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Creator:: Stokely, Thomas D.
Abstract:: As the global demand for natural resources increases, more land will be intensively managed for the production of commodities such as timber, with potential consequences to biodiversity, ecological functioning and ecosystem services provided to society. Although there is strong consensus that intensive land management practices can negatively affect biodiversity, less...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Stokely for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Ecosystems and Society presented on September

Creator:: Tortorelli, Claire M.
Abstract:: Biological invasions threaten native biodiversity, alter ecosystem function, and are a major cause of economic losses across the planet. The most impactful invaders alter disturbance regimes and initiate state shifts to outside the historical range of variability of the ecosystem. Concern for ecological and economic losses has prompted a rapid...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Tortorelli for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Ecosystems and Society presented on May 10

Creator:: Vogeler, Jody C.
Abstract:: Spatially explicit maps of habitat relationships have proven to be valuable tools for conservation and management applications including evaluating how and which species may be impacted by large scale climate change, ongoing fragmentation of habitat, and local land-use practices. Studies have turned to remote sensing datasets as a way to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Jody C. Vogeler for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest

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