its ability to sprout quickly after disturbances such as fire and logging it is often viewed as a pest by forest managers. Like its...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: Jane E. Smith Giant chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla) is an evergreen hardwood

Creator:: Cowan, Ariel D.
Abstract:: Fuel accumulation and climate shifts are predicted to increase the frequency of high-severity fires in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws) forests of central Oregon. The combustion of fuels containing large downed wood can result in intense soil heating, alteration of soil properties, and mortality of microbes. Previous studies...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Jane E. Smith Fuel accumulation and climate shifts are predicted to increase the frequency

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