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Efficacy of Empirical Seed Zones: Pseudoroegneria Spicata Reproductive Phenology & Seedling Stage Traits

Creator:

Prive, Kathryn A.

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Ecological restoration is needed to mitigate losses to biodiversity. Restoration success is enhanced through the use of native plant materials that are genetically diverse and locally adapted. Seed transfer zones have been developed to delineate geographic areas where native seed can be collected and distributed with reduced risk of maladaptation....

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Masters Thesis

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grasses is estimated to have caused a four-fold increase in wildfire frequency (Balch et al., 2013
Predators associated with hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) infested western hemlock in the Pacific Northwest.

Creator:

Kohler, Glenn R.

Abstract:

The hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae, is causing widespread mortality of eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, in the eastern United States. In the West, A. tsugae causes negligible damage to western hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla. Host tolerance traits and presence of endemic predators may be contributing to the relative tolerance of western...

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Masters Thesis

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, Christian Thompson, Natalia Vandenberg, Robert Wharton, Terry Wheeler, Matt Yoder, and Dan Young. Lisa