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Creator:: Fonte, Steven J.
Abstract:: The role of insect herbivores in the nutrient cycling dynamics of forest ecosystems remains poorly understood. Although past research in herbivory has focused primarily on the deleterious effects that insects can have on tree growth and mortality, the overall effects of herbivory are more complex. Herbivores have the potential to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: degree of Master of Science in Forest Science presented on March 5, 2003. Title: The Influence of

Creator:: Fahey, Robert T.
Abstract:: Canopy gap formation is a major factor contributing to maintenance of overstory species diversity and stand structure in forests and may be integral to development of understory shrub and herb layers as well. Acknowledgement of gap formation as a fundamental feature of natural forests has led to consideration of gaps...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: forests of western Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management 112:289-302. 5 Battles, J. J., A

Creator:: Lopez Ortiz, Maria Jose
Abstract:: Disturbance and microclimate interact to play a central role influencing the composition and structure of plant communities. In this thesis, I examined plant community composition and structure twenty years after high severity wildfires with and without post-fire management (salvage logging, fuel treatment, tree planting, and shrub release) under contrasting microclimatic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: subalpine forest. Journal of Ecology 90:806-819. Kulakowski, D., T. T. Veblen, and P. Bebi. 2003. Effects

Creator:: Messier, Michael S.
Abstract:: Fire exclusion has been associated with structural and compositional changes in many upland forests of the western United States, but little is known about the impacts on riparian forests, portions of the landscape protected for habitat and water quality. For this study, I characterized the historic disturbance and tree recruitment...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Michael S. Messier for the degree of Master of Science in Forest Science presented on

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